What my T9 dictionary says about me...

So, this is only marginally related to rock, but the other day, I was trying to input a girl's name into a text message I was sending and her name did not show up in T9's predefined list of names. I find that T9 will have common names like Brian, Nick, Craig, Sarah, Jen, stuff like that. But since I frequently input this girl's name into text (she's my buddy's girlfriend and when he and I are making plans, we often have to name other people we're inviting, her being one of the usual suspects obviously) and I get tired of inputting her name in manually, I tried saving her name into my dictionary. When I did so, it said my dictionary was full and I had to delete other entries before I could add this new one.

I thought this was kind of odd, since I only really remembered having put maybe a dozen or so words into the dictionary since buying the phone a couple years ago. Boy, was I wrong. I just got done scrolling through my dictionary and deleting probably 30 words or so, some of which I can't imagine why I would have ever even put them into my dictionary in the first place. Examples would be "jedi", "stoudemires", "Heidi", "turncoat" and "ff".

More interesting than the words I deleted though, are the ones that I kept. As a social experiment, I would encourage you to go through your T9 custom dictionary and look at the words you think are important enough in your vernacular that you take the time to add them, so you can reuse them again and again. In today's world of speed-messaging, texting, mobile communications, etc, I think it's a good way of learning a little something about yourself. What I've learned is that I have a foul mouth, a dirty mind, plenty of bands and music-related terms that I must use a lot, and several friends with weird names (at least weird by T9's standards).

I offer you my full listing. No explanations will be given. Just know that I use these words enough that I kept them in my dictionary.
Ahwatukee, Akimel, Altima, Astros, bitch, blog, boob, boobs, booger, Buckcherry, bueno, chandler, Cinco, CK, Cory, crap, damn, dirtier, Doh, douche, Dvd, Elissa, farting, fuck, fucked, fucks, fucker, fucking, gotcha, haha, howdy, Kak, Korn, Lollapalooza, Lydia, mallrat, nah, Ozzfest, penis, Phoenician, pissed, pissing, portofino, presale, puke, pussy, pussycat, rockfest, salsa, Scottsdale, scumbag, Sevendust, shit, shitty, shucks, Slipknot, snotty, Stephanie, sushi, taco, tango, tequila, tits, Tuke, turd, tyson, weirdo, whore, wiener, Wtf, yummy, Zach, Zia

You'd think that words like 'douchebag' or 'cocksucker' would be in here too. But I use those words enough that I know that when I type in douche and then bag, a quick backspace puts them together to make douchebag. Same with cocksucker. There are a number of different word combos that can be created using a term from my dictionary and a term from the pre-defined T9 dictionary. So I don't feel the need to use up a dictionary entry creating that word.

That's all for now. More blogs to come. I've been lazy recently, but I have some shows I can review (including Metallica's opening night of the Death Magnetic tour) and some new records I can discuss (Twilight Singers, Slipknot's All Hope Is Gone, the new Guns N Roses single). So I'll make an effort at getting another blog up this weekend.

Rock on,
Cru