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Re:The naughty username checking system used by Twitch by pjc50 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @08:29AM (#28785354)
Nobody outside the UK has heard of Scunthorpe because it can't make it through the filters.

(There's a ridiculously large list of innuendo place names for tiny villages: https://anglotopia.net/ultimate-list-of-funny-british-place-... )

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Re:The naughty username checking system used by Twitch by marcus_holmes on Thursday October 07, 2021 @10:29AM (#28786719)
One of Douglas Adams' lesser-known but still hilarious works: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/douglas-adams/the-meani...
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Re:The naughty username checking system used by Twitch by mbg721 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @08:35AM (#28785415)
Hey now, it's not Bielefeld. In Ohio at least, the word it's concealing is taboo enough that nobody who does know wants to explain to their more-sheltered coworkers why the situation is funny. (Clearly the filter wasn't designed in Australia.)
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Re:The naughty username checking system used by Twitch by CRConrad on Saturday October 09, 2021 @10:45AM (#28810326)
> Nobody outside the UK has heard of Scunthorpe

The Register has lots of readers outside the UK, and it has never shied from -- on the contrary, seems it positively delights in -- blowing this stuff up in its pages.

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