For example, switching out the word ‘boot’ for ‘trunk’, or ditching the word ‘rubbish’ for ‘garbage’.
This is something I’ve noticed my 6 year old does pretty regularly. We went through a stage where ‘sweets’ became ‘candy’, ‘holiday’ became ‘vacation’ and ‘courgette’ became ‘zucchini’.
That last one didn’t happen but if you’re still reading you’ve got my respect, or as the Americans might say ‘…mad props’.
I’m all for Canola being the replacement for R@peseed but in just checking there does seem to be a difference between them (Canola is GM R@peseed)
https://www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-between-canola-and-rapeseed-206047
You can say rapeseed on the internet, friend.
I can also choose not to, never sure about filters.
Sure. But it’s a normal word, and censoring a few letters makes it look ruder than it is. Like writing “cockerel” as “c***erel”. Just draws attention to the offensive bit.
I went to school in a rather rural part of the country. One of my school friends was a tad concerned when he came across a folder named “Rape Photos” on his dad’s computer.
Thankfully it was just a record of their field crop