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Hi, Fee. I think you're right in connecting right speech with right thought. I can only speak for my own experience, but I've found it helpful to start with "biting my tongue" so that no actual negative, hurtful speech comes out. From there, it seems that negative, hurtful thoughts began to diminish. I'm not saying that I never say or think swear/curse words, but that they're very diminished and don't affect my mood like they used to.

There was an earlier discussion about Right Speech you might be interested in: http://www.buddhismwithoutboundaries...-is-it-for-you