The naughty username checking system used by Twitch

Re:The naughty username checking system used by Twitch by wodenokoto on Thursday October 07, 2021 @07:53AM (#28785054)

I thought it was something along the lines of "sticks and stones may break my bones but words can break hearts"

Basically, the pen is stronger than the sword, kind of morale.

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Re:The naughty username checking system used by Twitch by mkr-hn on Thursday October 07, 2021 @08:10AM (#28785198)

I've never heard that one, but it might be a regional variant. I always heard the other one.

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Re:The naughty username checking system used by Twitch by andytruett on Thursday October 07, 2021 @08:38AM (#28785449)

I grew up with 'words can never hurt me', but this variant is my favorite:

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will hurt forever.

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Re:The naughty username checking system used by Twitch by wodenokoto on Friday October 08, 2021 @03:50PM (#28803396)

I'm not a native speaker, so almost every time I hear that phrase it ends after "sticks and stones", because on TV and movies, that's usually enough for the intended audience.

After Googling, I think I might have picked up this version from Tim Minchins song "prejudice" [1] although Google also come up with this clip where a senator also use the "break my heart" version, clearly when it was meant for him to say "never harm" [2]

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw

2: https://youtu.be/QoMheenRUHM?t=92

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