First place I ever saw FU written was in the rocket slide on the playground with my cousin-
I read it out loud, he told me that was bad & not to say it, but couldn't actually tell me
why it was bad...
Sometime, check out George Carlin's '7 words you can't say'-
what do all these words have in common? They're Anglo-Saxon!
Somebody had to arbitrarily decide that these were bad words & frankly, not one of those bothers me in the slightest-
however, there is a certain Latin word for a female body part that make me cringe every time I hear it
(nope, not typing it here- but it's the hard vowel sound in the middle that bothers me)...
Having said that, I
do like creative swearing- like 'Take off!' & such-
remember, we need to say something when we drop that hammer on our feet & not just scream loud enough to burst an eardrum...
Haven't read any Holt, unless he writes short stories for anthologies, same with Rankin-
don't have any kids yet either but I seem to recall there being a lot of children's reading suggestions in the boardello,
will look for that later...
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