Local Fan’s Predictive Text
Still Hasn’t Learned “Who Dat.”

MANDEVILLE, Louisiana—Saints fan Ronnie Clark expressed frustration on Monday that his mobile phone’s “predictive text” feature—which helps you type faster by learning your most commonly-typed words—still hasn’t learned the phrase “Who Dat.”

“I must have sent that message a hundred times over the weekend,” Ronnie said. “And still I’m ending up with ‘Who Fat?’ half the time.”

“I sent that to my Mom and my girlfriend by accident,” he added.

Ronnie’s not alone, according to Verizon Wireless spokesperson Philip Hanson.

“Of the literally millions of text messages send into and out of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Area over the weekend, more than half of them read ‘Who Eat,’” said Hanson.

“We also saw a lot of ‘Who Fav?’ and ‘Who Dav?’ and ‘Who Dau?’”

To correct the problem, Hanson recommends that customer switch to the slower manual typing (or “Abc”) mode for composing text messages.

He also recommended that customers might consider switching their allegiance to a city known for better grammar.

“These phones are programmed to help our customers spell correctly and communicate with proper grammar,” said Hanson. “Clearly, they weren’t designed for New Orleans.”

In the meantime, Ronnie Clark says he’ll make do.

“I’ll keep sending out ‘Who Dats’ as fast as I can,” he said. “Even if they’re ‘Who Thats.’”