I know that this is an American site but it's happy to accept my Australian dollars.
The number of times that I've innocently typed."A5s", and been told that it, "Breaches Community guidelines", is a real pain in the arse because here it means ONLY, "Donkey", or a, "Fool". "Don't be an a5s", both here and in Britain, simply means to stop behaving foolishly.
The homophone for, "Bar-stead", is very acceptable here in OZ and I don't know how many other English-speaking nations.
The other thing is that I have a member whose first name is, "An1s". I can't pm him using his first name because Chess.Com's computer can't spell or assumes that members can't spell.
I know that Americans think that the World stops at the beaches of The Pacific and the Atlantic but it really isn't so.
I'm all for standards but I'm even more for some common sense.