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It's about time swear words were included in autocorrect dictionaries!

Locut0s

Locut0s

Lifer
If it's good enough for the Oxford English Dictionary it's ducking good enough for my tablet or smartphone dictionary. I mean shot it's not like anyone who can type worth a damn hasn't heard the words hitch, find, or rock!
 
I don't see what the fuck the gawd-damned problem is...Just add the fucking swear words if you want to have people think you're some kind of vulgar son-of-a-bitch...

Me, I'd never use those words...but whatever blows up your skirt...
 
BoomerD said:
I don't see what the fuck the gawd-damned problem is...Just add the fucking swear words if you want to have people think you're some kind of vulgar son-of-a-bitch...

Me, I'd never use those words...but whatever blows up your skirt...
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I have a certain love for swear words. What makes me laugh is people who use words like "darn it" and "heck" or "shucks". As if the spelling of the word somehow changes the implication.
 
BoomerD said:
I don't see what the fuck the gawd-damned problem is...Just add the fucking swear words if you want to have people think you're some kind of vulgar son-of-a-bitch...

Me, I'd never use those words...but whatever blows up your skirt...
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Why should I have to add them when they are a legitimate part of the English language? Might as well remove all references to the Bible or religion in general just so we don't insult anyone. I don't talk about Jesus much, or Mohamed, or the Jews, or Hindus. But fuck if I want to have to add them to the dictionary every time I talk about them. And I rarely do. I don't cuss every 2nd word or anything but I sure as hell use cuss words more often than I talk about Vishnu.
 
Alone said:
I have a certain love for swear words. What makes me laugh is people who use words like "darn it" and "heck" or "shucks". As if the spelling of the word somehow changes the implication.
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I have a neighbor who's a "good Catholic. He says things like,
What the H?
F that...

🙄

When we lived in Utah, the Mormons said things like:

Oh my heck

Why that cockroach...

I guess if you don't actually say the word...the intent doesn't matter 🙄
 
GodlessAstronomer said:
The weirdest thing is when American shows censor 'god dammit' like 'bleep dammit' rather than 'god bleepit'. Why censor the word 'god'?
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You probably don't know this but the "westernised" version of Dragon Ball Z is funny in this way too. The Japanese version of Dragon Ball Z draws realtively heavily from Japanese mythology, in a fun way. They reference various deities, various levels of heaven etc. Now in the Japanese these people are called god, devil etc, whatever their equivalents are in Japanese. In english all reference to religion, even if it's REALLY mild has been removed. For example there is a character that is comically name Mr Satan in the Japanese version, in the english veriosn they renamed him Mr Hercule. 🙄
 
They should at least have a toggle. As silly as it is, I can understand that some users don't want their mistakes autocorrected to swear words.

It should at least be toggled off by default and then be capable of being toggled on. It could be behind parental controls if desired.
 
Leros said:
They should at least have a toggle. As silly as it is, I can understand that some users don't want their mistakes autocorrected to swear words.

It should at least be toggled off by default and then be capable of being toggled on. It could be behind parental controls if desired.
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Sure I'd have no problem at all with this.
 
Leros said:
They should at least have a toggle. As silly as it is, I can understand that some users don't want their mistakes autocorrected to swear words.

It should at least be toggled off by default and then be capable of being toggled on. It could be behind parental controls if desired.
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No point, you can just add it to your dictionary.
 
Locut0s said:
I'd rather click 1 check box saying "Yes I'm a fucking adult" than have to add 10 words or more to the dictionary when I happen to come across them.
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I don't know what your phone is like, but on mine as I'm typing I just have to press one extra button. It's pretty easy. Also, there are so many ridiculous swear words and shit that I'd constantly be adding shit anyway.
 
Alone said:
I don't know what your phone is like, but on mine as I'm typing I just have to press one extra button. It's pretty easy. Also, there are so many ridiculous swear words and shit that I'd constantly be adding shit anyway.
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Why would you have to add shit more then once? :sneaky:
 
Alone said:
I don't know what your phone is like, but on mine as I'm typing I just have to press one extra button. It's pretty easy. Also, there are so many ridiculous swear words and shit that I'd constantly be adding shit anyway.
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True. But it's more the principal than anything. The only reason these words are left out is to cater to the puritanical side of American consumers. No other country in the world would give much of a shit, certainly no other country with much of a consumer base.
 
Locut0s said:
Why did you get a Win 7 phone?
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I'm a Windows developer and generally like MS's technology. The phone is OK but I'm getting sick of missing a few basic key features and I'm getting damn sick of waiting for their insanely long update cycle.

My next phone will be Android for sure, unless Mango blows my tits off.
 
GodlessAstronomer said:
I'm a Windows developer and generally like MS's technology. The phone is OK but I'm getting sick of missing a few basic key features and I'm getting damn sick of waiting for their insanely long update cycle.

My next phone will be Android for sure, unless Mango blows my tits off.
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Only things I've liked from MS has been Windows, and Xbox 360. Everything else has been wait and see and usually ends up being no thanks. I should add DirectX to the like list considering its importance to the gaming industry.
 
Well considering that cuss words are short and easy to remember how to spell, who the fuck really cares. I mean if you can't if you can't spell words like fuck, shit or bitch, go back to fucking school. It's not like you spelling something like 'Panthera tigris altaica'.

BTW all three of those words for, the Scientific name for Siberian Tiger, are highlighted as misspellings.
 
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dawp said:
Well considering that cuss words are short and easy to remember how to spell, who the fuck really cares. I mean if you can't if you can't spell words like fuck, shit or bitch, go back to fucking school. It's not like you spelling something like 'Panthera tigris altaica'.
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Beat me to it.
 
Alone said:
I have a certain love for swear words. What makes me laugh is people who use words like "darn it" and "heck" or "shucks". As if the spelling of the word somehow changes the implication.
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And of course let's not forget the irony of the BLEEP in censorship, and its excellent use in making the most benign things sound dirty.
The BLEEP may be even worse now than the words it is covering up. Instead of hearing the actual word, you might now conjure up an array of words that will fill in the gap. So instead of hearing a single naughty word, now you're flipping through your mental dictionary of all of them.

Assuming it's true, this was an interesting insight: Jon Stewart said that he can say "dildo" three times in one episode without it being censored, but anything more than that and they start bleeping it. I guess someone determined that most people can't take more than 3 dildos in a row.:sneaky:


In other news, I do love good "unnecessary censorship" videos.🙂


dawp said:
Well considering that cuss words are short and easy to remember how to spell, who the fuck really cares. I mean if you can't if you can't spell words like fuck, shit or bitch, go back to fucking school. It's not like you spelling something like 'Panthera tigris altaica'.

BTW all three of those words for, the Scientific name for Siberian Tiger, are highlighted as misspellings.
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"You vacuwus, toffee-nosed, maloderous pervert!"
:awe::hmm:
 
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dawp said:
Well considering that cuss words are short and easy to remember how to spell, who the fuck really cares. I mean if you can't if you can't spell words like fuck, shit or bitch, go back to fucking school. It's not like you spelling something like 'Panthera tigris altaica'.
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Just to clarify, the words aren't hard to spell, only that they're auto-corrected to other words. Fuck becomes duck, shit becomes shirt (at least, on my phone), etc.
 
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