"kid" vs. "child"

[George Thompson]

A teacher I had in grade school also (1940s) -- she also objected on philological grounds to any kid saying that he was going to beat up another kid, since only eggs were to be beaten up.  She drew a picture of an egg-beater on the blackboard to illustrate the point.

She probably wouldn't have objected to a kid saying that he was going to whack the bejeesus out of another kid, though I don't believe the situation ever arose.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998.

----- Original Message -----
From: James Smith <jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thursday, November 21, 2002 5:12 pm
Subject: Re: "kid" vs. "child"

> My father said the same thing in the 50's
>
>
> --- Kathy Schlieper <ktaylorschlieper at YAHOO.COM>
> wrote:
> > Does anyone know when the word "kid" started being
> > used often...instead of "child"?
> >
> > In the 60's and 70's my father used to complain
> > about
> > me using it and always would say a kid was a "baby
> > goat" and not a child!
> >
> > Kathy
> >
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