On or about 11/23/2005 3:56 PM, Howard Coles Jr. penned the following: > On Monday 21 November 2005 10:29 am, Robin Laing wrote: >> Tim Wescott wrote: >> > CPHennessy wrote: >> >> On Fri November 18 2005 03:08, Craig Herman wrote: >> >>> The word f**k and the expression "f**k up" are in the dictionary and >> >>> thesaurus. Is it possible to remove these? I have tried, but I have >> >>> been unsuccessful. I would like to use these at my school, but with >> >>> these words in the dictionary, I don't think that will be possible. >> >> >> >> Look for a file like : >> >> <openoffice.org 2.0 directory>/share/dict/ooo/en_US.dic >> >> >> >> Maybe it would be a selling point for OOo in schools to censor words >> >> from it's dictionary :) >> > >> > Dic? DIC?!? Do you know what the spell checker suggests I replace this >> > with? >> > >> > Oddly enough when I checked the thesaurus I did not get any hits on the >> > expected genitive organ, nor did a thesaurus search on said genitive >> > organ come up with "dick". If f**k (which I cannot bring myself to >> > spell out in a public newsgroup, even though I may say it from time to >> > time) is in there, whyinhell isn't "dick"? >> > >> > Craig, I'm with you in as much as you feel such words need to be >> > deleted. I would mention that if the children in question are high >> > school age (US, 14 and up) or higher they already are at least as >> > familiar with them as you are. At that age they should be learning how >> > to refrain from using them rather than be protected from ever hearing >> > them. If it's a grade school (US, 11 and down) delete it. I teeter on >> > the edge for middle schoolers; either decision contains right and wrong >> > in equal measure for kids that age. >> >> Once being a young boy (oh so many years ago) the shock of using f**k >> around the house didn't work as my mother would use it to. Working >> around the military I found that it was used all the time. No shock >> value, just there. >> >> My kids hear it when I hit my finger with the hammer or rip my knuckle >> open when a wrench slips but I also explain to them that it is a word >> that isn't proper to use. >> >> If I censor my OOo dictionary and my StarDictionary, it still leaves >> the hardcopy dictionaries to censor. >> >> I agree that it is a sensitive subject for many but if the shock value >> is removed, then the work isn't as bad as many make it out to be. >> >> Listen to George Carlin's "Seven words you cannot say on television" >> and it puts things into perspective. >> >> At least it was mentioned how to remove the words if you wish. I do >> agree that a "Censored" version of the dictionary could be handy for >> schools and could be used for promotional interest. >> >> I for one would not like a dictionary that didn't include f**k in it >> as I would wonder what else has been censored and in fact, I have >> actually made an effort since the 1970's to ensure that any dictionary >> I purchase has it in. > > There is NO Reason for it being there. NONE! It must be removed or > OpenOffice.org will become boycotted on many levels, Schools, religious > organizations, and Governments, as well as possibly liable if/when someone > with enough money decides that it falls under the rule of contributing to the > delinquency of a minor. There is no reason for it, or any other profane > word, and "removing the shock value" is an unacceptable "work around". > > Every SMTP Spam filter I know of filters these words, why on earth would any > self respecting Word Processor maker put these in a Thesaurus? >
By that reasoning - 99.9% of dictionarys should also be removed or boycotted. Good grief! And in this day and age let me ask - "What shock value?" The shock value wore off when I was a kid back in the 1940s. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
