Disgruntled Bear: Autocorrect

Monday, February 7, 2011

Autocorrect

I have an old cell phone, and texting is pretty much at the top of its abilities as a communication device. Fortunately, I don't have autocorrect, because sometimes it does this:

Warning: some of these (okay, most of them) are inappropriate for children and my grandmother.

http://damnyouautocorrect.com/5122/15-most-popular-autocorrects-from-january-2011/

And the winner of the Across the Universe giveaway is...

JaevenStar!

Congratulations! Please send me your mailing address through the contact form at Ganzfield.com.

It's an amazing book.

Happy Monday!

5 comments:

Brenda St John Brown said...: I'm at work and laughed out loud. Really loudly. Across a VERY quiet floor full of cubicles. So funny. Thanks for sharing!; February 7, 2011 at 4:01 AM
Anonymous said...: I have autocorrect on my iPhone. Today I sent my husband this:
"Um...Not Leontief". It was supposed to read: "Um...Not Pringles".
Still shaking my head.; February 7, 2011 at 11:33 AM
Cindy said...: Congrats Donna!; February 7, 2011 at 6:18 PM
JaevenStar said...: Thank you for the book!

I have autocorrect on my phone too and it is scary what I have typed and sent by accident... *shiver*; February 7, 2011 at 6:32 PM
Janet Johnson said...: Congrats JaevenStar!

So I shouldn't admit that I'm not a texter, so I have no experience with this . . . but autocorrect sounds like a super helpful (not) tool! :); February 7, 2011 at 6:53 PM