Hi, I posted something in the Quebec community on Lemmy.ca recently and one of the replies had someone write in French with the word r.e.t.a.r.d. being deleted from their comment.
That word means “late” in French and is not a derogatory word.
C’est ajusté, désolé!
The default filter was turned off, but after adding a couple of words to filter out I didn’t think about that language collision.
No problem. Thank you! :)
The Lemmy software has a built-in word filter that I believe can be disabled by an instance’s admins. Said word filter doesn’t really account for languages other than English and I know that the developers did receive some criticism for that.
I wonder what happens if you say see ya later, or talk about a certain convenience store chain, using the French words.
Hahahahaha! An American I knew that lived in Quebec for a while called them “Coochie Tard”. And also “Pharmapricks” was a good one that I kept.
