To say that 'fart' is not an appropriate word for a 2yo?

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Basically, DH thinks it's fine to say farty-farty whenever DD has wind, which she thinks is hilarious and now copies.

I've said that I don't think it's a nice word for a child to learn. My argument is that fart is along the same lines as 'crap', not offensive as an adult but you wouldn't want your toddler saying it. He says it's not the same at all and that fart is utterly non-offensive. It's not a huge deal, we're kind of just a bit bemused with each other's views over it. So who is being unreasonable?

We have trumpy bums here too!!! Fart is a rude word!!!

I was brought up with a real issue with saying fart (am 34). DH (50) doesn't say it either and like wrath upthread you can see I'm struggling to even type it! We would refer to wind - occasionally DH has found it amusing - not often.

I don't know why I have such an issue as I am very matter of fact generally and at work I talk to people about death and dying and sex. But I also cannot say 'willy' - I'd have to get over that if I had a boy! I don't swear really either and I think respect works both ways, how can we expect children to not swear in front of us if we do in front of them?

I am 55, use the word fart and never remember being reprimanded as a child however as with many things in live it depends where you are and who you are with when you say it. Did say windy pops when the dc were tiny though.

Sorry, *in life

Fart was never used in my house growing up, in fact all things wind related were just ignored. (The same applied to anything sex or genital related - just ignore it and it will be like it doesn't exist).

Anyway, when I met dh I was surprised to hear his (rather prim and proper) mum refer to farts, but over time I got used to it and the word fart is no longer taboo to me. It's perhaps a wee bit on the vulgar side but all in all I think it's fairly inoffensive.

Oh and both of us were raised in homes where swearing was utterly forbidden.

'A fart would smell the same by any other name!'

You want to teach your daughter some manners.

In polite company you should always ask someone to pull your finger before letting fly or lift one leg and demurely cry 'cop for that folks'

If you want her to appear all cultured and that you could get her to use the term 'D'oyly Carte' which is your actual cockney rhyming slang.

A cautionary taLe here. My parents must have had similar sensibilities to your own. We were not allowed to say fart. Instead we used frack (I think a mix of fart and crack). Roll forward a few decades and fracking is headline news (tee he hee)

We say all sorts in this house. DS and DD generally say things like, "X's bum poofed" (makes me think of a puff of talc after a baby farts) or 'Y squeezed cheese' or 'There's been a gas leak' (we don't have gas in this house)

I'm 37 and was never allowed to say fart and I don't like 8 yo DD saying it. We used to call it a 'blow off'. I was never allowed to say 'bum' as a child either - always bottom and 'poo' was known as a 'big toilet'. It must've been ingrained in me as I involuntary suck my breath in if I hear a child say 'fart' or 'bum'!!!

55 here and brought up not allowed to say fart, it was pimp ( was shocked to find others used the word for something different) With my own children and now gs we use pop

Fart? A swear word? I'm not sure if you people are winding me up or not!

Guff is definitely a quiet, smelly one.

PS: I luff this thread

pimp that must have sounded odd from the lips of a child.

My mother was prim and it was bum wind which I find horrible. Was also front bum and back bum. I am 50 too and still say that.

Pretty sure we said fluff as children. It's a trump in this house, makes the US presidential campaign more amusing anyway. I wouldn't object if DD came home saying fart though. It's just a word. I wouldn't object if she swore either (when she's older) as long as she can understand the difference between swearing in general and swearing at someone, and as long as she was old enough to appreciate that there are some situations where it's not appropriate (school, work, talking to grandparents etc).

I'm 33, it was not used in my house growing up. Strange because both parents could swear like navvies when the occasion called for it!

I use fart all the time, but loads of other words as well. I'm crude as fuck though because toilet humour always amuses me.

My eight year olds think the f word is fart.

I find trump, parp, fluff and toot far more vulgar than fart, which I think of as crude but wholesome. The twee euphemisms make me think of suburban curtain-twitching.

I'm 50 and use fart - when I had DS (at the ripe old age of 42) I decided it's a fine Old English word and there wasn't a problem with using it. (Some of the twee-er euphemisms on the other hand - cunting bollocky fucking arseholes my goodness me, they're like nails down a blackboard!)

Cross post with Jasper . (Great user name btw, probably my favourite Heyer book).

Air buffet?

Fart is fine, although they were bottom burps when I was a child.

It's funny, because when DD1 was small, she used to say "I've got snot!" if her nose needed blowing. MIL would do a cats bum mouth at that, but would say "bum", which I think is coarse (not swearing, though). So, these things are quite arbitrary, really.

My DD says "noisy bottom" - this came from a book she has. She says "snotty nose" which to me is kind of the same thing so I wouldn't be overly worried if she said fart.

the things you learn- would never have considered fart like swearing or even to be thought about - I'd say the queen farted (well I'm unlikely ever to meet her but you know what I mean) ...its the normal word for ....farting...my mum was quite reserved esp when growing up (i'm46) but this never hit the radar...