&LOL; The early mastery of swearing I picked up between backseat driving (that is, listening to my Scottish mother's running commentary on other drivers) and m

&LOL; The early mastery of swearing I picked up between backseat driving (that is, listening to my Scottish mother's running commentary on other drivers) and my spongelike absorption of Canadian broadcast media, earned my parents a stern reproach from the ultra-bourgeois kindergarten they sent me off.