<p>Newsday Westchester's news blog, covering snippets of government, politics, crime, transportation, education and local events in Westchester, Rockland and the Hudson Valley.</p><p>Did you hear the one about the supercomputer that swore like a drunken sailor? It may sound like the opening of a joke, but a research scientist at Armonk-based IBM programmed Watson, the supercomputer that trounced humans on "Jeopardy," to say words that cannot be reproduced in polite conversation. The scientist, Eric Brown, was trying to teach Watson the nuances of human language two...</p><p><a href="http://newyork.newsday.com/westchester/westchester-now-1.3784383/ibm-tames-watson-s-potty-mouth-1.4419072">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://betabeat.com/2013/01/urban-dictionary-gives-ibms-supercomputer-watson-a-filthy-mouth/">Ratchet, My Dear Watson: Urban Dictionary Gives IBM&#039;s Supercomputer a Filthy ...</a> (Betabeat)</p><p><a href="http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/01/07/ibm-watson-slang/">Teaching IBM&#039;s Watson the meaning of &#039;OMG&#039;</a> (Fortune)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dUSll3FBzR2AjZMFBH1yaa_tyLwxM&ned=us">4 additional articles.</a></p>