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Dan, I often see words on here, not just in the watershed that are a bit ripe to me , I am not moralising here but I find it a bit odd that on the two occasions I have used  a  certain  word  you have put stars in and taken letters out. eg   d**n    (you will no doubt take out the letters    a  ,   m  ,   n    ,)

I know I was out of the country a long time but is that a really bad word. I can't say the f word,or the the c word, I just couldn't. I can't say either of  the 2 b words either. I can't even say the f word meaning wind which I see all the time.

I am confused,please someone tell me , about  the d*** word( as in d*** and blast) as  is one I do use, am I being really bad without realising it.. This is a serious question by the way. I shall stop using it if it on a bad word list somewhere . HELP
XX Jeannine
XX Jeannine

Contraction for "Damnation" Jeannine... use your own judgement... did it get through the filter without censoring?

(low-voiced testosterone-fuelled reply here......Dan in Drag looks ever such a lot like me  ::))

Jeannine, you go with the flow on this one....the automatic censor's bananas. and possibly American bananas?...and furthermore it's got a FILTHY mind ::)....but if you can get over the barrier, it's really great fun :) I sort of think on some sites the Webowner can add/delete to the 'banned' list?

But why give Dan loads more work?.....don't think you'd have many takers there :-\

Me, I've wanted 'housework' to come up all starred and verboten for a long time now....

I hate h******rk, me  ;D

one of the dance forums that belong to changes the word for a female dog beginning with a 'b' to pregnant dog !

Jeannine I don't think any word you post will offend any member. As Lish has said.. automatic censoring (I think). Sometimes I have wondered why a certain word has been censored, obviously a reason. I don't think Dan would have the time to do the censoring as he always seems so busy.
Yes now and again there are a few ripe words but when you think how many members are on A4A we (IMHO) we do have a great site to enjoy.
So if d**n is a favourite you go ahead and use it ;D
Lorna.

Well, fancy that, I had no idea it was autommatic, no problem Dan. I fit is not a bad word I won't worry about using it in public now, I shall just find a new one for on here.. Oh knickers, I spelt auomatic wrong  XX Jeannine

Thank you for educating me.

By the way the b word for female dog is not used in North America, I always found that funny at dog shows...I wonder if it will go on here. lets try, this is fun now

                                          pregnant dog

XX Jeannine

It did it all by itself.Xx Jeannine

Oh I should just add, I don't mind the use of ripe words, I just can't do them, I think I expect a thunder bolt!! When I was kid I remember standing in front of the mirror and trying the f word, I just  couldn't get it out.

XX Jeannine

It is ludicrous to substitute "pregnant dog" for the word which means female dog.  Why not just use, er, "female dog"?

And I cannot understand why we aren't allowed to mention a male chicken either.  Or a girl thingy cat.  (See what I mean? Personally I find their alternative much more offensive! ;D)

We have a pub in this town called "The Black B**ch" (I had to type the * as I put the full word and the censor changed it to pregnant dog!)

The joke about Tony Blair got through unchanged......for now. ;D ;D ;)

Do you mean I can't write girl thingy Willow

Can I write Puss in Boots

This is a gardening forum and I can't write   P    U     S      S      Y     Willow..

It comes out as girl thingy Willow


What if I do girl thingy Willow                   


I can't make up my mind if this is fun or daft, I could spend hours on here just trying it

So I can write                     p   u   s   s                          puss

But I can't  write                 p  u   s   s   y                      girl thingy

And I can't write                 p   u   s    s   i   e                girl thingy 




If I try the last two it changes it to    girl thingy



Oh I just have to stop laughing,this is too much for me, shows how much I know about forums

XX Jeannine

Laughing so much here it hurts!

What hurts, I bet you can't write it XXX Jeannine....Mine hurts too

Jeannine

P u s s y willow are blue t i t are  the two things that make me boil on this gardening  site.
Personally i find it ridiculous as they are of course used in context and it spoils the train of thread when the words are substituted.

But I have learned from you I have only to put one space between and it works, thank you,it is b l o o d y daft isn't it.  Do they censor the Pm,s too XX Jeannine

It's all madness I use the screwfix plumbers forum and you cannot use stopcock.

