Is Google suddenly fighting you when you try to use it? When I'm sussing something

[applegrove]

out google will seize up and try and replace my word with some other word. It really gets to me. :argh:

[XemaSab]

1. It does that to me too

It's especially irritating when I'm trying to look up something like NEPA and it gives me results for Nepal, or look up wedge-rumped storm petrel and it gives me results for skateboarding ramps.

I know how to type and I know how to spell and I know what I want. x(

[applegrove]

2. This struggle goes on for at least 30 seconds with me. I should complain.

[pacalo]

3. I googled the term "shoo shoo" yesterday & got links for "shoo" & "shoo in"

so then I googled "French translation for dud" & got links for "dude".

My husband had told me he thinks Hurricane Irene is going to be a "shoo shoo". His parents are of Acadian-French ancestry & that is a word they've always used for a dud or a washout.

[Brickbat]

4. I'm guessing it's "chou-chou," which is a diminutive term of endearment.

I'm guessing it has a sarcastic meaning. I could be wrong.

[pacalo]

6. That's interesting, brickbat. I'll have to ask my husband.

:fistbump:

[Gold Metal Flake]

5. Try this...

Go to Google.com.

On the upper right look for the little gear and click it. A menu appears. Select search settings. Scroll down the page and look for Google Instant. Select "Do not use Google Instant". Click Save Preferences.

It should work normally now.

[applegrove]

7. Thanks. I did that and it worked like a charm.