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I would assume one can't talk of one's tardiness on GameFAQs, yes. I would also assume that in class, context would be more easy. Of course, some people were f

I would assume one can't talk of one's tardiness on GameFAQs, yes. I would also assume that in class, context would be more easy. Of course, some people were fired over the use of the word “niggard”, but it's a fairly obscure word, but I did once see it in an English translation of the Qurʾān.

mc32 6y ago
An instructor or professor of linguistics almost got cancelled because he was using Chinese words as an example of the usefulness in speech of useless filler words. “That one” which if you want to or make yourself to, can be made to sound like a racial insult. That’s to say it’s no surprise that ignorant people will take offense before they understand words that might be uncommon in their lexicon.
- Blikkentrekker 6y ago
  I looked up this story and of course it happened in the U.S.A. Verily, what is with the U.S.A.-man's unparalleled ability to be offended by a word, or any word phonetically similar, regardless of the context? — I am really quite glad I do not live there. It seems stressful to be able to loose one's profession so quickly over it's infamous “cancel culture”.
- alpaca128 6y ago
  I also heard about a problem with a chat platform that kicked german users for using the common word "weniger" ("less"/"fewer"). Meaning not only didn't it care about context, it even banned incorrect spelling of words, which in this example made it impossible to mention the Republic of the Niger.
  - Blikkentrekker 6y ago
    On another one, someone with the name “Hui” couldn't even post anything, because apparently it's a romanization of a Russian profanity and they had applied a global filter which would surely leave out quite a bit. Or the online palæontological conference where the word “bone” was filtered... How can one ever think such blanket filters will not go awry.

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I would assume one can't talk of one's tardiness on GameFAQs, yes. I would also assume that in class, context would be more easy. Of course, some people were f

by Blikkentrekker 6y ago

mc32 6y ago
An instructor or professor of linguistics almost got cancelled because he was using Chinese words as an example of the usefulness in speech of useless filler words. “That one” which if you want to or make yourself to, can be made to sound like a racial insult. That’s to say it’s no surprise that ignorant people will take offense before they understand words that might be uncommon in their lexicon.
- Blikkentrekker 6y ago
  I looked up this story and of course it happened in the U.S.A. Verily, what is with the U.S.A.-man's unparalleled ability to be offended by a word, or any word phonetically similar, regardless of the context? — I am really quite glad I do not live there. It seems stressful to be able to loose one's profession so quickly over it's infamous “cancel culture”.
- alpaca128 6y ago
  I also heard about a problem with a chat platform that kicked german users for using the common word "weniger" ("less"/"fewer"). Meaning not only didn't it care about context, it even banned incorrect spelling of words, which in this example made it impossible to mention the Republic of the Niger.
  - Blikkentrekker 6y ago
    On another one, someone with the name “Hui” couldn't even post anything, because apparently it's a romanization of a Russian profanity and they had applied a global filter which would surely leave out quite a bit. Or the online palæontological conference where the word “bone” was filtered... How can one ever think such blanket filters will not go awry.