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Summary: A Self-Help Book Worth Buying!
Review: O'Connor does a great job of providing tips on how to curb your propensity to swear, and he does it in a very amusing way. The chapters are quite clever -- I spent a weekend with my family and everyone who picked up the book to "look at it" spent a few hours reading through it. It's almost unheard of for all of us to be drawn to the same books! I remember seeing the author on Oprah -- and was surprised to learn that even she says she needs help in this department! I think this might be a good book to have colleagues at work read, especially in a high pressure environment.
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Summary: Ought to required reading for junior high!
Review: Ooh, this book made me cringe. I recognized myself more times than I cared to. I bought this book for the specific reason to help me curb my cursing and not only did it curb it, it has pretty much eliminated it. Mr. O'Connor does an excellent job keeping the reader's attention. I appreciated his explanation of the two types of cursing: causal and casual. I have been able to eliminate casual cursing from my vocabulary and for the most part do very well with causal cursing even to the point of hopping around shouting 'shoot, shoot, shoot' when I stumped my toe recently. I wish this book were required reading in public schools. My son's junior high is rife with colorful language. I know his language must have been just as bad as everyone elses. I had him and his buddy read through the book, and even through faked shocked giggles at the list of 'dirty' words the book got the point across to them and I've noticed that their language has cleaned up. I've even seen a dramatic decreases in the "Oh Gods" and "Gods" they say. They both said the book made a point of letting them know how ignorant they looked when their language was peppered with foul words. No, I didn't get them to read all the book but enough to make a difference. Who am I? Well, suprisingly enough, a middle class college educated housewife with a strong religious backing who had found her language filled with the 'f' word and the cursing habit seemed ingrained and hard to break. Until I read Mr. O'Connor's book. Cringe, cringe, cringe....but it was worth the squirming hard look at myself to break this habit. I have been relatively curse free now for three months. The lessons learned in this book are not easily forgotten!
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Summary: This book got me to think about swearing
Review: This is not your typical self-help book but it is an educational tool. It is written in laymans terms so that everyone can benefit from its eye-opening concepts. This book also contains real interviews with all types of people from all walks of society. Each interview reveals a shocking tale of personal insight which is not only entertaining but also life changing.
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