I can't get my iPhone to learn the word "Yo"

[penter]

or just hover your mouse over the word and then press control+command+D

gasp!
thank you so much

 

[M. Malone]

You really are full of yourself. It's annoying because you're also an idiot and your arguments don't hold up.

I agree on one thing - internet forums are full of (unwanted) opinions. It's easier to behave like a jerk when you're hidden behind your anonymity....

I couldn't have said this better, thank you

 

[penter]

It gets even worse, because every single text message I send concerns yo-yo's.

ROTFLMAO

I should have used a different title to my thread, this is not a "Yo" problem.

I couldn't have said this better, thank you

Man, i feel your pain. 52 posts, and not a SINGLE answer. how freekin annoying.
My own posts here are hypocritical in that aspect, but i wanted to say that i can see why you'd be impatient by now.

Btw, sorry, but I can't help you with that one, I dont even own an iPhone or iPod touch.
Lets just hope that we see some improvements over this issue in future firmware releases....

 

[RetiredInFl]

Yo! I can't type my name (Ed). I always get "Ew." It never learns Ed is NOT Ew.

All I can say is .... Ewwwwwwwwwww that sucks.

 

[KRH-1]

Adding custom words to iPhone

Apologies if this has already been answered, but the thread was getting way too long to read all the way through!

One way to get your iPhone to recognise the word 'Yo', and other custom words, is to create a dummy contact containing the word as one of the names.
Apparently the iPhone also recognises any names you have entered along with the in-built dictionary, and won't suggest a correction.

To stop these getting in the way of real contacts I just use the surname Z, and put the word in question as the first name. Not the most elegant solution, but it works.

I used this for the word 'marra' - apparently the iPhone doesn't do Geordie dialect!

 

[samiam762]

another interesting find...

Actually, another interesting solution I've found is that I've typed lol and Xed out LOL enough times that if i type loll, or 'lol' and any other letter, it automatically changes it to its suggested "lol" (no caps!)...
So this seems to be the end of my LOL days, and people thinking I'm weird for capitalizing it... loll

Is this just me, btw, or have other people found this to work?

 

[mavis]

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Actually, another interesting solution I've found is that I've typed lol and Xed out LOL enough times that if i type loll, or 'lol' and any other letter, it automatically changes it to its suggested "lol" (no caps!)...
So this seems to be the end of my LOL days, and people thinking I'm weird for capitalizing it... loll

Is this just me, btw, or have other people found this to work?

You know, you can manually add words to the dictionary by adding them to the phonebook. In fact I just added LOL (all caps) to an existing contact as a nickname. As you can see, it works perfectly. LOL

 

[raziiq]

if you have a jailbroken iphone then you can install an app using Cydia that can disable this autocorrection function of iphone.

 

[bk888]

Real solution: use the spanish keyboard

Better solution: stop using yo unless you're typing in spanish.

 

[Joe23]

I think your unit is faulty. Can you check to see if both speakers are working?

 

[ivan123]

I can't write nz without it auto-correcting to ms even with the contacts thing.
the only way to write nz without auto-correcting is add nz to the contacts then write jz

 

[mavis]

I can't write nz without it auto-correcting to ms even with the contacts thing.
the only way to write nz without auto-correcting is add nz to the contacts then write jz

Sounds like you've found a workaround!

ivan 123 = 1, Apple = 0!

 

[ryanwarsaw]

It is sort of sad that a phone that is so "smart" needs so many stupid work arounds. I love my phone but...

 

[bushido]

i think all iPhones should come with profanity in the dictionary.
its pretty common, he'll, all of us use it!
it should be included.
and why are you guys using abbreviations like "w/" when you have a full qwerty keyboard and have to switch to symbols to add the "/" when tis probably just easier to type "with".
i can understand using "w/" on a 9 digit alphanumeric keypad, but not a full qwerty where you have to switch keyboards.

oh, and since when have people used "yo" so regularly anymore?
odd...

bc a sms only has 160 signs so i have to use as less letters as possible ^^

 

[cellocello]

I agree that the 'yo' thing is annoying. Same with the swearing.

Too bad there was a specific place on the phone we could list words we wanted in the dictionary.

 

[Nicolecat]

Is there a way to make it learn "w/" ?...

I like to abbreviate "with" in that fashion...and it automatically makes it "a/" for some random reason...it pisses me off.

Saves me two keystrokes, if I can get it to work.

 

[mavis]

It is sort of sad that a phone that is so "smart" needs so many stupid work arounds. I love my phone but...

Exactly. It is ridiculous. And yet I love my phone, too. Maybe that's why it's so frustrating - it's so great in many respects, but so lacking in others.

 

[VenusianSky]

I live in Kentucky and every time I try to type ky it is corrected to 'it'.

I get "la" when I abbreviate Pennsylvania.

 

[Lightbrazer]

I get "la" when I abbreviate Pennsylvania.

and I live in Kentucky and every time I try to type ky it is corrected to 'it'.

Actually the iphone has an excuse on these two at least. State abbreviations are always in capital letters. If you type PA or KY it does not attempt to correct you. However, when writing about Ky jelly it will. And that's just plain unacceptable!

 

[scottydawg]

Is "yo" still "cool"? I thought it was a 90's slang and is passé.

Hey, he's bringing sexy back

 

[MacBass]

Leave in the rough part of town for a few days. It'll learn to survive on its own.

 

[Nicolecat]

They'll end up pimping it to some random joe blow on the black market...
I could never handle that for my sweet little child.

 

[26139]

sure...

I've been doing this in notepad. I've typed "yo" about 50 times and it still corrects it to 'to"

and Jericho, dont listen to some of these people, dude... its obvious some forget it's 2008 and act like the word "yo" is foreign and urban, and actually STILL have opinion about the word.

Yes, but using yo in all or even the majority of text messages seems a little much.

 

[OC513]

Same Problem

Apple needs to fix this......simple enough to make the user able to add words to his own phones dictionary. Come on Apple.....its the little things you keep MISSING!

 

[icewing]

I think your unit is faulty. Can you check to see if both speakers are working?

Now THAT was ducking funny, I don't care who ya are!