bhouse Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 The old Anglo Saxon (other expletives and profanities are available) words have their place, but I really don't think a forum like this is it. The only swear filter that works properly is the one in the mind of the poster. It's a shame that the inability of some to self-moderate means that automatic filters have to be put in place that have no regard for context. For example, a model of a fuel supply line here would have to have a stop tap, A pierce from a needle would be the way to describe opening a tube of glue. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Which is exactly why I don't like profanity filters because unless you can do full grammar and context parsing they aren't necessarily profanity! One of the major problem we had with the profanity filter I mentioned earlier was wifi hotspots located in pubs called "The Fighting Cocks" or "The Dick Whittington" and so on... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Its sad when so called adults try to get round it by missing letters or spacing out a word Really grown up behaviour guys Sad pathetic puerile If you cant type out a comment with out swearing DON.T POST IT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Well said Dave. I swear like a trooper in my workshop, but I don't on the forum. If I can do it, it's got to be easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 On 3/7/2017 at 10:49 PM, IanHx said: The swearing filter must be broken. It let me write 'Starfix' A Starfix is ok, also known as an enema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 I'm sure if Julie Andrews can sing 'Supercalafragalisticexpialadoshus' without swearing it's a case of think before you post... (I'd have loved to have been around for the rehersals though) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocky05d Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 What about a illegitimate file?. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonM Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I remember my old Boys Brigade Captain turning an upright piano over while moving it, it landed across his foot. There were boys present and he somehow managed to go “ow, that hurt” A man I already held in the highest esteem went up even further in my estimation at that point! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Pete Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I suppose , then, I can't put in the joke about the cockney Spitfire pilot and the Focke Wulfs that weren't? (But if you PM me, I can let you in on it!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 Probably about time to dust this off and remind a minority of members that we have a no swearing rule. This also includes the use of symbols as letter substitutes and acronyms in an attempt to bypass the filter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 There seems to have been of late a marked increase in people trying to avoid the swearword filer by the use of symbols as letter substitutes and acronyms. Also by just leaving out the odd letter here and there. This will be treated the same by the moderating team as swearing. Please avoid doing this. Thx 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 The "F-K" in that topic you locked was not a swearword but a reference to the very first post which was an abbreviation for "Featherstone-Kite" which is where that joke began https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235046845-almost-forgotten-aircraft-designer/&do=findComment&comment=3198018 Its a shame you locked that thread as it was quite entertaining and there were some interesting pictures posted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 24 minutes ago, Kallisti said: The "F-K" in that topic you locked was not a swearword but a reference to the very first post which was an abbreviation for "Featherstone-Kite" which is where that joke began https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235046845-almost-forgotten-aircraft-designer/&do=findComment&comment=3198018 Its a shame you locked that thread as it was quite entertaining and there were some interesting pictures posted. Its not that, but other things which are hidden now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Kallisti said: Its a shame you locked that thread as it was quite entertaining and there were some interesting pictures posted. It is a shame, but those that were posting it with ulterior motives are the ones to blame for its closure. They knew full-well what they were doing on a family friendly site, and what the consequences were 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Smith Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 If anyone has to belittle themselves by swearing on an open forum, it unfortunately indicates that they do not have sufficient command of the English language to express themselves without resorting to it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Looking back at Gordon M's post about the restraint of the chap with a piano on his foot reminds me of how impressed I was, some years ago when teaching the lady who is now my wife to drive. We came round a roundabout in open country onto an uphill dual carriageway so I'd suggested she plan to change down a gear to accelerate away. New to driving, she got the gear shift wrong and went into first, not third, which caused a very loud and rapid rev increase from the engine. Her instant reaction, as she changed back up - 'Jings!' the old Scottish 'Broons' comment. The closest I have ever heard to her swearing... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 On 13/06/2013 at 19:53, avro683 said: My Mum was never convinced that the name of the well known Dutch aircraft manufacturer from World War 1 wasn't actually swearing. I had to be Very careful when talking about certain German biplanes. Heracleum Mategaziani. I know that from a certain band! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 And another bump after a member ignored the post, re-edited a removed post to re-instate the swear word and then insulted the Admin and Mod team. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Surely you mean ex-member? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 What is the world coming to? 🤷🏼♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avro683 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 On 2/2/2020 at 7:55 PM, Markh-75 said: Heracleum Mategaziani. I know that from a certain band! That’s where I pinched it from! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 So you know the genesis of that word then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 On 2/12/2020 at 8:50 AM, Tony Oliver said: What is the world coming to? 🤷🏼♂️ 2021 .... woo hoo. No swearing from ME just good vibrations and best for 2021 from the Paradise that is FIJI. Visiting family and having fun as you all eill no doubt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomtuu Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 It reminds me of the time when I was a kid. I was rushing down the stairs wearing just my socks. In my haste one of my feet slipped over the edge of the step and I bounced on my bottom the 5 remaining steps. When I came to rest I closed my eyes and exclaimed a long drawn out Anglo Saxon word. When I opened them again there was my mother with a suitable look of anger. I have since never sworn at home since, or anyone elses, but I do swear a work. This forum to me I someone elses home. Simple as that. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 13 minutes ago, Gomtuu said: It reminds me of the time when I was a kid. I was rushing down the stairs wearing just my socks. In my haste one of my feet slipped over the edge of the step and I bounced on my bottom the 5 remaining steps. When I came to rest I closed my eyes and exclaimed a long drawn out Anglo Saxon word. When I opened them again there was my mother with a suitable look of anger. I have since never sworn at home since, or anyone elses, but I do swear a work. This forum to me I someone elses home. Simple as that. We've all done it, and anyone that knows me knows that I swear, like, a lot. Usually at Julien We just have to be grown up and hold it in. Imagine there's a 7 year old sat just next to you, and keep the swears in your head 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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