Gary

Quote from: gary on March 24, 2007, 22:34:57
It's all madness I use the screwfix plumbers forum and you cannot use stopcock.

Gary

Have just told my heating engineer OH there is a screwfix plumbing forum. I wonder what there isn't a forum for!

A woman i work with is such a pregnant dog, she really gets on my nerves. She just goes on and on about her girl thingy cats and never buys biscuits. Sorry, just testing it out!

ROFLMAO  ;D ;D ;D.

Tricia

Sites using this software all have the same prudery so it's probably hardwired into it. Whether 'd**n' is that bad or not probably depends on the context. The original meaning (under God's curse) is pretty strong, but only if you're religious. 'Halaky', the equivalent in my wife's language (I bet that won't be censored) is about the worst thing you can say about someone.

This nonsense about censoring/substituting 'naughty' words would be funny if it wasn't so bloody stoopid - and d**n annoying!

TESTING! TESTING!

My dog is a pregnant dog and was spayed when very young so she has never been, nor ever will be, a pregnant dog.

My dogs are both bitches and were spayed when very young so have never been, nor ever will be, pregnant dogs.

A lesson here, I think. The censor doesn't understand plurals.
Therefore, should you ever wish to describe someone/something as a 'b i t c h' - (without the silly spacing) -   you could try 'half of a pair of bitches' !!!!

So......... bloody, bloody, bloody - just because I can.  ;D
Good grief.

The forum I managed can be word controlled but apart from some obvious filth I don't want on, I leave the control of content to my mature contributors.
I trust it will remain that way but Dan has to keep an eye on hundreds of contributors here and there's always a rogue around when you're not watching.

Going back to   d a m n . I do live my life  very much in  keeping wth my faith which is Mennonite, but the word  d a m n   on it's own I didn't have a problem with . If it was followed by another word  I would   be damning  something or somebody , then it would be different,as  I am usually refferring to myself when I use it and I don't add 'me'  I have never felt bad about using it.  I was surprised to see it censored which is why I asked if it was on a bad word list.

It does seem a wee bit silly to censor words that have been in use for centuries because someone has now chosen to take that word and turn it into something else.

What if the word baggage was to be struck off, it was a Victorian insult.

We would all end up with starry letters.

My favourite  bad words have been d a m n, blasted,poo,shush,bother,nuts, and hush your mouth. I winder if these will be bad soon !!!!

XX Jeannine

you can't use your 6th word on its own Jeannine because it must include a Government Health Warning.

Hope this clarifies matters.

Lish

 ;D

The sixth word contravenes Masters Variation, and if we are playing Tessler's rules the 4th applies.

Ooops! Is this not Mornington Crescent?

Coat on, gone..

;)

Well that.'s me down to 4 now XX Jeannine

I have been contemplating this post and am wondering what other crimes I may have accidently committed over my time on the forum.

I am sure I have used several poitically incorrect words and would like to apologise to the those folks who I may have offended.

To the person who sent me the pumpkin seeds which produce naked shells. I am sorry I thanked you for the bald seeds,I should have said

"Thank you for the follicularly challenged seeds you kindly sent me "

To the person who I suggested that their corn crop would fail if planted in cold soil I should have said.

"Your sweet corn seeds will have defferred success if planted too early."

To the gentleman who said farting in a water butt gives us good liquid manure,to which I jokingly answered. " a fart in a water butt,thats disgusting". I apologise,I should have said..

" An ecological incorrect anatomical expression in a water butt is disgusting"

To my answer to a joke in the Watershed referring to a homeless person I should have said

" In regards to the residentially flexible individual"

Likewise in the Watershed, I apologise for any offence caused when I used the phrase " dirty old man" when I should have said

"Sexually focused,chronologically gifted individual

Finally, to the poster who advocates chopping bits of folks if they commit crimes,I apologise for calling you igorant ,I should of course have said,

"I disagree with your factually unencumbered  ideas"


Have I forgotten anyone, please contact me via the forum and I will correct it

XX Jeannine

 ;D

It's no good: I have to see if hell and damnation are still available for sinners like me..!

