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PostSubject: Funny: Smartphone's autocorrect function puts high school on lockdown   Funny: Smartphone's autocorrect function puts high school on lockdown Icon_minitimeFri Mar 02, 2012 1:12 am

A north Georgia high school and middle school in the US went on lockdown after the autocorrect function on a student's phone changed the word "gunna" to "gunman", according to media reports.

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The Associated Press reported that on Wednesday morning a student from Lanier Technical College tried to text a friend that he would be at the nearby West Hall high school and middle school in the town of Oakwood, Georgia, later in the day.

He meant to write "Gunna be at West hall this afternoon," but the autocorrect function on his phone changed the word "Gunna" to "Gunman."

The situation was further complicated when the texter accidentally sent the text to a wrong number.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/smartphones-autocorrect-function-puts-high-school-on-lockdown-20120302-1u6pq.html#ixzz1nwAkhs73
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