Asterisks - Classic or Dud?

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y'know, when ppl are SWEARING!

should publications plump for the asterisks, or not?

― MarkH (MarkH), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

CLASSIC^*

^*dud

― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Only classic in the @#*! combination (cause that's my tattoo).

― Tep (ktepi), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Shit, for a brief moment I thought this was about Asterix.

― Chriddof (Chriddof), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

classic!

http://www.rawbw.com/~delman/images/asteroids.jpg

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

haha "including Susan B. Anthony coin slot"!!!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:54 (twenty-two years ago)

http://membres.lycos.fr/delanicos/images/asterix6.gif

― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I was about to say, there can be only one.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

The Asterix record is just ok. I like the first Lucifer's Friend record much more. Hated Lawton in Uriah Heep though.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

cl*ss*c

― rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.asterix-obelix.nl/images/home/intro-obelix.gif

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 19:23 (twenty-two years ago)

where is the tatoo, Tep, on the @#*!, the #*!@ or the %@#! ?

― pieceoplastic (pieceoplastic), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 20:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I think asterisks are lame (as are dashes), but I understand the limitations of a lot of mainstream publications. Probably better to be able to at least suggest the words than not to report them at all.

― JesseFox (JesseFox), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)

*shrugs* ;-) *flounces off*

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)

b-but some mainstream publications don't use them. When did the Guardian stop using them? What about the other papers? I think the Telegraph still uses them.

The NME using them stopped some time between the last printed copy in my possession (from 1993) and yesterday (when I looked at the website). That's assuming they don't still use them in print but not online - if a publication had that policy it would be significant in itself.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

"using them stopped" - by which I mean stopped using them, obv.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 14:04 (twenty-two years ago)

dud.

― g**ff c*nn*n (gcannon), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 14:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Well Ol' Dirty Bastard's title 'N***a Please' is close to classic, just cos he used the asterisks in the official title in the knowledge he had to or something... or was too mental to change the title, maybe. It's funny, that's all. I quite like the practise.

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 14:10 (twenty-two years ago)

they are little stars! they make cuss words twee! how can you hate on the asterisk?

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I am not so hot on this tweeness twend

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't deny it, though. And it may be a good thing, I'm still voting C.

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Twee Dirty Bastard!

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 15:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't have no trouble with you cuddlin me, but I got a little problem with you not cuddlin me.

― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 15:02 (twenty-two years ago)

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