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Thursday, February 26, 2009

subliminal messaging?

I have a Treo and when I'm typing on it, when I start a word, it offers suggestions. I don't know how it figures out the suggestions. Sometimes I think it's by how many times I've used a word but other times I know that can't be the case. For example, when I type "ba" it suggests "bagel". Which always makes me hungry for a bagel (although truthfully I am ALWAYS hungry for a bagel).

I once misspelled the word "going" as "goinh" so now that typo is my suggestion every time I type "go" -- even though ever since that typo I have typed in "going" the correct way.

Until last week, every time I typed "ca" it would suggest "carolyn". But as of last week it suggests "can't". This is really depressing to me! It's so negative to have my name replaced with "can't"!!!!

Why did that change? I don't think I type "can't" more than "carolyn" but if that is the case, why can't the "goinh" typo change?

Where is the logic here?

Grrrrr!

Friday, February 06, 2009

Well...

So the other day I was at a new parents' discussion group. I met a lady and her baby and when I introduced myself and Margo she said, "Oh a son!" and I said, "No this is Margo." And she said "Oh I'm not familiar with that name." She seemed to be from another country originally - she had an accent, anyway. So I guess it's just a thing where not everyone has heard the name Margo. So now I don't feel so weird, because it makes sense. I think the cashier from a couple weeks ago was maybe from another country too.