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to think that autocorrect has gone too far now

86 replies

LittleLionMansMummy · 20/11/2015 14:22

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.

OP posts:
iklboo · 20/11/2015 14:28

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

PlummyBrummy · 20/11/2015 14:28

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

IsletsOfLangerhans · 20/11/2015 14:31

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

definitelybutter1 · 20/11/2015 14:31

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

KeepOnMoving1 · 20/11/2015 14:31

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

LittleLionMansMummy · 20/11/2015 14:33

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...

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Writerwannabe83 · 20/11/2015 14:35

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" Grin

Hygge · 20/11/2015 14:36

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 · 20/11/2015 14:39

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 · 20/11/2015 14:43

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

ThinkAboutItTomorrow · 20/11/2015 14:45

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

Have worried DP quite a bit with this.

Whoknewitcouldbeso · 20/11/2015 14:54

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

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 · 20/11/2015 14:56

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

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 · 20/11/2015 14:57

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 · 20/11/2015 14:59

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 nowHmm

BadlyBehavedShoppingTrolley · 20/11/2015 15:01

YANBU. Autocorrect is the bane of my life.

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

duckyneedsaclean · 20/11/2015 15:05

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 · 20/11/2015 16:36

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

Jelliebabe1 · 20/11/2015 16:47

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

CigarsofthePharoahs · 20/11/2015 16:49

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 · 20/11/2015 17:07

Surely just slow to set, cigars Grin

GloGirl · 20/11/2015 17:11

How are your danglies Grin

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

The answer was the year before we had children.

MelcombeBingham · 20/11/2015 17:31

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

exWifebeginsat40 · 20/11/2015 17:35

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

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