The iPhone has now decided that Jerry’s name is not a real
word and should instead be Kerry. I get
that Kerry is one of our Hollywood names, but frankly Jelly is so much cooler
and neither of us really like Kerry. Also,
when typing I would never refer to us in the 3rd person that is
lame, and I am much cooler that that!
But let’s discuss what the real problem is here…I have been
writing to and talking about Jerry for the entire year I have had this iPhone. It isn’t like all of a sudden Jerry pops up
on the radar and the iPhone is like I can’t handle this curve ball you are throwing
to me soooooo….Kerry it is. NO! I even have Jerry’s name typed into the phone
as a contact. I keep waiting for the
iPhone to catch on, and think “Hey, this name isn’t going anywhere maybe I should
remember it!” But it never quite gets
it, instead I am typing so fast I have to re-type Jerry’s name 54 times because
the iPhone never gets that we are talking about the most important human in my
life.
I think the iPhone is just messing with me to see if I will
stay loyal. I can’t handle the pressure
to get his name right, and the iPhone knows it! What if one time the name appears as Jelker or
something even crazier like joker because it knows I’ll have a nervous
breakdown? The iPhone just sits there thinking
“I know what’s best, just give in and the world will be a better place. Just give in!”
And Jerry, I mean Kerry, no wait Jelker. Shoot what is that man’s name, that guy I
live with? He isn’t here to fix it and
make it go away, and life won’t be the same ever again because by the time he
gets home I’ll have forgotten him.
But seriously, does anyone know how to fix my problem? Can I be smarter than the iPhone again, and
tell it to not auto correct Jerry to Kerry?
This has been my only, but very agitated, complaint about my iPhone; mainly because my husband's name is Jerry, and my name is-you guessed it-KERRI! Sure, it's an I, not a Y, but super frustrating nonetheless. If you find out how to fix it, I would LOVE to know. In the meantime, you can create a shortcut for the name Jerry to bypass the problem.
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain, and I am sure that Kerri is auto corrected to Berry or something crazy as well.
DeleteThe one thing that I found that does work is when you type Jerry out and hit the x on Kerry two separate times it will stop making that suggestion. Of course you have to do this in every text message convo, and most emails but it has proved to work.
How in the world do you create a shortcut? Please enlighten me! :-)
Thanks for posting this! Man this has been driving me nuts for months. I created a shortcut so when I type je it gives me Jerry. What a relief!
ReplyDeleteJerry "Not Kerry" D
Settings, general, keyboard, shortcut
ReplyDeleteSettings > General > Keyboard > Add new Shortcut
ReplyDeleteYou can also type out Jerrr and then press enter and Jerry will appear.
ReplyDeleteMy ex-husband is Jerry, and we communicate a lot through the iPhone to coordinate parenting. I also use his name when writing to others. The iPhone has figured out the weird nicknames in my family after I used them so often, but still "Kerry" for "Jerry." Maybe some Jerry did something bad to the staff at Apple.
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