Well, I'm not always successful. It started early - when The Boy was just starting to talk, he would walk around the house going "dammit!". Yeah. When asked where he heard that, he giggled and said, "Daddy!"
I caught hell for that.
Anyways, we're having a discussion about what is or isn't a swear word; what words are merely impolite, etc., when The Boy has a question:
"Do you take a class to learn all the swear words? You know, so you know what not to say?"Before either Mrs G. or I could answer, he comes out with this:
"Because you could totally be the teacher."
Yeah. It took a minute or two to regain my composure...
That is all.
7 comments:
This is a really great post...I am still laughing.
I have to be careful around my son but haven't been asked these things...yet.
When I was little I learned to swear from my father who was a Marine pilot in the Navy. That meant Marine Boot camp, then Navy flight school. He could swear like a Marine or a Sailor and could do combinations when necessary. Even I can't turn the air blue like he could.
According to my Mom I picked my first really bad word up from my Dad when I was barely walking. I have no idea, to this day, what it was, but apparently I tried out on our pastor from the Lutheran Church when he came over for coffee and cake.
Kids say the #$!#$@ things.
Remember that the nut doesn't fall very far from the tree.
I learned a lot of interesting terms in collge but it was Uncle Sam who taught me the more colorful usage of the english language (as well as a few other languages). First Seargants tend to have the best vocabulary...
If you need help for the class I volunteer. -"A man's gotta know his limitations."
*Evil grin*
Jay,
Here in the states we're behind the curve. England's already started teaching swear words in her schools:
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/04/05/Parents-say-school-taught-cuss-words/UPI-64141238910763/
Damn...that's all I can say.
*lol*
My daughter is almost 2 yrs old. It is amazing how quickly they just latch onto random things.
One day I put my daughter in the carseat and handed her sippy cup and said "There you go..."
She exclaimed "Dhere yuh goh!" and repeatedly for the next five minutes. In fact, she probably says that phrase 4-5 times a day - minimum!
They're like little digital recorders, especially when you think they aren't paying attention.
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