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FullyFlapped
16th Feb 2008, 09:24
Curious.
If you try to use the word P R O O N in a post, it will be automagically replaced by asterisks. And yet the word Prune is unaltered.
Why's that then ?
chevvron
16th Feb 2008, 10:33
I tried typing 'Arsenal' on another forum and it came out as ****.
Blues&twos
16th Feb 2008, 10:55
Don't try Scunthorpe, it'll get you banned...
Lasiorhinus
16th Feb 2008, 11:04
I think mentioning the airline M a c a i r gets censored, too, for some reason.
Whirlygig
16th Feb 2008, 11:11
Because p r o o n is a spoof site?
Cheers
Whirls
PompeyPaul
16th Feb 2008, 16:40
I've attempted to write language censoring software lots of times, and it's such an imprecise sciene you end up with all sorts of strange outcomes.
I think people in QA love typing in rude words since you invariably get lots of bugs back on it.
Bug - Must Fix
User able to enter "Satan's flaps" into dialogue
Bug - Must Fix
"Dick Van Dyke" is censored in dialogue
etc etc