Pardon My French

PARDON MY FRENCH She swore like a sailor and what did it mean? Did he cuss as a pause... were their cohorts unclean? Were their vocabularies lacking in something rich or refined? Did they swear in frustration, were their expletives unkind? Was she to quit swearing when dad counts to five? Did he pay at the cuss jar in a ten dollar crash dive? Must they think of real words and substitute when they can? Should they change their slang before, the *#!% hits the fan? It's a hard thing to do in replacing letters of four. His teacher says,"try five," Her's says,"try a few more!" Her Mom says more letters is just what she needs. And he tries to count five but, his Urban impedes. The kids say, four letters are not that dirty or bad! Why must they change them when they like what they've had. There is power in speech and it tells all about us. So use five letter words and please, do not cuss. The kids were too literal in the teaching they heard. They discovered, in short, FIVE, is a four letter word. By Edlynn Nau © June 28, 2016