I've just noticed that a post in which I used the phrase "any Tom, D i c k or Harry" has been revised to read "any Tom, #### or Harry." I can't imagine that this was done by a moderator in person and so I imagine it was 'bleeped' by software.
Presumably this means that we won't be able to refer to any of:
- #### Turpin - Highwayman
- #### Gephardt - US politician and VP nominee
- #### Cheney - US politician and actual proper VP
- Moby #### - well-known whale
- Phillip K. #### - sci-fi author
- #### Barton - special agent.
(FWIW I typed the names correctly, you may be looking at an amended version now)
I'm idly wondering what other words may be covered so, whilst the following should be acceptable language, in the interests of science I'm going to test some words which may be misconstrued.
The sensitive should read no further...
- FCUK - UK fashion retailer
- Fanny Price - Jane Austen character
- Twit - Roald Dahl character
- Twat - to strike something, or, as PM candidate Cameron once said on radio "The trouble with Twitter, the instantness of it – too many twits might make a twat"
:-)
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More seriously, how might we get a word used in 'polite' context through the censor? Perhaps we have to use the trick of putting spaces between the letters?:
"Known for shooting an attorney, D i c k Cheney served as George W. Bush's Vice President"
SW10
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Aha.
Intriguingly, D i c k is more dangerous to our health than any of the other words in my experiment...
SW10
In reply to SW10Chap, post #1
"...Intriguingly, D i c k is more dangerous to our health than any of the other words in my experiment..."
More than George W?
I wonder if ####ensian gets through.....
.....err nope.......
Looks like some reprogramming is called for!
Admittedly, there are a lot of abbreviated Richards of renown, and the auto-bleeper is clearly being a little over enthusiastic. We'll remove it from the blacklist... but the other nasties shall remain as we'd rather swear words weren't used in discussion. Thanks for pointing this one out.
Some of the auto censors used elsewhere take exception to DONG (DNG) (www.dongenergy.com/en/Pages/index.aspx)
And the ancient Lincolnshire town of S####horpe does not escape censure either. makes it difficult to refer to their local website (http://www.s####horpe.towntalk.co.uk)