Did my penis really teach me how to spell a kind of wine correctly?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (221647)
Walnut Creek, California
January 14, 2018 9:27pm CST
I invited myself to dinner at a fellow MyLot member's house tonight. Because she was having salmon, I thought I'd bring a nice Ch*rdonnay, rather than my usual Cabernet Sauvignon.
When I made the suggestion, in a comment, MyLot informed me that I had used a naughty word. I realized that you can't write "Ch*rdonnay" without writing "h*rdon." I also realized (after a Google search) that I had spelled Ch*rdonnay with only one "n."
I am sure the MyLot elite are collectively clicking their tongues and rolling their eyes. The Horse can't spell. Well, if it pleases you, I prefer reds to whites these days.
My further rebuttal would be that I rarely use the word "h*rdon" in my writing, and were I to do so, I would hyphenate it. But I don't know what's really correct. I invite @Maluse's comment on this important matter.
Has MyLot made you feel "dirty" with its obscenity filter? Can you spell things like Pinot Noir (that sounds racy somehow) without blinking? To heck with it. I'm having Thai red curry and beer tonight.
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24 responses
@LadyDuck (472386)
• Switzerland
15 Jan 18
I know that I cannot write correctly Chard_donnay because it is considered a bad word and @Asylum explained me very well why it is considered a bad word in English. When you go through different languages there are many words that are "dirty words", but those who do not know the language do not even know. An example "Mona Lisa" 
The painting is from an Italian and the correct spelling is Monna Lisa, Mona is the intimate part of the women, said in a very vulgar way. I am sure you did not know, but I feel sick every time I read "Mona Lisa".
The painting is from an Italian and the correct spelling is Monna Lisa, Mona is the intimate part of the women, said in a very vulgar way. I am sure you did not know, but I feel sick every time I read "Mona Lisa".6 people like this
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
15 Jan 18
Well your title certainly dragged me in. For a moment I thought you were going to tell me you'd happened upon some previously undiscovered bizarre Speak and Spell functionality.
I always thought it was two words anyway!!
I almost bought a T-shirt with the message "Particle physics gives me a hadron".
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@TheHorse (221647)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Jan 18
I had read about quarks in the past, but don't think I'd heard about hadrons until I read your comment. I'm glad you didn't get the t-shirt. The number of people who "got it" (now increased by one) would be exponentially less than the very few who get my "Hydrogen atom walks into a bar" joke...
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@celticeagle (169853)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Jan 18
I don't feel dirty on here at all. If I have something to say I say it. If it comes up as a naughty word I use my Thesaurus.
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@celticeagle (169853)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Jan 18
@TheHorse .....That's where the computer comes in.
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@TheHorse (221647)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jan 18
@celticeagle thi...tha....the...what the heck?
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@marguicha (224296)
• Chile
15 Jan 18
As English is not my native language, I had to learn (specially in the old mylot) what not to write. In my own language, I´m proud to know and use an ample vocabulary that includes "naughty" words. I´m a writer in Spanish and know that every word has a place.
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@marguicha (224296)
• Chile
17 Jan 18
@TheHorse It all depends on the characters, the style and a lot of other things. I can´t imagine Janes Austen´s heroines using bad language.
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@TheHorse (221647)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Jan 18
@marguicha Heh. Me neither.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
15 Jan 18
i pretty much just roll my eyes when it chides me.
it's better than it used to be tho..
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
15 Jan 18
@TheHorse at one point,yea.i don't think i could even say damn back in the day.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
29 Jan 18
@TheHorse oh yea.my grandma said gone with the wind was giving people fits.
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@TheHorse (221647)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jan 18
@scarlet_woman That's interesting information! It was seen as "scandalous" at the time?
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
16 Jan 18
myLot not kidding around with perceived 'dirty' words.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
28 Jan 18
@TheHorse never knew that. Not that I need it. 
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@TheHorse (221647)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jan 18
@allen0187 It doesn't really matter to me either.
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
16 Jan 18
Isn't that what society is like nowadays? Offended?
ME: *types it just to try
MyLot: [i][/i]Error: Cannot post. Fix bad words: H*rdon
See? Society!
ME: *types it just to try
MyLot: [i][/i]Error: Cannot post. Fix bad words: H*rdon
See? Society!1 person likes this
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
17 Jan 18
@TheHorse The things you learn everyday
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@TheHorse (221647)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Jan 18
@Theresaaiza That was the net result of the whole ordeal. I drink so many reds, I had forgotten that Chard is written with two "n"s.
@FourWalls (70050)
• United States
15 Jan 18
Someone had to explain to me why myLot wouldn't allow Danny Kortchmar's nickname here. What did I know...and I have a copy of The Big Book of Navy Cuss Words left over from my days in the Canoe Club....
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@FourWalls (70050)
• United States
29 Jan 18
@TheHorse — someone explained his nickname is a slang tern for female genitalia. News to me, but I knew him by that nickname long before I knew my genitalia had the same nickname......
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@TheHorse (221647)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jan 18
@FourWalls Does his music or acting or whatever...um...make you feel lovey?
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@Tampa_girl7 (50955)
• United States
16 Jan 18
It's been awhile since I've had this happen. Sometimes it really blows my mind that I have to use another word
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@DaddyEvil (138952)
• United States
19 Jan 18
@Plethos The filter also can't tell when some guy who has Spanish blood is circumventing the filter just by talking on myLot! (I bet the things you say here are much nicer than what you say in real life, Plethos 
!)
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
19 Jan 18
@DaddyEvil - well, iv made the ladies tingle after hearing my spanglish accent.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Jan 18
No, I've never felt dirty by obscenity filter, but they've definitely deleted a few of my posts. I was never told why!
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@TheHorse (221647)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Jan 18
@kobesbuddy I assume they never told you why they deleted it. "Hop around on stage" does not sound racist. Britney Spears and other white performers also integrate music and dance (not always to my liking). Sometimes I don't get it.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
28 Jan 18
@TheHorse I mentioned Tina Turner and they immediately deleted it. I said she really knows how to hop around on a stage! Is this considered discrimination? Good grief, my husband is black! Are they being ridiculous or what?
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@snowy22315 (183626)
• United States
16 Jan 18
Okey dokey Sounds strange..but OK
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
15 Jan 18
quite a title lol - I have fallen foul of the bad word detector in perfectly innoffensive context too
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
17 Jan 18
@TheHorse I ate some meat that rhymes with maggots, - also the name of a type of dry firewood used on bonfires but as it is also a word used by homophobic folk, can't use it here
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@TheHorse (221647)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jan 18
@arthurchappell Ah yes! Good example.
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@DaddyEvil (138952)
• United States
17 Jan 18
I have hyphenated compound words on myLot when the filter said I was using adult language here. (I can't remember what I was spelling, but at least three times I've been stopped from posting something because myLot thought it was dirty! I've also deliberately misspelled a word or two when myLot didn't like them.)
Honestly, pony, there is no telling what is going to teach you something new. Most of us are used to you telling.... uhm... odd stories in support of you learning something you shared with us. (That's actually fine. Your stories are usually funny, even when not very believable.)
I normally don't have trouble spelling anything. (I might make a typo, but that is not misspelling something. That is a slip of the finger! )1 person likes this
