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marym625

(17,997 posts)
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:33 PM Dec 2014

Does anyone else have a bigoted, frigid, phone?

My auto correct doesn't know the following words

What it
changes
word to What I type

Lisbon Lesbian
Gayle Gay
bisected Bisexual
Sepulveda Sexual
Transgressions Transgender
Godfrey God
cathodic Catholic
Muslin. Muslim
protectant Protestant

There are more but you get the idea.

But it does know Buddha.

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Does anyone else have a bigoted, frigid, phone? (Original Post) marym625 Dec 2014 OP
Mine seems to have an obscenity filter. Turbineguy Dec 2014 #1
I think that's fairly common marym625 Dec 2014 #3
Get an old guy flip phone. Kingofalldems Dec 2014 #2
I love smart phones marym625 Dec 2014 #4
Dear iphone, Codeine Dec 2014 #5
Ha! marym625 Dec 2014 #6

Turbineguy

(37,319 posts)
1. Mine seems to have an obscenity filter.
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:34 PM
Dec 2014

I discovered that when I tried to sent an airline a text message.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
3. I think that's fairly common
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:45 PM
Dec 2014

I think it is anyway. I don't actually know if that's true

Funk shot butch

I'm sure you can figure out what I typed. Hmm. Hadn't thought about this. Did you ever have a phone that didn't? I don't remember what my last phone did

marym625

(17,997 posts)
4. I love smart phones
Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:48 PM
Dec 2014

I just found it really odd that my phone is homophobic.

Yeah, the flip phones had no auto correct. But I just went around texting words that were incorrectly spelled.

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