Pound weaker against Euro?

[Marina]

There is a rude word filter on the site now that changes some swear words. It is quite amusing in some ways, annoying in others.

Some linguists reckon the need to replace taboo words, obviously an old phenomenon, has been a major driver of language evolution in the past.

And it's not just naughty words - In african tribes like the Zulus, when the chief or one of his wives died everyone was forbidden on pain of death from uttering their names or even any word that sounded vaguely like them. That must have led to a lot of inventive alternatives, some of which must have stuck long after the reason for using them had been forgotten.

[BlasterBates]

The pound has dropped further, another 0.5%.

[threaded]

The pound has dropped further, another 0.5%.

Darn it, I could have waited a few more days before ordering those parts from England.

[AtW]

Darn it, I could have waited a few more days before ordering those parts from England.

Not body parts I hope old chap...