Check out the reactions of people after Alexa beeps out ***kar from Abhi na Jao chhodkar song:
Words that have different meanings but the same spelling are Homonyms words. In our everyday life we came across many such words, and sometimes we assume it to be the other one word but in reality, the used word was the different one. One such incident happened recently.
Alexa virtual assistant developed by Amazon has been censoring the word Chhod in text and audio form the song Abhi na jao chodkar. Whenever it is asked to play any song title containing such words it bleeps out the word. And this virtual assistant can’t be blamed for getting confused with the Hindi word Chood?
This hilarious incident was highlighted by a Dubai based Twitter user Rohit Bharat. Amused by the particular edit of this word the boy tweeted:
He noticed the self-censorship when he asked Alexa to play Abhi Na Jao Chhodkar, a Bollywood classic song which is sung by Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi. Stunned at his finding, Bharati tagged Saavn on Twitter in mock protest.
Wtf @Saavn?!!! pic.twitter.com/mY4x7GYLqo
— Rohit Bharati (@vividBharati) November 27, 2018
I thought it was only text, they beep the audio too 🤦🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/tZbtt3AOAI
— Rohit Bharati (@vividBharati) November 27, 2018
Saavn replied:
(1/2) Well this is…🙈 We’re certain this is correct on Saavn, and not exactly sure where the filtering is coming from. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If there’s any way we can help, we’d love to! Do let us know the step-by-step navigation of how you’re playing the song and through which devices.
— Saavn Support (@SaavnSupport) November 28, 2018
After this, he tried to play multiple songs containing this word but the results were same.
So yeah, all the ‘chhod’ songs are like this. I wonder which other Hindi words are censored pic.twitter.com/MC1Mu7xQRK
— Rohit Bharati (@vividBharati) November 27, 2018
The tweet became viral and people started commenting on it:
I’M LOSING MY SHIT HAHAHAH pic.twitter.com/c8BLrdpteM
— Manoj Mehta (@notmanoj) November 27, 2018
Someone at Saavn had a really bad childhood.
— Perumaly Thoma (@PerumalyThoma) November 27, 2018
This is when you take offensive correctness way too far!! 😝
— Pranjal Nanavaty (@PranjalNanavaty) November 27, 2018
I tried here! Same.. 😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/lO4HjPhtFk
— Sawan (@sawan0108) November 27, 2018
Sanskaari Alexa! 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/DSlcSzMmCt
— Sawan (@sawan0108) November 28, 2018
Hey Bhagwan. Bhrashtbuddhi much Saavn?! 😂
— Mihu (@Fatgirldiaryy) November 27, 2018
Amazon is the culprit here. Nonetheless this is very stupid. https://t.co/NfKwzJOWJF
— 🎅🏽 (@FarziVakeel) November 28, 2018
This is how censorship in India looks like. https://t.co/a6oT9OLSec
— Vinay Rawat (@vinnipogo) November 28, 2018
