gothwalk: (freaky)
([personal profile] gothwalk Mar. 31st, 2005 08:52 am)
On my work email account, I filter spam heavily. It's very rare that an unsolicited mail makes it to my inbox, because the filters are well trained by now, and our mail server marks incoming suspect mails as well. Sometimes I have to retrieve legitimate mail from the junk boxes, but that's ok. However, this morning, one made it through, with a very straightforward subject line, and I realised, looking over my filters, that there's an odd bias in there. Almost all of them target either marketing-speak, or American slang. This one got through, though, because the subject was: "Now you can shag more frequently". So, have speakers of the Queen's English discovered spam, or are American spammers actually turning to writing in real English to get through the filters?
kajivar: (Doll)

From: [personal profile] kajivar


I think "shag" is becoming more frequently used in the USA. My friends and I use it all the time, probably due to the influence of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. So if spammers are using it, it's Spike's fault.


From: [identity profile] iresprite.livejournal.com


Hm. Honestly, I thoguht the maintstream exposure came from Austin Powers.
kajivar: (Ardala)

From: [personal profile] kajivar


Oh, true! I completely forgot about Austin Powers.

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