Another example of how dumb smartphones are. Maybe ya'll can explain this geek engineered insanity.

A friend recommended the movie Blue Jasmine to me.  After watching it,  I wanted to text her my reaction.
So I typed this text message on the smartphone keyboard...

"Cate Blanchett gives a phenomenal acting performance.  It's now a tie between her and Leto"

I've been saying for a while now that Jared Leto's acting in Dallas Buyers Club "is the best acting I've ever seen".  And the point of the text message was to say I now believe Blanchett's acting equalled it.

But when I got to the word "Leto" and then hit the period key,  the smartphone edited the word and changed it to "kerosene".
I tried to correct it several times.  But each time it turned Leto into kerosene.

So then I gave up,  left it with the word "kerosene",  and added this to the end...  "I'll explain that later" (thinking later I would explained what had happened).

But I don't think she's gonna buy it.  She'll have to think I'm lying and making this up (especially when she thinks I'm a little looney anyway).  Because if the tables were turned,  I wouldn't believe it either.
I don't know why or how this thing would change the proper name "Leto" into the word "kerosense".  Does anybody?

By the way, it's a Samsung Galaxy 1 (Fascinate) running Android 3.2

No clue Bob, wish I could help my friend . . .

I have a Samsung note. Go into settings and turn off auto correct.

On an Iphone theres a tiny x in the correction window hit that and it will skip the autocorrect.

Bob wrote:A friend recommended the movie Blue Jasmine to me.  After watching it,  I wanted to text her my reaction.
So I typed this text message on the smartphone keyboard...

"Cate Blanchett gives a phenomenal acting performance.  It's now a tie between her and Leto"

I've been saying for a while now that Jared Leto's acting in Dallas Buyers Club "is the best acting I've ever seen".  And the point of the text message was to say I now believe Blanchett's acting equalled it.

But when I got to the word "Leto" and then hit the period key,  the smartphone edited the word and changed it to "kerosene".
I tried to correct it several times.  But each time it turned Leto into kerosene.

So then I gave up,  left it with the word "kerosene",  and added this to the end...  "I'll explain that later" (thinking later I would explained what had happened).

But I don't think she's gonna buy it.  She'll have to think I'm lying and making this up (especially when she thinks I'm a little looney anyway).  Because if the tables were turned,  I wouldn't believe it either.
I don't know why or how this thing would change the proper name "Leto" into the word "kerosense".  Does anybody?

By the way, it's a Samsung Galaxy 1 (Fascinate) running Android 3.2

All else fails, read the instructions. Obviously the phone is smarter than the operator.

Markle wrote:
All else fails, read the instructions.  Obviously the phone is smarter than the operator.

I have a confession to make. The only reason I put this thread up is so ya'll would verify that the auto-correct did this without me prompting you to say it. That way when I show the thread to her she'll believe me.

But about this notion that the phone is smarter than me.
I knew how to write and spell the actor's name. The phone didn't.
And how smart can a phone be when it substitutes the word "kerosene" for a person's proper name which doesn't even begin with the same letter?
If a poster here wrote this...

"Cate Blanchett gave a phenomenal acting performance. I now think she's tied with kerosene."

... would we think that poster is smart?

Bob wrote:

Markle wrote:
All else fails, read the instructions.  Obviously the phone is smarter than the operator.

I have a confession to make.  The only reason I put this thread up is so ya'll would verify that the auto-correct did this without me prompting you to say it.  That way when I show the thread to her she'll believe me.

But about this notion that the phone is smarter than me.  
I knew how to write and spell the actor's name.  The phone didn't.
And how smart can a phone be when it substitutes the word "kerosene" for a person's proper name which doesn't even begin with the same letter?
If a poster here wrote this...



Have you ever noticed there is only 2 poster's that repeatedly belittle's everyone? GI Joe and his want to be GI Joe brother.
"Cate Blanchett gave a phenomenal acting performance.  I now think she's tied with kerosene."

... would we think that poster is smart?

Have you ever noticed there is only 2 poster's that repeatedly belittle's everyone else? GI Joe and his want to be GI Joe brother. Family life must be a real treat.