Auto correcting my name

I like the auto correction option, but my name is "Rob" and on the keyboard that is one key off from "Ron" so when I type Rob it often auto corrects to Ron which is confusing to people I send txt and email to and annoying to me. Is there a way I can overrule that particular setting? (it doesn't auto-correct from Ron to Rob however).

AKRBTN wrote:
You dismiss a suggestion by tapping on the little box which pops up with the alternative in it. If you do that it will soon stop suggesting it. If you type a space instead, you accept the suggestion.
I keep dismissing it eventually it does stop, but then it seems almost at random it starts up again.
It did save me from legal troubles however. I suggested to fiends that we ron a bank, as ron was not available we went for coffee instead.
Here are some statistics. I found them on the internets so they have to be accurate.
ROBERT is the #3 most common male first name
3.143% of males in the US are named ROBERT.
RONALD is the #21 most common male first name
0.725% of males in the US are named RONALD.
I submit this as proof that the name Rob rules, and name Ron is lame (sorry Ron).
It seems to me that the name Ron should auto correct to Rob.

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