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Packed with practical exercises and tips, as well as thoughtful reflection on how we've worked ourselves up into such a state of affairs, Cuss Control is a refreshing celebration of the joys of a civil tongue.
The Complete Book on How to Curb Your Cursing
Three Rivers Press
April 2000
256 pages ISBN: 0609805460 Trade Size
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Non-Fiction
Finally--the cure for the common curse! Faced with an epidemic of profanity, our country is in need
of practical suggestions for breaking a habit that has
ordinary citizens contributing to the decline of civility
and good manners. It's not always easy to resist the urge
to cuss, but foul language creates an unfavorable image, is
damaging to relationships, and goes hand-in-hand with a
negative attitude. Now, James V. O'Connor--founder of the Cuss Control Academy-
-offers the first book to explain why we swear and how we
can learn to hold our tongues. Cuss Control doesn't call
for the total elimination of swearing, just for its
confinement to situations where extreme emotion (think
hammer, think thumb) or poetic license (think Rhett
Butler's "Frankly, my dear. . .") demand it. His program
for easing us off the gutter-talk highway involves
alternative "potent phrases" for classic curses, including
the F-word; ways to communicate clearly rather than use
lazy language; and tips on adjusting your attitude and
abolishing obscenities.
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