06/18/2004
Just Say No, Madonna!
ANOTHER TOWLEROAD LINGUISTICS ExCLUSIVE:
Madonna, whose Re-Invention Tour is making waves around the country, has adopted the Hebrew name Esther, according to her latest interview with 20/20. She says she wants to attach herself to the energy of a different name. The Hebrew meaning of the name is "Star" which is perhaps the most predictable meaning we could have come up with to which Madonna should attach herself.
The Biblical meaning of the name is a bit more intriguing, meaning "secret" or "hidden".
Towleroad set out to investigate what might be "secret" or "hidden" in Esther. Actually, what we found is shocking, but true. The T-Mobile phone service has a text messaging element called predictive text. When you type in a text message, its predictive intelligence picks the word you are going to type, as you type, based on a dictionary of terms in the phone's memory.
Well, it seems that what's "secret" or "hidden" about the word "ESTHER" is that the predictive text you get when you type it into the T-Mobile phone network spells out this word: "DRUGS".
What's in a name? Don't ask, just try it.
I know, it's a Friday. Give me a break. At least it's not "APPLE".
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My Verizon phone does that too. The really strange thing is that "Esther" has six letters and "drugs" has five. It doesn't register the second E for some reason.
Posted by: chrisafer | Jun 18, 2004 9:38:32 AM
i don't register the second E either- one E is enough for me. oh wait, what are we talking about?
Posted by: bmw | Jun 18, 2004 10:16:23 AM
watch madonna sue Tegic Communications now (www.T9.com)
haha
and bitch i want credit
Posted by: matty | Jun 18, 2004 3:19:08 PM
look, every one knows the second e is just a waste.
Posted by: etard | Jun 18, 2004 5:48:09 PM
It doesn't register the second "e" because the T9 dictionary cannot find a word that matches the input of 37843 - so it drops the input of the second "3" and then adds "s" when you press 7. This will happen with any input set when there are no more characters corresponding to that digit that could be added on to form a word.
Posted by: David Hauslaib | Jun 21, 2004 6:09:22 PM