Re: [ARCHIVED] Unjustified disallowed words
I have a family, the spades. For some reason the word "spade" is banned. I am not aware if this is a bad word but please fix if possible, I have been using the same family name since sims 1
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Thanks for the report. There are some really weird banned words.
I was trying to save a MaineCoon cat, and after a while of trying to figure out what word was disallowed, I found out it was the word "*." If censored, it's the second word in MaineCoon. MaineCoon is two words.
Does this make sense to anybody?
@Hollowkira wrote:
I have a family, the spades. For some reason the word "spade" is banned. I am not aware if this is a bad word but please fix if possible, I have been using the same family name since sims 1It actually is kind of taboo in the USA. I would vote to keep it banned, to be honest.
- Call them the Shovels
Likewise, why is this word not allowed as a family name in Sims 4? It's not like I participate in the community at large, but come on. Fix this. I mean there are real people with the last name of Spade. David Spade? Hello anyone?
I tried to upload a family and in the description tried to use the contraction he'll (he will) because I ran out of word space. I had to get creative to get around that. Apparently the filter ignores apostrophes.
Also on the forums I used the word beach in reference to the retailer that erroneously tried to take pre-orders for a tropical paradise pack (based on a forum post in March wanting one), and got plum'd.
It doesn't like Spade because of racial slurs. Same with Maine c-o-o-n
This forum even hates that!I named a pair of apartment blocks built in the LA inspired world, Del Sol Valley, and I couldn't write "dingbats" - I'm aware its a rude name to call an old bag/old person, but why should it be banned? Its a harmless word, and its the name of the sort of buildings I was emulating. Very frustrating, and extremely odd.
Where in the US? I've lived in California and Texas and have never even heard Spade was a slur until today.
I have lived in the USA my whole life, and not once have I heard of "spade" being a taboo word. please explain this. Also, I remade the Nigmos family, because I am re-doing all of the Sims 2 families in Sims 4, and for some reason EA I suppose has a Nigmos in the system, yet it says if I want to upload the family later(which I do because I plan on uploading all the OG families, this will now allow me to upload ☹️ What the heck.
"Spade", is a derogatory term for Black People in America, and even England. So, rightfully, they disallow it. It is offensive.
- @JoeBearPA It's also the term for a common garden tool.
It is also a card suit. (Hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs. Bridge is important!)
It is also a fairly common last name, "Kate Spade," for instance.
Moreover, as a derogatory term, "spade" is really dated. Which is why they made fun of it in "Blazing Saddles!'
"Once I've established myself in this here town, Deputy Spade might prove to be a groovy position!" - @JoeBearPA And if we look at other languages it's also a word for a garden tool in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Dutch. It's also a surname in Sweden.
i know this is a very late reply but spade used to be a slur so that could be why
