# Watched words: in Persian, content is affected without containing the word

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-in-persian-content-is-affected-without-containing-the-word/116851
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [04.Май.2019 18:26:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-in-persian-content-is-affected-without-containing-the-word/116851 "2019-05-04T18:26:40Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [09.Май.2019 11:21:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-in-persian-content-is-affected-without-containing-the-word/116851/7 "2019-05-09T11:21:52Z")

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The way we define word boundaries doesn’t work well for non-latin characters at the moment. There is some discussion on the issue here:

> [@Censored words do not respect word boundaries in non-latin alphabet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/censored-words-do-not-respect-word-boundaries-in-non-latin-alphabet/102916):
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> A censored word: ебля (f…ck) A word in post text: употреблять (To Consume)

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