# The Boondocks: 4/29 - what language did your paper have? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boondocks-4-29-what-language-did-your-paper-have/242697 "2004-04-29T17:01:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boondocks-4-29-what-language-did-your-paper-have/242697/1 "2004-04-29T17:01:37Z")
Following on the thread of [Doonesbury, 4/23- did your paper have the “bad language”, or the cutesy symbols?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=252652): What did your paper have for \*\*The Boondocks \*\* today? It was not until I saw [this](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index2&cid=1063&) version of \*\*The Boondocks \*\* on My Yahoo page that I realized that paper I subscribe to, the **Boston Globe** , had edited it. The **Globe** apparently found “N_ **AS" too offensive, and replaced it with "** _\*\*\*”. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boondocks-4-29-what-language-did-your-paper-have/242697/2 "2004-04-29T17:07:52Z")
The Baltimore Sun had “N\*\*\*AS.” We also had the bad-word version of “Doonesbury.” ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boondocks-4-29-what-language-did-your-paper-have/242697/3 "2004-04-29T18:15:56Z")
Washington Post has the ‘N\*\*\*AS’ version. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boondocks-4-29-what-language-did-your-paper-have/242697/4 "2004-04-29T18:23:34Z")
St. Petersburg Times had the N\*\*\*AS version. It also had the unedited version of Doonesbury. And they run this on the Comics page. IIRC the Cincinnati Enquirer runs Doonesbury with Editorial cartoons, and sometimes not at all. It’s also hardcore Republican territory, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boondocks-4-29-what-language-did-your-paper-have/242697/5 "2004-04-29T21:02:56Z")
Newsday replaced the entire word with a dash. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boondocks-4-29-what-language-did-your-paper-have/242697/6 "2004-04-29T21:42:50Z")
LA Times had N\*\*\*AS, and uncensored Doonesbury. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boondocks-4-29-what-language-did-your-paper-have/242697/7 "2004-04-29T22:08:29Z")
Savannah Morning News had the asterisk version, too. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boondocks-4-29-what-language-did-your-paper-have/242697/8 "2004-04-29T22:50:33Z")
Philadelphia Inquirer had uncensored Doonesbury, and the “N\*\*\*AS” version of Boondocks. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boondocks-4-29-what-language-did-your-paper-have/242697/9 "2004-04-30T02:18:41Z")
My Akron(OH) Beacon Journal ran N\*\*\*AS. They whiffed on the Doonsbury. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boondocks-4-29-what-language-did-your-paper-have/242697/10 "2004-04-30T02:31:05Z")
I am so glad the editors at the Boston Globe are making sure that I don’t see something on the comics page that might offend my little sensibilities. :rolleyes: At least the comic makes more sense now. I really didn’t know what word was supposed to be there, OR that the comic had even been edited. ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boondocks-4-29-what-language-did-your-paper-have/242697/11 "2004-04-30T10:04:31Z")
[ucomics.com](http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/2004/04/29/) went with “N\*\*\*AS”