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I'm not expressing an opinion on the practice, but in case a child who doesn't know the word reads it? I can remember as a child reading a story in a UK tabloi
by parenthesis 6y ago
I'm not expressing an opinion on the practice, but in case a child who doesn't know the word reads it?
I can remember as a child reading a story in a UK tabloid newspaper that quoted (Neil Kinnock, I think) with some asterisks in some of the words, and not fully understanding.
- lisper 6y agoI don't think it would take very long for a child to learn that f_ck and f___ and "the F word" are all alternative spellings of "fuck". Hm, HN elides asterisks in in-line text. Maybe they still work in code blocks? f*ck f*** Yep. <irony> Whee, what a fun game. </irony>
- sneak 6y agoIt’s just an alternate spelling. It means the same thing, and children will still learn the word if it is written this way.