Your iPhone and salty language

I have found that since updating to 2.2 my iphone has learned my... ahem, colorful language. I think they snuck in a better smart dictionary with the ability to turn it off.

I believe typing the same word for a few times would automatically add that word into the correction list. Try typing tuawistotallyawesome over and over again - it will "learn" that word after the third or fourth time and auto correct it for you (try typing tuawisaeesime, for example). It is also possible to override the built in corrections if you tried hard enough, as an experiment, I typed hell (and clicked the "x") for like 6 to 7 times and it stopped changing it to "he'll". Now if I typed "hrll" or "hekl", it will actually offer "hell" as the suggestion. (Warning: I don't really know how to change it back so don't try it unless you're fine with the consequences described here)

Also, rather than having offensive words show up in your contact list you can simply add a contact of "Word Correction" and in the nickname fields list every swear-word you want to separated by a space.

This is interesting, because originally, it would help you swear. I believe there was a TUAW article about it in '07 sometime that described the auto-correct actually offering cursewords as corrections. I wonder who made that change.

I've found that as long as you x the wrong word, the dic will learn it after a few exes. My dic has wuttup, f***ing, etc. Just have to teach it like a child. But opposite, cause usually u teach kids not to swear.

Like most things in life, it all depends on which motherducking docksucker you listen to. Shut, I just do as the voices in my head instruct me.

Warmly from he'll
S Hildebrandt

I've stopped correcting "ducking" now. I feel like a better person because of it? :)

Incidentally, I first saw this in a TUAW comment a couple of weeks before that post was written – but I guess noone picked up on it? http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/21/iphone-ipod-touch-update-2-2-walkthrough/2#commentlinks15725600-45030

Hell that's funny!

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That screen shot is because if you type any common contracted word it'll auto suggest the contracted form (ill to I'll, well to we'll, wed to we'd, cant to can't). Which does the average user type more often: hell or he'll?

This issue is so ducking annoying.