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Grammar and Linguistics > Kids vs. children
Kids vs. children
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donapeter
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I am leaving to Bahamas. I let the snow and the frost behind. Need a break!
Pffff ..My dear Bahamas people, I need a pillow and a blanket! That would be enough! |
25 Jan 2011
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elderberrywine
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wow, ladies, let �s open a travel agency !! This is fun.
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25 Jan 2011
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MJ_Misa
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Right, I have just "moved" to Australia. Something I have always dreamt of. Haaaleeelujaaaahh!
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25 Jan 2011
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stexstme
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Wow! Michaela! Please invite me for the next holiday, will you ???
I�ll stop at Chris� at the Bahamas!!!!!!!!
Errr ... Dorothea is the one who started the whole thing : Now, dears, could someone tell me where I live ???
Edit = Ok! Just what I thought : No one is educated enough to know where the Grenadines are! You ...Teachers! Hey!
Hugs to you all from ...you-know-where!  @Dear Australian Michaela, I hope I didn�t ruin your post! I seem to be a specialist....  I do hope you�ll get �serious� answers to your question. I do.
Take care All!
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25 Jan 2011
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donapeter
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I �ve just googled Bahamas. It �s A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! 
@SSylv: you live wherever you want as long as you have enough imagination! I am currently living in Bahamas. On the beach, under a palm tree.
I have a question: do people in Bahamas work? (I think it �s like working in Heaven, and in Heaven nobody works! ) |
25 Jan 2011
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baiba
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Wooooooow, you inspired me too! I have always loved the name Burkina Faso, it sounds like a woman �s name. Maybe I should change my name to Burkina? What do you say?
Edit: And now I am the best eslprintables user from Burkina Faso! 
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25 Jan 2011
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moravc
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:-D Hello M�a, Back to the difference between children and kids. Kids is an American expression, less formal. Your daugther �s teacher is partially right, my American friends always call their daugther and son "kids" because it is informal and there is a touch of tender motherly feeling in the word "kids", I think. In my opinion, I would use "children" while talking about children in general or about grown-up daughters/sons...
Czech mothers sometimes call their children "chicks" or "chickens" and I believe it is close to the American "kids". My mum used to call me and my sister "pipinky" = "my dear little chicks".
BTW your daugther �s teacher is really strange... the meanings of those two words are so close. She really shouldn �t have corrected it... Both expressions are ok...
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25 Jan 2011
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stexstme
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I say :I love you - people! - & I miss you a lot . @ Chris : I might play tennis in the Bahamas - How about that ??
@ Baiba : Now - that flag suits you!!!! 
Take a good care of yourselves, people of the WORLD, & keep dreaming! ;o)))
I �m off with a big smile on my face- Thank you. & Bless you 
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25 Jan 2011
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Kate (kkcat)
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wait wait wait...are you all changing flags??? I want to do that too...so many flags and can �t just make up my mind....mmmmm....
Edit- okay, here I�m on Seychelles...come visit lol
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25 Jan 2011
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stexstme
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Hey Baiba! Me too! I �m the best from .....& the Grenadines!!!!
Kate, I �ll check tomorrow! Be wise! ( He! He!)
HUGS!!!
edit :@Kate : ( You�re NOW on my list for the next holiday! ) |
25 Jan 2011
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