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And lo on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:11:07 +0100, Sabrina Kilian
<ykg### [at] SUCKSvt edu> did spake, saying:
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:09:59 -0400, John VanSickle wrote:
>
>> Doctor John wrote:
>>> Watching a trailer for 'Ironman' last night, I noticed the warning
>>> "Contains strong violence and one use of moderate language".
Oh no one of the characters probably gets beaten to a pulp and then says
"Shit that hurt"... gotta warn the parents about that type of language.
>> They probably intended to say "mature" or "immoderate," spelled it
>> wrong, and the spell checker changed it to "moderate."
>
> I think it is shortened from 'moderately offensive' language. Who ever
> shortened it just didn't pay attention to the new meaning of the
> sentence.
Or possibly derived from Strong Language, so you also get Mild Language
and Moderate Language; like cheese :-)
I have yet to see anything that warns me it contains "Language", but I
suppose it's only a matter of time.
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Phil Cook
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