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Word in post replaced by !!!!!! ... ?
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dealyboy
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I wrote this "... this autumn statement !!!!!! budget" in this post https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/80415628/#Comment_80415628 and the word "!!!!!!" was replaced by "!!!!!!" immediately after I'd posted.
Clearly I was just using standard English ...

Edit: ... and has happened again.
Clearly I was just using standard English ...

Edit: ... and has happened again.
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Usually when used in the sense you have it's hyphenated - so I'm interested to see what happens if I say 'autumn statement-!!!!!!-budget'
There was a similar problem in another post over on (I think) the DIY board ,where someone was saying that they couldn't turn off their water because their stopcock was jammed ...
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... painful ... I see that the hyphenated approach didn't fix it, and thanks for the grammatical advice @p00hsticks.0
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I mean, can you really not understand why that word may be censored? Look at the other meaning of it.
Its whats know as the "Scunthorpe Problem".2 -
@la531983 said:I mean, can you really not understand why that word may be censored? Look at the other meaning of it.
Its whats know as the "Scunthorpe Problem".1 -
@mortgageFTB said:This is definitely one of these occasions where it’s best filling your thoughts and mind with other things, vs worrying about a forum’s profanity filter.
Better things to be concerned about, whether you think you’re right or wrong..
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