<p>Maybe I just haven't been here for awhile, but I noticed that the abbreviation for boarding school is now being starred like this **</p>
<p>I wonder if you add spaces in between if that would help --> B S , B.S</p>
<p>Or maybe we should just start spelling it out. </p>
<p>And yes, I realize that this thread is random. It's just that today I was reading a thread and was wondering why it looked like everyone was "swearing" at each other. Haha. :)</p>
<p>Hahaha! Well, I think that you’ve hit the nail on the head. Everyone’s fingers are flying so quickly, it’s just (heavy sigh) too much work, you know, to add the spaces or the dots. So using just the ** is a quick replacement that doesn’t sound (or look) like swearing.</p>
<p>Lol, today the website site filter is automatically changing it to ****** when I type the letter B + letter S</p>
<p>OH, seriously? I had no idea. I will try it now. ** is a wonderful opportunity for many, but not everyone’s cuppa tea.</p>
<p>Very funny. Can you imagine the confusion in the old threads, when someone asks, "what does ** mean? " “Oh, it’s an abbreviation for boarding school.”</p>
<p>Why is the filter doing that?</p>
<p>I think it’s ** that the filter is targeting the ** forum now and assuming that every time we refer to ** that we mean ** instead of **</p>
<p>I see what you did there GMTplus7. Haha! ;)</p>
<p>HarvestMoon1 - I think CC is doing it because they are filtering the abbreviation for the other B S. I find it pretty awkward. Especially when seeing these ** in the thread titles. </p>
<p>Periwinkle - Funny you should say that! I saw the very same scenario today going through an old thread. It was pretty hilarious.</p>
<p>Let me just take this opportunity to say that Andover is complete **!</p>
<p>Jk</p>
<p>Neato! Hi!</p>
<p>What if we dubbed the schools PBS, i.e., prep boarding schools? (Not public broadcasting system.)</p>
<p>Or, USBS, i.e., United States Boarding School?</p>
<p>It gets so awkward to type out boarding school when trying to explain the differences between a boarding school and other schools. I notice people using PS for private school and public school.</p>
<p>I dunno, I’ve been tempted to post something similar to Neato’s! It’s such ** that we can’t use ** to describe something the initials of which ARE *<em>… Oh, this is fun! *</em>, *<em>, *</em>!!! It just makes one want to break out one’s inner potty mouth ;-).</p>
<p>But that would be SUCH **…</p>
<p>This is funny! Let me try… (warning: pardon my language!)</p>
<p>** or B S: an acronym for Boarding School, ***<strong><em>, Bull-</em></strong><em>, Bull *</em>,Britney Spears, Bomb Shell, Bachelor of Science, Boy Scout, Blue Sky, …</p>
<p>Not saying the 5th ** is the 6th *<em>… more like the 4th *</em>:D</p>
<p>You do realize if the filter is reversed, some of these posts might embarrass you, if you don’t feel comfortable typing ********?</p>
<p>Cowflops. Let’s see if that gets through.</p>
<p>I think b.s is the way to go. Heck, if the filter were to replace that with asterisks, everyone will have to type out bachelor of science.</p>
<p>Yeah, this seems like an odd acro to filter, first because the expletive is rather mild, and second because it condenses several non-offensive and common phrases. I wonder if the filter is an all-or-nothing or could be selectively turned off for the prep forums only? Perhaps a note to the mod might be in order.</p>
<p>I got the same thing today when typing the initials for Boarding School. I mean - if we were just slinging ** I would understand but we’re talking about legitimate ** institutions so I understand filters, but the whole things seems to be like a lot of ** if you ask me.
:)</p>
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<p>How did they even know that word?
:)</p>
<p>This post made my day!!!</p>
<p>Hey, I think they changed it back! :)</p>
<p>Experimenting:</p>
<p>BS
BS
BS</p>
<p>*okay, so it works. Awesome! I wonder what convinced them to change it back.</p>
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<p>Common sense, perhaps? ;)</p>