At 11:01 AM 10/2/98 -0400, Terri Grodner so eloquently stated:
>Tamra R. Heathershaw-Hart wrote:
>>
>[snip]
>> Here's a code snippet from my oh-so-useful husband's collection of perl
>> tidbits.
>
>Thanks for the code, Tamra.
>[snip]
>> ---------------------------
>> sub filter_dirty {
>>
>> foreach(%TEXT) {
>> $TEXT{$_} = "" if $TEXT{$_} =~
>[snip of rather colorful words]
>
>|bitch| [snip]
>
>You might want to leave this off the filter if you're ever going to do
>anything involving canines. Bitch is a perfectly appropriate and
>acceptable word meaning "female dog." ;-) When Prodigy (I think it was
>Prodigy) was threatening to nuke any account using certain words online,
>people on dog-related discussion lists had difficulties telling of a
>show win on a female dog resulting in champion points (Winners B*tch
>looks pretty silly, doesn't it?). The word also has a mild meaning of
>"to complain" that I'm personally not offended by. Guess each person's
>definition of "dirty words" is unique.
>
Wasn't that CompuServe in Germany? They also had a problem with
Purdue and women when they wanted to include breast.
George
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