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nolabear

(41,987 posts)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 08:53 PM Apr 2012

As a typist, is there a word or words you often mistype?

I have one real bugger. "About". I swear, more times than not I type "aobut". I used to hate it but it's gotten to be like an old friend; "Oops! Hi there 'aobut'! Go on along now."

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As a typist, is there a word or words you often mistype? (Original Post) nolabear Apr 2012 OP
YES! kdkoin dkahnei djangg! jberryhill Apr 2012 #1
Okay I walked into that one... nolabear Apr 2012 #2
No, but there's a word I almost always mis-read: uniformed. gkhouston Apr 2012 #3
Teh NightWatcher Apr 2012 #4
You're secretly a cat, aren't you? nolabear Apr 2012 #8
Ditto. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #11
been havin' trouble the past week finding the Q for some reason database Apr 2012 #5
Thank god for spell check, because I often fuck up "result" switching the "u" and "l". madinmaryland Apr 2012 #6
LOL! It sounds like something Rush Limbaugh does. nolabear Apr 2012 #9
Texting problems with 'about,' elleng Apr 2012 #7
ni, not really. n/t Joe Shlabotnik Apr 2012 #10
I often type "paralegal" when I mean to type "paragraph" Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #12
becusae snagglepuss Apr 2012 #13
Hey! I know that one! nolabear Apr 2012 #14
"About" as well, but usually spell it "baout." Behind the Aegis Apr 2012 #15

gkhouston

(21,642 posts)
3. No, but there's a word I almost always mis-read: uniformed.
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 09:39 PM
Apr 2012

My brain sees "uninformed", which makes the cops in mystery novels seem extra clueless.

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)
6. Thank god for spell check, because I often fuck up "result" switching the "u" and "l".
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 10:32 PM
Apr 2012


Now I can't even spell "switching"



Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
12. I often type "paralegal" when I mean to type "paragraph"
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 12:07 AM
Apr 2012

I'm a paralegal. But geez, that's like a totally different word! I do it a LOT.

Behind the Aegis

(53,961 posts)
15. "About" as well, but usually spell it "baout."
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 12:33 AM
Apr 2012

Sometimes I catch it, other times, not so much. I do it so often I think my brain registers it as the correct spelling.

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