And apparently they are.  ;)

What a load a b..(they both bounce)..lls i for one will still be using the word Hollyhocks whether ya like it or not.  :-X... ;)

Is it all right to say poppycock? 

Apparently so.

This censorship thing (NOT thingy!!) deprives us of some very versatile words.  Take, for example, this excellent wikipedia article on "mens bits"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mens bits

There, you see, it's even altered the link.  In place of "mens bits", you need to put a word that rhymes with "rowlocks".

Will somebody please send me a PM with a few banned words on it, I just have to know if it is censored off there too XX Jeannine

Finally, to the poster who advocates chopping bits of folks if they commit crimes,I apologise for calling you igorant ,I should of course have said,

"I disagree with your factually unencumbered  ideas"

ROFL!!! Brilliant Jeannine! - you're really on a roll, aren't you?

(not that I'm in any way inferring you're molecularly over-endowed,  of course).. :o

If that is suggesting that I have 2  large blue birds and a over sized  donkey you are absolutely right !!!!

XX Jeannine

It had never occurred that online censorship was infact a rich opportunity to develop euphemisms and cram up on medical terminology.

And what's all this "girl thingy" substitute?!  "girl THINGY"???!!! What's wrong with female genitalia, ladies' private parts or the more clinical option of pudenda.  ANYTHING but "thingy".

I believe we are all adults on this forum (may be wrong, please say if you are under 18).  There are some words which, like other people, I loathe and object to and it is correct to create an atmosphere that all members feel comfortable using, but to revert to nursery language is.... <dumfounded>

I feel that the greatest developers of euphemisms relating to genitalia, sexuality and/or sexual acts are men. Try eavesdropping on a load of blokes and a dictionary can be required! (But that's probably because I'm a woman and not supposed to overhear a load of cricket players' who are out for the evening! ;D ;D ;D)

When on holiday last year, Sis-in-law & I gave our men the task of naming 100 known euphemisms for p e n i s*. The list had to be completed in one rather drunken evening.  They succeeded and were still coming up with additional names the next day...  Mmm, maybe that's just an indictment of our men  :-[ ;D

*Aaargh!! turned into blooming "thingy" again!  I note that any male genitalia simply gets transposed for simply "thingy".  Why not "male thingy"? ::) ;D

Excuse me, just having visions of what an forum-based Ann Summer's party would end up looking like! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 ;D ;D ;D i was feeling really down today cuz my******* legs painfull, my ******* armpit is cuz my******* crutch i can,t get up my ****** lotty  now you all made my ******* ribcage hurt as well  ;D ;D ;D
marg

othermarg. I am so sorry as this is all my fault. If your ....jerky movements....ribs are hurting, perhaps you should stop ....dripping red stuff...... laughing

XX Jeannine

you have no idea how much ******* better i feel for it  this site should be on the NHS sorry sorry  i,v just said a swear wordmarg

My son has just told me how to get around these filters. When you are typing the so called offensive 'word', type half of it, e.g 'bi'.... ,then click on the BOLD BBC tag (just above the smileys) and then finish the word e.g ...'tch'.  It works!  Try it ;D
Donna.

I did try it on the preveiw but not sure if I will get in trouble by showing you all  ;)

d**n

I must have done it wrong

Quote from: machman5 on March 25, 2007, 16:43:55
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I did try it on the preveiw but not sure if I will get in trouble by showing you all  ;)

Try it on the pets board then? 8)

Lish, you're bad,  I am useless on the computer,the only thing I know how to cut and paste are the things that go in a scrapbook, and I have to do BOLD as well. XX Jeannine

Jeannine, you don't have to DO bold, you just interrupt the 'naughty word' with the bold command.  The word you would have done in bold would go in between the b and the  /b.  Because you don't enter anything, the command gets ignored but the filter still sees it! Clever eh!   ;D ;D ;D

Damn


I did it, I am clever now damn   damn    damn   YES!!!


Child birth was easier

Oh My God  :o  :o  :o

What have I done!

I have given Jeannine the ability  to swear  ;D  ;D  ;D

Machman, I can swear  truly I can , but I do get teased about the words that won't come out !!! I don't think I could even write  :-X them.

