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Beginning to get pissed off by all these predictive text/autocorrect mistakes

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Buttock · 05/06/2016 12:06

Just opened about 4 different threads and auto correct/predictive text mistakes in the first few comments not making sense at all.

I'm not bothered by spelling/grammar mistakes because a majority of the time a sentence still makes sense if you've spelled something wrong. These new autocorrect and predictive text mistakes alter a whole sentence.

It's just ironic that something that's been invented to make typing easier and clearer makes it worse.
I also hate the hilarious (!) comments that follow an autocorrect error...or the obligatory "bloody autocorrect!"...just check before you post ffs.

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MrsJayy · 05/06/2016 12:08

You are a grumpy bugger today yes yabu

Leigh1980 · 05/06/2016 12:09

Over eel ship hapless

Buttock · 05/06/2016 12:09

Yes I am grumpy. I'm too tired to decipher all the sentences. Grin

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WorraLiberty · 05/06/2016 12:10

That's sleazy for you to slay.

Butt it snot your plaice to tell purpose what to ewe.

Leigh1980 · 05/06/2016 12:10

Whoops damn autocorrect! That meant to say "Oh well shit happens!"

NeedACleverNN · 05/06/2016 12:11

Yabu

Sometimes I have to fight my autocorrect. Just when I think I've won, it bitch slaps me like a ninja!

Buttock · 05/06/2016 12:12

Turn it off then Hmm

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bibbitybobbityyhat · 05/06/2016 12:13

Autocorrect is an absolute bloody pita! Just goes to show how superior the human brain is to any programme.

NeedACleverNN · 05/06/2016 12:14

No cos 95% of the time it does help.

Oysterbabe · 05/06/2016 12:14

You are being unseasonable.

glassgarden · 05/06/2016 12:15

I find it all rather amusing, and sometimes there is an element of parapraxis

MrsJayy · 05/06/2016 12:15

I turned off my auto correct my typos are all my own workGrin

Highlandfling80 · 05/06/2016 12:16

My auto-correct seems to change after I pressed send. So checking doesn't help.

Stratter5 · 05/06/2016 12:20
glassgarden · 05/06/2016 12:21

'Goggles'
😂

EatShitDerek · 05/06/2016 12:23

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NeedACleverNN · 05/06/2016 12:23

My auto correct knows google

It's typical though. When ever an autocorrect thread comes up, it behaves perfectly. When I want to write a long paragraph of importance it fucks up Angry

QuimReaper · 05/06/2016 12:23

Yam definitely bum!

Buttock · 05/06/2016 12:24

Today I saw someone type "Siamese buns"...I thought they were a real thing Hmm...then I realised it was a sesame bun.

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MrsJayy · 05/06/2016 12:28

Siamese buns Grin

Leigh1980 · 05/06/2016 12:30

My boss is Jewish and I nearly sent a text which had autocorrected itself to "I hate our Jews!😳😳😳😳 instead of "I hate our new". Luckily I spotted it before sending as that would have been mega awkward 😂😂

StUmbrageinSkelt · 05/06/2016 12:32

My old phone autocorrected DH's name to Greed.

My new one doesn't. I miss Greed.

TheDuchessOfArbroathsHat · 05/06/2016 12:33

What a ducking silly threads Grin

feathermucker · 05/06/2016 12:34

I literary canteen below its!!

Lifetime good one that!

Buttock · 05/06/2016 12:35

I also hate these autocorrect anecdotes. Haa-dee-bloody-haa!

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