Posters are turned into sh!takiri suzume (tongue cut sparrows) in the Japan forum when they try and relay information about places and ideas.

ie.: Sh!tamachi, Kudansh!ta, Matsush!ta... Wakarimash!ta ka?

There are many more.

When I'm responding to queries I often forget that place names will be rendered unintelligable once the automatic profanity censor snips out four innocent little letters. And like it or not, there's an awful lot of occurrence of sh!t in the Japanese language. Having to go back and edit a post to correct the 'correction' is a major inconvenience.

Many posters unfamiliar with the forum never realise their submission has been chopped up, and their entry either remains a conundrum for the unititated, or a forum regular needs to step in to clarify.

Japanese names and place names are confusing enough for most visitors. Does FT really have to make it worse?

Can't we allow for a few 'sh!t's in the Japanese forum?