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Sally Swift

Sally Swift
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday
June 14
Title
VP, Repartee
Company
Swift Retorts
Bio
sally: a journey, a venture, an expression of feeling, an outburst, a quip, a wisecrack ... me

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JULY 12, 2011 4:48PM

Auto-Correct Miscues, Sexting With Mom

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apple a day

 

I'm a wicked fast keyboard artist. Since I worked for AOL from the dawn of the tech revolution, I'm a geek too, easily adapting to new technologies and apps. So, unlike many of my Boomer peers, I'm also good at phone texting.

Except for that damn AutoCorrect feature. Predated by Spellcheck, which has its own bizarre word interpretations, the 21st Century AutoCorrect algorithm was clearly written by a couple of deranged 19-year old stoner coders on Bolt and who knows what else.

There's a site dedicated to its monumentally embarrassing (deliberately encoded?) goofs, damnyouautocorrect.com where people can submit snapshots of their experiences with AC humiliation. Or show their all-thumbs mistakes.

Here are some of my favorites, with my personal commentary:

Interesting Recipe...

  penis

And on the distaff side...

cookies 

 Sometimes you just have to know when to stfu...

dead aunt 

 And really, when you're sharing news, get it right...

adopted

Dad could use a lesson or two along the same lines...

eating mom  

As it turns out, so could sonny boy...

laundry 

And once again, back to Mom...

oil change 

Couples and friends should also communicate well  ...

preg 

Especially dealing with pregnant women...

morning sick

Ted Bundy's dead, right?

killer kiss

 Calling Dr. Freud...

shaved 

 Office texting? LOOK before sending...

office boo boo 

One more recipe, let's hope they're "sinkers"...

nazi

In conclusion, my personal #1...

  finale



Photos courtesy of damnyouautocorrect.com

Many thanks to my BFF Beth for guiding me there.

 

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NEVER text and drive... even if you get it right.
Yet one more reason not to have a cell/mobile phone ;).

Now if I can just get up off the floor and stop laughing..

Rated for unintended hilarity, usually the best kind.
You funny, funny girl. ~r
i was typing someone's name this morning and autocorrect wanted to change it to "parfait." i'm pretty sure that isn't even close to whatever the f__ her name was, though. funny stuff, ms. sally. ;
I knew I was right to stay away from testing. TEXTING! damn.
I was laughing so hard the cat came back to see why I was having so much fun. These are priceless!
I LOVE that site!! Cracks me up everytime!!

RATED!!! (Tink picks seem to be broken over the last few days!! I'd contact tech support here, but the last time I did, they just laughed in my face and hung up!! WAAA!! :D)
This was an absolute GREAT afternoon pick-me-up! Thanx for sharing.
Amazing. And frightening. I don't get anything that outrageous on my I-Phone, at least not so far.
Sorry about your mom's loss.....HA ! Now this was very entertaining to read. Some classics here.
Great post! I'd rape it twice if I could : D
No wonder everybody everywhere stares at their cellphones constantly. Now that's entertainment.
I'm afraid to show you some of the things my iPhone and iPad mess up... some serious coding jokes are in there.
I NEVER laughed so hard at an OS POST!!!!!!

Best EVER!!!!
All fabulous! Does this happen often? This is the first time I've ever been tempted to get text messaging. I have a lot of friends I may enjoy hearing from, it could be worth the effort to push all the little buttons.
Funny stuff, Sally. My phone has never autocorrected - probably only with smart phones? (not so smart, huh?)
I hear they had Casey Anthony on text confession. She said she killed little Caylee goodnight and put her to bag.
This is fantastic! Thank you for sharing. I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard.
Very very funny! My wife, whom I read those to a few minutes ago, told me that autocorrect learns words and starts correcting the ones you use most often. Thus, we can imagine which words some of the folks above use frequently. Thanks for sharing!
I wish we could run our OS comments through AutoCorrect. Imagine the dustups we'd have then!
I was laughing so much I had a hard time picking my favorites. Please share so others can see this and the site. Laughter is really good for us.
Interestingly Nazi balls also start out small and unleavened until dropped in boiling water.
Major Mojo, that was both in seriously poor taste and seriously funny.

Cranky, the question is how much would actually change.
good thing my mom's a technophobe. Thanks for posting these!