Where is sore?

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Hi,

When I am sure my daught has a pain somewhere on her body, should I ask "Where is the pain?", "Where is sore?" or "Where aches"? or else? Thanks.
 

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Hi,

When I am sure my daught has a pain somewhere on her body, should I ask "Where is the pain?", "Where is sore?" or "Where aches"? or else? Thanks.

"Where is the pain?" "Where is it sore?" These both work.
 

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When I am sure my daughter has a pain somewhere [STRIKE]on[/STRIKE] in her body, should I ask "Where is the pain?", "Where is sore?" or "Where aches"? or else? Thanks.
I'd leave out the 'in her body'.
 

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'Where does it hurt?'
 

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I'd also use:
What hurts?
Where does it hurt?
 

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I used to say just "Stop whingeing. It'll go away"

;-)

(My parenting skills probably reached their low when my son, a born-again hypochondriac, was about sixteen. Just before school one day, he complained of pains in his stomach area, and said he thought he might have appendicitis. I, a qualified First Aider and St John Ambulanceman, prodded him a bit and told him to stop whingeing, go to school and take a laxative that evening. My wife phoned me at work later that day to say that he had been rushed to hospital from school with acute peritonitis.)
 
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I used to say just "Stop whingeing. It'll go away"

;-)

(My parenting skills probably reached their low when my son, a born-again hypochondriac, was about sixteen. Just before school one day, he complained of pains in his stomach area, and said he thought he might have appendicitis. I, a qualified First Aider and St John Ambulanceman, prodded him a bit and told him to stop whingeing, go to school and take a laxative that evening. My wife phoned me at work later that day to say that he had been rushed to hospital from school with acute peritonitis.)

I think that should be in the dictionary as the definition of "Oops".
 
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