m00zilla's statements could be correct. I haven't found anything that directly backs his claims regarding Word 6.0 in particular, nor have I looked for a copy of Word 6.0 for direct verification. However, Microsoft has made changes in the past similar to what m00zilla has asserted.
WD97: Changes in Word SR-2 Spelling and Thesaurus
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;172678&Product=wrd
The U.S. proofing tools that ship with Microsoft Word 97, Service Release 2, contain the following changes:
The word millenum is now flagged as misspelled. "Millennium" is suggested.
Many common, socially unacceptable thesaurus suggestions have been removed.
The Msth_am.lex and Mssp2_en.lex files were updated to remove spelling and thesaurus suggestions of obscene or politically incorrect words. Obscene words will not be suggested for misspellings that closely resemble them.
This change originally was made in Word 97 SP 1, however the KB Article only references SP 2.
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