Re: Re: Swear filter ideas

Colin Guthrie wrote: > Daniel Brown wrote: >> On 6/28/07, Colin Guthrie <gmane@colin.guthr.ie> wrote: >>> We implemented a simple key => value array map of rude words to >>> "sanitised" equivalents: >>> >>> e.g. breast => sandwich, felch => retrieve etc. etc. >> "Today we have Chicken Marsala over angel hair pasta, which is a >> chicken sandwich braised in Marsala wine...." > > Indeed. Your word list would have to allow certain words that could be > used in genuine text. Other words which I wont post here would never be > used in general conversation ;) unless the general was in the heat of combat, there the implied language would probably be justified. :-> > >> "Please keep me asandwich of the events as they transpire." > > This one wouldn't happen due to the stop words regexp. > >>> The added bonus is that you can flip the key/values in your array and >>> turn perfectly nice sentences into torrents of abuse ;) >> "Sandy was a golden felcher...." ^-- this 'e' shouldn't be there according to the amp given above. which means Sandy is not only on the cutting edge of porn, but also web2.0 ready :-P [think flickr] ... which begs the question of what to do with multilingual situations. one languages' mundane word can be another's rudest addition (dutch has a phonetically indentical word for 'flicker' which has altogether different connotations than it does in english) maybe we should all just shut the **** up on a global level ... it is said that silence is golden (which is a condrum of itself, what with it be said and all) > > Exactly! Awesome eh!?! Hours of fun! nothing like a little be of mind bending with words eh :-) > > Col. >