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[Closed] Be careful with that 'predictive text' kiddies... it can be murder!

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[url= http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/districtnews/8841133.Text_row_man_faces_jail_for_killing_friend/ ]Hmmm.... maybe the phone knew something eh?[/url] 😕 😯


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 8:28 am
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WWW.DAMNYOUAUTOCORRECT.COM


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 8:33 am
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Surely being a 'nutter' is more offensive than being a 'mutter', or have I missed something?


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 8:35 am
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I was thinking the same thing. Children, give me a sentence where changing the word "nutter" into "mutter" will send me into a murderous rage.


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 8:38 am
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Judging by the victim's name, I guess it might not translate very well.


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 8:41 am
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He called him Mother? 😯


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 8:43 am
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Is mutter a german word for mother?


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 8:44 am
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Stupid person stabs another stupid person - I say the world is now one idiot better off.


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 8:45 am
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[url= http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/107702-Predictive-Text-Error-Leads-to-Fatal-Stabbing ] Brook told police he'd sent Witkowski a text message asking "What are you on about mutter?", "mutter" being "a local colloquialism for a person who behaves in an antisocial or vulgar manner." But thanks to the predictive text on his phone, "mutter" was corrected to "nutter," a slang term meaning "deranged."

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Posted : 11/02/2011 8:47 am
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Nutter? Mutter? Spot the difference!


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 8:48 am
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don, I've always thought you're a right bloody mutter!


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 8:51 am
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Hora's forever getting text messages accusing him of being a right aunt


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 8:52 am
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😆


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 8:53 am
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Two reports - two different explanations of the error with the word.

Don't think the Pulitzer Prize is going to be heading to either The Escapist or The Bolton News any time soon.


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 8:56 am
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Hardly good reason for trying to put a friend through the bacon slicer is it really?
Just as well they weren't going for a punt on a horse otherwise god knows what would have happened.


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 9:28 am
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A friend of a friend sent a message to her mum after a night out. Can't remember exactly what she meant to write but it came out something like:
"all ok, raped, be home soon"


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 9:41 am
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I wrote "dual" in a text once. It came out quite different and got a surprised response.


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 10:14 am
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i once texred my son and told him his nun would be home son. also a word of caution if you text " cock " it comes out " anal"- hours of accidental fun


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 10:18 am
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I heard a story that a guy texted his (female) work colleague 'Fancy getting food in the crown?' using predictive text.

Very funny, but I suspect not true.


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 10:22 am
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I just told my girlfriend that I wanted to kick her puppy and then dual her aunt. Damned predictive text.

(this may not be true)


 
Posted : 11/02/2011 11:04 am