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Yesterday, the 6th of February, somebody yikesed a posting I made on the 4th.

The 4th of AUGUST.

The 4th of August, *2001*.

wtf?

I just read the moderation email, which told me my post had been edited. I can't see what's been changed. It's all rather odd. I think I can guess who's responsible, and if that person is reading this, all I can say is - get a life!

H.

Any chance of a link to the post?

And can we all join in random acts of yikeings?...just off to yikes one from a few days ago that intimated we would cause physical harm to someones relatives...

Sure.

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What I *think* was changed was that, as far as I can recall, I had rendered the name of Douglas Bader's dog without using asterisks, as something of a test. All the rest of the words asterisked in that post were asterisked by me as I typed it in the first place.

That someone should even be reading that posting, three and a half years after the fact, much less complaining about it, I find very odd indeed. I find it even odder that the word in question should be moderated when it is dealing with a matter of historical fact, albeit rather inconveniently politically-incorrect fact. I could cry "political correctness gone mad", but I'm afraid I don't read the Daily Mail.

But I say again, to whomever is trawling through that thread looking for things to complain about (and I do think I know who you are): get a life!

H.

Hello.

Perhaps someone just did an advanced search to find all instances of the offending word in conversation fora, and then went through yikesing each one? I'd prefer to believe that, than to think someone's actually doing some weird kind of corrective archaeology on that old thread!

GTB

* puts hand up *

Yes, I do go searching for yiksable stuff from time to time - f**k, c**t and n****r are my usual three search criteria.

However I do leave well alone any incidences of those words that are in a different context to the derogatory form, or have been passed as acceptable use by the editors. For example:

- Agatha Chritie's novel '10 Little Indians' was originally called '10 Little Niggers'.
- There is a Brazillian footballer by the name of Argel F***s. (Stephan Kuntz whilst he assuredly is, isn't spelled in the same way.)
- Anything in a girl called Ben's marvellous collaborative entry, the now titled, 'The Origins and Common Usage of British Swear-words'. Which resides in special place in the EG.

Oh, and it wasn't Douglas Bader who had that dog, it was Guy Gibson of the 617 Dambusters Squadron.

* sticks arms out to his sides in an aeroplane style-ie *

* starts running around going, "durrr-dur-dur dur-dud-dud-dur-dur", and mumbling about five-one over the Germans *

Well I would be willing to lay odds who yiksed it, though how they found it.

BTW... I forgot how interesting that thread is...

Now, I have to say that I would normally asterisk the n-word - but as a deliberate act of political correctness. I would *prefer* others to do likewise, but wouldn't yikes if it were used in context - such as in a Muhammed Ali quote.

I am personnally less concerned about the f and c words. The former litters my daily speech. The latter is a fine, Old English word which, as a Celebrity Big Brother contestant once said, should be re-colonised by womanhood. We have no other decent alternative for what it describes. 'Vagina' doesn't include the external components. 'Pussy' describes the surrounding fur (sadly out of fashion).

Besides, as Jeremy Hardy once said 'If men can't use the C-word, how are we expected to drive!'

Famous Daily Express headline: 'Ernst Fuchs of to Antarctic'

"Besides, as Jeremy Hardy once said 'If men can't use the C-word, how are we expected to drive!'"

I don't get it
Drive?
Explain ferrett

It's a piss-take of the sort of agressive driving men steorotypically do. In other words, men wouldn't be able to drive cars if they couldn't shout thtings like 'fxck off out the way you cxnt'.

Cheers KerrAvon
Sounds about right.

Well what Kerr said is what I took it to mean, and it did make me properly laugh...

Yes, but she missed out the word "stupid" between the words, "you", and "c**t".

Thus proving that whilst she may well have the status of an honourary bloke, there are some things that she will never quite get right.

Look pal, I've just this minute had a bxllxcking about language in the office so you can fxck right off.

Anyway, that wasn't too bad for saying I'm out of practice- haven't driven in about 3 years...

And what does it take to be an honourary bloke GreyDesk?
Alfster and Hoo call me a geek but maybe that's not enough.

Err, GD originally conferred the title upon me many moons ago in someone's journal, so you better ask him.

Oh..right..histroy was never my strong point.

Looked up the post so what WAS Guy Gibsons dog called?

Napper?
Number?
Natter?
Nuzzer?
Nicker?

Phhhh.da...nope can't think of anything else.

Boy and I thought it was just the Americans who altered history! I thought this site was to educate and expand peoples mind!

So, will someone tell me WHAT his dog was called?

This is starting to annoy me?

Being able to drink a dozen units of alcohol without being violently sick would be one qualification for honorary bloke-dom. So you've got a bit of a way to go yet...

H.

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Leaving the toilet seat up and not changing an empty loo roll - just about sums it up really.

Geek is just a general compliment.

Definately there on the alcohol front, as several in this thread can attest