Insults, Birthdays, and Toddler Slang
1980s: What is a toddler (Harry, specifically) going to call an injury and/or how is he going to express that something hurt (in the past)? He's basically pointing at the scab and going "Look at my ______, Uncle* Sirius!" "Owie/Ouch" is what my young niece and nephews would use, but I don't know if British children would be the same.
*Which is another question in its own right. If James and Lily had lived, how would Harry have been brought up to address their friends? Is "Uncle" generally given as an honorary title over there, or would they just be "Sirius"?
1940s: What are some commonly used and really offensive insulting terms that upper-class teenagers would use in reference to men? Nothing about sexuality this time, just general nouns that one would use to refer to someone one really hated. (e.g., How might one of Tom's friends refer to Dumbledore when there are no professors around, particularly if he's thinking that being really offensive will score points with Tom?)
Also, how are teenage boys at this time likely to behave on one of their friends' birthdays? Would they buy him gifts and/or celebrate? Would they acknowledge it, but probably not do anything too special for it? Would they ignore it completely? Would it be unusual for a teenage boy not to know when his good friend of several years' birthday was?
*Which is another question in its own right. If James and Lily had lived, how would Harry have been brought up to address their friends? Is "Uncle" generally given as an honorary title over there, or would they just be "Sirius"?
1940s: What are some commonly used and really offensive insulting terms that upper-class teenagers would use in reference to men? Nothing about sexuality this time, just general nouns that one would use to refer to someone one really hated. (e.g., How might one of Tom's friends refer to Dumbledore when there are no professors around, particularly if he's thinking that being really offensive will score points with Tom?)
Also, how are teenage boys at this time likely to behave on one of their friends' birthdays? Would they buy him gifts and/or celebrate? Would they acknowledge it, but probably not do anything too special for it? Would they ignore it completely? Would it be unusual for a teenage boy not to know when his good friend of several years' birthday was?