More and more you hear business women using foul language. Where does it come from? Do you think it is necessary to keep up with the men in a man's dominated world of business to make it to the top?
First of all, I was taught that cussing came from the lack of vocabulary. Be creative and learn to express yourself in a better way. My straight-laced North Carolinian grandmother cam to visit us. I was cutting out paper dolls for my baby sister-it happened so quick. I cut off one of the dolls arms and said " oh darn. My grandmother told on me. My mother sent me out immediately to get my own switch!
Sometimes we get frustrated or angry and blurt out expressions to relieve the tension. What's wrong with "old turkey foot" or a food you don't like "oh liver" ! Be creative! Many foul words create more anger and offend others.
Another observation that is displeasing is the use of profound language by very young children . Some teenagers think it is so cool to cuss. It amazed me to find on YouTube a young man McKay Hatch who started a "No Cuss Club". He heard cussing in elementary school and when he moved to middle school so many around him thought it was cool to cuss. He didn't like it. He told his parents it offended him. It was then he asked his friends and classmates not to cuss around him. He started his club and now has over 30,000 members. Youngsters and adults have started eliminating foul language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBCfXJBjVQg
Do we need to clean up our everyday language? Do we use cussing in meetings? Is it something we feel we have to do to be in the "in" group.? Do you want our children to grow up cussing and replace good English?
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