# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1421
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1421 "2022-04-12T21:06:31Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Huh, curious, why would her device default to “prostitutes” as an auto-correct? > [@Akaj](#): > > Every time I start to text my wife “Thoughts on dinner?” when I get to the “di-” my autocorrect suggests “divorce.” Note this earlier thread of mine about how my kindle substitutes dirty words and obscenities for ordinary words [e.g., “pussy” for “party,” “pissed” for “posted,” “ass” for “was”]. Yeah, this is on my kindle, not my phone, but a similar thing. And it’s still doing it. > [@Kindle SWYPE text correction weirdness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-swype-text-correction-weirdness/955391): > > I use my kindle to post here and do other text/composition tasks like email. The onscreen keyboard supports swype, which permits you to drag your finger or stylus across the keyboard instead of typing or poking each key individually. [[image] ](https://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/Notebooks/News/_nc3/Swype_path.png) This is my 6th kindle, purchased July 2021, and it’s the biggest, latest, top of the line, “All-new Fire HD 10 tablet, 10.1”, 1080p Full HD, 64 GB, latest model (2021 release)," blahblahblah. All our devices do an auto-c… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018)._