[Sundae]

Being brought up Catholic I "blasphemed" on a regular basis.
The inverted commas are not because I am atheist, just that it wasn't seen by us as blasphemy.
And when I decided I was swearing too much I went back to those habits.

Working now in a C of E school, not only do I find myself saying shoot for shit, I also say Oh my goodness for OMG and back to Jeanie Mac (a teen exclamation of uncertain origin) for Jesus Christ.

And not only that, advising the children to say "Oh my goodness" or even "Oh my gosh" too! It's a weird headspace. I still say Knickers! or Pants! and I still get looked at frowningly by auld wifies and young mothers sometimes. As if I'd said something filthy. I think it's because I say it with aggression/ frustration and it takes a while to filter through that it wasn't actually a rude word.