I've just looked up the words that I've had to manually add to Mac's dictionary: beachy darndest deplorables ensanguined judgemental nonconfrontational phillips pummelled risque Substack and I can't help but wonder, how did it not know pummelled? - ThreadSky

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com • 44 days ago

I've just looked up the words that I've had to manually add to Mac's dictionary:

beachy
darndest
deplorables
ensanguined
judgemental
nonconfrontational
phillips
pummelled
risque
Substack

and I can't help but wonder, how did it not know pummelled?

Comments

corithna.bsky.social•44 days ago

Well there was that horribly traumatic apple sauce incident of '09. They just really wanted to forget about it.

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•44 days ago

Oh, OF COURSE. How insensitive of me! See if you can find me an applesauce sympathy card, would you Corithna?

corithna.bsky.social•44 days ago

Ask, and you shall receive.

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•44 days ago

OMG. You have provided exactly what I've asked for. I...I don't know what to do with this...it's such a strange sensation...of course, you'll have to sign it as well. It's the law.

corithna.bsky.social•44 days ago

Writing via mouse, not my strong suit.

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•44 days ago

Ha! You did one helluva job, Corithna. Gave me a good laugh and some artwork for my office, to boot. (My virtual office, that is.)

lindalarsencooks.bsky.social•43 days ago

Ensanguined is a beautiful word to say despite what it means. My iPhone dictionary doesn’t recognize it!

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•43 days ago

And there you go. My Mac didn't recognize any of those words. I'm glad we've connected, Linda. If you like my posts, you might enjoy my Substack—it's free to join & it’s where I share more of my humor and behind-the-scenes musings. No pressure, just FYI. Link’s in bio.

beachyallicat.bsky.social•44 days ago

Whoa wait a minute…BEACHY?!! Come on!!!

pirategadget.bsky.social•44 days ago

“Philips” often has just the one ‘l’.

pirategadget.bsky.social•44 days ago

Did it not know “risqué”?

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•44 days ago

I'm wondering if it didn't recognize it without the accent? It never autocorrected to it, which would have helped.

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•44 days ago

I believe I was talking about the screwdriver at the time.

yusergname.bsky.social•43 days ago

As dumb as Mac's dictionary is, its vocabulary is still leagues above mine.

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•43 days ago

By 'above mine' do you mean your computer, or your internal one? 'Cause my internal dictionary is CRAP. I'm glad we've connected. If you like my posts, you might enjoy my Substack—it's free to join & it’s where I share more of my humor & musings. No pressure, just FYI. Link’s in bio.

ianmufc.bsky.social•44 days ago

Phillips... As in a Phillips head screw? 🤔

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•44 days ago

Yes, I'm fairly certain that's what I was writing about at the time.

ianmufc.bsky.social•44 days ago

Weird that it got included, and that it wasn't already there, isn't it?

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•44 days ago

Yup. Definitely weird. But it's there NOW.

ianmufc.bsky.social•44 days ago

You did it, Kathryn..

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•44 days ago

I fixed the ENTIRE DICTIONARY. There's no stopping me now! Next stop, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA.

daerickgross.com•44 days ago

try and see if it knew "pummeled" instead. i believe it is similar to "traveled" and "canceled"...

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•44 days ago

Pummeled. PUMMELED. pUmMeLeD. Yup, it knows that one.

daerickgross.com•44 days ago

english is weird.

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•44 days ago

I'm not going to tell Mac's dictionary you said that, 'cause you remember what happened during the great dictionary rebellion and massacre of 1992...

daerickgross.com•44 days ago

shhhhh!

ixnay on the assacremay!

we promised we were never going to talk about that again.

also, this isn't a secure place to discuss a thing that we had nothing to do with and definitely were no where near and had no motive to do anyway.

waitingfortheday.bsky.social•44 days ago

Pummeled my favorite word

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•44 days ago

Really? How did I not know this? We'll need to explore this further at our next meeting.

waitingfortheday.bsky.social•44 days ago

Along with jettison and coagulate

whitewaterlawyer.bsky.social•44 days ago

pummeled is in mine. Maybe yours is misspelled?

daxleone.bsky.social•44 days ago

🤣😂

xandoid.bsky.social•44 days ago

I can’t help but wonder why it NEEDED to know ensanguined. [note to self: add to the ‘K’ file]

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•44 days ago

It's funny, Blue, but I actually considered tagging you on that post. But, I didn't want to put you on the spot. As for ensanguined, I'm sure someone else said it first, and I was just repeating it. 👀

xandoid.bsky.social•44 days ago

I am a little surprised Petechiae wasn’t on your list. Nothing I like more than a good postmortem (on TV of course)

Btw: no issues with tagging me

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•44 days ago

Well, that list was strictly words that my Mac did not know how to spell. Fortunately, it can spell petechiae, as well as many other fun words.

Oh good. I'll keep that in mind. 😁

irishmafia.bsky.social•44 days ago

Cause it's an Apple product😉🤣

kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com•44 days ago

Huh. Well, it knows it now! I'm glad we've connected, irishmafia. If you’re ever looking for more laughs, my Substack might be your thing. It’s free to join and It’s where I share even more of my insights and humor. Link’s in my bio.

irishmafia.bsky.social•44 days ago

Thanks!

tom-doubting.bsky.social•44 days ago

I've always wondered why a word I type into Gmail comes up as misspelled when a search for that word on Google shows it's spelled correctly. Don't the Gmail bots talk to the Google bots? Aren't they all under the same corporate umbrella? Are they just playing a bot game with me?