donnaimmaculata ([personal profile] donnaimmaculata) wrote2004-01-22 04:34 pm
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Question to native speakers, preferably Brits

I wrote a Dudley/Aunt Marge fic last night. Before you run off, screaming with disgust: It's only PG-13. No graphic action. After all, Dudley is only ten.

And that brings me to my question: How would a 10-years-old Dudley Dursley refer to his penis? I bet Petunia and Vernon are not very articulate on the subject of sex, and I've no idea how advanced sex ed classes are at a school Dudley is likely to go to. How much is he likely to know on the matter of sex? And how would he refer to breasts?

Yes, I'm taking the project seriously.

ETA: Just because it amuses me: I've just consulted my slang dictionary and found a plethora of slang expressions and euphemisms for 'penis' from throughout the ages: red-cap (Lupin's DADA lessons appear in an entirely different light), dribbling dart of love, lamp of life, flip-flap, marrow-bone-and-cleaver, nooney, lucy, tantrum (rather appropriate for Dudley), thingamabob, yum-yum, dork (adds a whole lot of new implications to 'mood: dorky'), husbandman of nature, gentle-tittler,...

[identity profile] frankie-lee.livejournal.com 2004-01-22 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry-- one more for you-- TONK, TONKER, TO TONK-- penis/someone who likes sex.

Puts our lovely Nymphadora (nympho?) in a whole new light, don't it. LOL!!

[identity profile] donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com 2004-01-22 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL Between Nymphadora Tonks, red-caps, and the twins 'keeping their peckers up', I don't know how the books dodged the NC-17 rating.

[identity profile] frankie-lee.livejournal.com 2004-01-22 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL!! Plus Ron's smart-ass remark, "Can I see Uranus?" This just clinches it. The books are definitely written on two levels. =P

JKR is one sneaky lady. Just like the Disney animators who draw naughty things into a couple of cells just to see if anyone is paying attention. BTW, I've heard people speculating that she named Tonks the way she did on account of all the fan-fic.

[identity profile] donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com 2004-01-22 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, Tonks does seem a bit like a fanfic heroine, what with the shapeshifting and the anime hair. I'd be very impressed if she was JKR's answer to fanfiction.