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Poor Spelling Beats Google's China Filter

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the see-thats-why-i-misspell-stuff dept.

antifoidulus writes "CNN's money section contains a blurb(among other blurbs) about how poor spelling can beat Google's Chinese filter. The example given in the article is that a search for "Tiananmen" will yield peaceful pictures of the square, but a search for common mis-spellings such as "Tienanmen" will yield plenty of photos of tanks."

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  1. That's unpossible! by AltGrendel · · Score: 5, Funny

    I are a gud spelr!

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    1. Re:That's unpossible! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      I are a gud spelr!
      Did you mean: Tibet should be free
    2. Re:That's unpossible! by networkBoy · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ironically this could force China to improve the overall education level, which would of course backfire as an educated populace is much more difficult to control.
      [/longshot]

      -nB

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  2. This gives me an idea... by Lord_Slepnir · · Score: 5, Funny

    This gives me an idea of how I can get past Bush and Co. monitoring my internet usage. I'll be able to say with a straight face that I never searched for Porn, but rather I was hoping to find information about shellfish

  3. Taco, You Got a Great Career Ahead Of You... by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...as a Leader of the Revolution.

  4. This is irony at best... by brxndxn · · Score: 5, Funny

    So.. Chinese people speaking the same broken Engrish on the Internet as they typically do elsewhere beats the Great Firewall of China.

    Engrish in the spirit of Freedom!

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  5. Bug report successfully submitted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thanks for your feedback. We will endeavour to respond to your bug report as soon as possible, and release an update if appropriate.

    Sincerely,

      Google information liberation management team
      Google Inc. "Do no evil."

  6. Re:Obvious by Articuno · · Score: 3, Funny

    In my language X sounds like SH, your insensitive clod! (couldn't resist :-)


    ps: I speak portuguese, that's why X can sound like SH... I don't know about other languages, but i'd guess this happens to other latin-based ones :-)

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