Predictive texting is xzurygevr

Bits and pieces by Lois

My family laugh at me because I seem to turn into a geriatric when I’m trying to text on my new phone… but maybe they have a point. It insisted my cousin Diana was called District when I messaged her the other day… Then the other night I was messaging another cousin to suggest we cooked meatballs in a curry sauce, kufte, for the family holiday (each family cooks on one night)…. This is what happened with predictive texting:

Lois: For Easter we’re doing meatballs… Shall we do them in a nice curry? Or is someone else doing curry? We could have it wi
Lois: Doh! stupid tiny keyboard! We could have them with rice and near and stuff xx
C: What’s near and stuff? …lol xx
Lois: Ridiculous predictive text -_- Man and raise etc
C: Are you on the wine? xx
Lois No it’s diet day today! But I may be in a minute with this stupid phone!
C: What’s man and raise?
C: BTW I’m at a rehearsal for lesbians… what a hoot! xx
Lois: naan and rice… lesbians are funnier than this blasted phone
C: Do you need a stylus my love to help your fingers hit the right letters lol? xx
Lois: definitely need something!

7 Comments

  3. Rhys Jones
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    I had predictive text on my previous phone and some of the “suggestions” were hilarious – sometimes obscene!
    I use an iPhone now. It predicts whole words based on a few initial letters. It can be useful, but use with care 🙂

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    1. Lois
      Reply

      What I most dislike about my predictive texting is that it selects a word without me choosing it – on a previous phone I was offered suggestions but they were ignored unless I clicked on them!
      You’re right about the hilarious and obscene though… quite a lot of chuckles when I’m not cursing it! I am thinking of getting an iphone next time round!

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