Canadian censor board says "fuck" OK for French speakers, but not English speaker

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In French, there’s a (non-breaking) space before the exclamation mark :slight_smile:

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Also, « pipe » means “blowjob” in French slang. The plot thickens.

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I love this! I knew that the same swear words didn’t have the same “punch” in various languages*, but I never thought about what it meant for censors :slight_smile:

  • I believe there’s a similar contrast between US English and UK English, for the word “cunt”?
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Please do.

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