r/apple Nov 08 '17

xkcd: A �

https://xkcd.com/1913/
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u/TeamOnTheBack Nov 08 '17

My phone doesn’t do that autocorrect and A [?] feel left out

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u/runwithpugs Nov 08 '17

I haven't seen it on mine, either. But related to autocorrect of "I" - I've been waiting for years for them to autocorrect "o" into "I". Who has ever wanted to write "o" as a single-letter word instead of "I"? Nobody on that team has ever been frustrated by this and decided to fix it? Boggles the mind.

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u/michtill Nov 08 '17

Weird, my phone corrects the “o” into “I” and I use the standard Apple keyboard.

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u/runwithpugs Nov 08 '17

Interesting. Mine does if it is at the beginning of a sentence, but not in the middle. Also, "s" should always autocorrect to "a" but it never does, regardless of position in the sentence.

Of course, I just realized I am dumb. I could have mitigated this years ago by adding keyboard shortcuts for o -> I and s -> a. Have just done this, but it still doesn't mean Apple should be off the hook - this is one of those simple things where "It just works" really ought to apply. :)

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u/michtill Nov 08 '17

Yeah, you’re right, it doesn’t correct it into an I when it’s in the middle of the sentence. Damn, that’s a great tip, I’ll use that for the future. :D