CC> Rick I have a very sweet bird.  He talks alot and even picks up words
  CC> and phrases he hears around the house here.  Some are not fit for
  CC> repeating,but he thinks so! How do you get a bird to stop repeating
  CC> certain words? My sister says they forget over time if they don't hear
  CC> it often.  Is this true? He is 8 months old and we love him alot.  You
  CC> ought to see him eat cheese grits.  A real sothern bird. cindy .
 
The alternative to giving the bird NO reaction when it says the bad word is 
to correct the bird.  Over time, we were able to convert "F*** you"  (picked 
up from a friend, who said it rarely, but with great emphasis) to "I love 
you."
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