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AIBU to ask you what you’re funniest autocorrect error is?

249 replies

ConfusedWife1234 · 13/07/2018 09:06

Mine corrected were old to werewolf yesterday. I think there must have been also a spelling mistake... because when I write it now it does not correct it.

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missbattenburg · 13/07/2018 10:52

I work in IT and once saw a request from someone asking us to add more DISC SPACE.

It read "Not enough space to fit everything I need in, please add more DICK SPACE".

IHeartMarmiteToast · 13/07/2018 10:52

Vibration white finger - if you work with power tools or those big road drills the vibration can eventually effect the blood supply to the fingers and compromise sensation and use - lack of blood makes them go white.

honeylulu · 13/07/2018 11:00

I still wonder whether snapped and farted was an autocorrect

I presumed that it was meant to be "snapped and shouted" but then OP came back saying "well i have IBS" ...

My phone autocorrected my son's name (Oscar) to "Podcast" - that became his nickname for a while. Bizarrely "Halfords" corrects to "Baldies". We now call it the Baldy Shop.

Funniest was arranging camping trip with friends. I was asked to bring my dock station for music. I texted in reply to say i would borrow my husband's because he has a massive dick. True though

Fleetwoodmac2 · 13/07/2018 11:04

@honeylulu oh you are kidding me?! I've just woken my baby up laughing. How did I miss that!?!

MyGastIsFlabbered · 13/07/2018 11:11

My surname sometimes autocorrects to whores Blush

Fleetwoodmac2 · 13/07/2018 11:22

My son is called Chester and our birth announcement read "We were so pleased to announce the birth of Cheater"! D'oh.

LivingDeadGirlUK · 13/07/2018 11:26

I can't ŕemember the thread but poster stated it was 'racist tuesday' in her house. She meant taco tuesday :D

brattitude · 13/07/2018 11:30

Mine frequently autocorrects the name of the village my mum lives in to Shite.

If I type in Wellies on my phone I get bellies instead.

alligatorsmile · 13/07/2018 11:32

Just don't have a sexting relationship without properly checking. Had a sext-based fling with a man who wanted to do all sorts of rude things to my aunt.

ConfessionsOfTeenageDramaQueen · 13/07/2018 11:32

It was on here but fortunately I caught it before I pressed publish - I was writing about breastfeeding and said something like I was "expressing into a muslin"...

"muslin" was autocorrected to "Muslim"

Dljlr · 13/07/2018 11:36

"Fancy getting food in the Crown?" / "Wanna get done in the brown?"

Blush Shock

HildaZelda · 13/07/2018 11:40

Messaging my neighbour the other night as the two of us were fed up with another neighbours dog. I sent: "Sick to death of that bloody alsatian. He just won't stop barking!". She got "Sick to death of that bloody ALBANIAN. He just won't stop barking!"

spidey66 · 13/07/2018 11:41

Not an autocorrect, but Dragon software, so voice activated typing programme. An ex colleague had it as he was partially sighted. However, he also had a stammer and a strong Northern Ireland accent, which came up with some funny ones. The best was when he meant to say 'the patient needs to meet more people' which came up as 'the patient needs to eat more people.'

redwinelove · 13/07/2018 11:42

I was cleaning someone’s house once and my client left without her keys. I text her to ask if I should lock thr door behind me as I didn’t want to ‘lock her out’... auto changed to lick 🤦‍♀️
The funniest thing she’s didn’t mention anything in the message back 😂

Birdsgottafly · 13/07/2018 11:55

Texing a friend, who is a Lesbian and meant it to say "what are youse doing and how is Harry getting there?" (we're in Liverpool), meaning her Family and another Friend.

It auto-corrected to "What are you, the Heterosexuals doing, getting there?" because of a lack of spaces.

How the hell it came up with that, I don't know.

muffinthepuffin · 13/07/2018 12:09

Love a good autocorrect!
My best mate texted me "see you tomo" and it corrected it to see "see you gimp". Well, that's what she said she originally texted HmmGrin
So rude!

tommytimmy · 13/07/2018 12:24

My old phone used to change the word 'to' into 'velociraptor' Grin

NaiceHamble · 13/07/2018 12:49

DH texted a friend to let him know he'd be 'back in the 'Shire' at the weekend after working in London for a few weeks. Except his phone read his mind and changed it to 'back in the 'Shite'. Which is what it's now become in this house.

SaucyJack · 13/07/2018 12:55

My last phone used to change cider to cheer, which always seemed rather apt.

blueangel1 · 13/07/2018 12:57

I'm a technical author so have seen lots of howler typos in my time. Probably the best one was in a medical document that referred to "subcuntaneous injections". Ow.

Must follow this thread; I need a good laugh.

FreezerBird · 13/07/2018 13:02

Messaging (which itself often corrects to 'massaging') my friends Martin and Rachel: "dear Martini and Rabid".

TillyMint81 · 13/07/2018 13:07

I have a titled cervix rather than a tilted one!
That's brilliant. I don't want a tilted cervix but a titled one would be amazing!

IllHaveALargeGlassOfRed · 13/07/2018 13:13

Even better, someone on the same thread had a tiled cervix! Very fancy!

ProfessorMoody · 13/07/2018 13:18

I once sent a class letter to 33 parents/carers telling them our topic for the next term was going to be mini-breasts.

tccat · 13/07/2018 13:20

Ones at work, bank accunt, defecate instead of deficite, client too busy, client has been clit or client on numerous occasions
And by text saying I was absolutely topless instead of hopeless