Vulgar Speech Leads to Coarseness of Soul-to post on all SM

Vulgar Speech Leads to Coarseness of Soul: A colleague recently asked me to write for our students about what is euphemistically, and rather incorrectly, known as “swearing.”  We have all perhaps heard our younger siblings yell, “Muuuum! Jimmy swore!” Yet Jimmy did not really “swear,” unless he is beyond his years, or brought into a court of law.  Swearing literally is taking …

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