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vvvexation ([personal profile] vvvexation) wrote2006-02-04 02:19 pm
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Maximizing the phone-spelling annoyance factor

I just entered a name into my cell phone that consisted entirely of letters that were each the last letter on the corresponding number key, meaning that I had to press every single key three times. It's always mildly annoying when you have to press that many buttons to enter a word, but this struck me as a special case of maximized annoyance.

I quickly realized, though, that even greater annoyance could be achieved by spelling an even longer name with the same property. Unfortunately, I can't come up off the top of my head with any particularly long ones using the letters C, F, I, L, O, S, V, and Z.

Can anyone else?

[identity profile] somebodyelse.livejournal.com 2006-02-05 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Of course, it only compounds the annoyance when you have double letters and so have to wait 2 seconds or so in the middle of typing. So I think the most annoying possible entry (though probably not name) is "Floozy" as you have two o's and a z followed by a y.