It really made me chuckle when my own kids came home from school off the bus one day a number of years ago and they told me other kids on the bus were saying the s word and the sh word, I cringed as my son was about to tell me what he heard. I turns out that the S word was stupid and the sh word was shut up...lolol phew....

I thought that Oh My God wasn't really a big deal until I heard it come out of the mouths of my children. There childhood innocence and their tiny voices made it seem so much harsher to have them say it. I find I try to reduce or avoid saying this altogether. That being said, coming from the UK where crap is a bad word, I have a hard time with how often that word is thrown around.Seems a little hippocriticle when people use that so fluently but complain about the use of OMG.

I took my 11 yr old to have xrays last week and we were given paper gowns that kept ripping and the assistant said that they were a bunch of crap. I immediatly said, excuse me what did you say and she just repeated her comment like it was no big deal. I was not happy about that but I do realize that over here in Canada it is not a big deal to say that. Another example when some irate woman decided to hurl abuse at me in Costco parking lot a couple of weeks ago said "...I dont give a shite..." and when I asked her to not use bad language in front of my daughter, she laughed at me and proceeded to tell me to grow up...and this woman was easily in her late 60's. I found that if she so easily could hurl abusive language at me it was just a reflection on her lack of education if that was her only way of communicating with me in an awkward parking lot situation that she caused because she was selfish and clearly lacking common sense.

What I'm trying to say is that I think it is a very personal opinion based on an individuals upbringing, religion and personal views. I think that any kind of disrespectful term used to upset someone or demoralize somebody is not acceptable. But I think OMG really isn't meant to conciously disrespect the Lord so people shouldn't take it as so. Although I do think that most people could do with thinking more before they open their mouths in order to show more respect for others and consider how their actions will impact others.