[JenB]

Well, for a lot of them it's just habit, nobody's ever told them not to use that sort of language. Around a campus, students think it's "cool" and "adult" to use foul language.

I've known some people who, after years of talking like sailors, try to clean up their speech and find that it's become such a habit, they have real trouble not using it.

[politicket]

I've known some people who, after years of talking like sailors, try to clean up their speech and find that it's become such a habit, they have real trouble not using it.

Foul language is very tough to stop once you start it. The book of Proverbs tells that to us very clearly.

Your friends that are serious about stopping need to remove themselves from the company of those that have no desire to control their tongues.

[Xenalyte]

When I was teaching freshman English at the University of Houston, part of my first-day talk was the detail that I expected standard English to be spoken in my classroom and to be used on all assignments.

Standard English did not include what was then called "standard black English," or Ebonics, which I forbade along with students' native languages.

When you're in my English class, you speak English.