When I was young, I was told never to swear. So for a long time afterward, I got very offended when I heard someone say "I swear..."
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- I swear I heard a Disney Channel/Radio Disney song where the chorus was a repeated “Damn it”— SpengBab
- i could swear eleventeen was a number for the longest time -- it still sounds pretty convincing.— erin
- I used to believe that swearing was just saying, “I swear!”Anon
- I used to believe that bizarre was a swear word.Anon
- I used to believe that “shut up” was a swear word.Anon
- When I was at primary school I thought you had to be at least 18 to swear.— Mike W