Swear Filter?

[w00hoo_kent]

Who would I talk to about having a word added to the swear filter?

Could I please suggest 'bollocks' is added in? I suggest 'bollards' as a potential substitute.

Ta.

 

[ayceejay]

The last time my bollocks were almost substituted for bollards there were tears in my eyes for
a blinking blooming weak.

 

[slowmotion]

Is there a section on Babelfish that can convert the coy substitutions into something a bit more robust? Why tinker with perfectly good Ango-Saxon verbs and nouns?

Have a nice day.

 

[MartinQ]

http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/never-mind-the-bollocks-here’s-my-email-0

 

[Deleted member 23692]

“Great! Bollocks is legal. Bollocks! Bollocks! Bollocks!” - John Lydon, Nottingham 1978

 

[broadway]

Somebody's taking the micturate

 

[raleighnut]

Or talking cobblers.

 

[Slioch]

What's wrong with bollocks? I'm very attached to mine.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Or talking cobblers.

I'm sure shoe repairers across the land would take exception

 

[Dayvo]

Piggy's got the conch...

 

[Yellow Saddle]

What's with this substituting swear words for something that sounds similar? Surely if we all know what you mean, the damage is done. Like saying FFS instead of what it stands for? It is one and the same.
But why not have a look (and think) at the inimitable George Carlin on the topic? Here it is: Seven Dirty Words.

 

[Drago]

B**locks has been held in Court not to be a swear word.

Edit, I really ought to read the whole thread!

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I must admit I don't get the substitution filtering of swear words, if I see daffodil now on here or not, my mind does not think yellow spring flower, it thinks a***hole or worse.

All such substitution really does a drag other perfectly innocent words down by association, it is unfair on those words to bw tarnished in that manner.

I understand the need for filtration on a family friendly site (albeit not getting the prudishness aspect) but why not asterisk to c*** s*** w***** etc, keeps the context and intent the poster was aiming at but leaves the daffodils alone.

 

[theclaud]

I'm sure shoe repairers across the land would take exception

Awl of 'em.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Why leave anything identifiable then? Better to have all unacceptable words replaced identically.

Totally agree but that isn't an option, as said, on a family friendly site.

I'm not a fan of the prudishness that sees words filtered out by any means, but I understand that it has to happen on places like CC, so would rather it be done with asterisking than substitution of innocent words.