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Most kids curse before they learn the alphabet

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Most kids can utter an expletive before they even know their ABCs — probably because their parents (and most other adults) have such terrible pottymouths, according to a new book.

Mellissa Mohr argues that English-speakers actually use a curse word about once every 140 words, the Daily Mail reports.

That makes foul language as popular as first person plural pronouns like "our," "us" and "we." Among the book's findings:

read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/14/children-swearing/2082137/

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