myphonr

• What's the purpose of myphonr?
• Do the displayed words really exist?
• My number matches another word which myphonr doesn't know. Can I add it?
• What are the requirements for adding a new word?
• Does myphonr only know English words?
• I want to add swearwords, can I do so?
• Are you storing the phone numbers I enter?
• myphonr is powered by a custom API, can I use it?
• What does "myphonr" mean?
• That's a cool app....

What's the purpose of myphonr?

The purpose of myphonr is to check a phone number against a huge database of words. If there are any matches for your number, myphonr will display them and you can decide on the words that you think are more appropriate than others. This way, more useful words will move to the top of the list, while the lesser useful words will go to the end of the list.

Do the displayed words really exist?

According to http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3201 and other sources, yes! I tried to get rid of all the abbreviations, prefix-phrases and other ones. But since the initial list contained more than 500.000 words, it's not possible to rule them all out. And by the way, if you don't believe that the word exists, try to google it, you will be surprised ;)

My number matches another word which myphonr doesn't know. Can I add it?

Absolutely, myphonr encourages everyone to contribute words or phrases. But keep in mind that the words have to match certain rules e.g. not longer than 10 characters. Every entry will be checked and activated after myphonr made sure, that it's a "clean" (that excludes swearwords ;)) word.

What are the requirements for adding a new word?

Words from 3 to 10 characters are OK. No whitespace, only latin characters and no special characters like "-" or "/". Upper- and Lowercase is fine and myphonr differs between them.

Does myphonr only know English words?

Currently, yes. If there is enough interest and available word sources, than myphonr might be able to know new languages.

I want to add swearwords, can I do so?

Feel free to add them. I tried find a precompiled list with as many swearwords as possible but wasn't able to find one. If you know a good list, contact me. This would make the results that myphonr displays more funnier ;)

Are you storing the phone numbers I enter?

No, myphonr doesn't store the numbers you entered. Why should it? This application is for entertainment purposes and not to spy on you. Your number gets split up into parts and these get send to the database. Your complete number WILL NEVER BE STORED.

myphonr is powered by a custom API, can I use it?

That depends. Currently, the (XML-) API is very basic but highly efficient and optimized with more than 200.000 unique words. Tell me what you want to do with it and we can discuss further steps.

What does "myphonr" mean?

"phonr" is made up out of the word "phone" and the abbreviation for "number" (nr). The "my" should make the name sound cooler. Clever, eh?

That's a cool app....

Glad you like it ;) Drop me a few lines with feedback, criticism, improvements or other stuff.


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