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I have a question I need a little guidance on, so any moderators who can chime in here...
I'm working on a new post for my Wild Stewardesses Story Hour, and in it there's a bit of a naughty word. I really want to use this particular word -- it's a colluquial term for a woman's secondary sexual characteristics, rhymes with "fits", starts with a "t"...
Is that going to be okay? Is it going to get smacked by the automatic naughty-word-smacker? Should I not even be considering such offensive language within hearing of Eric's Grandma?
It's just that it's REALLY funny and shocking and perfect for the moment, and I really want to use it. But if I need to find an alternate, I'd rather know now.
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You know, I try to always respect the rules of conduct and such here, but the times something more 'adult' has come up in my SH I've tried to issue a warning at the start of the post. And then I've gone ahead and put it in there.
This has never been a language thing for me, at least that I can recall; it's always been a situational thing (i.e. the whale incident).
Anyway, what I'm getting at is, to me the needs of the story weigh heavily on how I tell it; but I try to keep it suitable for everyone here, try to respect the guidelines/rules of conduct, and try to make sure that anything that is a lil risque is done in the most, um, appropriate tone. Sometimes there's a lil clash between story need and appropriateness; so sometimes I find that I'm walking a pretty fine line. The disclaimers help show that you're at least thinking it over rather than just plain posting, and as long you tweak the tone properly, I think you can make just about anything pass muster.
But I don't think I've said the word to which you're referring to in my story hour.
i'm laughing just trying to think of alternatives for it...
this always reminds me of when they edit movies for television...
"You are as useless as [pl. noun] on a bull"
or Mad Libs... i loved those silly Mad Libs when i was a kid.
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I guess "Naughty Language" always brings out the lit'ry types....
Well, I think I've found a substitute that will do. Hopefully the post will go up today and we'll see if legions of appalled ENWorld members come reeling out of the Story Hour forums, shocked and offended at what they've just witnessed.
Okay, well, the post is now up with the "substitute" language. Actually, I think I like it better like this. It's more comical, which is a good contrast to the moment itself.
Okay, well, the post is now up with the "substitute" language. Actually, I think I like it better like this. It's more comical, which is a good contrast to the moment itself.
So thanks for the input, everyone!
Of course! A little alliteration makes everything funnier.
EDIT: Although looks like you'd have to change the order of your two adjectives to get alliteration. My mistake!
Actually, this is something I've had as a little pet peeve for a while. I know this site is intended to be polite and decent, but if we're able to discuss mutilating bodies for the creation of undead from the BoVD, or talk about how unrealistic the orgasm rules are in the BoEF, why is it offensive when I say:
Quote:
"Did you hear that?" Said the private dick, cocking his head to the side.
?
Would it be possible, somehow, to implement an option that would remove the profanity filter, if the person reading the thread wanted to? For instance, I'm not at all offended by 'naughty words'; my ex-girlfriend regularly calls me things that are quite allowable by the filter, but which would be far more offensive. If a storyhour writer had a vulgar character, and he put a notice in the title of his thread like "(adult language)," I would like to be able to read it as the writer intended. For me, I'd have the "allow profanity" option enabled, and I'd be able to see the cussing. For Grandma Noah, however, she'd just see smileys.
Even if the coding to make such a thing work isn't feasible (and I'd imagine it isn't), could there at least be an option for a poster to disable the profanity filter, with the stipulation that you'd have to include a notice in the title of your thread, or else you'd be punished?
In fact, you wouldn't even have to change the board's filter. There are several ways to work around the filter, but most people don't because we're not supposed to. I'm just asking for a bit of leniency, for the sake of us who watch R-rated movies, and who'd like to be able to write about ornithologists.
If nothing else, though, I'm now gonna go read the storyhour to see what Barsoomcore has to say about .
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Last edited by RangerWickett; 20th June 2004 at 09:03 PM..
Hmm. Apparently it's not offensive for me to say that quoted phrase. I could've sworn, though, that I tried to post once and got '' filtered out. Oh well. My request still stands, humbly.
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