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kentuck

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9. I don't think so.

Reply to DURHAM D (Reply #8)

Fri Jun 5, 2015, 10:46 AM

Jun 2015

Can you use the c*** word in a generic sense. The word itself is censored and so should be "c***" which when written oor read is the same word. If I spell "fcuk", are we to pretend we don't recognize the word? Quite simply, it is censorship. But it is a rule.

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What is the difference?? [View all] kentuck Jun 2015 OP

Ummmm... 99Forever Jun 2015 #1

Maybe it would have slid under the radar if he had tried it in Pig Latin? PeaceNikki Jun 2015 #2

Could be marym625 Jun 2015 #3

The difference isn't about how you "disguise"it, marym625 Jun 2015 #4

the difference is directing the comment toward a real person and member of the "group" the term is hlthe2b Jun 2015 #5

Yes. DURHAM D Jun 2015 #6

So, it is not necessarily the word but.. kentuck Jun 2015 #7

IMO - it is obvious. nt DURHAM D Jun 2015 #8

I don't think so. kentuck Jun 2015 #9

Not unusual... Would you not agree the context for using the word "boy" makes all the difference? hlthe2b Jun 2015 #11

Here is the only difference. NCTraveler Jun 2015 #10

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