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To be totally annoyed that Waybuloo does not use proper sentance construction.

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pigletmania · 25/03/2010 12:21

There was a thread today on this but it was removed, but it did get me thinking. I just cannot stand the language used on Waybuloo, its not proper sentance construction. My dd likes it but is not fussed if she does not see it, and I would rather her not see tbh. Why cant the BBC make childrens programmes using proper sentance construction and proper English, ITNG is another one too but not as bad as the dreaded Waybuloo.

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ShadeofViolet · 25/03/2010 12:58

SGM - think 'S' and you are part way there.

ShadeofViolet · 25/03/2010 12:56

There was the same arguement about TellyTubbies though.

My Middle son has ASD and is very echolalic - he used to copy Waybuloo ALL the time. But he has grown out of it and has now started contructing proper sentences. Its a 20 minute programme, so as long as the people around the child dont start speaking the same way, it will be fine.

However I do have a bit of a problem with the fact they have renamed everyday objects, such as 'Plumatoes' or 'Tricky Kicky'

mitfordsisters · 25/03/2010 12:55

It's not just the baby language that is awful about Waybuloo. Their whining voices, and repetitive 'peeka' and their awful non-noses that wrinkle up in a cutesy way. Oh I cant bear it. Thankfully ds has gone off it as well and prefers Balamory.

ToccataAndFudge · 25/03/2010 12:54

indeed piglet and while I disagree with your OP (though am perhaps slightly biased as I know the wife of the director of it quite well, and have met him, and attended a great "Cafe Church" where he was sat at the same table as me) you have shown that you can start a reasonable debate about it without being offensive

StewieGriffinsMom · 25/03/2010 12:53

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IMoveTheStars · 25/03/2010 12:53

ah, ok that's piglet.

StewieGriffinsMom · 25/03/2010 12:52

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pigletmania · 25/03/2010 12:51

I know Toccata I liked the tread it was geting interesting about Waybuloo but not the phrase that was used by the op. just wanted to continue the discussion about Waybuloo though

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pigletmania · 25/03/2010 12:49

It was deleted because the op used a phrase that was not very nice at a certain group of people.

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ToccataAndFudge · 25/03/2010 12:49

MMM it didn't last very long..........I read the OP, made a comment, rallied the troops on FB (well the thread title gave no indication of any reference to offensive terms, and I wasn't sure that many would read a thread about Waybuloo)(I have a LOT of MNers on my FB friends) by the time I got back to the thread to report the post the thread had gone.

ImSoNotTelling · 25/03/2010 12:49

But it's fantasy isn't it. Where the pipkins live children are called cheebies.

So that's OK.

It is shit though. I like show me show me best.

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pigletmania · 25/03/2010 12:48

Piplings are sorry dont have a clue, but Cheebies I guess I am looking at it from an adult perspective, my dd does like it though and has the Waybuloo stuffed toys. She calls it Wayspoons as she cannot pronounce it properly.

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IMoveTheStars · 25/03/2010 12:48

why did the other thread get deleted?

Iklboo · 25/03/2010 12:47

Pipkins? I take it that it's not Hartley Hare, Pig, Topov the Monkey & Octavia Pipkins (shows age & runs away)

the only Pipkins I know

BariatricObama · 25/03/2010 12:46

i thought pipkins were the children. whatever they are called they piss me off

MathsMadMummy · 25/03/2010 12:46

lol, ok yogO then. DD only saw it the once...

she does copy the yogA on the wii fit though - she's awesome at the tree and half moon!!!

shame I missed the other thread, sounds like a riot

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pigletmania · 25/03/2010 12:46

oops meant complain, oh dear oh dear

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Mouseface · 25/03/2010 12:46

ISNT - Thought it was Piplings????

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pigletmania · 25/03/2010 12:45

I just dont like sentances such as Lau Lau pick strawberries for cheebies for example, what the hell are cheebies? Oh children I did not realise. Just a bit annoying tbh. And the voices grrrrr . Oh i think it was the op and she used a not very nice phrase. Oh I think that i should be on grumpy old women who comaplain about everything

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Pozzled · 25/03/2010 12:45

I don't have a problem with it. I honestly can't see that it would have an effect on children's language, they are surrounded by such a wide, wide range of different ways of speaking English. An awful lot of the sentences that they hear from parents are not 'properly constructed'- we don't talk in the same way that we write.

BariatricObama · 25/03/2010 12:45

i do hate the pipkins though

Pennies · 25/03/2010 12:44

I can't think of a single redeeming feature of Waybuloo. It is utter drivel of the highest order.

BariatricObama · 25/03/2010 12:44

ah thanks, didn't read the thread.

ImSoNotTelling · 25/03/2010 12:44

And it is YOGO get it right peeps

Yoga would be far too sensibe. Cheebies and pipkins do yogo...

ToccataAndFudge · 25/03/2010 12:43

BO- you can be extremely offensive when discussing Waybuloo if you start saying you don't want your child to start speaking like a vile word.

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