For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for March 04, 2013

True.

And how would you know THAT, Michael ?

That’s good background to know, Lynn. These earlier strips are new to me as I started following it when the kids were a bit older and Gordon had already “evolved” into a more responsible person. Thanks for the info!

the harshest “4” letter word that actually only has 3 is SHE…as in She won’t let me, She has too many rules, She, She, She…………I know I had 3 children that used it alot. Now they have their own children and they totally understand. lol……revenge is a 15 year old grandchild.

Ooops! I think you’re too late Ellie!

Uh oh… Well time to have a talk with him about what he knows and when it is appropriate or not to use those words.

Let’s make some up, then!

You learn more of those bad 4-letter words in school than in a game arcade.

a word is not as bad as when they string them together !

One of my FB friends came up with a new word yesterday which was a combo of words (one of which I never use) and idiot.

Almost all of them are very old, going back to Anglo-Saxon times.

Now that I think of it, there is ‘frak’…and an arcade is probably the most likely place outside of Battlestar Galactica reruns you would be likely to encounter it.

@Night-Gaunt49: In German most fourletter words are actually sixletter words. And some I have learnt by accident when trying to transport a word from my original mother tongue into German. My colleague has got some good laughs over the past when explaining the real meaning – and I have grown used to the heat in my red ears.

There are no “bad words”, just words used badly.

my kids learned them in school,some from the teachers.

jeanie5448: It’s called “the mother’s curse” – “I hope when you’re grown you have kids just like you.”

If you’ve ever seen “A Christmas Story” then you know where Ralphie learned ONE particular 4-letter-word he shouldn’t have said . . . and that was from his own father! (Not that JOHN of all people would ever say that exact same word though!!!!!)

;-)

Very true. I picked up most of my curse words at home.

BILL ALTER: When I took a job as recreation director, some of the teens naturally tried to test me. They used some French profanity to see my reaction. I just said tasse toi (hush child) and never had any problem with them thereafter.