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Disemvowelling
Posted by: wheelbent (---.range81-157.btcentralplus.com)
Date: March 27, 2008 08:41PM

"Q. All the vowels have disappeared from a paragraph I wrote! What's going on?

A. We did it. Someone (a moderator, one of the Boingers) was expressing displeasure at your remarks. The technique is called disemvowelling. It deprecates but does not delete the remark. With work, the disemvowelled text should still be readable."

The above Q & A was taken from BoingBoing.net in a post about their Moderation policy. I thought it appropriate for this forum.

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip0.t-ipconnect.de)
Date: March 28, 2008 12:31AM

ths s rdcls! wh wld gt sch n d?

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: BibwitHart (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: March 28, 2008 02:13AM

Snds pnfl


(sounds as though my fingers have a snuffle)

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (149.135.106.---)
Date: March 28, 2008 04:47AM

Ptntly rdcls, w crtnly wldn't pt p wth tht nnsns.

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: 198505 (---.cable.ubr04.pres.blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: March 28, 2008 07:58AM

wht th fck?

Hw n rth wld tht wrk?

wrng n s mny lvls.

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: wheelbent (---.range81-157.btcentralplus.com)
Date: March 28, 2008 12:36PM

Gld t s y r njyng ths pst.

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (58.163.129.---)
Date: March 28, 2008 01:17PM

ctlly, cld gt wy wth syng prctclly ny fckng thng w dr...

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: wheelbent (---.range81-157.btcentralplus.com)
Date: March 28, 2008 10:12PM

Bnz Kttn, sch lngg,tt,tt!

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: bunyip (---.as1.adl6.internode.on.net)
Date: March 30, 2008 05:20AM

Wh ?

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: robert (61.88.131.---)
Date: March 31, 2008 11:45PM

ld mcdnld hd frm

[Hy wht hppnd t th scnd ln?]

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (149.135.108.---)
Date: April 01, 2008 01:50PM

h h h !

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: 198505 (---.cable.ubr04.pres.blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: April 01, 2008 08:17PM

y y h

(tht t?)

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Blood! Death! War! Rumpy pumpy! Triumph!

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: robert (61.88.131.---)
Date: April 01, 2008 11:58PM

Th dcrpt ct crpt nt th crypt, crppd nd crpt t.

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (149.135.105.---)
Date: April 02, 2008 06:54AM

nt ths ne...

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip0.t-ipconnect.de)
Date: April 02, 2008 04:17PM

He! E ceeght en e!

(Mayba I shouldn't ovorusi it, so that it doosn't waar out so quickly)

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: robert (61.88.131.---)
Date: April 02, 2008 11:17PM

Geed edee Prenz! Jest ese ene vewel tell et weers eet end then meve ente enether ene.

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: Barefoot Andy (195.188.86.---)
Date: April 03, 2008 10:20AM

Thenks te Emerecen spelleng ef celeer end armeer end se en, there ere plenty ef e's

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (58.163.129.---)
Date: April 03, 2008 01:43PM

Dem eet! dedn't meen thet.

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: robert (61.88.131.---)
Date: April 07, 2008 06:48AM

Et's net "Dem" Ketten, et's "Demn". Ere yee elleterete er semtheng?

Re: Disemvowelling
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (58.163.131.---)
Date: April 07, 2008 12:53PM

ne, I jest dent geve a dem...

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