In an effort to keep my preschooler from repeating offensive words and shocking and disgusting onlookers (or onhearers?), I have taken to spelling out words when the need to utter them strikes. My sister would argue that I should eradicate such terms from my vocabulary (the old 'muerto el perro se acaba la rabia' thinking), but these things take time and we are still in the gray area.
So now, it is not uncommon in my house to hear "Lorenzo, if I see you hump one more article of clothing on the floor, I am going to whoop your A-S-S!" (Lorenzo's humping tendencies are a whole other annoying story)
This plan seemed quite brilliant until we were driving along and I was telling my sister something that necessitated the spelling of S-H-*-T and a second later a little voice repeated the spelling from the backseat.
Oh geez, I guess that is it. I am going to have to resort to saying things like "Oh my Heck" and "I'm going to kick your wagon!"
Doggonit!
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