Group Banned

[Friday]

This is an English server.
That being said - what is said casually in one language or dialect can easily be offensive in another.

Can I use the Latin phrase "magna cum laude" (with high honour) in a name safely?
What if I mistakenly think the word for murder in French is 'merde' and I put it in my name?
What about a word like fanny? Different meaning either side of the Atlantic Ocean if I am not mistaken?
What about some scurrilous Bretonian Junker asking a mate on a base if can 'bum a ***' (have a cigarette). EDIT : word is Eff - Ay - Gee
What if every member of my faction just 'happens' to have a name that can be construed as offensive in another language?

Is there any intent to be offensive in the above scenarios? Intent is the key factor here. One is random, two is coincidence - but ALL of them? In Australia we call that 'taking the p__s' (not to be offensive).

This situation happens outside of Disco as well - in my own English-speaking country.

A person with the car license plate "Kiki" was threatened by the motor registry office with having the plate confiscated because the word was offensive in another language.

The motor registry office has since backed down.

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