My mother taught me these things. I can still recall the first time that I ever swore out loud. I was maybe 9 or 10 years old.
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You were precocious. I was over 30 years old. In addition to the usual reasons to refrain from such language, my Granny told me it was a lazy way of communicating and gave me a thesaurus and suggested that I find a more elegant way to express myself.
A friend of my Mom did substitutions. When felt like cursing, she just said, well PALE BLUE — most people didn’t know that was her curse word. Ha.🤣
I swear worse than a sailor on way too much rum but I can control it if I need to. I live rurally partially because of self-awareness.
My grandfather was a Southern Baptist Reverend. He never swore a day in his life. I’ll never forget the day I heard him say the N-word.
-SB