I never had my mouth washed out with soap, but "bad" words were so verboten in our house that when I accidentally said "damn," out of sheer surprise at something at age 17, my mom practically had a heart attack! (And that was 1966.) As a result, I was so unfamiliar with most naughty words that at 12 I could only hear "Krup you" as "Krup you," and I didn't even immediately get the implication.
Maybe I should have been an altar boy! ; ) |
