Posted by Dr. Bob on December 23, 2003, at 8:49:30
In reply to Re: Offensive Language Redux » shar, posted by Dinah on December 21, 2003, at 1:20:37
> I thought asterisks were ok to use, but then someone got a pbc for using a sentence with a word with an asterisk in it.
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> SharWhere was that? I guess there are two issues, the word itself and how it's used. With asterisks, the word itself is OK.
> Are you sure it originally had an asterisk in it? Dr. Bob goes back and puts them in... Perhaps his standard language PBC should contain a statement that he has now *** the offensive word.
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> DinahI asterisk words when I quote them, but I don't edit them into the original posts... That's a good idea regarding my standard response...
> Can we use initials? Like gd (for gosh darn) or f'ing (for fricking, which I've heard on regular TV so I assume it's ok here). Or, watered down versions like crap to stand for other words?
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> Confused SharInitials are OK. As are "gosh darn" and "fricking" even if spelled out... FYI, there's now a system: words or phrases are problematic if considered often or usually disparaging, obscene, offensive, or vulgar by Merriam-Webster OnLine. And it's easy to check something while you're posting, just paste it into the box and click "check spelling".
Does that help?
Bob
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