But just to prove I am a big girl this is my list.

Sod.
Bloody
Shi..  I couldn't write it but honestly I do sometimes say it  :o
Knickers
Damn
Blasted
Dam and Blast
Dipstick

By the way, thank you for all your help, through you I also know how to change what I have written, and in a minute I am going to try and add some of those faces too.You see I read all the little boxes when I was looking for th B.

XX Jeannine  I is a big girl I is!!! ;D  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D




Well just look at that, my very first smileys !!!!!

Bless !!!!!!

You know what Jeannine, you have really made me laugh  ;D

I had never noticed your lack of smileys before but I will tell my son that he has one VERY satisfied albeit rather blasphemous customer!

Ask him how I insert a quote !!!!! XX Jeannine

Quote from: Jeannine on March 25, 2007, 19:29:28
Ask him how I insert a quote !!!!! XX Jeannine

Tim n me know cos some very kind person on here taught us how to.  :)

Basically just press the 'quote button' on the post you want to quote then delete the parts you don't want [but not the brackets].  :)

Oh Gosh,and Heavens to Betsy  no ...not today...be still my heart..I still have to tell my husband I have learned how to swear online. I can't tell him I have learned how to insert things on the same day  as well . He is already worried about why I  keep breaking  into laughter when I am by myself.

XX Jeannine

Quote from: Jeannine on March 25, 2007, 19:29:28
Ask him how I insert a a beautiful quote !!!!! XX Jeannine

Easy just click the quote, then delete or even add but do not get rid of the header and brackets

I didn't write that!!!!!!I really didn't , that is not a word I could use,please look at what I really did say, you have put a word in.  Thta's not fair, I didn't say that.Please take the bad wird out of my quote,please

Quote from: Jeannine on March 25, 2007, 19:59:38
I didn't write that!!!!!!I really didn't , that is not a word I could use,please look at what I really did say, you have put a word in.  Thta's not fair, I didn't say that.

;D

Somebody please take it out

Quote from: ACE on March 25, 2007, 19:48:26

Quote from: Jeannine on March 25, 2007, 19:29:28
Ask him how I insert a  quote !!!!! XX Jeannine

Easy just click the quote, then delete or even add but do not get rid of the header and brackets

That is what I said!!!

And methinks the lady is going to need a  good lay down  ::)

Just how much can one learn in one day  :D

You'll have to explain the scrolling text now Lisha!!!  ;)

Why don't you want to learn how to insert a beautiful quote Jeannine?  :P

as for the scrolling script...I'm going on hols tomorrow for a few days...don't NOBODY show her how to do it, or she'll be writing


all over the place ::)

;D

You rotten lot, I will get you back I will. That shook me rigid, I had no idea you could change someone words.Thanks Ace.

Lish, I shall find out before you get back if it is the last thing I do.

Serves me right for starting this post.

No hard feelings

mmmm

XX Jeannine

Quote from: Jeannine on March 25, 2007, 20:24:25




Serves me right for starting this post.


jeannine you are not the only one on a steep learning curve have i done it?

didn,t get it quite right did i oh well
marg

Don't you just love words with alternate meanings. My cousin wanted to name her son Richard Edward!

On one forum, to get round the filter on B words, they type 13 for the B.  Also. they deliberately mis-spell words so the filters don't pick them up. Those I don't like.

I don't like that either. I swear like a trouper most the time, but you just don't go to all the effort to type it do you? Things can mostly be said without embellishment  in writing. The odd d**n or bloody doesn't matter but when people go to all that effort to spell something some may find offensive you sort of think it's not so nice. Which is why it's so lovely here!   ;D

ummm not all b**tches are pregnant !   ;D

Do you find that forking allotments makes your back hurt ?


If not,  then may the fleas from a thousand camels infest your armits.

What an armit P R?  Brassica or root?  :D

Quote from: Pesky Wabbit on March 31, 2007, 00:47:17

Do you find that forking allotments makes your back hurt ?


If not,  then may the fleas from a thousand camels infest your armits.

Don't fork them, mulch them! then your back won't hurt.

Brought this up to the top for a poster asking the same question XX Jeannine