For the Secret Keeper’s weekly challenge. The words are
PAGE | GUN | YOUNG | PERSON | STAGE
It makes front page
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Yes the word kid is a young person , I suspect it conjures up a rather boisterous masculine figure , not quite a person. In the past it was regarded as slang and to use it for a child ( how respectable ) was considered rather insulting. I wonder if it is associated with young devil- may-care cowboys , sort of gunslinger types ? You had no choice child is far too innocent to pair with gun unless the child is getting shot.
Yes, child has connotations of young innocence and fragility. Kid can be older, rougher, wilder or simply more independent. I don’t think it’s ever taken in a pejorative sense, just familiar.
This is very eloquent and relevant.🌹
The word choice jut-st shouted out at me.
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Thank you, Michael 🙂