[harwood red]

I think drawing the line when it comes to it is down to peoples own morals and what they feel comfortable saying and what company they are in at the time. I can have a joke around with my kids and say "Bog off" to them and its taken in the jokey way it is meant. But I once said it to them in front of my mum and got into trouble, bearing in mind I am 34 and still completely respect what my mum has to say I am unable to ever say it again.

To a certain extent I only can cope with profanities when they are used in a sparingly stressed out or angry way. What I really hate is when it is used in everyday language as normal speech, that REALLY gets my goat. I also find it horrendous when hearing it come out of the mouths of babes!!!!

I picked someone up at work for swearing unnecessarily and she actually admitted that she hated to hear kids swear. So I told her what does she expect if she is happy to swear in everyday life and that maybe in some small part she may have contributed to a child learning a swear word! Funnily enough couple of weeks later she said she had done the same thing when she overheard someone else swear......