Un-censor the word “homophone”

Queer_Royalty

Seriously, what is wrong with it? I was commenting on someone’s learn spelling project and it just said “Nice, but maybe try not using a homophone next time?” And the bad word detector showed up. I checked, when I took the word “homophone” out it was fine.

TalksInBlocks

when green flag clicked
say [The issue might be that "homophone" is too close to "homophobe", and the ST wanted to be sure people would bypass the filter.] 
say [It might be that filterbot is also accidentally catching a false positive. No reason why people can't say homophone, though.] 
say [If someone insults you with "homophobe", the report button should be able to deal with that by itself.] 
stop [ v]

Queer_Royalty

Yeah, that could be it. The word “homophobe” is not censored though, so why would homophone be?

TalksInBlocks

Queer_Royalty wrote:
Yeah, that could be it. The word “homophobe” is not censored though, so why would homophone be?

when green flag clicked
say [Like I speculated, maybe the filterbot has a tiny bit of automation going on? Or maybe someone who was filling out the filterbot bad words dictionary misspelled "homophobe."]
stop [ v]

Queer_Royalty

Maybe, in that case though it’s a bug and the ST can still try to fix it.

dhfbei8987

WE NEED HOMOPHONE! How could the ST cencor one of the most important words in the dictionary/ figurative language.

SUPPORT because of the above.

fdreerf

dhfbei8987 wrote:
WE NEED HOMOPHONE! How could the ST cencor one of the most important words in the dictionary/ figurative language.

Yes, the word for two words that have the same sound and different meanings, comprising of heterographs, homonyms, and alternate spellings of the word; the pinnacle of society. If you're not talking homophones in general, you can use one of the more specific terms:

Heterograph: words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings (their, there)
Homonym: words that sound the same and are spelt the same but have different meanings (tire (wheel), tire (fatigue))
Alternate spellings: words that sound the same and have the same meaning but are spelt differently (gases, gasses)

Queer_Royalty

fdreerf wrote:
dhfbei8987 wrote:
WE NEED HOMOPHONE! How could the ST cencor one of the most important words in the dictionary/ figurative language.
Yes, the word for two words that have the same sound and different meanings, comprising of heterographs, homonyms, and alternate spellings of the word; the pinnacle of society. If you're not talking homophones in general, you can use one of the more specific terms:

Heterograph: words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings (their, there)
Homonym: words that sound the same and are spelt the same but have different meanings (tire (wheel), tire (fatigue))
Alternate spellings: words that sound the same and have the same meaning but are spelt differently (gases, gasses)

Thanks, I’ll try that.

the2000

fdreerf wrote:
dhfbei8987 wrote:
WE NEED HOMOPHONE! How could the ST cencor one of the most important words in the dictionary/ figurative language.
Yes, the word for two words that have the same sound and different meanings, comprising of heterographs, homonyms, and alternate spellings of the word; the pinnacle of society.

xD

That being said, I don't know why this is censored. It's not like “homophobe” is a particularly bad word, and it would more ridiculous than clear as a substitute. “You're a homophone!”

Queer_Royalty

the2000 wrote:
fdreerf wrote:
dhfbei8987 wrote:
WE NEED HOMOPHONE! How could the ST cencor one of the most important words in the dictionary/ figurative language.
Yes, the word for two words that have the same sound and different meanings, comprising of heterographs, homonyms, and alternate spellings of the word; the pinnacle of society.
xD

That being said, I don't know why this is censored. It's not like “homophobe” is a particularly bad word, and it would more ridiculous than clear as a substitute. “You're a homophone!”

Also, the word “homophobe” is not actually censored I’m pretty sure.

WindOctahedron

The letters N and B are next to each other on the QWERTY keyboard. Maybe the Scratch Team accidentally misspelled some code in their Bad Word Detector and thus accidentally asked it to filter “homophone” instead of the one with B?

Last edited by WindOctahedron (March 12, 2021 19:59:39)

Queer_Royalty

WindOctahedron wrote:
The letters N and B are next to each other on the QWERTY keyboard. Maybe the Scratch Team accidentally misspelled some code in their Bad Word Detector and thus accidentally asked it to filter “homophone” instead of the one with B?

That would make sense except the one with a B isn’t censored I’m pretty sure.

WindOctahedron

Queer_Royalty wrote:
WindOctahedron wrote:
The letters N and B are next to each other on the QWERTY keyboard. Maybe the Scratch Team accidentally misspelled some code in their Bad Word Detector and thus accidentally asked it to filter “homophone” instead of the one with B?

That would make sense except the one with a B isn’t censored I’m pretty sure.

Well, that would make sense, because they don't seem to have an intention to filter out the one with the N, so they need to censor only one of the two but they typed the wrong one.

Last edited by WindOctahedron (March 12, 2021 21:25:07)

ScratchCatHELLO

Queer_Royalty wrote:
WindOctahedron wrote:
The letters N and B are next to each other on the QWERTY keyboard. Maybe the Scratch Team accidentally misspelled some code in their Bad Word Detector and thus accidentally asked it to filter “homophone” instead of the one with B?

That would make sense except the one with a B isn’t censored I’m pretty sure.

that's what they were saying. the ST may have accidentally wrote homophone instead of the other one.

AnAccount_StopAsking

TalksInBlocks wrote:

when green flag clicked
say [The issue might be that "homophone" is too close to "homophobe", and the ST wanted to be sure people would bypass the filter.] 
say [It might be that filterbot is also accidentally catching a false positive. No reason why people can't say homophone, though.] 
say [If someone insults you with "homophobe", the report button should be able to deal with that by itself.] 
stop [ v]

ok tell me why funk isnt censored

WindOctahedron

AnAccount_StopAsking wrote:

TalksInBlocks wrote:

when green flag clicked
say [The issue might be that "homophone" is too close to "homophobe", and the ST wanted to be sure people would bypass the filter.] 
say [It might be that filterbot is also accidentally catching a false positive. No reason why people can't say homophone, though.] 
say [If someone insults you with "homophobe", the report button should be able to deal with that by itself.] 
stop [ v]

ok tell me why funk isnt censored

Because the letter N and the one that lets you complete the swear word aren't very close together on the QWERTY keyboard (unlike N and B) so the Scratch Team likely didn't mistype it as such and thus the word isn't censored, even though it's apart by only one letter.

AidyGamer60

TalksInBlocks wrote:
and the ST wanted to be sure people would bypass the filter.

what?

Last edited by AidyGamer60 (March 12, 2021 21:36:15)

han614698

removed

Last edited by han614698 (April 12, 2021 13:30:40)

mica43683

WindOctahedron wrote:
The letters N and B are next to each other on the QWERTY keyboard. Maybe the Scratch Team accidentally misspelled some code in their Bad Word Detector and thus accidentally asked it to filter “homophone” instead of the one with B?

That makes alarmingly good sense. It's probably this. I just tested it out (using messages on my profile which I have since deleted) and “homophobe” isn't censored but “homophone” is. It was most likely just a typo.

ShyGamer16

Queer_Royalty wrote:
Yeah, that could be it. The word “homophobe” is not censored though, so why would homophone be?

“homophobe”doesn't have anything to do with “homophone”.
A homophone is a word that's pronounced the same way as another word.

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