OT:watch your language folks!
|From:||"Renton, Lousie, Mrs" <email@example.com>|
It is interesting to note that the same word can have different
meanings (and connotations) depending which side of the Atlantic
one is on. The most familiar one is "fanny" as in "fanny bag" - quite
innocuous in the States and used freely, but in the UK and here in
SA refers to a portion of female anatomy, so one would use this
word with circumspection!
On 8 Oct 01, at 9:09, Lori Miller wrote:
> Hi Gayle!
> My vote is to use "poop" and the delete key (for their reply)!
> Just my 2 cents...
> Gayle Callis on 10/06/2001 09:16:46 AM
> To: firstname.lastname@example.org
> Subject: Interesting Email message, watch your language folks!
> Dear Histonetters,
> Has anyone else received this message after sending a message to
> Histonet, which obviously goes to a "system attendant" at this general
> UK email address. If so, watch what you say, or you will probably get
> this terse reminder you have used some type of dirty word! After
> rereading my message on mouse intestine cryosection problems, I typed
> a common name for mouse fecal matter, starting with the letter p. You
> can take it from there. Hmmm somehow I never thought this was a "dirty
> word", but a slang term for feces. I wonder what other words they are
> banning, so in future will use only to scientific terminology.
> Who knows, I may get another message for referring to fecal
> matter/feces in this message, and these ARE scientific terms for
> common sewage waste contents worldwide!
> Somewhat bemused and in cyberspace quarantine!
> ScanMail Message: To Sender, sensitive content found and action t
> aken.>From: System Attendant >To: "'Gayle
> Callis'" >Subject: ScanMail Message: To Sender,
> sensitive content found and action t aken. >Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001
> 01:31:56 +0100 >X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) > >Trend
> SMEX Content Filter has detected sensitive content. > >Place = Tamara
> Howard; email@example.com; ; >Sender = Gayle Callis
> >Subject = Mouse intestine cryosection problem >Delivery Time =
> October 06, 2001 (Saturday) 01:31:54 >Policy = Dirty Words >Action on
> this mail = Quarantine message > >Warning message from administrator:
> >Sender, A sensitive incoming e-mail from you has been detected and
> forwarded >to the Administrators mailbox. > > Gayle Callis
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