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To ask for your autocorrect fails

141 replies

LadyCampanulaTottington · 06/12/2021 15:06

My stupid phone keeps autocorrecting in to on. We’re on town. I am on the shower. Are you on work. Grrrr. Every time, even if it makes zero sense in the sentence.

Tea becomes yea (WHY APPLE, WHY) and it doesn’t seem to know the word women’s. It comes up with a red line 🧐 It becomes if but randomly.

Please tell me I am not the only soul tormented by stupid autocorrect? For reference I’m on an iPhone 11 Pro Max.

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HelplesslyHoping · 06/12/2021 17:22

My phone changed MIL's name to Adolf in a serious message on the family gc.

BelieveInRainbows · 06/12/2021 17:23

Most recent one was reminding my husband to pick up some heroes, but my phone thought I wanted him to pick up some herpes Grin

LemonSwan · 06/12/2021 17:26

If you have any queers please do not hesitate to contact

FluffyCushion123 · 06/12/2021 17:27

My DB runs a clinic and told a patient he might be able to fit him in at 3pm as another patient was expected to cancel. This was explained as ‘if he dies you can have the 3 o’clock’. It was meant to say ‘if he does’ !

drinkingwineoutofamug · 06/12/2021 17:28

Can I take a extra shit on the ward?

Meant to asking if I can take shift on the ward

My manager was pissing herself laughing

AnnieJ1985 · 06/12/2021 17:29

My typos tend to be of my own doing, not autocorrect but I still laugh at the time I started an email with "Dear Shat on" instead of Sharon and when telling my boss I was going to the theatre because I am so cultured, I wrote "cool turd"

FluffyCushion123 · 06/12/2021 17:29

After A brief text exchange, I once sent a random pocket text to DC’s sport coach who I’d never met. It read : ‘ Thanks wacko’

I was mortified!

JenniferAllisonPhillipaSue · 06/12/2021 17:30

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JenniferAllisonPhillipaSue · 06/12/2021 17:32

Haha! Even Mumsnet's own filter had to send my auto-correct tale for manual approval Grin

FluffyCushion123 · 06/12/2021 17:32

@JenniferAllisonPhillipaSue hilarious

Jacaranda75 · 06/12/2021 17:43

Thanks wacko. Grin

PurplePinecone · 06/12/2021 17:50

Was messaging a company about getting my gutters cleared. At the end of a sentence I must have pressed the centre button a few times before sending and ended up saying "going going gone" randomly. Was pretty mortified.

PeskyRooks · 06/12/2021 17:50

My tablet changed the name of dc school from
Town ce va primary to
Town very bad primary!

FuzzyPenguin · 06/12/2021 17:55

Sent this to my mum and sister about DS

Taking for a PCR he has a fever and apparently all the support workers in his class have tested positive this morning, he goes near them as his best friends are dead and have support.

It change his best friends are ‘deaf’ to ‘dead’

beardeddragon174 · 06/12/2021 18:16

Once emailed senior members of staff. Wanted to say the boardroom was booked. It came out as "the boredom has been booked." To be fair I was not incorrect.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 06/12/2021 18:19

Way back in the dark ages when we had to Text using the number pad I received the following from my best friend..

'We dissected boys hearts in Biology today'

HumbugWhale · 06/12/2021 18:24

I have a first name common to a lot of famous people. My phone tries to add the last name of a celebrity every time I type my name (e.g. if first name was Mick it would automatically add Jagger). I have so nearly signed emails with the celeb name on many occasions. I always double check!

123Suprise · 06/12/2021 18:28

Oh I love these. Please keep them coming.

My personal pleasures have been

acknowledging my boss was really busty (not busy)

Something about pens being penis but I can't remember the details. Unfortunately

123Suprise · 06/12/2021 18:28

@123Suprise

Oh I love these. Please keep them coming.

My personal pleasures have been

acknowledging my boss was really busty (not busy)

Something about pens being penis but I can't remember the details. Unfortunately

Thing is. Said boss was rather busty. It was awkward.
Clevs · 06/12/2021 18:31

@LadyCampanulaTottington

My stupid phone keeps autocorrecting in to on. We’re on town. I am on the shower. Are you on work. Grrrr. Every time, even if it makes zero sense in the sentence.

Tea becomes yea (WHY APPLE, WHY) and it doesn’t seem to know the word women’s. It comes up with a red line 🧐 It becomes if but randomly.

Please tell me I am not the only soul tormented by stupid autocorrect? For reference I’m on an iPhone 11 Pro Max.

My iPhone always corrects 'on' to 'in'. Strange that it's the other way round to you!
Clevs · 06/12/2021 18:33

My old Nokia once changed 'Smirnoff' to 'poisoned'. It couldn't have been more accurate as it was actually in context as well.

Aldehyde · 06/12/2021 18:54

'Hi Heather' routinely becomes 'Hi Heavier'. I need to pay careful attention each time I text them for this reason!

Aprilx · 06/12/2021 18:58

I was once asked to run a new initiative, it would have been a side project for a large number of senior level colleagues, both my peers and superiors. I sent out a meeting invitation for the first coming together and titled it “Project X - Lick off meeting”. 😣

Builderscrack · 06/12/2021 19:05

I messaged a neighbour (didn’t know her very well) about the possibility of getting a cleaner once a week for the hallway.

My text read: ‘thinking about getting a wanker once a week for the hallway’.

Still NO idea how that happened!

Sundaymorningfiveninteen · 06/12/2021 19:08

To my estate agent selling a house on my behalf 400 miles away.
Next time you are at the bungalow can you ditch the milf I left in the fridge last time I was down.

Blush