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I'm not going to go on a metaphysical examination here, I just have a single question/complaint.
I've started using the note feature on the Kindle Fire more and more. I don't usually anything profound to say about a particular passage, I usually just want to note something that struck my interest about a particular passage as I was reading it.
One thing that's confusing me is the auto-spell feature. I understand what it is, and the basics of what it tries to do. I've also made a conscious decision at this point to not disable, even though I know that it is possible to do so.
Still, for the life of me, I cannot figure out why the Kindle Fire auto-corrects the work "yikes!" to "hikes".
I would never, ever, write the "yikes" without accompanying it with an exclamation point. When I add the exclamation point to "yikes" it changes it "hikes"
What's the point of that?
Repro Steps:
1. With the auto-spell feature enabled, open up a book on the Kindle Fire
2. Highlight a passage in the opened text
3. Select "Note"
4. Type (in all lowercase) the word "yikes"
5. Add an exclamation point to the end of "yikes"
Result: On a Kindle Fire, with the auto-spell feature enabled, when I add an exclamation point to the end of word "yikes", the auto-spell feature automatically changes it to "hikes"
Expected: I don't expect the term "yikes!" to be automatically auto-corrected to "hikes", even if the auto-spell feature is enabled. I don't understand the point of this
Note: I know that I can save "yikes" by holding the word down, but this feature of the Kindle Fire is not intuitive.
In all lowercase, I type in "yikes", a shorthand word I always use to make me remember something of interest. I almost always write the word "yikes" in all lowercase, and I always put an exclamation point after the word. When I add an exclamation point after "yikes"....
The Kindle Fire auto-corrects it to "hikes!". Why, as a reader, who I want to shout "hikes!" after reading a passage from a book?
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