Comments on: Ducking an iPhone Annoyance

By: iPhone

iPhone — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:49:39 +0000

haha briilliant little tip.
There's been a few mishaps I've noticed when sending less than amused texts to people.

Thanks for this

By: Podesta's Mum

Podesta's Mum — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:55:47 +0000

"Podesta 12.05.08 at 9:20 am Mulder makes people on this thread look like mental midgets."

Both Shakespeare and Joyce used the word 'cunt'. You're none too bright are you Pederasta?

By: Brian Dillard

Brian Dillard — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:37:07 +0000

Interesting. I tweeted about this very same solution a few months ago. I, too, was impatient with the iPhone’s ability to “learn” words. Appreciate your explanation of how the weighting algorithm actually works, but I think the algorithm sucks. If I ignore a correction once, it should stop making that correction. Why would the autocomplete accept its own wisdom over mine until I’ve told it x number of times that I know what I want it to type better than it knows. I got so sick of the thing mangling nicknames of my friends that I turned autocorrect off altogether as soon as I had the ability to do so.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:54:34 +0000

To Greg, typing in different languages.

You can actually use multiple languages, each with it's own dictionary. I have English, Finnish and Swedish "keyboards" in use. And it's extremely easy to change between them. Simply click on the globe button to the left of the space "bar".

Interesting blog and a duckingly interesting discussion.

By: flea

flea — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:51:23 +0000

what about yo?

like... yo.. what are you doing?

i don't want "to" or "you"... i want it to say yo. ducking pain in the arse.

{Ed. - then add "yo" as a name somewhere. iPhone won't offer 'yo' but it will stop changing it on you - @luomat}

By: writewingproxycontin

writewingproxycontin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:38:54 +0000

Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker tells us the meaning of the word "fucked" has itself been fucked up over the years, but the real question is, "Does he use an iPhone?"

(He was delivering his obscenity focused lecture at Univ. of Pennsylvania's Dean's Lecture and inadvertently activated his laptop's screensaver mid-presentation. He said, and I quote, "Oops." I wanted to ask during Q&A if by this ejaculation he was fucking with our minds.)

"Linguists such as Pinker have pondered on the unusual grammatical properties of the word 'fucking' in sentences such as 'drown the fucking cat....'"

pinker . wjh . harvard . edu

By: Mike Kirby

Mike Kirby — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:10:16 +0000

I just want to enjoy the opportunity to post this on a reputable blog and not have my post removed:

FUCK. YOU FUCKING FUCKS. FUCKIN' FUCK! YOU'RE FUCKED!

Ahhhh. Thanks, that felt good!

By the way, Prufuck, uh, frock, you are the most skilled troll I believe I have ever fucking seen. You actually fucking had me for a moment.

{Let's not go too nuts here, people, my mom might read this. -- TjL}

By: M.R. in L.A.

M.R. in L.A. — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:08:02 +0000

John 12.05.08 at 6:18 am "What about “c*nt”. How come my iphone doesn’t try to autocorrect c*nt?"

John, clearly you must have some c*nt listed in your contacts =)

By: Beejamin

Beejamin — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:28:22 +0000

There’s a gmail account at iphone.filth@gmail.com - password, ‘slutmonkey’ - there’s variations on the top 25 english profanities for your delight, plus some other curly ones I’ve found useful over the years. Feel free to add your own - if you keep the contact sync’d, you should be able to inherit everyone’s additions automatically.

By: map

map — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:20:56 +0000

So now: Duck you! may be translated as: Hijo de Pato!. :)