My Phone Won't Learn "Hell"!

[instaxgirl]

Well, my iPhone learnt "duck" etc eventually.

What it will not give up on is changing reading to Reading. I've never been to Reading, I may not ever ducking go there but I do read, rather a lot.

 

[mrochester]

Apple should put down their moral compass and let the consumers decide for themselves.

 

[eternlgladiator]

Well, my iPhone learnt "duck" etc eventually.

What it will not give up on is changing reading to Reading. I've never been to Reading, I may not ever ducking go there but I do read, rather a lot.

Do you have any names, places, etc typed into your phone anywhere as "Reading". That could be the cause of the correction being made.

 

[ZenoVT]

if hell is profanity, then in the same sense "heaven" should be one too.

 

[Glideslope]

Have you tried adding a contact named hell? That might help.

I tried that. Address Book kept saying "duplicate already on phone"?

 

[Lostanddamned]

if hell is profanity, then in the same sense "heaven" should be one too.

For heavens sake! Stop going on about how hell is a profanity.

Also, whoever said that using hell more than he'll - I prefer to use he will or similar, the contraction he'll doesn't sit well with me.

 

[eternlgladiator]

if hell is profanity, then in the same sense "heaven" should be one too.

We don't need to make this a religious argument.

 

[Compile 'em all]

If you use "hell" more than "he'll," you're using it too much.

wtf

 

[Daveoc64]

Apple is trying to keep customer's using their products from embarrassment by sending out a dirty word by accident. By default, they are trying to protect you from an unintended error, not trying to limit your free speech.

I've had far more embarrassing messages without swear words because of Apple's predictions!

 

[TheManOfSilver]

Just make a contact called "hell", or even place a list of words you don't want autocorrected in the notes section of a contact. The phone should then recognize that they may be proper names and ignore them.

 

[tablo13]

I've had far more embarrassing messages without swear words because of Apple's predictions!

Like correcting "pedis" into "pen!s" when someone asked their mom if she wanted pedis after work.

 

[cRuNcHiE]

randomly i just tried this and it wont let me either, but what i also found out is this...

in the Notes app, it will let me type any other swear word, but if i type the C word then it underlines it?!?! LOL

 

[Statusnone88]

I'm pretty sure my iPhone has stop trying to correct the F word on me now, but I'm going to try the "hell" in contact thing.

Also annoying for me, personally, I have a contact named "Judy" and it tries to turn all my "just" into that. FUUUUU---

 

[Mademan12321]

Try typing delicious wintergreen snus in for a text and see what you get

 

[bowlerman625]

hell is not a swear word...

..it's a destination! For some....

 

[spaceboots06]

Apple got tired of complaints from the right wing media that the Apple was encouraging swearing?

Or it's a leftists conspiracy that the conservatives were behind it. But seeing left and conspiracy in the same sentence is nothing new.

 

[spaceboots06]

Try typing delicious wintergreen snus in for a text and see what you get

if he types straight cut it might replace it with heaven!

 

[csjo00]

I think it's worse when it auto corrects "me" to "mr"

 

[themadrussian]

Mine doesn't correct it anymore. Just keep telling not to correct it to he'll and it will learn eventually. It will never correct a mistype to "hell" but it will stop trying to correct it eventually.

 

[IamHermann0069]

Apple got tired of complaints from the right wing media that the Apple was encouraging swearing?

You are an idiot. It has NOTHING to do with right wing media. You are one of those people that has the conspiracy, or "everyone is out to get me" attitude. Your right wing theory is BS. Even if it was true, it does not apply to this situation as it would Apple's stance on porn on the iPhone or something along those lines.

You are completely over thinking it. Apple's autocorrect is just trying to assist the user in typing correctly. Hell happens to be spelled the same as He'll. It is the same as the keyboard automatically changing isnt to isn't. I happen to find it very convenient. For the situations where I am actually trying to type He'll, it is a great feature.

When I want to say Hell, I just tap the little X on the suggestion and continue typing. In my opinion it is much easier to tap the x and ignore the autocorrect than it would be to have to insert the apostrophe every time I want to type He'll.

I am not sure if the autocorrect will ever learn Hell over He'll because it happens to be a contraction. However, I must cuss a lot because it no longer suggests duck, shut or butch. lol

 

[davehutch]

Hell; I don't know.

Oh, for Heaven's sake!

 

[Evgenyy]

You are an idiot. It has NOTHING to do with right wing media. You are one of those people that has the conspiracy, or "everyone is out to get me" attitude. Your right wing theory is BS. Even if it was true, it does not apply to this situation as it would Apple's stance on porn on the iPhone or something along those lines.

You are completely over thinking it. Apple's autocorrect is just trying to assist the user in typing correctly. Hell happens to be spelled the same as He'll. It is the same as the keyboard automatically changing isnt to isn't. I happen to find it very convenient. For the situations where I am actually trying to type He'll, it is a great feature.

When I want to say Hell, I just tap the little X on the suggestion and continue typing. In my opinion it is much easier to tap the x and ignore the autocorrect than it would be to have to insert the apostrophe every time I want to type He'll.

I am not sure if the autocorrect will ever learn Hell over He'll because it happens to be a contraction. However, I must cuss a lot because it no longer suggests duck, shut or butch. lol

Clearly the right wing comment was a joke...

 

[Irish Rose]

Maybe your phone was made on a Sunday, after church.

 

[ucfgrad93]

Try using a different word - potty mouth

 

[KandyKane]

I think it's worse when it auto corrects "me" to "mr"

This happens to me 100% of the time as well. I am not a guy, ****ing iPhone!!! **** **** **** hell hell hell **** hell hell
Wow that hell thing is pretty annoying. Hell