I was shocked with what I heard, and asked him, "What?"
He repeated what he said.
Wondering why he actually said that out of no where, I looked straight at him and asked him back, "What does that mean?"
He thought for a while and was about to say "Stu..." but he coolly turned to lil' President and said, "Thambhi's head"
Somehow, I thought he knew what the word 'mangkuk' meant in that phrase and was clever enough to manipulate the word 'stupid' that he was supposed to use to describe the meaning when I ask ed him what it meant. He knew he is not suppose to use such words.
I know Champion learnt these words from his school going cousins. I wonder what else he will end up learning when he starts going to school! *sigh*
How much I don't want my boys to use those words.. I recall how thambhi and I used the words ourselves :)
From calling each other 'mangkuk', we continued to other utensils (in Malay); pinggan, cawan, garfu, sudu, kuali and any other kinds of utensils we can think of.. How silly! I guess these utensils are suppose to mean 'stu..' I think we were in our teens then and we were always playfully saying things like these to each other ;)
What a minute.. I think we still use those words on each other even now, jokingly!
Hehehe.. Now, how do I correct my children when I myself used such words?
9 comments:
opsy the learning has started eh - humm
aiks..mangkuk LOL...that's something new
ohh boy..i guess we can't run away from this situation huh...kids sure pick up words that u dun want them to say it at all..but eventually, they will learn it also! :(
hehehe.. i used to use mangkuk word b4..to my friends..even to my sis..hhaha..guess u r not alone ;)
Uh oh..it's gonna be hard. So much so I didn't want bb to pick up some bad words but sometimes really can't help it when hubby said it so often. All I can do is to tell him dun use that kind of words. :P
visithra,
Yeap! *sigh*
jazzmint,
You didn't know about this word? Hmm, don't be suprised of other words you might hear when the children start going to school!
gene,
Yeap, no matter how much we control their vocabulary, they will somehow learn things we don't want them to!
So you one of those who used these words.. Cool! :)
allyfeel,
Yeap, it can be real tough.. especially when we use some words at home just kiddingly, and the kids just catch those words instantly! *sigh*
lol..i guess it`s a phase we all go through
the "mangkuk" phase ;-)
sfo,
Glad that you're back..
You used that same phrase too?
All those teasing was just so fun, isn't it ;P
I remember when we got handphones for both of you. The next thing in the Makan shop you received a message. Of course the message was from Thambi do u recall the message 'Mangkuk'
Amma
amma,
Yes, I do remember that now. We SMSed each other 'mangkuk'. When I think back, its real funny, huh! :)
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