The words 'Christ ' and 'Jesus Christ ' have been placed on a list of banned words by Marks & Spencer and can not be used in gift messages . Customers buying a bunch of flowers who try to add a free message containing them are prevented from completing their order . An on-screen notification , which pops up if any blocked words are entered , reads : 'Sorry , there 's something in your message we ca n't write . ' The words 'Christ ' and 'Jesus Christ ' have been placed on a list of banned words by Marks & Spencer and can not be used in gift messages on bouquets of flowers ( stock image ) 'Christ ' and 'Jesus Christ ' join other banned words including ' f*** ' and 'gay ' - but some terms including jihad , Buddha and Allah are accepted . 'Terrorist ' and 'd**k ' can also be included in messages . The policy emerged earlier today after one customer was stopped from buying a £35 bouquet for a funeral because she said in the gift message that it was from a family in 'Christ Church Teddington ' . When Gerardine Stockford , 53 , phoned customer services an employee told her that it must be a blocked word , according to The Sunday Times . Lord Carey , a former Archbishop of Canterbury , was shocked . He said : 'If Christ becomes an offensive word in a Christian land then all of us should be alarmed . ' 'Christ ' and 'Jesus Christ ' join other banned words including ' f*** ' and 'gay ' - but some terms including jihad , Buddha and Allah are accepted . Despite the supermarket giant being made aware of the issue yesterday , M & S has still not changed the facility . Despite the supermarket giant being made aware of the issue yesterday , it still has not changed the facility . A spokesman for Marks & Spencer said : 'An automatic phrase checker is in place to prevent the use and misuse of certain words and it includes hundreds of words of varying nature . 'The words Jesus and Christ are included to prevent their misuse . '
Swear words and the term 'gay ' also trigger the same warning . Some terms including jihad , Buddha and Allah are accepted . Supermarket made aware of problem but have not changed facility .