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Help "words" in swype dictionary??

Anybody who uses Swype notice certain "words" which when you use Swype make you go "wtf? who uses this word??" Words like "mjed", stll (instead of still), ll (instead of lol), etc... Who the ********* put this dictionary together???? A 5-year-old???
 
If you are frustrated with swipe try either "Go Keyboard" which is a really good predictive text keyboard(a lot of times I only have to type in half the letters then select the whole word from a list just above the keyboard) . Another one that a lot of members like is Flex T9. Then there's "Touch Pal".

For more options go to this thread http://androidforums.com/lg-optimus-v/308794-help-hate-optimus-v-virtual-keyboard.html
 
It imports ALL your contacts first and last names, so there are some might odd words in my dictionary!
 
Who the ********* put this dictionary together???? A 5-year-old???
You did (even though I have no idea how old you are.) Those nonsense words are most likely the remnants of you playing with/learning Swype. Basically, Swype automatically saves everything you ever typed between spaces or punctuation as new words.

When playing with a new phone, almost everyone first enters a bunch of
Code:
sdklnc dcijwqi 8yref ksdjncsdc sidjcsdc sodncqs oipgf gdkkrfv.
If you do this in Swype, your user dictionary will have sdklnc as a new word, as well as dcijwqi, 8yref etc. etc. Why, you ask? Because once you've gotten the hang of Swype, this is one of the things that make Swype much faster than most other keyboards (where you have to manually and explicitly enter words to your user dictionary.)

The best thing to do now is to simply delete Swype's data (Home → Menu → Settings → Applications → Manage Applications → All → Swype → Clear Data). Yes, you'll also use any legitimate new words Swype has learned from your typing, but it's much faster to enter those again (remember, Swype does it automatically) than have to deal with the huge mess of nonsense words.

Then, make sure never to press space or a punctuation character after entering a nonsense word in Swype. Instead, back up and delete the nonsense word. That way, you're Swype user dictionary will stay clear of garbage and you'll be swyping like a pro.
 
You did (even though I have no idea how old you are.) Those nonsense words are most likely the remnants of you playing with/learning Swype. Basically, Swype automatically saves everything you ever typed between spaces or punctuation as new words.

When playing with a new phone, almost everyone first enters a bunch of
Code:
sdklnc dcijwqi 8yref ksdjncsdc sidjcsdc sodncqs oipgf gdkkrfv.
If you do this in Swype, your user dictionary will have sdklnc as a new word, as well as dcijwqi, 8yref etc. etc. Why, you ask? Because once you've gotten the hang of Swype, this is one of the things that make Swype much faster than most other keyboards (where you have to manually and explicitly enter words to your user dictionary.)

The best thing to do now is to simply delete Swype's data (Home → Menu → Settings → Applications → Manage Applications → All → Swype → Clear Data). Yes, you'll also use any legitimate new words Swype has learned from your typing, but it's much faster to enter those again (remember, Swype does it automatically) than have to deal with the huge mess of nonsense words.

Then, make sure never to press space or a punctuation character after entering a nonsense word in Swype. Instead, back up and delete the nonsense word. That way, you're Swype user dictionary will stay clear of garbage and you'll be swyping like a pro.


Mmmmm, ok, I cleared swype data b/c I, too, had a bunch of nonsense words pop up on me...but now my swype keyboard is gone when i try to type a message...how do i get it back? TIA!

sorry, nevermind...tooled about in settings and figured it out... :)
 
I have an issue with Swype: when I tap the key to form a word (when I can't swype a word for some reason) it had a tendency to space the letters and I have to tap the back key twice to keep the letters from spacing apart. IE: tapping out purple would be like this: p u r p l e

anyone have suggestions how to keep this from happening? (I can't change the size of my fingers...sorry!)
 
The best thing to do now is to simply delete Swype's data (Home → Menu → Settings → Applications → Manage Applications → All → Swype → Clear Data). Yes, you'll also use any legitimate new words Swype has learned from your typing, but it's much faster to enter those again (remember, Swype does it automatically) than have to deal with the huge mess of nonsense words.

I find that clearing Swype's data, changes the default to Android keyboard. I had to change it back to Swype when this happens. :rolleyes:
 
I have an issue with Swype: when I tap the key to form a word (when I can't swype a word for some reason) it had a tendency to space the letters and I have to tap the back key twice to keep the letters from spacing apart. IE: tapping out purple would be like this: p u r p l e

anyone have suggestions how to keep this from happening? (I can't change the size of my fingers...sorry!)
Sorry, no, this doesn
 
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