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Damn you spellcheck!

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  1. gaynerd64

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    My new phone has a brand new spell checker that predicts what I am typing and displays relevant words at the top. Unfortunately, my most commonly used word, thanks to EC, is gay. That means I'll be typing and the word gay will appear at the top whenever it might fit into a sentence. So far nothing bad has happened but if I accidentally hit it outside of EC...
     
    #1 gaynerd64, Jun 22, 2014
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    Nah, I highly doubt anybody will see that as a clue. You're probably worrying for nothing, but it is still sort of funny.
     
    #2 Argentwing, Jun 22, 2014
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    I once had something autocorrect into "cock".

    Ironically, the only time I use "cock" is to describe male birds. I use "dick" for penis, and... well...

    "I'd like to eat cock for dessert."
    "SHIT! I MEANT CAKE!"
     
    #3 Nychthemeron, Jun 23, 2014
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    :grin: you made me laugh.I dont think it would be a problem nobody would think it autocorrected it to gay because you use it much.Nor they would think its because you are gay.
     
    #4 DreamingLove, Jun 23, 2014
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    You can turn this off, What phone are you using and what browser?
     
    #5 Cap’nSerious, Jun 23, 2014
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    Isn't there an option to turn this spellchecker off? That thing annoys me too. :dry:
     
    #6 Nightdream, Jun 23, 2014
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    :lol:

    I use cock when trying to sound vulgar.
     
    #7 Hexagon, Jun 23, 2014
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    I hate autocorrect, I am an interesting person who uses interesting words from various places that are uncommon and get corrected. Like niddy noddy and nostepinne.
     
    #8 Wuggums47, Jun 23, 2014
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    Yeah, both spellcheck and autocorrect can be disable. At least on Apple iPhones and iPods.
     
    #9 Nychthemeron, Jun 23, 2014
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    Apparently you have never been to damnyouautocorrect.com
     
    #10 starfish, Jun 23, 2014
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