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Rasta mouse -!!!!

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TinyD4ncer · 07/02/2011 16:54

New thing on cebebies

says things along the lines of

'wagggwann'
'man thats dread'
'boooom ting'
and other things along them lines

I dont want my DD to talk this way

Do you think I should stop her watching it - or is watching one programme like this not really going to make a diffrence? as I feel abit strange and maybe OTT thinking 'I dont want my daughter watching that'

Advice please

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midnightexpress · 07/02/2011 16:56

I'd be more worried about my DC talking like the stupid characters in Waybuloo tbh.

headfairy · 07/02/2011 16:56

I think you're being a bit ott. My ds doesn't speak with a Welsh accent despite watching far more Fireman Sam than a person really should.

Your dd may well repeat a few things from the show, but she'll forget them pretty quickly too.

ruddynorah · 07/02/2011 16:57

It is one tiny programme in amongst a variety of things that influence your Dd. Does she not mix with people with different accents and sayings to her own/yours?

LadyBiscuit · 07/02/2011 16:58

agree with midnightexpress

AnnaFalactic · 07/02/2011 17:02

oh god, not another one Angry

It's a bloody programme, are you going to stop your child watching any programmes containing anything other than a 'standard english accent', whatever that is anyway?

FFS

PaperView · 07/02/2011 17:07

I can kind of see the OPs point. ALthough the thing that annoys me is not the sayings/words it's "Me wan go ...." It took AGES to get DS1 to say "I want to go to ..." instead of "Me want..."

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TinyD4ncer · 07/02/2011 17:14

The thing im moest worried about is her knowing/saying the words like
'rasta'
and going up to a child and saying the things i have said above, for instance waggwann to a child- my child is white and i feel if she was to say this to another child who was not white that it would be as her insulting the other child.

Suppose what im saying is if my white child walked up to your carribean/ black ect ect child and said this - what would you feel or nothing? as i wouldnt want to walk away with a black eye

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TinyD4ncer · 07/02/2011 17:16

p.s my child mixes with other children what ever the race although not often as shes still young and doesnt go to nursery/school

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suzikettles · 07/02/2011 17:17

Don't worry. Ds listens to more Southern English accents on tv than is probably good for him, but he still sounds Glaswegian.

HTH

headfairy · 07/02/2011 17:17

I think it would have to be a very odd person to feel that a little girl was being racist if she quoted phrases from a widely seen programme on cbeebies to a black/Caribbean child.

AnnaFalactic · 07/02/2011 17:20

I'd think it was funny, not offensive if a child came up to DD saying things like that, I'd assume they'd been watching Rastamouse on TV, or that they ad some Jamaican friends, or that their parent/s had actually spent some time educating their child on different cultures/races/dialects etc.

I am white as white can be, DD is half Jamaican btw

PaperView · 07/02/2011 17:24

DS3 calls it pasta mouse. Just watch something else when it's on like we do Wink

thornykate · 07/02/2011 17:36

I remember a posh colleague at work complaining that someone wasn't speaking properly on the phone to her as they said aks instead of ask; her opinion was that they must be stupid or have a speech impediment. At least people can learn about another dialect through this programme.

can't imagine anyone blacking your eye over that tinydancer unless you know some really crazy parents!

Coolfonz · 17/01/2012 17:04

I think everyone especially the Daily Mail should be terrified of Rastamouse. I grew up watching the Clangers and I can only communicate through a nose flute and squeaks. And you should meet my friend who was crazy about Sweep!!

Punkatheart · 17/01/2012 17:23

I love Rastamouse - just as I love lots of different people and their cultures. TV should not be all BBC English. Good grief, there is an off button. Coolfonz - I am laughing at imagining a world full of Clanger people!

AliciaGunther · 09/05/2013 12:56

So, I've sat down and watched a good amount of Rasta Mouse in my time. Honestly, it affected me in no way whatsoever and my PFSB enjoyed watching it, too. I asked her if she had any multi-racial students in her class, and she says that she has one "Brown boy" who is 3 months older than her. He doesn't speak in a 'strange' accent and she doesn't speak to him that way either.

Not to criticise love, but you're being quite OTT.

AliciaGunther · 09/05/2013 12:57

And actually, the Tweenies had a problem where the fellow called Max actually impersonated Jimmy Saville. That's the sort of thing to be slightly more concerned about.

givemeaclue · 09/05/2013 12:57

Zombie thread

ForsakenORIGIN · 22/10/2013 08:32

Fucking moron....

BerstieSpotts · 22/10/2013 08:40

"Rasta" isn't an offensive word Confused

BerstieSpotts · 22/10/2013 08:40

Oh Blush Sorry. Didn't realise it was a zombie thread.

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