Gaylord, MI.

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&oe=utf-8&q=gaylord,+MI&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Gaylord,+MI&gl=us&ei=04uOTMCPFtGLnQeVyvz4Cw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBwQ8gEwAA

and surprisingly little spam here, compared to zdnet.com for instance. Either well filtered, or spammers don't expect Inq readers to fall for their ruses. Well, unless they lure us to malevolent web sites, the impression having been created that we're probably going to see the result of typing yet another rude word into global Google Maps. "Here is a district of Smolensk called Priktiz! Ha ha, it sounds like it is the red light district... oh, it is? Ah. Okay then, 'Street View'... WHAT is she holding up there... I think she's written her phone number on it."

I contacted Microsoft ages ago as I cannot put my location as Whitley Bay, they just didnt respond, perhaps they thought is was Cockney slang for something else

Five identical posts under two different names ? That is not a slip of the mouse button, that is clearly comment spam.
Clean it up and ban both accounts, please.
Thank you.

There's also this place closer to us... http://bit.ly/bX4G6e

If he moved here he might have less problems.

http://tinyurl.com/2uyec4f

This news was out days ago could you please report the current news or no news at all.

Thanks

Well said Cosmin. I agree 100%.

The mere mention of the word "gay" is not going to harm children (or anyone else).

Even if it is mentioned in the context of sexuality (which it wasn't in this case) it's just a word that represents one aspect of some people's lives (and it's not contagious btw).

The author is just showing his own prejudice and ignorance.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=+twatt&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Twatt,+Orkney,+Orkney+Islands&gl=uk&ei=f0mJTKbKMcLx4gad0JHSBA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ8gEwAA

I hear that....

the Diving there is popular with the lads looking for a fun day out.

and that NOT-SO-Sleepy village in Austria has "The Hoff" living in the next village, well it is called HOFFS TOWN ;P

"While one can understand this knee-jerk reaction, given the number of children that use Xbox Live, as Microsoft has some duty to ensure they are insulated from offensive terms"

What's outrageous is that people like the author of this article think that the word "gay" is "offensive"

Are you still leaving in the 18th century?

the Diving there is popular with the lads looking for a fun day out.

and that NOT-SO-Sleepy village in Austria has "The Hoff" living in the next village, well it is called HOFFS TOWN ;P

the Diving there is popular with the lads looking for a fun day out.

and that NOT-SO-Sleepy village in Austria has "The Hoff" living in the next village, well it is called HOFFS TOWN ;P

the Diving there is popular with the lads looking for a fun day out.

and that NOT-SO-Sleepy village in Austria has "The Hoff" living in the next village, well it is called HOFFS TOWN ;P

the Diving there is popular with the lads looking for a fun day out.

and that NOT-SO-Sleepy village in Austria has "The Hoff" living in the next village, well it is called HOFFS TOWN ;P

So the inq feels it's completely understandable to 'protect' kids from the word gay? Do you have a screw loose?

Oh wait you can't read this since your protection software removes posts with the word gay, and screw too I guess.

the quite well known athlete Mr. Tyson Homosexual need not apply, either. (Look it up.)

I like show tunes as much as the next red-blooded male, but the usurpation of the fine old word "gay" always grates on me, and since it's effectively a pejorative now, was a foolish attempt to change minds by way of language, a little experiment in Newspeak that has failed.

And people, QUIT using "realize" to mean mentally notice, grasp, or understand. It's just wrong, because the word so clearly means "to make real", as to bring about a plan.

And you former Celts, Bretons, Angles, Jutes, Saxons, Picts, and Cymric, along with various more recent invaders, QUIT spelling "honor", "labor", "color", and others as your Norman conquerors do! Geez, it's been over 900 years. Throw off your chains, already. The French smirk, as they do *so* well, every time they see you obeying their orthography. (Malgre, je suis un peu Francophile, moi-meme.)

Anyway, get an *old* dictionary, and adhere to its usage!

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