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Oh, I've cursed all right. But do you mean to tell me your parents made you put soap in your mouth?
It was a somewhat common punishment for swearing or talking back to your parents in the US a few decades ago. You can probably see it shown in American cartoons from the 90s and 00s.
Some parents did back then. I think it's a 90s thing.
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