to think that autocorrect has gone too far now

[LittleLionMansMummy]

At first I thought it was a great invention, but now it takes longer to type a message than when I had my first Nokia brick! I keep having to tell my phone that actually, yes, I did mean what first wrote and no, I don't mean what my phone thinks I mean and should be saying! It's bloody ridiculous! And then we have the hilarious MN thread titles quoting The Mayonnaise instead of The Marseillaise, repeated posts with random words mid-sentence that bear no relation to the topic, the insertion of words I never even knew existed and completely misplaced punctuation because our phones think they're so much damned smarter than us. AIBU to say that Samsung, Apple etc have gone way too far now? It's frustrating and unnecessary and has gone from being a help to a hindrance. Hmmph. Oh and some examples of funny mn autocorrects would certainly brighten my day.

[wasonthelist]

Yanbu www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2461568-To-ask-people-to-turn-off-autocorrect

[iklboo]

Exactly. Why would I want to write that my ducking DH was a complete aunt and speaking a load of bullocks?

[PlummyBrummy]

I ended a work email with 'Kind Retards' - NOT cool, autocorrect.

[IsletsOfLangerhans]

I texted DH a shopping list yesterday, including 'grated demential'

[definitelybutter1]

Auto correct changed gluten-free to hitler-free. Given my troubles it seemed quite apt

[KeepOnMoving1]

Meant to tell a friend I feel so sick - came up as I feel for dick ! Wtf???

[LittleLionMansMummy]

Yellow Tampax got corrected to 'tamper' when I messaged dh while he was shopping last week. I was fucking fuming because I had to retype it. Or maybe it was PMT...

[Writerwannabe83]

My DH once text me when he was shopping to ask what cereal to buy and auto correct kicked in and meant my reply said "Cock Pops"

[Hygge]

I told someone I was dead instead of late.

"Help, I'm at the dentist and I'm dead" instead of "Hello, I'm at the dentist and I'm late".

She was quite concerned, especially as I said I'd still be coming in to see her.

[PinkSparklyPussyCat]

I told someone that DH had the runs rather than he'd had tuna!

(The cat was missing at the time and she'd suggested we had tuna to try and tempt him home, I don't usually share details of DH's lunch with friends!)

[TheMouseInMyPocket]

My phone changed "over the hump" to "obey the gimp" once!

[ThinkAboutItTomorrow]

Whenever I forward email trying to say 'FYI.....' Autocorrect turns it to 'dying......'

Have worried DP quite a bit with this.

[Whoknewitcouldbeso]

I'm sorry but I'm laughing so hard at these auto correct fails

My phone is an absolute twat and loves nothing more than making me look a moron by changing my words. It is pretty funny though and that auto fail site that exists has had me in stitches so many times reading it.

[MrSlant]

Well I for one say HUZZAH for auto-correct because this thread is making me giggle .

I also once very nearly texted my electrician 'how are your danglies' instead of 'how are your family'. Holy crap that would have been embarrassing.

[dodobookends]

I always get the assistant to fiddle with my newly-purchased phone and permanently turn off predictive text before I leave the shop with it.

My dd's phone once went through a phase of changing 'OK' to 'Oklahoma'

[mrshornblowerwouldbuyit]

Auto correct/typos make me laugh like mutley so i love them really

I dont understand why they change a perfectly normal word into something that doesnt make sense, i once texted that i was feeding the birds sunflower seeds but it came out as "the birds are eating their seeps " .
Always call seeds seeps now

[BadlyBehavedShoppingTrolley]

YANBU. Autocorrect is the bane of my life.

It's useful for dyslexics, for everyone else it's a PITA.

[duckyneedsaclean]

EVERY time I write 'and' it changes it to 'abs' and 'come' always becomes 'cine'.

Gives me the rage. Cine isn't even a word. And I don't have abs.

[Whoknewitcouldbeso]

Well my phone refused to accept pit as a word earlier and changed property porn to property pork just now.

[Jelliebabe1]

I was trying to say "I'm so sorry chick" once and it came out on here as "I'm so dirty chick..."

[CigarsofthePharoahs]

I was on a thread about jam last year. One poster was talking about recalcitrant apple jam.
How autocorrect had reached that I have no idea. They meant blackcurrant.

[SonjasSister7]

Surely just slow to set, cigars

[GloGirl]

How are your danglies

My DH text meto ask where my 'happy vag' was. He meant nappy bag.

The answer was the year before we had children.

[MelcombeBingham]

Remember the post about her husband being no help because he was next door having a willy off?

[exWifebeginsat40]

I have nothing to add but am weeping over some of these. happy vag!