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Obligatory link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem "The Scunthorpe problem occurs when a spam fil

Obligatory link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem "The Scunthorpe problem occurs when a spam filter or search engine blocks e-mails, forum posts or search results because their text contains a string of letters that are shared with an obscene word. While computers can easily identify strings of text within a document, broad blocking rules may result in false positives, causing innocent phrases to be blocked."

mikeash 13y ago
And you can obtain hours of hilarity by putting "buttbuttination" and similar terms into your preferred search engine.
- anon4 13y ago
  I really like "clbuttic". Not least because it's actually self-descriptive, "clbuttic" is a clbuttic profanity filter mistake.
  - vacri 13y ago
    My favourite was 'consbreastutional'. It even sounds like a formal thing.
Livven 13y ago
Even Google has this problem with some common words. If you type "Nudel", which is German for noodle, into the Google search box, you won't get auto-complete entries presumably because it contains the word "nude". This happens even on the German Google version (?hl=de). Interestingly, it seems that Bing does a better job of separating "Nudel" and "nude" as it does offer appropriate auto-complete entries. I'm not sure how widespread this problem is and how Google and Bing compare on other search terms, though, since I only randomly stumbled upon this issue while searching for recipes.
- _glass 13y ago
  Strange, did they fix it in 12h? For me "Nudel" autocompletes.
  - Livven 13y ago
    Indeed, I checked before posting my previous comment to verify that autocomplete for "Nudel" was still broken but it's fixed now, at least on the English version. If you go to google.com/?hl=de to force the German version then it's still broken. Another autocomplete curiosity I found: "Mädchen", German for "girl", is blocked on the German version of Google while it autocompletes on the English version (not sure if this was just changed along with "Nudel" or not) even though the English equivalent is blocked on neither Google language version.

mikeash 13y ago

And you can obtain hours of hilarity by putting "buttbuttination" and similar terms into your preferred search engine.

anon4 13y ago
I really like "clbuttic". Not least because it's actually self-descriptive, "clbuttic" is a clbuttic profanity filter mistake.
- vacri 13y ago
  My favourite was 'consbreastutional'. It even sounds like a formal thing.

Livven 13y ago

Even Google has this problem with some common words. If you type "Nudel", which is German for noodle, into the Google search box, you won't get auto-complete entries presumably because it contains the word "nude". This happens even on the German Google version (?hl=de). Interestingly, it seems that Bing does a better job of separating "Nudel" and "nude" as it does offer appropriate auto-complete entries. I'm not sure how widespread this problem is and how Google and Bing compare on other search terms, though, since I only randomly stumbled upon this issue while searching for recipes.

_glass 13y ago
Strange, did they fix it in 12h? For me "Nudel" autocompletes.
- Livven 13y ago
  Indeed, I checked before posting my previous comment to verify that autocomplete for "Nudel" was still broken but it's fixed now, at least on the English version. If you go to google.com/?hl=de to force the German version then it's still broken. Another autocomplete curiosity I found: "Mädchen", German for "girl", is blocked on the German version of Google while it autocompletes on the English version (not sure if this was just changed along with "Nudel" or not) even though the English equivalent is blocked on neither Google language version.