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This doesn't really bug me since, frankly, autocomplete is just a convenient extra. But just to use this as a soapbox two things that DO bug me: - Android's k

This doesn't really bug me since, frankly, autocomplete is just a convenient extra. But just to use this as a soapbox two things that DO bug me: - Android's keyboards REFUSES to type "rude" (by American standards) words in a super buggy way. There is a setting called "Block offensive words" that as far as I can tell does absolutely nothing (they're blocked regardless). You first need to uncheck that, THEN add them one by one to your custom dictionary, and only then it might SOMETIMES type "fuck" instead of "duck." But be careful to add "Fuck" and "fuck" to your dictionary as these are different bad words (based on capitalisation, as is "FUCK"). - Autocomplete is accepts suggestions without prompting, thus giving you things you never asked for. This presents in two ways, in Chrome you are just given it in the line and have to backspace before enter to clear, and in IE if the mouse happens to be positioned over an autocomplete option even before that option appeared, when you hit enter it will select that (helpful!).

delecti 12y ago
I've never had that issue with Swype. It doesn't come with profanity words in the dictionary, but once add it'll readily output them.
custardcream 12y ago
Windows phone is wonderful for those of us with a potty mouth. It completes the big ones right up: http://imgur.com/FZv9HHu.png http://imgur.com/FZv9HHu.png Even in swype mode.
- nostrademons 12y ago
  I kinda like the hilarious autocorrects to "Oh, duck it!" or "I'm stuck in ducking traffic" or "Well duck, that sucks." Words mean whatever I ducking want them to mean.
  - xg15 12y ago
    This is why I never understood the reasoning behind the "sed s///" school of language censoring. Everyone who ... I don't know ... has actual conversations with other human beings should know that language is highly dynamic and context the pendant. Words take on - or lose - meanings all the time when the circumstances require it and all participants know what is talked about. Completely harmless words can morph into horrifying expletives over there course of just a few years if it's necessary - see "slut" or "douche". Forbidding certain combinations of letters does - if it does anything - only quicken that process. I do wonder how man many layers of dilbertesque organization you need for that idea to make sense.
taralx 12y ago
The inability to swipe offensive words when the setting is disabled is a bug. I can't give details, but the fix isn't easy and is being worked on.
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- m0nty 12y ago
  It won't accept "cock" or "suck", not together as in "cocksucker" but in isolation. It goes with "stuck" or "such" when I try to swipe "suck", and "chock" or "chick" instead of "cock". Thing is, these are not offensive words - they're just part of the English language. Other things get sucked apart from cocks. Quite a bug.
  - fieldsofgold 12y ago
    weird I have no problem with cocksucker. All I did was type it once, select it from the the available words/auto-complete section, then went back and tried to swipe cocksucker and had no issue.
    - m0nty 12y ago
      There seems to be a difference between typing and swiping. If I peck it out one character at a time, no problem.
      - fieldsofgold 12y ago
        Interesting I have no issue swiping it. If i peck it in once then add it in the dictionary I can then swipe it.
- fieldsofgold 12y ago
  you just need to add them into your library once, either in setting or by first typing the word and then selection it from the auto-complete section and you will be able to swipe any offensive word you'd like. the f* word was pissing me off so much and that seems to work just fine.
jacquesm 12y ago
How far political correctness has taken us. The 'seven dirty words', but instead of not being able to say them on television we're now not even able to text them. Next up, a filter that will replace your audio so that when you want to say 'fuck' it will say 'duck'. Small anecdote from (very politically correct) Canada: my son came to Canada without speaking English very well. A bunch of kids in school decided to take advantage of this and told him to say 'fuck'. He did and then they ran off to the teacher saying the new kid had said 'fuck'. (Which was technically true...). So the head master of the school calls me to talk to me about my kids language and that he'd used the 'f-word'. I didn't get what he meant. So he kept on dancing around it until after 30 minutes or so he finally managed to spell it out (not say it). Incredible.
- icebraining 12y ago
  The 'seven dirty words', but instead of not being able to say them on television we're now not even able to text them. You can text them. Just not auto-complete them.
xg15 12y ago
The irony is that for german, it will block the equivalents of the "seven dirty words" with the same ferociousness, but at the same time will happily misinterpret swipes as the names of former Nazi officials which are often considered a lot more offensive around here.

delecti 12y ago

I've never had that issue with Swype. It doesn't come with profanity words in the dictionary, but once add it'll readily output them.

custardcream 12y ago

Windows phone is wonderful for those of us with a potty mouth. It completes the big ones right up: http://imgur.com/FZv9HHu.png http://imgur.com/FZv9HHu.png Even in swype mode.

nostrademons 12y ago
I kinda like the hilarious autocorrects to "Oh, duck it!" or "I'm stuck in ducking traffic" or "Well duck, that sucks." Words mean whatever I ducking want them to mean.
- xg15 12y ago
  This is why I never understood the reasoning behind the "sed s///" school of language censoring. Everyone who ... I don't know ... has actual conversations with other human beings should know that language is highly dynamic and context the pendant. Words take on - or lose - meanings all the time when the circumstances require it and all participants know what is talked about. Completely harmless words can morph into horrifying expletives over there course of just a few years if it's necessary - see "slut" or "douche". Forbidding certain combinations of letters does - if it does anything - only quicken that process. I do wonder how man many layers of dilbertesque organization you need for that idea to make sense.

taralx 12y ago

The inability to swipe offensive words when the setting is disabled is a bug. I can't give details, but the fix isn't easy and is being worked on.

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m0nty 12y ago
It won't accept "cock" or "suck", not together as in "cocksucker" but in isolation. It goes with "stuck" or "such" when I try to swipe "suck", and "chock" or "chick" instead of "cock". Thing is, these are not offensive words - they're just part of the English language. Other things get sucked apart from cocks. Quite a bug.
- fieldsofgold 12y ago
  weird I have no problem with cocksucker. All I did was type it once, select it from the the available words/auto-complete section, then went back and tried to swipe cocksucker and had no issue.
  - m0nty 12y ago
    There seems to be a difference between typing and swiping. If I peck it out one character at a time, no problem.
    - fieldsofgold 12y ago
      Interesting I have no issue swiping it. If i peck it in once then add it in the dictionary I can then swipe it.
fieldsofgold 12y ago
you just need to add them into your library once, either in setting or by first typing the word and then selection it from the auto-complete section and you will be able to swipe any offensive word you'd like. the f* word was pissing me off so much and that seems to work just fine.

jacquesm 12y ago

How far political correctness has taken us. The 'seven dirty words', but instead of not being able to say them on television we're now not even able to text them. Next up, a filter that will replace your audio so that when you want to say 'fuck' it will say 'duck'. Small anecdote from (very politically correct) Canada: my son came to Canada without speaking English very well. A bunch of kids in school decided to take advantage of this and told him to say 'fuck'. He did and then they ran off to the teacher saying the new kid had said 'fuck'. (Which was technically true...). So the head master of the school calls me to talk to me about my kids language and that he'd used the 'f-word'. I didn't get what he meant. So he kept on dancing around it until after 30 minutes or so he finally managed to spell it out (not say it). Incredible.

icebraining 12y ago
The 'seven dirty words', but instead of not being able to say them on television we're now not even able to text them. You can text them. Just not auto-complete them.

xg15 12y ago

The irony is that for german, it will block the equivalents of the "seven dirty words" with the same ferociousness, but at the same time will happily misinterpret swipes as the names of former Nazi officials which are often considered a lot more offensive around here.