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Sh1t.

kneemos · 2015-02-10 10:13:24

I'm here to plead for the unbanning of the humble sh1t. It's a commonly used descriptive word for all sorts of things and far from offensive,plus it's a pain for people to find ways around it. Even it's cousins sho1te and sh1te have been banished from the Boards version of the English language. Nobody has ever been…

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#32 18-02-2015 10:55pm
DoozerT6

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The Mustard wrote: »

Could we have the profanity filter replace the word 'hell' with 'hey diddly heck', for a day for the craic.

We could call it Ned Flanders day.

...or Ned Flanders dang-diddly doodle-day?

Sorry, I have nothing of value to contribute to the topic, I just wanted to make that little joke.

I'll get me coat

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#33 18-02-2015 11:45pm
El Weirdo

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One eyed Jack wrote: »

...your message tends to lose it's impact when it's peppered with profanities, and I've learned that it doesn't reflect well on the intellect of the user.

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#34 19-02-2015 1:42am
Eeden

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A bit OT, but anyone interested in the linguistics of swearing, this is a mighty blog, with a fantastic bunch of contributors, who definitely put the lie to the argument that swearing is for ignoramuses: Strong Language: A sweary blog about swearing

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