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    Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary

    Water Closet
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      A Former User
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      What I don't get is why the spell checkers don't tap into the power of google. for example sometimes I may misspell a work, chrome (and other apps) won't have a suggestion, yet if I type it into google it will have the "Showing results for:" with the correct spelling.

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        thanksajdotcom @A Former User
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        @thecreativeone91 said:

        What I don't get is why the spell checkers don't tap into the power of google. for example sometimes I may misspell a work, chrome (and other apps) won't have a suggestion, yet if I type it into google it will have the "Showing results for:" with the correct spelling.

        No API for it?

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          scottalanmiller @A Former User
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          @thecreativeone91 said:

          What I don't get is why the spell checkers don't tap into the power of google. for example sometimes I may misspell a work, chrome (and other apps) won't have a suggestion, yet if I type it into google it will have the "Showing results for:" with the correct spelling.

          Especially Chrome!!

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            nadnerB
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            For the amount of Google in Chrome, it seems to have missed key cloudiness and connectivity to make it more useful/accurate

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              scottalanmiller
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              That's got to be a challenge, though, as the average use on the Internet is incorrect and you would not want it creeping into the spellchecker. All kinds of bad drift in the language would happen. You don't want students failing school because the Google spellchecker has decided that the rantings of the uneducated masses outrank dictionary spellings.

              There are other arguments for dictionary versus common spellings to be made, but in the case of the former you want a spellchecker, in the latter case you don't care.

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                nadnerB
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                Word building follows rules and certain structures. Surely they could program something to follow the rules and create every possible combination of words that are current/past.

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                  scottalanmiller @nadnerB
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                  @nadnerB said:

                  Word building follows rules and certain structures. Surely they could program something to follow the rules and create every possible combination of words that are current/past.

                  Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of the spellchecker? You'd get every option for every word, which is not what people want. They want a subset of spellings considered "correct" for their own usage. Not past spellings or words spelled on rules.

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                    nadnerB
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                    Nope, not if you add some kind of contextual awareness, a bit of NSA and a few priacy policies.
                    ...
                    Yeah, it might not be as awesome as described, but your milage may vary 😛

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                      JaredBusch
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                      wtf...

                      wtf

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                        scottalanmiller
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                        Ouch.

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                          nadnerB @JaredBusch
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                          @JaredBusch said:

                          wtf...

                          wtf

                          Geek cred -2 points.

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                            scottalanmiller
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                            Firefox Dictionary Fail: Tilapia

                            WTF FF!!

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                              Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              Firefox Dictionary Fail: Tilapia

                              WTF FF!!

                              It knows it's a dirty fish and wants nothing to do with it 😛

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                                gjacobse @Dashrender
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                                @Dashrender said:

                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                Firefox Dictionary Fail: Tilapia

                                WTF FF!!

                                It knows it's a dirty fish and wants nothing to do with it 😛

                                Might be a 'dirty' fish,.. but it is a robust fish that is farmed in many Hydro and Aquaponic systems.

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                                  Reid Cooper @gjacobse
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                                  @g.jacobse said:

                                  Might be a 'dirty' fish,.. but it is a robust fish that is farmed in many Hydro and Aquaponic systems.

                                  Because they have effective poo.

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                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    Another one from Firefox: attritioning

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                                      scottalanmiller
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                                      Another one missing from Firefox: idempotence.

                                      Important word in IT and in mathematics.

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                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        Firefox missing: tilapia

                                        Seriously, how can that be!!

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                                          scottalanmiller
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                                          Firefox: impactful

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                                            RojoLoco @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said:

                                            Firefox missing: tilapia

                                            Seriously, how can that be!!

                                            Did you check to see if the americanized misspelling 'tiliapa' is in there? Or 'chipolte'?

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