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Location: without class distinction, Australia
Whhile I wouldn't say I swear like a trooper, I do swear quite a bit. And I want to try and stop it for next year. I also want to try and stop the blasphemy as well!
Any ideas people have about the best way to do this? I can't afford a 'swear jar' or anything like that, cos I'm saving for next year and I need all the money I can keep!
thanks!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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Get someone to hit you everytime you swear...I know violence is not the answer but I had someone hit me (not too hard but not too soft) and I cut down immensely.
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Location: brizvegas, Australia
or you could put a rubber band around your wrist, and snap it every time you swear. it really hurts and hopefully that won't cause you to swear more!!
i have to try not to swear when i go to my folks place...it's so hard! but eventually it just comes naturally! think of some alternative words to use...or just limit the swear words you do use! and luckily there are a few swears that seem quite acceptable now! (thanks a bit to a certain car ad!) some alternatives could be fudge! freakin! dang! (that's my personal fave!
) or how about shoot! or sugar! or darn! or firetruck! do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
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fudge is a good alternative for the f word.
Have you noticed that both ways of stopping the swearing involve pain???
Insert Champagne Here
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Location: without class distinction, Australia
I remember being on rowing camp once and having a 9 year old hit me (really hard for a 9 year old! that usually caused me to swear again!) every time I swore! But the problem was that she went to a catholic primary school so therefore "swearing" meant "god" "bloody" "damn" in fact, all the old fashioned ones that you now get on prime time TV!
basically, I'm cutting back on S, F and C (not that I say that anyways). oh, and the blasphemy. Other than that I figure that what they say on prime time TV (sometimes S gets said on prime time TV though! what a sign of the times) is fair game!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Hang around with ppl who do not swear or people that you care about hearing you swear perhaps..or have children.
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
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Location: South Wales
Why you stopping?
Coleman will be most dissapointed
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Location: Florida
lol I wish you well...
I dont really understnad why people attach such a stigma to it... Words are words and all have their place in each language... I bet the queen knows the swear words...
Well yeah true she probably doesnt say them... Anyhows good luck and the best way is to actually realise you are doing it or just take your time when talking that way you can engage you gears before the engine starts moving! So slow down see everything in slow motion.. Then you might catch the thought before it turns into a word...
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Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
I dont understand why people feel the need to swear all the time. For me swearing is used in a context. Time and place. Not all the time and in all places. All that seems to lead to is an escalation in swearing.
I find it offensive and unnecessary.
stops sucking on the lemon
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Oxfordshire/Wiltshire, United Kingdom
I think just the fact that you are aware of when you say it and that you dont want to... ull eventually find that you dont. xxx
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Location: manchester/northampton/where the wind blows
im a nightmare with swearing - was meetin my friends parents the other day n really had to curb it out respect but it was soooo hard!!
Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music - angela monet.
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Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria
eyyy, swearing adds color and undertone to language
itll be a shame to deprive us from that option....
"is optimism in austria just a lack of information?"
-Alfred Dorfer
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Location: manchester/northampton/where the wind blows
emphasis.
Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music - angela monet.
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Location: South Wales
Fungicide?
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huh? mushroom killing?
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Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music - angela monet.
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Tobasco.
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jazz
Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music - angela monet.
Pooh-Bah
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Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
...aaaand relax.
What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
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I like devilstick...
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change swear words to harmless ones i.e. F@*K to Funk and b@stard to biscuit rammer etc its kinda fun too
Does this site actually exist? Or am i talking to all my other personalities?
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frankie goes to hollywood
Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music - angela monet.
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I dunno. I kinda like swearing. I don't around my parents, but we've had conversations about the word sh!t over dinner (laughed over the past tense in english: shat, which I found in my dictionary today at school, oddly enough.)
For some reason I find it amusing. Don't ask why. (I don't)
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Every time you swear carry on, bang your head against the wall, and scream (loudly and shrilly) that the demons possessed you to do it and that they must leave your head.
Worked for me
-Mike
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
It's a good idea to be able to turn it off and on.
I don't swear at all when I'm at work.
It seems kind of natural actually.
Some of my friends and students can't seem to control it. It becomes problematic in the work world if you simply can't stop cursing.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
Ninja (shhhh, don't tell)
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Location: Truro, UK
Biscuit Rammer!
I love that, can't wait to get to work tomorrow now!!!
I only wanted to be 16... and free
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Location: manchester/northampton/where the wind blows
biscuit rammer just sounds rude to me
Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music - angela monet.
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Me too...
I swear too much.
I know I do.
This is copied from here and its originally Monty Python so its all true: Here
Perhaps one of the most interesting words in the English language today, is the word
. Of all the English words beginning with f, is the single one referred to as the "f-word". It's the one magical word. Just by it's sound it can describe pain, pleasure, hate and love. , as most of the other words in English, has arrived from Germany. from German's "fliechen" which mean to strike. In English, folds into many grammatical categories. As a transital verb for instance, "John Shirley". As an intransitive verb; "Shirley fucks". It's meaning is not always sexual, it can be used as an adjective such as; John's doing all the work. As part of an adverb; "Shirley talks too much", as an adverb enhancing an adjective; Shirley is beautiful. As a noun; "I don't give a ". As part of a word: "abso--lutely" or "in--credible". Or as almost every word in a sentence: " the fuckers!". As you must realize, there aren't many words with the versitility such as the word ,as in these examples used as the following words;- fraud: "I got
"- trouble: "I guess I'm really
now"- dismay: "Oh,
it!"- aggresion: "don't
with me, buddy!"- difficulty: "I don't understand this
question"- inquery: "who the
was that?"- dissatisfaction: "I don't like what the
is going on here"- incompetence: "he's a
-off!"- dismissal: "why don't you go outside and
yourself?"I'm sure you can think of many more examples.
With all these multipurpoused applications, how can anyone be offended when you use the word?
Use this unique, flexibel word more often in your daily speech. It will identify the quality of your character immediately. Say it loudly and proudly:
YOU!I wonder how many times it says the word
? edit:- It seems that the swear bot only picks up a few of the F words..
How useful I was in higlighting which ones are and which ones arent censored.
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Location: Norwich, UK
If you're saving for next year wouldn't a swear jar be a good idea?
Everytime you swear you'll have a little bit more saved up for next year, when next year comes your swearing problem, no, issue will be solved and you'll have a big jar of money to spend.
it all depends on how much you swear i guess, if its all the time then i guess it would bankrupt you before next year comes and the idea is utter rubbish but if not maybe it'll work Super Gidg!!!!
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Location: Portland Oregon USA
Rouge, good luck. I have a couple of friends that say whenever they want to cut back on the swearing they visit me more often. They say I "the look" and I use it very well.
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Or you could go to my lil sister's school and just get a $250 ticket like I did
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i dotn swear that much actually, im a nice boy,
gidg! you posted somewhere else apart from introductions! wow !!
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Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Jon, I was listening to the radio the other week and someone had that python thingo and put a backing on it! it was so funny!
I notice that I swear depending on who I'm with, but I feel that if I'm going to be teaching, then I'd better watch myself! But usually I am in agreement that they are just words, so get over them!
So far I'm just thinking before I speak a bit more and replacing a swear word with something a bit less harsh.
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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