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Just checked the German iOS, the words mentioned in the article - abortion (Abtreibung), rape (Vergewaltigung), virginity (Jungfräulichkeit), ammo (Munition) al
by sveme 13y ago
Just checked the German iOS, the words mentioned in the article - abortion (Abtreibung), rape (Vergewaltigung), virginity (Jungfräulichkeit), ammo (Munition) all work. The correct word is proposed after entering about five letters.
Must be an Anglosaxon/American thing then, unsurprisingly. Any other data points?
- jvzr 13y agoIn French, "avortement", "viol", "virginité", "munition" all get autocompleted. I don't see why the last two would anyway, it's not like we've have a strong stance on these matters. Abortion and rape are something else entirely, but I don't recall any company or even public servant going out of their ways to get us to be forbidden to talk about it.
- kragen 13y agoMaybe it's harder to type a common phrase that gets autocorrected to "Vergewaltigung" than to "rape". "Tape" seems like the most likely candidate: "Can you tape me during my performance?" Suppose you mistype that as "fape".
- SilasX 13y agoTrue, but that version also has the problem of forcing the user to express themselves in really long words ...