Tips to Tame Your Tongue
From this Washington Post article:
Tips to Tame Your Tongue
- Recognize that swearing does damage.
- Start by eliminating casual swearing. Pretend that your grandmother or your young daughter is always next to you.
- Think positively.
- Practice being patient. When you are stuck in line or in traffic, ask yourself if a few more minutes matter.
- Cope, don’t cuss. Consider even the smallest annoyance a challenge, and feel proud of yourself for taking care of it cheerfully and efficiently.
- Stop complaining. Before you start griping or whining about something, remind yourself that no one really wants to hear about it.
- Use alternative words. Develop your own list of alternatives to the nasty words you now use, relying on your own intelligence, a thesaurus, good books and clever TV shows.
- Make your point politely. Some substitute words can be just as offensive if your tone is abrasive or you insult someone.
- Think of what you should have said.
- Work at it.
SOURCE: Cuss Control Academy
Hell, everyone just practicing numbers 3 through 7 would put LiveJournal and similar sites out of business. 😀
