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Wow. I was definitely not expecting this: http://i.imgur.com/9Zpqota.png http://i.imgur.com/9Zpqota.png Thanks for pointing that out.

• pbhjpbhj 13y ago
  That's a massive fail for Google IMO. Why isn't it matching phrases for the search recommendation? Surely "to err is human" popularised by Pope [a million plus results] should be suggested before "to heir is human" (a minor computer game) [60k results].
  • nl 13y ago
    Interesting! "heir" is a much closer match for "hair" in terms of Levenshtein distance[1] (which indicates a typing error) and soundex[2] (misheard). But clearly "to err is human" should be offered as a possibility too. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundex