A school system's dirty-word spreadsheet

[Jonathan Lighter]

I see "smut" is now a forbidden word.

Or maybe only if somebody is Googling for it.

JL

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> I think it's a sneaky way to teach spelling.  Note that "shitfull" is
> blocked, but "shitful" is just fine.  On the other hand, it does seem to
> present challenges for teaching sex education.
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> LH
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> On Aug 29, 2011, at 12:42 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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