[bksvol-discuss] Re: let's hear it for the tools--hilarious!
- From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:13:17 EDT
You make a point that has always mystified me. That is that school children
frequently use words that you would consider adult. As a matter of fact, if
you hang around a playground you will hear them constantly using such words.
So
why are they considered adult words when they are so integral in children's
vocabulary? Why do adults go to such lengths, including Bookshare policy on
such matters, to shield children from hearing or even being aware of such
words as if somehow it will harm them while at the same time they are acutely
aware of them and use them so frequently? If such adults will remember their
own
childhoods they will recall that it was the same in their time. The taboo
has always struck me as some kind of insanity. In a message dated 8/3/2008
9:02:37 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, abletec@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Well, I don't exactly know what constitutes adult content, but I'd
think it'd have to be far more explicit than that. Schoolkids use that
expression constantly. Of course, schoolkids use stuff I would
classify as adult, so...
On 8/3/08, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It would be necessary to read the book itself to figure that out, but it
> does occur to me that the word bird has a certain slang meaning that some
> might
> consider scatological, as in flipping someone the bird. In a message dated
> 8/3/2008 7:55:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, abletec@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> I recently downloaded A Mary Engelbrete book called "Queen of Easter"
> for validation--actually it was mistitled "Queen of Christmas" on
> submission, so I changed it. Anyway, this book is about a little girl
> who wanted to be queen of the easter parade but her mom bought her a
> plain hat, which she didn't like & left out on the porch when her dad
> called her in for dinner. Days later, robbins had built a nest in the
> hat.
>
> Anyway, when I uploaded this book, the tools flagged it as having 25
> adult words & wanted to list it as adult content! Some1 wanna tell me
> how that figures? I am absolutely & utterly buffaloed as to what in
> the world could be being flagged as adult regarding this book. Can
> any1 enlighten a very confused allbeit bemused volunteer?
>
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