The amount of profanity I ever use is dependent on the group of people I'm conversing with. If I'm around my family members then you'll probably never hear me say anything derogatory or profane around them but that's mostly because my mother would skin me alive if I so much as uttered, "What the freaking hell?" in her presence, which is, by most of my friends' standards rather tame. Speaking of friends, that's where my sailor mouth just comes out in full swing. I'll curse pretty much every other word, especially if I'm irritated or I'm about to rage on someone--every other word is just "fuck" and "bitch" and any other standard U.S. swear word or slang term you can think of. It's pretty much like I become a different person--at home I'm a dignified and scholarly girl who's humbled by her mistakes, around my friends we share in a camaraderie and let our tongues wag loosely.
But yeah I basically curb my tongue at home because I was raised to be a "proper lady" by an equally "proper" woman. Funnily enough, my mom is obviously validated to swear at me profusely when she's angry or anyone else. It's funny how us girls in the Vernon family can morph into different ladies when we're angry without shedding that dignified air about us. That said, if I'm talking to certain friends who don't curse or complete strangers, especially authoritative figures then I never ever curse; that whole "keep your back straight" and "Yes miss" and "No thank you miss" type of upbringing comes right back out of me. I basically know when to switch between seemingly flippant casualness and proper decorum when the occasions call for it. Mmm.
But yeah I basically curb my tongue at home because I was raised to be a "proper lady" by an equally "proper" woman. Funnily enough, my mom is obviously validated to swear at me profusely when she's angry or anyone else. It's funny how us girls in the Vernon family can morph into different ladies when we're angry without shedding that dignified air about us. That said, if I'm talking to certain friends who don't curse or complete strangers, especially authoritative figures then I never ever curse; that whole "keep your back straight" and "Yes miss" and "No thank you miss" type of upbringing comes right back out of me. I basically know when to switch between seemingly flippant casualness and proper decorum when the occasions call for it. Mmm.