5 ms·

This doesn't make sense to me at all. Like.. in Spanish the word "negro" is "black". Can Spanish teachers now no longer use that word? Crazy. It's like when c

This doesn't make sense to me at all. Like.. in Spanish the word "negro" is "black". Can Spanish teachers now no longer use that word? Crazy. It's like when chat filters (e.g in games) censor words based on the 'English' language. When I chat in dutch / flemish, my friends just see me censored for quite common words in our language. And they're often not even spelled the same as the English word that is bad.

csunbird 6y ago
Two countries in the world are called Niger and Nigeria. Shall we stop talking about those countries too?
- coredog64 6y ago
  25 years ago (give or take), a man filed a lawsuit against Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia. He was helping his son write a report on Niger but accidentally added a letter. The emotional distress it caused to him and his son led to the lawsuit. TL;DR: There is nothing new under the sun.
- originalbryan2 6y ago
  From what I can tell, those countries are now racist based on their names and should be fired. History books should be burned. No human should ever speak to another human again. But we all need to be in offices in close quarters once the pandemic ends, so that we can fire each other for accidental using the word "she" in a conversation.
LeonM 6y ago
> It's like when chat filters (e.g in games) censor words based on the 'English' language. When I chat in dutch / flemish, my friends just see me censored for quite common words in our language. I'm Dutch and play AoE2 with some friends. The in game chat is basically useless for us. Just about every Dutch sentence will be blocked. We tried switching to English, but every color (!) is now also banned. Asking "who is joining the blue team?" will become censored... Good job Microsoft.
- calyth2018 6y ago
  You're reminding me of the Swedish word for terminus station: https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=auto&tl=en&text=slutstation https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=auto...

csunbird 6y ago

Two countries in the world are called Niger and Nigeria. Shall we stop talking about those countries too?

coredog64 6y ago
25 years ago (give or take), a man filed a lawsuit against Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia. He was helping his son write a report on Niger but accidentally added a letter. The emotional distress it caused to him and his son led to the lawsuit. TL;DR: There is nothing new under the sun.
originalbryan2 6y ago
From what I can tell, those countries are now racist based on their names and should be fired. History books should be burned. No human should ever speak to another human again. But we all need to be in offices in close quarters once the pandemic ends, so that we can fire each other for accidental using the word "she" in a conversation.

LeonM 6y ago

> It's like when chat filters (e.g in games) censor words based on the 'English' language. When I chat in dutch / flemish, my friends just see me censored for quite common words in our language. I'm Dutch and play AoE2 with some friends. The in game chat is basically useless for us. Just about every Dutch sentence will be blocked. We tried switching to English, but every color (!) is now also banned. Asking "who is joining the blue team?" will become censored... Good job Microsoft.

calyth2018 6y ago
You're reminding me of the Swedish word for terminus station: https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=auto&tl=en&text=slutstation https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=auto...