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Witchwoodhermit View Drop Down

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Topic: ~sh*ta, sh*ta~ is forcefully changed to *
Posted: April 03 2007 at 01:25

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Posted: April 02 2007 at 18:03

How about ''hajimemash ite'' ?

honganji

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Posted: April 02 2007 at 14:32

Thanks Snow Dog, Syzygy, Trickstar F, Easy Livin.

I wish there would be a good way to explain in this board.

By the way, ''hajimemash*te'' is impossible on it ??!!

Shock shock shock for Japanese new comer.

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Posted: April 02 2007 at 11:48

As Snow Dog says, it's the over enthusiastic profanity checker. I guess there are ways around it, others seem to find them easily enough when they want to use the targeted words.

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Posted: April 02 2007 at 07:04

Wasn't there a problem once, when you couldn't spell the name of KC's record "Night-watch" because of the "t**t" word in it? The same thing with "sophomore" because of the "homo" in the middle, but I think it's been fixed by now.

And there was once a problem with spelling words "sulk", "skulk", etc., as "ulk" was always changed to "terminated".

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Posted: April 02 2007 at 07:01

honganji wrote:

Japanese family names frequently use ~sh*ta or sh*ta~, but it is forcefully changed to ~sh*ta or Sh*ta~. It is unkindful for foreign language.

下 owns many different ways to read.

1.sh*ta (下)

2.shimo (下)

3.ka (下)

4.ge (下)

5.kuda - ru (下る)

6.o - riru (下りる)

7.saga - ru (下がる)

8.he (下)

Also 下 is used in family name like:

山下 (Yamash*ta) やました

大下 (Osh*ta) おおした

下屋 (sh*taya) したや

杉下 (Sugish*ta) すぎした

森下 (Morish*ta) もりした

etc

This is a problem to write in this board. Why this board uses such rule?

It also makes it difficult for us to give a formal welcome to new Japanese members - just try the entering word 'hajimemash*te'.

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Posted: April 02 2007 at 06:49

I'm afraid you will have to live with the problem. The rules are for a purpose. That purpose is to not show profanity. (Even though you know what the word is trying to say, many people don't like to actually read it)