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    Autocorrect Horror Stories - now I'm a believer

    My wife is out of town for a big dog show so it's just me, ZJ, and Luna in the house.

    Not aware at how things can turn out with Android's auto-correct so I didn't think twice about posting this on Facebook:

    "Cuddling on the couch with ZJ - can life get any better?"

    I put the phone back and watched TV for a few hours. I check my wall:

    "Cuddling on the couch with ANN - can life get any better?



    (BTW - my wife's name isn't ANN nor is it anything near ANN). I had to correct it quickly - I MEAN ZJ!!!

    I used to call BS on most of the auto-correct horror stories and will still call BS but many now, I will say, are not BS.
    Quote Dalesys:
    ... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"
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    Dunno about Android auto-correct, but I know that iOS auto-correct does learn over time. My iPad now recognizes the word "Fratching."
    "We guard the souls in heaven; we don't horse-trade them!" Samandrial in Supernatural

    RIP Plaidman.

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    • #3
      I hope it does, I don't want people to think I'm posting about some ANN when I'm posting about ZJ - although it would make for some interesting schutzhund comments.
      Quote Dalesys:
      ... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"

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      • #4
        The first thing I do whenever my Android phone has a software update is to turn auto-correcting off.
        A theory states that if anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for, it will be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

        Another theory states that this has already happened.

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        • #5
          Not really a horror story, but...

          Sometimes I get together with this married couple I'm friends with, and play Rock Band. Sometimes I get there, and the guy is watching movies, and we don't actually start playing until late.

          One night, I was on my way over, and I got a somewhat nonsensical text message from the guy's wife. "(Guy's name) is in a movie-watching mood, so we might not get to do dockhand."

          After I went a few times, I got a follow-up text from her: "Rock Band. Stupid phone."
          Sometimes life is altered.
          Break from the ropes your hands are tied.
          Uneasy with confrontation.
          Won't turn out right. Can't turn out right

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          • #6
            After reading draggar's post I downloaded the Damn You Autocorrect app.

            I tried to keep an eye on what I'm typing as to prevent autocorrections. They slip by me on occasion of course.
            Driver Picks the Music, Shotgun Shuts His Cakehole.
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            • #7
              I just remembered this clip from Family Guy.
              Sometimes life is altered.
              Break from the ropes your hands are tied.
              Uneasy with confrontation.
              Won't turn out right. Can't turn out right

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              • #8
                There's a whole stream of Zits comics which deal with this....

                One of them from memory has Jeremy saying that he told his mum that he wanted her to "shave his gorilla"
                The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom

                Now queen of USSR-Land...

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                • #9
                  My iPhone (first generation) often puts in words that are nothing like what I intended, and usually I catch them, but they're not dirty or freaky like some of the examples I've seen on the Damn You Autocorrect site...LOL! Maybe if I get a newer phone I will get to have some more interesting experiences
                  "I was only LOOKING, I didn't mean to enter my card's CVV and actually ORDER! REFUND ME RIGHT NOW!!"

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                  • #10
                    Most of the dirty and freaky substitutes are because the person used that so much that the phone "learned" it.

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                    • #11
                      A few years back when Predictatext was newer, I realized I needed to turn it off when it kept wanting to spell "buttsex" when I just wanted to use "but".

                      Yeah. I don't know know where that word came from.
                      You really need to see a neurologist. - Wagegoth

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                      • #12
                        Quoth Lyse View Post
                        Most of the dirty and freaky substitutes are because the person used that so much that the phone "learned" it.
                        Yeah, I figured that had to be it, but wow...people are apparently quite the nasty texters, aren't they?? I don't have unlimited texting so my autocorrect seems to know relatively few words

                        Quoth blas View Post
                        A few years back when Predictatext was newer, I realized I needed to turn it off when it kept wanting to spell "buttsex" when I just wanted to use "but".

                        Yeah. I don't know know where that word came from.
                        That's not what Lyse said (just kidding of course, making a joking comment about what Lyse posted just before your post!)
                        "I was only LOOKING, I didn't mean to enter my card's CVV and actually ORDER! REFUND ME RIGHT NOW!!"

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                        • #13
                          Funniest auto-correct I've ever read (on a website someplace):

                          Someone is texting to a friend that her neighbor his being arrested and that the police are currently reading him his "banana rights."

                          The friend replied with an OMG! ROTFL! and continued the theme:

                          "You have the right to a banana. If you cannot afford a banana, a crappy one will be provided for you."

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                          • #14
                            Quoth Palsgraf View Post
                            Funniest auto-correct I've ever read (on a website someplace):

                            Someone is texting to a friend that her neighbor his being arrested and that the police are currently reading him his "banana rights."

                            The friend replied with an OMG! ROTFL! and continued the theme:

                            "You have the right to a banana. If you cannot afford a banana, a crappy one will be provided for you."



                            My own autocorrect funny was today.

                            Given that my laptop (and PC) cannot tolerate Skyrim but I figured I should learn about Elder Scrolls anyway, I went out and picked up a copy of Morrowind. I mentioned this to my boyfriend and he said that he'd help me out by "nodding". I asked him if he was going to turn me into one of those bobbing dog figurines.
                            The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom

                            Now queen of USSR-Land...

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                            • #15
                              I just had this happen to me on my Android tonight. My bestie was showing me a pic of a centerpiece. I meant to text her that it would be a great wedding centerpiece. Autocorrect turned it into a great weeny centerpiece. Yeah...I laughed so hard that I ended up with tears streaming down my face!
                              "And though she be but little, she is FIERCE!"--Shakespeare

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