Bad Word
8 April, 2018 Hey Koko, Can you stop asking me questions which I have no legitimate comeback to? No, really you got to stop! "Shit is a bad word Ma"- when I curse an auto driver while driving; "That's a bad word Joy" - when your father forgets you are in the room; You little teacher, you! Yes, that time has come when the concept of "bad words" has been introduced to you. But, you always have an ace up your sleeve,don't you? I am trying to work on my control of using such words, and I thought a convenient way would be to replace them with milder substitutes. My word of choice was "weird". Little did I know that it was necessarily the word, but the tone in which you say it that was being picked up by my little one's radar. So the moment I called out to that rogue auto driver on the road, you pick up on cue and say "That's a bad word, Ma". Now I'll tell you a secret about the way grown-ups think - the...