Three Out of Three Profanities

Ian reported that t' had been "saying all three". I didn't know what he meant by that, but he explained that Daniel had invoked the three bad things that one should never say. I was pretty curious to find out what these bad things were...

They turned out to be:

1. "Oh my [deity]." (This one I actually gave Daniel some grief about; it's the only one explicitly forbidden in the Ten Commandments.)

2. "Sutup". [Sic. Ian had to spell it for me, and he spelled s-u-t-u-p. Apparently this is a way of rudely requesting silence, rendered by someone who hasn't quite mastered consonant blends at the end of a year of kindergarted.]

3. "Poop." Yes, this is the third of the Terrible Trio of Unrepeatables.

(August 3, 2010)