Swearing
February 4, 2009
Swearing – Does it make you look big and clever, or is that just smoking?
Growing up i used to swear like the proverbial “trooper”, i was even allowed to swear at home, in front of my parents, well i say “parents”, actually if my Father had caught me swearing (which wouldn’t have been easy, considering he was born deaf and dumb), he probably would have put me in hospital, but my Mother, although fearsome on other levels, didn’t seem to mind too much about swearing; using it herself or hearing it from myself and my brothers.
I wasn’t allowed to swear in public though, and i “knew” to do so would earn me a smack, even though my Mother very rarely hit me (the fact that i was a delight to raise being an important factor!). I never swore in front of extended family, nor in front of teachers, church (add angel to “delight to raise”) members, et al.
