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Microsoft Edits English

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thats-pretty-funny dept.

jbarr writes "An article in the 23-Oct-2000 issue of the New York Times (free reg blah blah blah) talks about how Microsoft has eliminated words from its thesaurus so as to "not suggest words that may have offensive uses or provide offensive definitions for any words". Entering a word like "idiot" yields no hits in Word 2000 unlike the numerous hits in Word 97." I don't think there's anything evil here, but it sure is funny.

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  1. ah! m$ is inventing newspeak... by Rai · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i got some 'offensive' words for them.

  2. I know I shouldn't feed the trolls... by Cplus · · Score: 1, Offtopic


    I was stunned to read that you thought that people on Slashdot might be a cut above anything. I must ask sir, that you please note the lack of substance, decency, and grammar in most Slashdot posts. Trolls such as yours are rampant, we are truly a sad lot.

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  3. Re:probably a follow up to the monkey/black story by Captain+Pedantic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If it had I would laugh my arse off, but as it is I have to wonder if the person at Microsoft was really thinking of the "Monkey" bars when he chose that keyword.

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