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A childhood belief about swearing

When my sister was 5 and I was 7, her, me, and my mum were trying to train my dog. I told her to "sit", but the dog didn't move.

My sister then said "You have to talk in a baby voice" so she went up to the dog and started saying saying "shit" because she thought it was sit in a bad voice. My mum started laughing, but then said "That is a naughty word, don't ever say it."

I knew what my sister meant, so when I started school that year and the teacher said "Sit down" I thought I was going to cry.

— Vinia

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