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Subject:Re: What the f -at- #$? From:"Scott J. Wilson" <scott -at- WWTC -dot- TIMEPLEX -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 27 Jul 1994 07:32:39 -0700
Kate Schommer wrote:
>Of course, in some situations, you have to be creative in order to sneak
>"naughty" words past the automated censor program. But why not be truly
>creative, then, and come up with something better? E-mail allows us to
>think before we "speak", so howsabout taking advantage? I would enjoy a
>break from worn-out phrases that lost their shock value before I was out
>of grade school. How about "accursed for eternity" instead of "damned"?
Excellent comments, Kate.
I find it especially ironic that on the techwr-l list we can't find better
ways to amuse, offend, exasperate than by using relatively common "curse words."
Scott J. Wilson
scott -at- wwtc -dot- timeplex -dot- com
310/443-4028
