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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. 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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    --- We need more Ron Paul!