> Which is the German equivalent of our word, and so Darren's inbox will be
> swamped by netnanny
> nastygrams in German.
My understanding from a german friend, is that they don't use it as a curse
word.
It comes closer to meaning copulating, rather than an obscenity.
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Bob Lawrence
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> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
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start searching job boards. I'll keep in touch with
IBM-Main. Well, gotta go call a couple headhunters.
Eric Bielefeld
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Sent: Friday, April 28,
It will not be long before Darren jumps on us all again ..
However - nothing triggers a Michegonian more than holding up your right palm,
pointing to it
with your left index finger, and asking where they live.
I like Ann Arbor. The farmer's market is fun. "No solicitors" means something
diffe
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It is located in Michigan's Upper peninsula.
I fondly remember a TV weather reporter in Detroit (before they were
meteorologists), referring sometime
It is located in Michigan's Upper peninsula.
I fondly remember a TV weather reporter in Detroit (before they were
meteorologists), referring sometime each winter to 'H%ll having frozen
over' and during each summer (when weather conditions were suitable)
referring to 'Paradise being hotter than H%
In
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on 04/27/2006
at 11:03 AM, "Chase, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>And then there's H%ll, Kansas.
There's one of those in Michigan. And I'm pretty sure that the West is
full of towns with politically incorrect names.
There are also towns with names that, while not act
OK, I've been adequately chastised on this subject so now it is time to
put my original comments more into context.
First a couple caveats:
1. The filter my net-nannies have on aren't blasting Darren, it is set
to just drop the offending e-mail (whether or not it is actually
offensive), and
2.
> Pronounced ficking.
Which is the German equivalent of our word, and so Darren's inbox will be
swamped by netnanny
nastygrams in German.
Germans pronounce V as F - so Vick Pharmaceuticals is known as Wick Pharma in
Germany.
I've finally managed to remember the z8 thread and the comment of min
Pommier, Rex R. wrote on 4/24/2006 3:25 PM:
Sorry, Gil, but I have to disagree with you here. I have no say over
the spam/porn/naughty word filter in use here,
You can complain to the people managing your email system. If that
doesn't work, don't subscribe to mailing lists from your work
Must be the umlaut.
Ted MacNEIL wrote:
small town in Austria named F**king
Pronounced ficking!
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Pronounced ficking!
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> I really enjoyed this interchange.
>
> It is funny is that Wash*ta is the phonetic spelling of the
> Indian name Ouchita (Google it) found on places in AR and LA.
"Ouachita". Somewhat akin to the F
Hasn't this REALLY off-topic topic gotten out-of-hand enough already?
Don Imbriale
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In a message dated 4/27/2006 1:25:07 P.M. Central Standard Time,
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Darren must be on his way to Talledega. This one had to have tripped
a bounce back.
??
Four letter word for intercourse ending in K? T-A-L-K! We've got one too,
with neighboring town of WHYNOT! K
I really enjoyed this interchange.
It is funny is that Wash*ta is the phonetic spelling of the Indian name
Ouchita (Google it) found on places in AR and LA. At one time it was the
name of a maker of canoes -- plastic as opposed to aluminum from Grumman
and Alumicraft. Memories of the Guadalup
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:01:57 -0400, Robert Sample <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>they should sell replicas etc. like ??course PA does
>
>We were there earlier this month. My wife bought the T-shirt.
>
Darren must be on his way to Talledega. This one had to have tripped
a bounce back.
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they should sell replicas etc. like intercourse PA does
We were there earlier this month. My wife bought the T-shirt.
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> What would the naughty language filters do with the name of a
> certain small town in Austria named F**king? It really exists:
> _http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp_
> (http://www.
What would the naughty language filters do with the name of a certain small
town in Austria named F**king? It really exists:
_http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp_
(http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp)
Their town signs are constantly being stolen by tourists, especially
en walks
back and you see the other side of the placard which says "The Earth *"
Chris Mason
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>
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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Shane
>
> On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 18:03 +0200, Phil Payne wrote:
> ...
> > Bell Helicopters sent me an automated nastygram
>
> Yep, they got to be such a pest I had a filter rule in for them.
> This is a new system, so
On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 18:03 +0200, Phil Payne wrote:
...
> Bell Helicopters sent me an automated nastygram
Yep, they got to be such a pest I had a filter rule in for them.
