Predictive Texting That Doesn’t Predict

[antongould]

Can anyone please explain this to me please. I have an iPhone and when I type in capital R predictive is straight there with Roy my christian name but I can type in Telf, which I do a lot, and my surname - Telfer - never ever appears .... although stupid usernames I have used and abandoned like say telferrc appear ....... WHY .... ????

[Pulcinella]

I've had similar thoughts about parts of my address (street name and estate).
They don't get underlined as suspect words, but don't appear as options as I start typing them.
I wondered about experimenting and trying to put them into my dictionary, but isn't that only what you'd do for words that DO get underlined as suspect?

[antongould]

I've had similar thoughts about parts of my address (street name and estate).
They don't get underlined as suspect words, but don't appear as options as I start typing them.
I wondered about experimenting and trying to put them into my dictionary, but isn't that only what you'd do for words that DO get underlined as suspect?

I presume, perhaps wrongly, that iPhone/Apple constructs its own dictionary for each user .... per telferrc and other weird nicknames I tend to use e.g. the, seemingly patronising, Alkers......

[richardfinegold]

I really hate it. You have to be on your guard constantly for all the unwanted corrections. I would rather not have it at all.

[Petrushka]

I really hate it. You have to be on your guard constantly for all the unwanted corrections. I would rather not have it at all.

You certainly do have to be on your guard! I've had one or two naughty words appear (which I never use on the phone) and one of them, especially, could have caused a whole lot of embarrassment had it not been spotted.

[oddoneout]

I really hate it. You have to be on your guard constantly for all the unwanted corrections. I would rather not have it at all.

Is it yet another thing that can't be turned off?

[Dave2002]

There are any number of spell checkers which "correct" the spelling of my name. It's enough to make me throw up!

Sometimes I have to go through documents and "uncorrect" all the changes.

[Nick Armstrong]

I really hate it. You have to be on your guard constantly for all the unwanted corrections. I would rather not have it at all.

[Roslynmuse]

The version I saw said "His funfair is next Monkey"...

I turn off predictive text whenever I can - hate it.

[Padraig]

I turn off predictive text whenever I can - hate it.

The early version, before texting, wasn't too bad.

https://twitter.com/archivetvmus71/status/1320736827788136449

[Roslynmuse]

The early version, before texting, wasn't too bad.

https://twitter.com/archivetvmus71/s...36827788136449

Very good - takes me back to my teenage years...