i was answering a question about smoking and said i needed a f a g but yahoo used *** to blank it out why on earth can't i use slang?
2007-05-20 08:38:06 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
ok ok i know f a g is an insult in the usa but for heaven sake i'm on yahoo! answers UK & ireland not yahoo! america
lol i cant says *** or *** but i can say i think yahoo! are wankers? whats the world coming too!!!
2007-05-20 08:51:42 · update #1
are f a g g o ts alsobanned why? its a delicious meal that goes very well with chips and peas
2007-05-20 11:19:09 · update #2
Because Yahoo uses the American English Dictionary and the program they use to blank words obviously isn;t clever enough to distinguish between which sites it is on. Be happy though because the upside you can use words like, bollocks, bugger, shite and wanker.
2007-05-20 08:41:46 · answer #1 · answered by SMGFAN 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
*** has been used a term for a cigarette long before it referred to gays. Lots of people in Ireland use it, including me. Once upon a time you could say 'I'm feeling gay so I'm going to have a ***' and not offend anybody! Do you think because an accepted term is adopted by people for something else, the original meaning is lost? Not for me. I grew saying *** and I'll continue to do so. My gay friends know this and take no offence. Lots of them use the term as well!
2007-05-20 09:11:42 · answer #2 · answered by Rachel Maria 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because a * a g is slang for a male homosexual over here in the US. Since 9/11 the call to be PC(politicaly correct) here in the US has be heightened. Corporations in America now have policies for even saying a slang/foul word in a public workplace. I understand people have rights (even if I don't agree with them), but PC seems very petty.
the ever changing world in which we live ....
2007-05-20 08:47:01 · answer #3 · answered by frith25 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but its a stupid thing I typed in a s s in 1 answer in a good meaning and it did the same. There is no reason for this put I guess some over sensitive people have complained
2007-05-20 08:41:49 · answer #4 · answered by Stacey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thats because in North America "f a g" is a derogatory term against gay people. Thats why yahoo blocked it
2007-05-20 08:41:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because a "***" is also a slang term for those of alternate sexual preferences.
2007-05-20 08:43:35 · answer #6 · answered by Carol S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because not everyone is British and many other people view that word as an insult to gays.
2007-05-20 08:40:48 · answer #7 · answered by Miss T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've used it all my life as my nan smokes. It can't see why it should be offensive and mean gay when it was originally military slang for ciggarette.
2007-05-20 09:09:04 · answer #8 · answered by Wolf guy lupine 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because in the wonderful U.S. of A, it's become a derogatory term to describe a homosexual man.
2007-05-20 08:41:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In America f@g is short for f@ggot American slang for homosexuals.
2007-05-20 08:46:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