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Has anyone else noticed that Yahoo answers 'SpellCheck' tries to replace 'Obama' with 'Osama'?

I use Spell Check in Yahoo Answers. Every time I Spell Check an answer using the name Obama, Spell Check tells me I have a spelling error. And then Spell Check suggests the correct spelling as, Osama. Does Yahoo Answers know something about Obama that hasn't reached the media yet?

Update:

Obama is a candidate for President of the United States. I would have thought that that merited having his name added to Spell Check. But it appears the people at Yahoo feel otherwise.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Yes I noticed, and it is creepy. I think it is a sign, people should wake up!.

    Source(s): McCain/Palin "08" were gonna win!.
  • Jess H
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    McCain supporters have a field day with that. (Because they have nothing more intelligent to do than make fun of Obama's name as if it's a relevant issue in an election.)

    The spell-check on here is awful. There are a lot of legitimate words it doesn't recognize.

    I see a McCain supporter disagrees with me that making fun of Obama's name rather than addressing the issues isn't the intelligent thing to do. lol. Look at the types of comments... "It's a 'sign' "....are you KIDDING ME? And these people are allowed to vote. It's pathetic. Only McCain supporters talk like that.

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  • 1 decade ago

    You just noticed that?

    They don't have any of our politicians in the spell checker. It tries to replace Palin with "plain" and Biden with "Bi den" whatever that means.

    I just think the spell checker is brain dead.

    Still doesn't explain why Osama is in the dictionary.

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  • 1 decade ago

    It is very annoying that it suggests that. It also suggests Palin be spelled "Plain" but I just hit the ignore button.

  • 1 decade ago

    Only about 200 other posters on here. Wow, we are so intelligent with our pre-adolescent ways of looking at coincidence. You know, people used to think that mice were born from hay. Literally.

  • N
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    And every time i spell check Palin the correction is "plain" what is it supposed to mean? Obama is not a common name like most african names.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It doesn't make any sense to me!

    Osama means lion in arabic.

    obama is a p***y but he is definitely not a lion!

  • 1 decade ago

    And whats your point genius - that simple means Obama is not in the lexicon which means by definition Obama and Osama are not the same or haven't you noticed that.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes, every time you write his name it comes back Osama!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes, the only difference between the too is the BS.

    Source(s): McCain.com
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