Anna = The BOMB

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Predictive text message quirks. Also discuss Anna being the bomb.

― Graham (graham), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 13:17 (twenty-three years ago)

What were you trying to write. Anna is a bum?

― Pete (Pete), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 13:17 (twenty-three years ago)

No, if you write "anna" on a predictive text phone, it comes up as "bomb". Also, Heather comes up as "heavier", which is very apt for one of my friends.

― lol p xx, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 13:19 (twenty-three years ago)

I am a medium capacity nightclub in Nottingham, things you never knew huh?

(thanks Graham)

― Anna (Anna), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 13:22 (twenty-three years ago)

THE zero article

I hope anna never ever explodes.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 13:22 (twenty-three years ago)

It doesn't half annoy me having to go through sub and rub before getting to PUB which is a far more important word, obviously.

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 13:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Pint = Shot = Riot!

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 13:28 (twenty-three years ago)

seems like a natural progression. to some people, probably.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 13:35 (twenty-three years ago)

FAP? I know a rub pub on a nuclear sub.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 13:41 (twenty-three years ago)

There's a bomb on the board? (and once it gets over 50 posts...)

― Alan (Alan), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 13:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Once it gets over 50 posts you know Momus is on the thread.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 13:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Aren't you supposed to be able to teach it? Like, after a while it'll know you want 'pub'.

The thing that bugs me is the words it MAKES UP.

I type 'umpteen': I get 'unquedo'
'daphne' gets me 'fargod'
'belting' produces 'celtimi'

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 13:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Eyeball have you got the dictionary set to English?

I would think by now the fucker would have realised I meant pub...but no.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 14:03 (twenty-three years ago)

of -> md -> me = 4 presses to get "me". mind i was the daft one to teach it "md"

― Alan (Alan), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 14:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes. It understands English most of the time. It just has a load of other words in its brain as well. Are the words I got real words in a different language? I'm pretty sure 'fargod' isn't. Does no one else get this?

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 14:09 (twenty-three years ago)

I get unqued? darine celti? (? where it wont let me type anything else until I tell it what I mean)

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 14:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Eyeball you really must stop belting Daphne umpteen times - thats what your phone is trying to tell you

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 14:19 (twenty-three years ago)

coal -> anal -> cock

(for telling friends I'm in Famous Cock pub, obv)

― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 15:06 (twenty-three years ago)

I've no idea how it decides to bring up one word before another - it's not by the number of uses, otherwise pub would have been the automatic choice months ago. It is also very annoying that you can't delete words from the dictionary - I accidentally stored grandce a couple of weeks ago and it always brings up that instead of grandad. In spite of it all, it's still faster than pre-predictive text texting.

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 15:13 (twenty-three years ago)

if you can't make your phone stop using 'grandce' you should start using it. I'm sure your ~~grandad~~ grandce wouldn't mind too much.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 15:19 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't have predictive text, but have noted that if someone should forget to add the final letter to my name, they end up addressing me as 'Rabid'...

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 15:24 (twenty-three years ago)

suzy - puzz

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 17:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Suzypus! [Insert picture of obese cat with Suzy head and tank treads Photoshopped on.]

Word collisions upthread had me imagining a version of "Speed" in which Momus was on the bus.

Anna's, you know, pretty cool, I guess. [Shuffle feet.]

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Nabisco you come out as Occiran which sounds much cooler!

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:17 (twenty-three years ago)

But Tom, that's practically just "Nabisco" backwards!

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 18:36 (twenty-three years ago)

C'mon, everyone, talk more about how cool Anna is.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:19 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't like threads that go on about how great people on ILE are, unless they are about me.

Nokia's dictionaruy confuses me too. I used to think that when you got nonsense words it was because they were composites of others (eg 'mickid' when I'm trying to type 'nickie') but then I tried making a composite word all in one and it didn't work. Maybe there are secret words that only Nokia knows about.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Where have you been N? I was so worried.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Shut up.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 19:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Did you find R*chey?

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 20:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, he is working as a JMC rep.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 20:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, Anna is fantastic, cute and interesting and she tells me stories about meeting pop stars on whom I have crushes, and makes me like them (well, only Kelis so far) even more.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 20:54 (twenty-three years ago)

I always get 'book' instead of 'cool'. As a result a friend and I actually say 'book' in person.

― Andrew (enneff), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 04:31 (twenty-three years ago)

The first four letters of one ex-boyfriend's name spell 'knob' - this never fails to amuse me.

― Lara, Wednesday, 27 November 2002 12:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Jonah? Jonathon?

― Andrew (enneff), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 13:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Jonathan.

― Lara, Wednesday, 27 November 2002 14:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Others:

Brian = Asian
Ciaran = Charco
Janelle = Landlle
Nickie = Mickid

(Nick already mentioned the last one but I'm allowed mention it again cos she's *my* sister)

― Lara, Wednesday, 27 November 2002 14:24 (twenty-three years ago)

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