applegrove
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Fri Aug-26-11 11:05 PM
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Is Google suddenly fighting you when you try to use it? When I'm sussing something |
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out google will seize up and try and replace my word with some other word. It really gets to me. :argh:
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XemaSab
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Fri Aug-26-11 11:12 PM
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1. It does that to me too |
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It's especially irritating when I'm trying to look up something like NEPA and it gives me results for Nepal, or look up wedge-rumped storm petrel and it gives me results for skateboarding ramps.
I know how to type and I know how to spell and I know what I want. x(
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applegrove
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Fri Aug-26-11 11:14 PM
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2. This struggle goes on for at least 30 seconds with me. I should complain. |
pacalo
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Sat Aug-27-11 11:47 AM
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3. I googled the term "shoo shoo" yesterday & got links for "shoo" & "shoo in" |
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Edited on Sat Aug-27-11 11:59 AM by pacalo
so then I googled "French translation for dud" & got links for "dude".
My husband had told me he thinks Hurricane Irene is going to be a "shoo shoo". His parents are of Acadian-French ancestry & that is a word they've always used for a dud or a washout.
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Sat Aug-27-11 12:19 PM
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4. I'm guessing it's "chou-chou," which is a diminutive term of endearment. |
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I'm guessing it has a sarcastic meaning. I could be wrong.
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pacalo
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Sat Aug-27-11 01:00 PM
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6. That's interesting, brickbat. I'll have to ask my husband. |
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Sat Aug-27-11 12:35 PM
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Go to Google.com.
On the upper right look for the little gear and click it. A menu appears. Select search settings. Scroll down the page and look for Google Instant. Select "Do not use Google Instant". Click Save Preferences.
It should work normally now.
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applegrove
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Sun Aug-28-11 12:07 AM
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7. Thanks. I did that and it worked like a charm. |
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