Language in Story Hours?

[barsoomcore]

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.

Thanks!

 

[EricNoah]

I would appreciate it if you could find an alternate way to say it. Super-cool of you to check with us first, btw -- thanks.

Edit: the term you were considering is on the filter list, btw, in case you were curious.

 

[Psionicist]

You don't have to use the word, you can use a photo: http://www.virtual-bird.com/birds/parcri001he.jpg It's singular, but people might get it anyway.

 

[barsoomcore]

Gee, a picture's always worth a thousand words, isn't it?

Not always the right words, mind you...

*goes off to figure out just how to express Li Fa's annoyance and pain appropriately*

 

[Hypersmurf]

I would appreciate it if you could find an alternate way to say it. Super-cool of you to check with us first, btw -- thanks.

Heh... I would have said Yes, just so that we could see a new sig: "Wild Stewardess Action (now with Naughty Language!)"

Ah, well

-Hyp.

 

[Piratecat]

You can probably sneak through with "boobs."

 

[jgbrowning]

You can probably sneak through with "boobs."

Yeah, boobies are cool. Especially the blue-footed ones....

 

[the Jester]

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.

 

[diaglo]

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.

 

[el-remmen]

I recently had to change "t*ts" to "teats" in my own story hour to make it show up.

-- Uses a lot of naughty words in his story hour Nemm