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15 Of The Most Ridiculous English Words Censored On Indian Television

The English subtitles for American and British TV content broadcast on Indian
channels are subject to ridiculous self-censorship for fear of a government
crackdown.
The channels often replace words that might be considered offensive with politically
correct substitutes. The results are hilarious.
Heres our take on how popular shows and movies would look with actual words
censored in India.

1. Hell = Inferno

FOX

Kismet{Unreal Bride}

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@KisJayEnn

Did they just write 'inferno' instead of 'hell' in the subtitles on HBO?
#ridiculous
2:50 PM - 22 Sep 13

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2. Bitch = Harlot

AMC

Anamika

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'Crazy bitch' becomes 'Crazy harlot' in HBO subtitles. It will encourage

children and innocent adults to look up words in the dictionary.
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7:07 PM - 14 Jan 12

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3. Bitch = Woman

AMC

Siddharth

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Today, during 'Clash of the titans' on HBO, the subtitles substituted the
word 'bitch' with 'woman'...disturbing on so many levels! #shame
8:17 PM - 24 Apr 12

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4. Sex = Gender

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msnarain

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HBO is replacing the word sex with gender in subtitles. Hilarious lines.
8:19 PM - 24 Aug 13

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5. Jesus = God
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Yash

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Subtitles on HBO display the word "God" for "Jesus". I am missing the
logic behind this.
10:01 PM - 10 Aug 13

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6. N-word = Black

WARNER BROS.

Jai Row Kavi

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Watching hangover 2 on HBO .. Subtitles just said "black please" ..

Used black for the n word .. Amazing
4:06 PM - 22 Jul 13

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7. Breast = Chest

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NBC

Jatin Arora

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Watching a movie on Hbo India. Two women talking about babies and
breast feeding. The subtitles showed 'chest' for 'breast'. #wtf.
Conserved
2:37 PM - 11 Apr 12

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8. Lesbian/Gay = Queer

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Aisha

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HBO subtitles (Mean Girls is on) just adjusted "lesbian" to "queer".

Not sure how I feel about this.
8:35 PM - 02 Jun 12

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namchu

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@namchu

Hey Mr. Subtitles Guy at #HBO, does replacing 'gay' with 'queer'
make it better?
4:13 PM - 25 Aug 12

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9. Shit = Jerk

WARNER BROS.

Amreekan Desi

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She says "I'm tired of your shit", and the HBO subtitles say "I'm tired of
your jerk." Censorship is the shit, err jerk.
12:37 PM - 11 Feb 12

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10. Panties/Underpants/Pantyhose = Short

Pants/Pants

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@slckrqn

So HBO, panties and underpants become 'short pants' in your

subtitles,but thongs stay thongs?
11:34 AM - 27 Jul 11

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11. Horny = In passion

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THE CW

Gladys Balakrishnan

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HBO subtitles translate "I'm horny" to "I'm in passion". Because

people who can't hear don't need to be corrupted by words like horny.
4:15 PM - 19 May 11

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12. Vagina = ******

FOX

Stormborn

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So starworld will use ****** in their subtitles for the word vagina but
they forgot to beep it out. Was it because charlie sheen said it?
8:14 PM - 15 Feb 12

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13. Nipple = ******

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NBC

The Pai

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Bahahahah Star World just censored 'nipple' in subtitles of Friends.

#repeatedfacepalm
11:55 AM - 02 Oct 11

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14. Cocaine = *******

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Lady K

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So the subtitles on Castle don't have the word 'cocaine' but it's not
beeped out in the spoken dialogue #StarWorld
10:51 PM - 24 Jun 11

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15. Beef = ****

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NBC

The Firstpost reported:

One incident turned an episode of Friends into a legend of unwatchable

TV. The show hinged on the gag that two pages in a cookbook got stuck
together and the character Rachel mistakenly made a fruit pastry with
beef. The station bleeped out the word beef, a show of sensitivity for
Hindus reverence for cows, leaving viewers to guess why her diners
were so disgusted.

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