Swearword substutution

[kayakamina]

I posted this in Editor's blog and someone suggested I also place it here.

' It is the substitution of an 'unacceptable' word by another 'safe' word which drives me crackers!
In the crossword section ( Not Chatterbank) I was attempting to explain a crossword answer to a questioner. The word was Parish and the wordplay was bottle in the local area.
I tried to advise that it was ARIS ( or Ar$e / Cockney slang ARIS(totle) (bottle) in PH (public House) P ARIS H
Your censor decided that it should be ELBOW in PH !!!!!!

[AB Editor]

Kayakamina, I have changed it back.

But you have no idea how many times I've had a little chuckle when someone writes "stop being a pain in the elbow" though. (hint: EVERY time)

This is a constant process where the community decides what language is acceptable to use - I'm just the chap who changes the filters!

If you come across any further issues, do not hesitate to post in the blog to get my attention.

Also, the Prince Philip thing was quite good though right? I'll change that shortly.

Canary42 - "Thin end of the wedge of Answerbank re-writing our answers for their own ends." I cannot see any perceivable benefit here! I think you've caught a touch of the orwell!

All the best,

Spare Ed

[jno]

I have just tried to mention that Cleopatra bathed in the milk of a certain three-lettered animal, but it's been asterisked (or assterisked). Given that, if this is a swearword it is an American one, perhaps it needn't be filtered out?