when i was younger my dad told me that "shut up" was a bad word and that i wasnt allowed to say it. well when i wanted to say it (instead of "be quiet") i would mumble and hisper under my breath, "shut" then i wouldnt say anything for about 5 minutes. then i would say "up". i thought that if i had enough space in between the 2 words, it wasn't bad.
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that “shut up” was a swear word.Anon
- I used to believe that if you told a lie, Dragonflies will come and sew your mouth shut. For real.— Casey
- i used to believe that dragonflies would sew your mouth shut.Anon
- i used to believe that drangonfly's would sew your mouth shutAnon
- I believed that "shut up" was cussing so i said it 1 million times— Kyla
- I used to tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon