Did I Just Write a Sniglet?
In a previous batch of comments here on SiW, I mentioned the text-messaging quirk of the phone guessing the incorrect word as you try to type it in. (I first explored this topic on another blog.)
Tonight, a friend made a new addition to a subset of that quirk, in which the wrong word actually relates to the intended word, often to humorous effect. His discovery: "baker" and "cakes." My friend feels there should be a word for this phone phenomenon.
So I suggested....
Anagrahambell
Tonight, a friend made a new addition to a subset of that quirk, in which the wrong word actually relates to the intended word, often to humorous effect. His discovery: "baker" and "cakes." My friend feels there should be a word for this phone phenomenon.
So I suggested....
Anagrahambell
Labels: anagrams, text messaging
posted by Jack Silbert at
8:33 PM
5 Comments:
I approve of the Sniglet but feel that we must send it to Rich Hall immediately for his approval.
A common Anagrahambell in Amanda's and my world now occurs when we are texting back and forth about our daughter, Anna. The phone's first guess on her name is "bomb." And we do often discover a bomb she has dropped for us overnight in her morning diaper change. Sorry, bad form.
Okay, so if you want to have some fun with Anagrahambell's then go to this site
http://www.t9.com/
It has a real time online version of the T9 translator in cell phones.
For fun I typed in "Barack" and got an interesting word back: capabl (1 "e" short, but come on, that's pretty crazy)
And if you start typing in George, you get "hemp" along the way.
> Anagrahambell
Nice!
"Anagrahambell" is currently a googlewhack.
Same finder of baker and cakes checked in with his latest discovery: "cock" and "anal." He would not reveal the context of his text.
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