heard recently in my household, vol 2

[topaz]

A recent posting by agaran reminded me of this story, which took place earlier this summer:

The scene: in the car, on the way to visit keyne in MGH.  The driver in front of me was taking a leisurely pace.  I was unhappy with it and told him as much, until he wandered off onto a different road.

Quinn picked up the thread and started saying: "Dammit! Shit! Dammit! Fuck! Dammit!" or some such.

While I was struggling to find the right thing to tell Quinn, Morgan turned to him and said sternly: "Quinn!  Those are grownup words."

And then, while I was struggling to find the right thing to tell Morgan, he went on: "And besides, that asshole already got out of our way!"

I gave up struggling and quietly promised myself a drink later.

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[ratatosk.livejournal.com]

Linguists find that sort of thing fascinating. The horrible truth is that the right thing to tell them (at least, IMO) is long and complicated.