Pocket Zeitgeist

A list of words recognized and not recognized by “T9™” text input on my mobile phone:

Recognized Not Recognized
foodstuffs emirates
encryption sneakily
antibiotic penicillin
vagina penis
ejaculate semen
bronx staten
brooklyn hoboken
lesbian zygote
spam zeitgeist
carbohydrate atkins
verizon uvula
samsung femur
netscape linux
microsoft enron
antitrust helmut
iraq qaeda
hitler saddam
bush kucinich
gephardt sharpton
kerry moseley
dean braun
clark lieberman
modernism postmodernism
impressionism cubism
picasso matisse
christmas hannukah
jesus buddah
buddhist hellmut
hindu bogota
maki sushi
nippon kyoto
icq msn
oscar emmy

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4 Comments so far

  1. Note: The phone does not recognize “Channukah,” the popular alternative spelling of “Hannukah.”

  2. More:

    yes no

    Columbia Barnard
    Harvard  Radcliff
    Quaker  Cantab

    venus   serena

    hubris  shame

    cracker  crackerjack
    melon   melanoma
    cancer   H.I.V.
    Run   DMC
    scott a.o.
    adam gopnik
    oliver kloseoff
    sachs saks
    New   Yorker

  3. hubris/shame
    strike that. reverse it.

  4. who is brian chirls?

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