[Talk-GB] Meta/Facebook #ProfanityCleanup

[Chris Hodges]

I'm tempted to suggest what Meta might do to themselves on the way to 
Scunthorpe - but they'd only censor it.


Devon can give Yorkshire a run for its money on this one 
https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=slaparse+lane#map=18/50.75911/-3.44462 
- luckily the spelling might confuse the Americans.


Chris

On 11/01/2023 11:14, Paul Berry wrote:
> > We shouldn't be preferring one spelling over another just because of a
> particular cultural objection to a particular spelling.
>
> Absolutely. Fortunately sanity tends to prevail. We keep it real in 
> Yorkshire: 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tickle_Cock_Bridge#Naming_controversy
>
> Regards,
> /Paul/
>
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2023 at 11:10, Mark Goodge <mark at good-stuff.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On 11/01/2023 10:53, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
>     > On 11/01/2023 10:02, Robert Skedgell wrote:
>     >> In the first case the change from Dyke -> Dike corrected a
>     genuine typo.
>     >
>     >
>     > I thought dyke was the correct spelling.
>     >
>     >
>     https://www.google.com/search?q=Dyke&sxsrf=AJOqlzXJ-2BgdFycck6vHsQa5-Dq0A4hTA%3A1673432584929&ei=CI6-Y6yuOJeFhbIP7cG6oAc&ved=0ahUKEwis0p6Wpr_8AhWXQkEAHe2gDnQQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=Dyke&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzIHCAAQsQMQQzIECAAQQzIRCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQxwEQrwEyCAguEIAEELEDMgsILhCvARDHARCABDIICAAQgAQQsQMyCwguEIAEEMcBEK8BMgsILhCABBDHARCvATIFCC4QgAQyCwguEIAEEMcBEK8BOgoIABBHENYEELADOgcIABCwAxBDOgUIABCRAjoGCAAQBxAeSgQIQRgASgQIRhgAUJ0SWLoaYOkbaAFwAXgAgAGKAYgB_QGSAQMwLjKYAQCgAQHIAQrAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
>     <https://www.google.com/search?q=Dyke&sxsrf=AJOqlzXJ-2BgdFycck6vHsQa5-Dq0A4hTA%3A1673432584929&ei=CI6-Y6yuOJeFhbIP7cG6oAc&ved=0ahUKEwis0p6Wpr_8AhWXQkEAHe2gDnQQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=Dyke&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzIHCAAQsQMQQzIECAAQQzIRCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQxwEQrwEyCAguEIAEELEDMgsILhCvARDHARCABDIICAAQgAQQsQMyCwguEIAEEMcBEK8BMgsILhCABBDHARCvATIFCC4QgAQyCwguEIAEEMcBEK8BOgoIABBHENYEELADOgcIABCwAxBDOgUIABCRAjoGCAAQBxAeSgQIQRgASgQIRhgAUJ0SWLoaYOkbaAFwAXgAgAGKAYgB_QGSAQMwLjKYAQCgAQHIAQrAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp>
>
>     Dyke is the more common spelling in the UK. But there are a number of
>     place names, including street names, which use Dike. So when mapping
>     them, we do need to make sure we're using the correct spelling and
>     not
>     simply assume it's the most common.
>
>     But, of course, the choice of which spelling to use should be
>     based on
>     on-the-ground evidence (eg, a street name sign) and/or open data
>     sources
>     (eg, OS OpenMap Local, OS Open Names or older, public domain OS
>     maps).
>     We shouldn't be preferring one spelling over another just because
>     of a
>     particular cultural objection to a particular spelling.
>
>     Mark
>
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