Art preview! More magazine stuff for Season 2002-2003

Reinder · Post by **Reinder** » Fri Mar 22, 2002 10:28 am

It's been a while since I posted art stuff on the forums. Here, though, is one thing I'm developing for the magazine that also publishes Floor. It's aimed at teaching Dutch 12-year-olds how to slag eachother off in English!
Do you reckon I've got a winning concept going here?

<img src="http://users.bart.nl/~samizdat/pics/insult.png">

Lordgeejay · Post by **Lordgeejay** » Sat Mar 23, 2002 9:45 am

I guess the concept is good, if the editors don't mind teaching children insults in English.

But, uhm, one thing though. I haven't heard of the phrase: "You're Barking!" before now. But the words in red below I've heard used before.

Good luck with this.

Drooling Fan Girl · Post by **Drooling Fan Girl** » Sat Mar 23, 2002 9:59 am

Hey Reinder! You want I should talk to the kids that I know around here and see if I can find any good slang?

Take Care
DFG

Reinder · Post by **Reinder** » Sat Mar 23, 2002 5:42 pm

On 2002-03-23 09:45, lordgeejay wrote:
I guess the concept is good, if the editors don't mind teaching children insults in English.

They don't. I asked.

But, uhm, one thing though. I haven't heard of the phrase: "You're Barking!" before now. But the words in red below I've heard used before.

I'd heard it before, and it's in the first Harry Potter book, which is aimed at native speakers but in the same age group.

Reinder · Post by **Reinder** » Sat Mar 23, 2002 5:44 pm

On 2002-03-23 09:59, Drooling Fan Girl wrote:
Hey Reinder! You want I should talk to the kids that I know around here and see if I can find any good slang?

Ooh yes. always.

Metrobius · Post by **Metrobius** » Sat Mar 23, 2002 9:40 pm

Heh.
"Barking" as in short for "barking mad". That's a pommy one, I suspect.

What about: "Ye'r off yer nut!"? I like that one. Pedwyn in Pewfell says that.

And the classic "A few X's short of a Y," <insert appropriate terms...>

A lot of kids say "That's really gay" these days, but you're trying to teach them English slang, not homophobia..

Boc · Post by **Boc** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 12:25 pm

One of my favourites (guess the sitcom): "smell dad's shoe". (That is considered to be really below the belt.)

Drooling Fan Girl · Post by **Drooling Fan Girl** » Tue Mar 26, 2002 7:45 am

Well I don't know if it's still current, but I do know that "It's dah bomb!" is/ was used to say something is really great. Also "It's all that and a bag of chips".