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Wall Street Journal

Our Swear Words Have Lost Their Shock Value

Regarding Dr. Robert C. Hamilton's op-ed 'Guess Who's Cussing at Dinner' (May 6): I am continuing to fight my lost-cause battle against F bombs. Mr. Mason, my ninth-grade English teacher many years ago, bemoaned what he then observed to be the increasing use of profanity. He summed up the issue neatly: 'Profanity is ignorance made audible.' Kurt O'Keefe