T9 in Ireland
Tobias DiPasquale notes that the iPhone’s dictionary can correct the word ‘f***ing’ right out of the box. Handy!
The vagaries of various companies’ autocompletion dictionaries are always worth a comment. I’ve noticed that swearing is generally omitted, presumably for prudish reasons to do with tabloid PR fears. But as an Irishman, I find it particularly galling that Nokia’s T9 dictionary cycles through the following entries for “pints”:
- Shots
- Pious
- Riots
- Pints
When I type “pints” (which happens a lot), believe me, I never mean to type “pious”. Stupid phone!
Tags: dictionaries, ireland, nokia, phones, swearing, t9, text-input, ui
Damien said,
July 12, 2007 @ 1:21 pm
Another one – “smirnoff” come up as “poisoned”. It’s a little psychic!
James Corbett said,
July 12, 2007 @ 2:33 pm
Hehe… that brought a smile to my face…. “pints” it the bane of my texting life too. I usually resort to asking my friends if they’re going for a few JARS instead ;-)
Justin said,
July 12, 2007 @ 2:45 pm
James: good trick! “Jars” comes up as the first hit. I’ll remember that one!
Phil said,
July 12, 2007 @ 8:57 pm
“Shots of Jimmy’s for free,” cried the pious publican as he struggled to deal with the riots following his “two pints of Guinness for the price of one” special offer.
Now text that!
Methinks t9 needs some sort of bayesian module to order its suggestions according to prior usage.
Sergei said,
February 5, 2009 @ 5:45 pm
In a similar vein, I rarely if ever need to meet anyone in a sub.