Language

[radegund]

I swear a lot. No, really, a lot. I mean, not at work, or in other contexts where it isn't appropriate, but in general conversation I'm usually among the most foul-mouthed participants. I get it mainly from my father. Also my teddy-bear, who used to turn the air blue - in fact, I got put out on the stairs (the all-purpose punishment in our house) on numerous occasions for things that Flaubert had said.

So now I'm wondering: should I tone it down when my son is learning to talk? What do you think?

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[radegund.livejournal.com]

My father swears all the time; my mother rarely. (But when she does, it's fuckin' effective!) I don't have any problem swearing around them, and was never told not to. My grandmother, mind you, is another matter.

I have a feeling that if we make an issue out of swearing, Oisín will pick up on it as a way to transgress, and we might have a bigger problem on our hands than if we take a more laissez faire approach.