Are we allowed to swear on this forum?

[simon.r]

Anyone seen the 'picture of the day thread' recently...

 

[simon.r]

Motivational headset cap

 

[winjim]

The trouble comes when you actually want to use the filter word. For example, one of my late father's hobbies was photography, and he loved to go back to his home town of York in the springtime and take photographs of all the daffodils on the city walls.

 

[User16625]

No.... swear words will be changed by the forum filter.

Any attempts to evade the filter are usually promptly reported and then changed by the moderators.

It's meant to be a family friendly website that you don't mind your child reading over your shoulder!

So why is twat acceptable? I see it occasionally.

 

[Crackle]

I might have overstepped the bounds of decency there.

Do you want us to point out when you do that because I'd just been letting it go?

 

[CUBE CRD]

Do you really mean the forum reads the swear words and then changes them automatically, like an Eddie Murphy film on TV in the 80s? Get the fun out of here!!!

Yes.....Motherhater! I couldn't believe my ears when i heard that dub on the film

 

[Cycleops]

I think you can get round it if you want to be a total wxnker

That's a popular one. You'll get 'self gratification artist'.

 

[Spinney]

How do you know whether it is the word or the filtered replacement?

Back when I was a moderator, if you went to edit someone's post the software showed what they actually typed, not what the swear filter substituted.

 

[subaqua]

I might have overstepped the bounds of decency there.

Shall we toss a coin to decide

 

[subaqua]

Yes.....Motherhater! I couldn't believe my ears when i heard that dub on the film

You maggotfarmer!

 

[winjim]

Yippie kayak, other buckets!

 

[Shaun]

There are only a few words in the filter and I find that some of the made-up "swear" words members create are much more entertaining than the real thing.

But yes, I prefer not to have too much swearing and have explained in a number of threads over the years why.

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[robjh]

I've never really understood why we call people genitalia as an insult.

Has anyone here ever really heard twat used to refer to genitalia? This always struck me as rather iffy folk-etymology, that everyone believes but no-one has used or heard themselves (apart from in jest).

 

[winjim]

There are only a few words in the filter and I find that some of the made-up "swear" words members create are much more entertaining than the real thing.

But yes, I prefer not to have too much swearing and have explained in a number of threads over the years why.

Cheers,
Shaun

Did you have fun making the list? It always amuses me to think that behind the scenes in the censor's office there are a group of people sat round a table all shouting out the rudest, dirtiest words imaginable and grading them in order of offensiveness.

Here, for example, is a link to an OFCOM report into offensive language. I would like to draw your attention in particular to the quick reference guide which is basically just a list of all the offensive words they can think of. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-a...on-demand/tv-research/offensive-language-2016

 

[Shaun]

It didn't take long at all - and isn't anywhere near as comprehensive as the list in the research paper ...