[Pidgin] #2801: Don't correct intentionally misspelled words

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#2801: Don't correct intentionally misspelled words
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 Reporter:  endolith      |       Type:  defect
   Status:  new           |   Priority:  minor 
Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |    Version:  2.1.1 
 Keywords:                |    Pending:  0     
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 Sometimes people type in an ironic way for comedic effect.  Occasionally
 I'll try to do this, and Pidgin will correct my ''intentional''
 misspelling.  It shouldn't.

 It's absolutely wonderful when I type "wouldnt" and it corrects it to
 "wouldn't".  This is a great feature.  I love it.  In fact, I've used this
 to stop typing apostrophes altogether.

 When I mistype and a trailing letter ''r'' is converted into "are", I
 groan a little.  The message would have been understood if not fo r the
 autocorrect, but with it, the othe are person is confused, and I have to
 go back and fix it.  I think to myself: "Eh.  I guess someone probably
 uses that as a shortcut in the same way that I use the apostrophes.  I can
 always remove it from my own autocorrect list."

 "Dunno" or "plz" could prolly also b considered shortcuts, cuz theyre
 easier 2 type.  And I guess some people are really that bad at spelling,
 so those are fine.

 But when I type "laterz" and it's autocorrected to "later", that's just
 dumb.  There is no way in a thousand blue moons that someone is going to
 append a Z by accident (not even on a Dvorak; I just looked).  It's not
 actually a mistake, so the computer shouldn't try to correct it.  I don't
 know where the word list came from, but someone should go through and
 remove the really bad ones like this.

 '''U GUYS RILLY NED 2 CHANGA THIS OK?!!?!! LOL'''

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