My mother didn't curse much, but occasionally would say "damnation". I always thought it was two words: "damn nation" and couldn't figure out what the country had to do with her cutting her finger (or whatever had caused her cursing).
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- sophie b. hawkins. Damn I wish I was your lover. I heard Damn I wish I was your motherAnon
- I used to think that running cross-country meant you ran across the entire nation!Anon
- I used to think you had to get special permission from your parents to use curse words— zeitgeist
- When my dad would say "Damnation!" I thought he was saying dalmation.— Matt
- I thought "sake" was a curse word— shh
- When I was about 3-5 I thought I could shave like my dad and I ended up cutting myself all over. — Matt