This is a new system, so I don't have such a rule now - haven't heard
from them recently. Maybe they've made it onto all the
Last year I wrote something about ".. it's just something else for them to
bitch about .." and
Bell Helicopters sent me an automated nastygram about "offensive sexist
language."
Didn't do their reputation any good with me.
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On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 17:25 -0500, Pommier, Rex R. wrote:
> Why should I then be ostracized over something I have no control
> over - or even know about? It makes the most sense to send it
> back to the person who actually sent in the offending message.
As Shmuel points out, it's either punish yo
In the case you mention the word was not offensive, even to a "Nice Nelly," but
I could see where it could certainly trigger a spam filter.
Jon
It is hard to avoid giving offense to these filters, and I don't thinlk we
should try to do so. I recently found that I was not receiving emails
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>
> On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Bruce Black wrote:
>
> >But Darrens issue is not the language, it is all the filters in place
> >at many subscribers locations which generate email back to Darren for
> >e
In a message dated 4/24/2006 5:50:02 P.M. Central Standard Time,
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The team name was ("*" used to bypass filters):
>>
How'd they ever get by Arsenal?
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In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
on 04/24/2006
at 05:25 PM, "Pommier, Rex R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Sorry, Gil, but I have to disagree with you here. I have no say over
>the spam/porn/naughty word filter in use here, nor do I know whether
>or not the filter sent a nasty-gram back to Darren or if t
token 'specialist'. Why?
If contains the offensive substring 'cialis'.
Minimally, Darren will have to make an unautomated decision that an instance
of 'offensive language' is of the sort that would be judged inappropriate by
a standard Nice Nelly.
John
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Bruce Black wrote:
>But Darrens issue is not the language, it is all the filters in place at
>many subscribers locations which generate email back to Darren for each
>offensive word.
>
I had one (thankfully only one) content filter reject a message recently
due to content. I
I agree that I have heard language I would consider offensive just a
few years in recent ads and TV shows, still startles me.
But Darrens issue is not the language, it is all the filters in place at
many subscribers locations which generate email back to Darren for each
offensive word.
Te
Shane wrote:
On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 17:17 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
Can you give a poor isolated provincial Yank a hint? Perhaps a URL
that would help me root out what you're talking about?
Start at www.wherethebl**dyhellareyou.com (mangled to protect the inane)
Needs a heap of plugins
No plugins, not banned here, but similarly mangled...
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2006-03-16-bl**dy-ban_x.htm
Bob
Shane wrote:
On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 17:17 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
Can you give a poor isolated provincial Yank a hint? Perhaps a URL
that would help me root out w
On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 17:17 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
> Can you give a poor isolated provincial Yank a hint? Perhaps a URL
> that would help me root out what you're talking about?
Start at www.wherethebl**dyhellareyou.com (mangled to protect the inane)
Needs a heap of plugins I refuse to ins
In a recent note, Shane said:
> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:38:25 +1000
>
> On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 12:18 -0500, Darren Evans-Young wrote:
> > Please refrain from using words in your posts that may be
> > deemed offensive or "inappropriate". ...like the one just recently posted.
>
> How is o
>How is one to judge - see a recent advertising campaign by an agency of
the federal government of this country.
Would such usage "qualify" ???.
*extremely* common usage here.
I got slammed once for using a real vile word when I hadn't.
I was discussing British soccer and I mentioned a team.
The
On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 12:18 -0500, Darren Evans-Young wrote:
> Please refrain from using words in your posts that may be
> deemed offensive or "inappropriate". ...like the one just recently posted.
How is one to judge - see a recent advertising campaign by an agency of
the federal government of th
Sorry, Gil, but I have to disagree with you here. I have no say over
the spam/porn/naughty word filter in use here, nor do I know whether or
not the filter sent a nasty-gram back to Darren or if the filter simply
dropped the offending messages. I didn't even know there was a problem
until Darren'
In a recent note, Darren Evans-Young said:
> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:18:20 -0500
>
> Personally, I don't care, but I am getting flooded with rejections
> from all the content analyzers (Mail Marshall, etc.). If it happens
> again, I will put the offender on NOPOST and forward all these
Please refrain from using words in your posts that may be
deemed offensive or "inappropriate". ...like the one just recently posted.
Personally, I don't care, but I am getting flooded with rejections
from all the content analyzers (Mail Marshall, etc.). If it happens
again, I will put the offender
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