My iPhone has an auto-correct option.
It is intelligent. It can guess what I want to say even if it comes out wrong. Wish people had an auto-correct option. That way one can keep talking and the message going through to that person is always the right one. In fact the person, like my iPhone would always guess what I want to say and only hear that. Sounds perfect, doesn't it?
But what happens when I'm typing something which the iPhone doesn't recognise? There are two possibilities. It puts in a word that is closest to the one it doesn't recognise and completely garble the message in the process. Or else, it just lets it be thinking I must be knowing what I'm typing. So either the fault lies with the phone or with me, but the wrong things go through.
Sometimes I feel, people do have an auto-correct option. Most times, they filter through the incoming message to suit what they understand or feel good to hear. Or they just take me on face value thinking what I'm saying is what I'm meaning.
The only difference is that I can switch off the auto-correct option on my iPhone.
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Why do you want people to understand exactly what you want them to understand? Their understanding is based not on the literal meaning of what you say, but on loads of other things which are not in your, and even their, control.
Let people communicate, understand, misunderstand.
How else will life be interesting if all you say is all they hear?
Even silence speaks volumes. Where is the auto-correct in that?
Sometimes I think a lot of people end up saying or being just the opposite of what they want to be. They fumble and fall when they want to be confident and tall. They use pointed carved words when all they feel is something smooth and organic in form and spirit.
I hope that makes some sense.
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