ozric Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 Has anyone ever typed Smirnoff into their phone on predictive text? If you haven't got a phone handy highlight this: Smirnoff=Poisoned I wonder if anyone at the marketing department has discovered this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aem4162 Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 what are you talking about? :huh: :blink: :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarix Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 i think uve been drinking too much Smirnoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkit Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 I'm not understanding. What did he want us to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aem4162 Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 dunno....what's predictive text and why and how would you type it into your phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deimos Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 smirnoff is not poisoned, smirnoff is great (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memNOC Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 peek-a-boo! *runs away* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empty Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 hes saying that if your cell phone/mobile phone ahs precitive text messaging then it sggests you type poisoned instead of smirnoff. Also, your right, my one does as well :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 On a cell phone, you can set it up so it guesses what word you're trying to type. Type in "smirnoff" without helping it select letters and you get "poisoned". Interesting ... not really funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkit Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Okay, well thanks for the clear up. I think that I will take your word for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nims Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 now i see what's goin on! is this sometin thats available in europe, cuz i dunt think my nokia 3590 has that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Dragon Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Well, it is made up of the same numbers (76476633)... And I don't see any good reason why a phone company would program the word Smirnoff into their phone. Poisoned is a real word, Smirnoff is a brand name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezza Veteran Posted July 15, 2003 Veteran Share Posted July 15, 2003 Eh? I don't quite understand :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empty Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Well, it is made up of the same numbers (76476633)... And I don't see any good reason why a phone company would program the word Smirnoff into their phone. Poisoned is a real word, Smirnoff is a brand name. The joke is that predictive text should suggest something starting with smir or smi or sm even instead of suggesting poisoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destian Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Basically, if you dial smirnoff you'll be dialing the same numbers as if you dialed poisoned... on any phone. Predictive text on a cell phone is just a way to make it easier to type (ie hitting each number once instead of one, two, or three times). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Dragon Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Ok... Lemme explain this feature to some people... On some phones (mine included) there is a feature to guess what word you're typing in with the numpad... This is used when you're sending text messages. It works by taking the numbers you inputted, and finding all the possible combinations of letters that could be made by those numbers, then comparing each of those combinations to a dictionary stored in the phone, and listing all the words it could possibly be and letting you choose it. Example: You want to type 'Hello' The hard way - You begin by pressing 4, but because 'h' is the second letter on 4, you have to press it twice, then wait for it to acknowledge that you want to continue on to the next letter. You then press 3 twice for the letter 'e'. You then wait again. You then press 5 thrice for the letter 'l', and wait, and do it again for the second 'l'. You then wait once more, and press 6 thrice for the 'o'. The easy way - You press 43556 rapidly. The phone calculates all the possibilities for this combination. It could be gdjjm gdjjn gdjjo gdjkm gdjkn gdjko gdjlm or any of hundreds, or even thousands more combinations... All of these combinations are compared to a dictionary to see if they are a real word. The phone has found, out of all those, 4 that match in the dictionary some way or another, and lists these to you - "hello","hellm","helln","hell6". You then easily choose "hello" as the word you want. Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memNOC Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 The joke is that predictive text should suggest something starting with smir or smi or sm even instead of suggesting poisoned. hahahh haha eheh...heh....h..hmmmmm....... and the punchline? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aem4162 Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 why not just call the person? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozric Posted July 15, 2003 Author Share Posted July 15, 2003 Oh well that went down like a lead balloon, a few mates and I just thought it was a funny coincidence that Smirnoff (vodka) comes out as poisoned when so many people (mainly in teenage years) have been poisoned by over indulgence in said same vodka. Especially with the current advertising campaign for taking it easy with the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empty Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Dont worry, i got it ;) Made me and my mates laugh as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autoexec Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 yeh its funny for us brits who have a clue :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hav0c Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 i think uve been drinking too much Smirnoff Yeah, when did you discover this? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pina_colada Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Eh? I don't quite understand :blink: i do. wat i dont get is how it is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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