As far as songs go, aside from disguising that one Jimmy Buffet song for awhile, I decided that since I was adamant about monitoring TV and movies and preservatives and sugar pesticides and etc. etc. etc., that I flat out wasn’t going to worry about song lyrics. It’s part of the song, and that certainly fits with my whole “appropriate uses” theory. And it’s only coming in ONE sense, as opposed to TV or movies, where if they’re hearing something inappropriate, they’re probably seeing something inappropriate too. So that’s my rationalization on why I let my boy listen to MIA whenever that first CD came out and he was like seven years old or something.
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Beth – Well, it sounds pretty hard, so if it is harder than that…

Joe – Never heard that, so if you find it send it my way!

Jacob – Who doesn’t, my friend?

Gypsy – You’re right about that pronounciation. And that Liz Phair album is outstanding, one of my favorites from the 90’s.

Maggie – They are, aren’t they? I don’t know if we’re going to have much success either.

Suzer – Yeah, but not necessarily at this age.

Ariza – I don’t think ‘dickhead’ is considered swearing in Australia. You hear it everywhere.

cIII – You’re absolutely right about the PMRC and Public Enemy. In fact, I reckon that Explicit labelling has boosted the sales of a lot of mediocre albums.

Lora – I tried to start a swear jar, but Dr. O’C told me to fuck off.

Kelly – That kind of deception impresses the hell out of me.

Jamie – True. Proper grammar is a plus.

Ginny – Great song!

Nurse – I’ve never been a huge Ani Di Franco fan. I think you have to be a woman.

Yello – Shame, isn’t it?

Laura – It isn’t the kid that needs soap or jar, it’s us!

NATUI – What sucks is that it’s a great song! I wonder what a radio edit would sound like?

Blues – I know a fair bit of Spanish curse words. I don’t know why…

Chris – I’m with you except if you can set these boundaries, why does music have to go on the shelf?
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Yes, it might be intellectually lazy but I do pair them with other good words and don’t often use them in anger, more as emphasis. Like when Gene and I were in Hawaii and wanted to go to the top of Mauna Kea but our rental wouldn’t make it up the last 15 miles, but then this tour guide offered to let us have the 2 empty seats on his four wheel drive/jake braked vehicle because we were bantering and he took a liking to us. “Well isn’t that fucking serendipitous.” Or when I found out Martin’s wife was having a bebe I said, “well, it’s about fucking time they get a break.” See, much better with the f-bomb.

We don’t use it as a general rule around the kids but they have heard it from us a time or two. My nine year old heard me say it when I rescued our dumb dog from the traffic she was darting about in. He told my husband, oh you should have seen mom, she was soooooo mad at the dog she used a REALLY bad word. We’ve told him hey, if you want to practice saying all the bad words with your friends in your supersecret fort treehouse, go right ahead but if you use them around school, adults, us, etc., you’ll lose privleges for being a dumbass. As far as music, if it’s gratuitous, misogynistic or violent, even if it’s a good song, it gets shelved for later.
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I think this is gonna be a problem for me when I have kids. In Spanish I’m even worse cause the swear words don’t sound even remotely bad to me, they just sound like any other Spanish word I’ve learned. They are all neutral to me.
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As for cleaning up our language, it is a miracle that our kids have not sworn at all. I really watch my mouth around my kids. I guess that is another inspiration to keep my blog. It’s the only place I can let loose.
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“Fuck you and your untouchable face
Fuck you for existing in the first place….”
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