I remember somebody telling me that the C-word was "cent" as in the American coin.
I didn't understand how the Americans could get away with swearing all the time.
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- Because of Pocahontas, I grew up believing Native Americans noises sounded like English to Native Americans.Anon
- I used to believe that coin change could turn into actual paper money if you left it alone for a long time. — Marcus O
- Living near Canada's border without cable, I didn't know I was American. — Romania
- I used to believe that swearing was just saying, “I swear!”Anon
- I used to believe there was a legal age limit to swearing.— sarah
- I used to believe that the bigger the coin was, the more it was worth.— Benjamin