Sunday, January 16, 2011

Autocorrect Hilarity and Horror

If you own a phone that can do anything beyond just dialing out, you know what I am talking about. The auto-correct mechanism that THINKS it is doing you a big favor, but in reality can sometimes really change the meaning of what you are trying to get across.

Take this text exchange between Nick (my brother-in-law) and I after my sister had a car accident. He sends picture of her in neck brace, and I respond with a seemingly very insensitive "Sweeeet!" sentiment...but in reality that was just the iphone's interpretation of "Awwww..."


Nothing is more annoying than the fact that still, 8 months later, my iPad STILL autocorrects "hanson" to "Chanson". I mean, I get "sweet" to "awwww" because one is a sound and one is an actual word. But can anyone tell me what Chanson means? And why Apple keeps trying to screw me over. I can't tell you how many times I've emailed and signed off with my name as Chanson by accident. It can be really confusing for people.

Anyway, one of my new favorite 'pick-me-up' sites that I go to when I need a good chuckle is called: Damn You Auto-Correct.

Check it out here: http://damnyouautocorrect.com/category/best-of-dyac/.

Do you have any good auto-correct stories? I want to hear them!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

WHAT'S A CELL-PHONE...OH YEAH,I THINK I HAVE ONE FROM ABOUT 2001...I JUST FUGURED OUT HOW TO GET MY VOICEMAIL....WHAT THE DICKENS IS 'AUTO-CORRECT'...AND EVEN MORE WHAT'S THIS ABOUT AN ACCIDENT WITH REBECCA????...HAVE TO CALL MOM EKERN...STAT...TOF

Anonymous said...

Set the phone up as a target on a gun range...pretty much will fix the Auto Correct feature...

Dad

Debra Fiterman said...

This one isn't mine but it's my favorite I've heard (back from the GMI days) When Dyshaun Mohammud signed his emails, it autocorrected his first name from Dyshaun to Dishpan. Always makes me laugh.

Anonymous said...

Urban dictionary defines Chanson as:
"Chanson is distinguished from the rest of French "pop" music by following the rhythm of the French language, rather than that of English, and thus is identifiable as specifically French."
Ya know its like those frenchies have a different word for everything. Can't you turn auto-correct off in the default settings?
Uncle Todd