Posted by pseudoname on February 26, 2006, at 17:11:36
In reply to A proper name of Deity earns a PBC, posted by deirdrehbrt on February 26, 2006, at 10:04:47
Deirdre,
I'm very sorry you were PBC'd for the well-intentioned use of a homograph of an obscenity. Since you capitalized only the first letter and were clearly NON-IRONICALLY referring to a deity, your use seems as civil as the use of other holy names that are also swear-words (JC, JMJ, HMoG, etc). I think Bob's amazing commitment to civility enforcement is what makes Babble work, but I think this one was a misstep.
I'm guessing he was unfamiliar with this name? I was. However, from past observations in these conflicts, we may assume he's not likely to relent on this point.
If that proves to be the case and although it is unfair to single out this deity for alternative spellings, there seem to be a few other spellings (unfortunately regional and nonstandard) that are within the rules.
The completely safe alternatives I see are:
Frea, Freo, Frija.But it would be great if Bob could rule on the following alternatives that do include the obscene string but are still NOT HOMOGRAPHS. The question to Bob is, If they use the "i" would they be obscene? (They don't trigger the asterisk, but I put it in just to be safe.)
Fr*ga, Fr*ge, Fr*gg, Fr*gga, and Fr*cka.I think most Babblers would agree it's not the best solution, but it would allow discussion of that deity even under current rules. *Please* don't leave Babble over this. (Source: http://www.thorshof.org/goddesses.htm)
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