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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAs 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
Thank god for spell check, because I often fuck up "result" switching the "u" and "l".
madinmaryland
Apr 2012
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. YES! kdkoin dkahnei djangg!
nolabear
(42,006 posts)2. Okay I walked into that one...
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)3. No, but there's a word I almost always mis-read: uniformed.
My brain sees "uninformed", which makes the cops in mystery novels seem extra clueless.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)4. Teh
Its some kind of mental block, the is teh when I'm in a hurry.
nolabear
(42,006 posts)8. You're secretly a cat, aren't you?
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)11. Ditto. nt
database
(20 posts)5. been havin' trouble the past week finding the Q for some reason
madinmaryland
(64,934 posts)6. Thank god for spell check, because I often fuck up "result" switching the "u" and "l".
Now I can't even spell "switching"
nolabear
(42,006 posts)9. LOL! It sounds like something Rush Limbaugh does.
elleng
(131,416 posts)7. Texting problems with 'about,'
don't know about typing. Will keep looking!
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)10. ni, not really. n/t
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)12. I often type "paralegal" when I mean to type "paragraph"
I'm a paralegal. But geez, that's like a totally different word! I do it a LOT.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)13. becusae
gets me everytime
nolabear
(42,006 posts)14. Hey! I know that one!
I even do it the same way.
Behind the Aegis
(54,064 posts)15. "About" as well, but usually spell it "baout."
Sometimes I catch it, other times, not so much. I do it so often I think my brain registers it as the correct spelling.