Daleks + children. But not at the same time.

[elisi]

I... have no words: Dalek found in pond.

Of course then fandom (yet again) goes and proves itself to be made of awesome, by immediately making a comm for 'How did the Dalek get there?' stories: dalekinthepond! :)

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And, since I'm here, I thought I could relate a couple of stories about the children, which is something I do far too seldom.

From this morning when we were walking to school:

Impish Girl (7): Mum! Guess what I found in school yesterday?
Me: Go on, tell me.
Impish Girl (triumphantly): A pen that doesn't work!
(She held it up under my nose - it is v. short & red)
Impish Girl: See I'm pretending that it is a sonic lipstick. And also an invisible pen and a laser!

And from a couple of weeks ago (but it really stuck with me):

Miss M (10): Mum - what does gormless mean?
Me: Um... stupid. Vacant-looking.
Miss M: OK.
(Pause)
Miss M: What's a gorm?
Me: ...

(Of course the second we got home I looked it up in the OED, and it turns out that 'gorm' comes from the old norse gaum, meaning 'understanding'.)

Comments

[adoxerella.livejournal.com]

Your chillen's make me smile with their very quick minds.

Also, I have to ask, OED=Oxford English Dictionary, right? How much does one cost??!?!? I don't remember my paperback version being that expensive. OR are we talking about the full, bazzillion word version. All I know is I much prefer it to Websters or American Herritage. That's right, I'm dissing my own country's dictionaries, but seriously they add slang words to them all the time for no reason. /rant

Also, I may be begging for your help with Buffy in my GP fic. She is being annoyingly non-Buffy like. I need your expertise. (I don't know what her problem is, just because Conner and George are being purposefully non-helpful...)

[elisi]

Your chillen's make me smile with their very quick minds.
*is proud mother* Although I wish they could be a little quieter on occasion...

Also, I have to ask, OED=Oxford English Dictionary, right? How much does one cost??!?!?
Yes, OED=Oxford English Dictionary. We only have a simple one volume one (still bigger than the collected works of Shakespeare though), and that was... um, £25? Darcy bought it for himself for his birthday. Proper ones are a lot more. *goes off to check* Here is a selection on Amazon. We have the second one down.

Also, I may be begging for your help with Buffy in my GP fic. She is being annoyingly non-Buffy like. I need your expertise.
Flattery will probably get you far! By when would you need it?

[adoxerella.livejournal.com]

Proper ones are a lot more.
I boggled at the 20 volume one until I remembered how peeved I get when I can't find a word in mine. I just have the wienie little paperback, although you will enjoy the fact I went out of my way to find and Oxford English Dictionary instead of an Oxford Dictionary of American English. My tiny Latin to English Dictionary I keep for HP fic is Oxford too. I am such a dictionary snob.

Flattery will probably get you far! By when would you need it?
Hey I'd offer to bake or knit if I could afford to ship it to you. ;-P I need to actually grit my teeth and write it down. Right now Conner and George are being stubborn and Buffy is stuck blinking at them a lot.

[elisi]

I boggled at the 20 volume one until I remembered how peeved I get when I can't find a word in mine.
English has an ASTONISHING number of words.

I am such a dictionary snob.
Quite right too!

I need to actually grit my teeth and write it down. Right now Conner and George are being stubborn and Buffy is stuck blinking at them a lot.
Hee. Let me know when you have something for me to look at! :)