tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417863252069116618.post544898715307950294..comments2024-03-05T12:02:53.333-08:00Comments on One Mom's Musings: On SwearingAftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241351509996548332noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417863252069116618.post-56955563986198344652010-11-17T18:31:24.511-08:002010-11-17T18:31:24.511-08:00I'm one who tries NEVER to say words that coul...I'm one who tries NEVER to say words that could POSSIBLY be swear words. I always say "heck" and "darn" in the bible or even in that hymn we sang last Sunday. It didn't rhyme, but I don't even want to start down that very slippery slope. Afton, could you please have the "textual meaning" talk with my kids? I'm never going to. ;)Amanda Dahl Larimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01158351314905456031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417863252069116618.post-21995948476410242752010-11-17T13:47:54.236-08:002010-11-17T13:47:54.236-08:00I love that this is true for most kids and sometim...I love that this is true for most kids and sometimes adults. You don't need to use swear words to get your point across and in the end if you do then you usually sound like WT. IMHO. On a funny note my little bro in law use to think Dick Van Dyke was a swear wordshiguy4076https://www.blogger.com/profile/04759257983019690390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417863252069116618.post-19660620508245355782010-11-17T08:26:29.096-08:002010-11-17T08:26:29.096-08:00Why is it that the quickest way for a child to ge...Why is it that the quickest way for a child to get interested in learning a foreign language is for them to learn a bad word from that language? Perhaps we should make all nouns in foreign languages "bad words" and then our kids would have HUGE vocabularies, and we would have something to laugh at every day. Just a thought. Not one of my better ones.ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835438074282217897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417863252069116618.post-72572162559324820882010-11-17T05:01:41.660-08:002010-11-17T05:01:41.660-08:00Ya, or around here it's hold your tongue and s...Ya, or around here it's hold your tongue and say "beach". I'm totally on the same page as you when it comes to swearing. My kids do the exact same thing. We were reading in Mosiah the other night and "dumb ass" was in there. Of course it wasn't meant in a bad way ("Yea, and I will cause that they shall have burdens lashed upon their backs; and they shall be driven before like a dumb ass), <br /> but my kids sure got wide eyes at that one! We got a good chuckle and had to explain to the kids what exactly it meant. It's awkward for them to read those words which I am so glad for. Hope they always feel awkward saying them!Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15134001952865440495noreply@blogger.com