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'Most children learn how to swear before they even know the alphabet'
Daily Mail ^ | 04/17/2013 | By HUGO GYE and DAVID GARDNER

Posted on 04/17/2013 7:21:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: wbill

You might get more attention and surprise a lot of people if you use a four syllable word instead of a four letter word.


41 posted on 04/17/2013 10:29:39 AM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Or more likely they just didn’t have the concept of bad words. The most important element in cursing is designating some words as dirty and wrong for some audiences, without that it’s not possible to have impolite speech.


42 posted on 04/17/2013 10:36:24 AM PDT by discostu (Not just another moon faced assassin of joy.)
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To: lonestar
surprise a lot of people if you use a four syllable word

So...are you saying that I don't know many four syllable words? ;-)

43 posted on 04/17/2013 1:24:43 PM PDT by wbill
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To: wbill
Are you trying to make me remember what I was saying?

Curses!

:)

44 posted on 04/17/2013 5:40:16 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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