Word Flow

[tapehead]

Is there any particular reason why I can't swipe with Word Flow to type the word "lesbian" ?

It literally won't yield a word at all. But it will give you suggestions like Persian, Leavin, and Lesson.

Trying to type "Gay" gives you the word Gassy.

What the hell is this?

I didn't realize being gay or lesbian was a swear word.

 

[Martsicky]

you can easily add words to swype keyboard. There was an article on wpcentral back in April. Here is the link: http://m.windowscentral.com/how-swear-using-word-flow-keyboard-windows-phone-81

 

[hope4wp]

it's considered offensive I guess :/
How to swear like a champ using the Word Flow keyboard in Windows Phone 8.1 | Windows Phone Central

 

[tapehead]

Lesbian is blocked by default, gay is a secondary result after "gassy."

This feels slightly (VERY) homophobic.

 

[Martsicky]

I use polish keyboard and I've got gay-gej and lesbian-lesbijka as the first words while using swype, so I don't have to correct anything. I don't use this words at all, so it has to be like that since the beginning.

 

[TheJoester09]

I don't know about this. I had to train my swype keyboard to learn "FSU" because it kept trying to autocorrect it to "gay," and I had to train the regular type keyboard to learn my last name because it kept autocorrecting to "lesbianism." Also, I just tried to swype gay just to see what would happen, and it was the first thing to come up. Gassy was like 5th on the list. I don't think that there's any type of anti-gay conspiracy going on here. Are you using the U.S. English keyboard?

 

[tapehead]

I don't know about this. I had to train my swype keyboard to learn "FSU" because it kept trying to autocorrect it to "gay," and I had to train the regular type keyboard to learn my last name because it kept autocorrecting to "lesbianism." Also, I just tried to swype gay just to see what would happen, and it was the first thing to come up. Gassy was like 5th on the list. I don't think that there's any type of anti-gay conspiracy going on here. Are you using the U.S. English keyboard?

That's so weird. Yeah, I'm using the US keyboard. If I try to swipe "lesbian," I get "Persian." Lesbian isn't even in the dictionary at ALL.

On the German keyboard, I get "schwul" as the first hit.

 

[Martsicky]

When I type on US Keyboard "F A G" I've got gay on the 5th. Haha

 

[tapehead]

When I type on US Keyboard "F A G" I've got gay on the 5th. Haha

Same. Yeah. That's hilarious.

 

[TheJoester09]

That's so weird. Yeah, I'm using the US keyboard. If I try to swipe "lesbian," I get "Persian." Lesbian isn't even in the dictionary at ALL.

On the German keyboard, I get "schwul" as the first hit.

Hm, I just tested "lesbian" and also got "Persian." Why is "lesbianism" in there, but not "lesbian?" Very strange.

 

[tapehead]

Pretty sure somebody when through a list of words NOT to add (swears and things), and some overzealous wad added lesbian and gay. I don't get it.

 

[Splacknuk]

i tried it contextually, thinking perhaps by itself it's a swear word, but in the sentence it's not. But no. It's Persian for me too. =) Funny.

 

[Ali Assaedi]

i dont think they banned gay,lesbain, or even sex, because they are swear words.. they removed it to avoid those silly situations when your typing normally and all of a sudden you call someone gay coz of a typing/autocorrect error..

 

[tapehead]

i dont think they banned gay,lesbain, or even sex, because they are swear words.. they removed it to avoid those silly situations when your typing normally and all of a sudden you call someone gay coz of a typing/autocorrect error..

Is calling somebody gay an insult?

 

[bsipe9]

I'm in NE Ohio, using US keyboard on a L810 with 8.1 and I typed gay, lesbian, f@g, f@ggot, etc (I know I have never typed them in a text before) and none of them autocorrected. Is it possible that having your Search settings on strict might be the cause? Or maybe because I use words like sh!t and fuc& frequently it assumes I'm not going to be offended, ha!

And yeah, tapehead, in the US, calling someone gay (especially one who is not gay) is often meant as an insult. Gay doesn't mean merry, happy, etc here anymore and sadly there is still a disproportionate portion of the population who are bigoted against non m/f sexual preference.

 

[tapehead]

I'm in NE Ohio, using US keyboard on a L810 with 8.1 and I typed gay, lesbian, f@g, f@ggot, etc (I know I have never typed them in a text before) and none of them autocorrected. Is it possible that having your Search settings on strict might be the cause? Or maybe because I use words like sh!t and fuc& frequently it assumes I'm not going to be offended, ha!

And yeah, tapehead, in the US, calling someone gay (especially one who is not gay) is often meant as an insult. Gay doesn't mean merry, happy, etc here anymore and sadly there is still a disproportionate portion of the population who are bigoted against non m/f sexual preference.

I'm American, actually. I was offended by the notion. I will check my settings, though.

 

[Jas00555]

Is calling somebody gay an insult?

If it's not, then pro-gay organizations have wasted a lot of money with their "when you say gay, do you know what you say?" commercials.

Side note: I quickly swiped the word gay and I got the word that, SO that would probably make the opposite happen too, and if I had typed "that time was awesome" well... That would've been awkward :S, so I'm glad that they did that.

 

[Ali Assaedi]

Is calling somebody gay an insult?

tell your boss that he's gay. See how he takes it . Its different from one person to the other, and one culture to the other.

 

[tapehead]

tell your boss that he's gay. See how he takes it . Its different from one person to the other, and one culture to the other.

I reject the notion that it is insulting to be called a homosexual the same I would being called a woman. And if it were true that this were the reason Microsoft seems to have erased the word "lesbian" from its dictionary, then I don't even want this phone. People are idiots.

 

[Jas00555]

I reject the notion that it is insulting to be called a homosexual the same I would being called a woman. And if it were true that this were the reason Microsoft seems to have erased the word "lesbian" from its dictionary, then I don't even want this phone. People are idiots.

Tell me, Tapehead..... Where exactly do you live? I find it kind of hard to believe that you can't wrap your head around the fact that calling a straight person "gay" and calling a man a "woman" are, in fact, insults (albeit minor ones).