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Lou Chou
08-18-2011, 02:22 AM
So, are there any words that you folks always trip up on?

A big one of mine is rhythm. I know how to spell it, but my fingers automatically type it out in about 3 different variations. None of which are correct.

Cyber Altair
08-18-2011, 05:40 AM
My favorite typo is sex instead of a sec. Can happen to anyone and it's possible to make that mistake with your boss, family or a friend.

Poopface Morty
08-18-2011, 06:05 AM
Seperately. Separately.

Mix
08-18-2011, 09:18 AM
Recieve
Receive
I get it wrong ALL the time.

Changston
08-18-2011, 10:07 AM
It's not exactly a typo, but I have a tendency to insert profanity in my first drafts. Like digital Tourette's.

Zodiac Eclipse
08-18-2011, 10:17 AM
definately

definitely

usedtabe
08-18-2011, 10:22 AM
gaurantee

guarantee

Mr Andy Dixon
08-18-2011, 10:47 AM
Weiner
Wiener

(Talking about the sausage, not the congressman.)

Once I've typed it I know whether it's right or wrong, but until I actually see it on the screen I can never remember.

Hector Garfria
08-18-2011, 10:54 AM
Becuase

MATRiX
08-18-2011, 12:30 PM
Adding unnecessary "e"s. And occasionally a "d" after an l. Like "sould" or "mounde".

Jon Bloodspray
08-18-2011, 12:37 PM
gaurantee

guarantee

Every fucking time.

digtastik
08-18-2011, 03:31 PM
cunt

girlfriend

Mix
08-18-2011, 04:13 PM
cunt

girlfriend
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bbrigg
08-18-2011, 04:33 PM
Foward

Forward. I always leave out the first r for some reason.


Also, I sometimes type 'shit' when I try to type 'this'

Weaponized
08-18-2011, 05:14 PM
I know I have a few, but I don't remember them. And I always correct them if I notice them.


One thing I will say, though; fuck the iPhone's autocorrect. Fuck it, fuck it, fuck it with a fucking cactus.

Gilthalas
08-18-2011, 08:23 PM
Into. In to. When typing at speed, I don't really notice and it's such a pedantic technicality that most people don't notice it either but it really irks me if I do spot it.

MATRiX
08-18-2011, 09:11 PM
Weiner Wiener My phone and Windows 7 correct it differently. I have no idea which is right anymore.

nekobun
08-18-2011, 10:25 PM
I am still moderately terrible at spelling "ceiling." Always swapping the i and e.

Sir Legendhead
08-19-2011, 07:24 AM
You know what freaks me out? Sometimes I type things when I'm blacked out drunk, then when I look at it the next day...not a single fucking typo.

It's like I have a really smart guy inside my head who can only be unlocked through alcohol. fucking dlc

Glitchy
08-20-2011, 11:39 PM
I just recently got probably down. It usually comes out as prabably.

I had to correct 3 typos while typing that. :/ I'm baddd.


That exercise in typing class where you had to type as fast as you could without using backspaces? Yeah. I failed that.

Poopface Morty
08-21-2011, 07:29 AM
That exercise in typing class where you had to type as fast as you could without using backspaces? Yeah. I failed that.
Wasn't that the norm for all exercises in typing courses back in the day? I never got to use backspace. Some ol' bullshit.

digtastik
08-21-2011, 07:31 AM
clit or clitn
clint

This is one that I really do screw up all the time. I don't think I've ever missed it and sent an email signed that way though.

Mr. Gobbldigook
08-21-2011, 09:01 AM
lyfestile for me.

MATRiX
08-21-2011, 10:11 AM
Antidisestablishmentarianism. Spell that fucker wrong nearly every damn time. Makes my articles that I write on the protests against church schizms so very difficult.

Weaponized
08-21-2011, 01:05 PM
I lol'd.

And apparently, "schisms" is another of yours.

Poopface Morty
08-21-2011, 01:15 PM
I lol'd.

And apparently, "schisms" is another of yours.
For all we know, he was 100% aware of the kind of schizms (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Schizm&defid=1481754) he was talking about.

Weaponized
08-21-2011, 01:34 PM
Yeah, because everybody knows churches are big on unprotected anal sex.

Poopface Morty
08-21-2011, 01:39 PM
Go ask an altar boy at a Catholic church, he'll give you the run down.

Because a bunch of them were raped, you see.

Weaponized
08-21-2011, 02:00 PM
I wasn't being sarcastic.

Poopface Morty
08-21-2011, 02:02 PM
Well, learn to write non-sarcastic sentences better.

Weaponized
08-21-2011, 02:10 PM
Yeah, I'll get right on that.

Outequivocator
08-21-2011, 02:16 PM
Psychologist.

​Hey! I did it!

MATRiX
08-21-2011, 04:57 PM
Schism is my favorite Tool song. Of course I knew it. I mean, why would I make such a stupid mistake? Considering it's one of my favorite songs? HUH?! WHY WOULD I DO THAT?!!?!!?!

Weaponized
08-21-2011, 08:27 PM
Schism is my favorite Tool song.

I love you.

Lou Chou
08-24-2011, 07:03 AM
I'm a sucker for incorrectly spelling words that don't sound like they're written. For instance,

February (I say Feb-yoo-ary, not Feb-roo-ary)
and
Wedensday (I say Wens-day, not Wed-uns-day)

Emotional times, guys. Emotional.

Batthink
08-28-2011, 05:14 PM
Necessary.

Did I spelt it right? O_o

Noir
08-28-2011, 08:47 PM
The words "odyssey" and "necessary" are the bane of my existence. Without spell check I am assured to misspell those words.

Thymine
09-01-2011, 07:49 AM
I'm a sucker for incorrectly spelling words that don't sound like they're written. For instance,

February (I say Feb-yoo-ary, not Feb-roo-ary)
and
Wedensday (I say Wens-day, not Wed-uns-day)

Emotional times, guys. Emotional.

Same w/ me for the longest time. Then I remembered Wednesday by saying, "Wed NES day" (as in the console:blush:). It seriously helped though.
I also misspell "embarrassed" a lot.

Weaponized
09-01-2011, 08:48 PM
I often put two "c"s or one "n" in "unnecessary," but usually catch it just in time.

Sir Legendhead
09-01-2011, 09:02 PM
For all we know, he was 100% aware of the kind of schizms (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Schizm&defid=1481754) he was talking about.Definition #1 is my favorite out of the two.

ANNNND I never make typos because I have a natural tendency to double-check everything, but every time I type out "tommorrow" I wind up being like, hey. Wait a minute...

Weaponized
09-01-2011, 09:05 PM
Yeah, I'm the same. It's rare that I let one of my sentences go "live," so to speak, without re-reading it a few times.

ZombiePlatypus
09-20-2011, 06:28 AM
Since this past weekend I seem to constantly add an 'e' to the end of 'him'. I catch it each time and fix it before posting, but it's an odd thing to have just start happening out of the blue. My fingers are going stupid. :(

Perfidious Sinn
09-21-2011, 07:02 PM
Simultaneous.

Banjo-Kazooie taught me what it meant but they never gave me the means to consistently spell it right. Almost always comes out as silmeotaneous or simoltaneous.

The Virgin Queen
09-22-2011, 01:41 AM
For some reason I keep typing 'went' as 'whent' AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHY MY FINGERS ARE DOING IT. Thank God I always spot it before I make a fool of myself.