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Post #418,715
by drook
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6/29/17 11:57:43 AM
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New What should we call a "typo" when it wasn't typed?
Would it be a swypo? For just plain mis-spelled, maybe. But when something is auto-corrected to the wrong word, we need a new term for that.
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Drew
Post #418,716
by mmoffitt
6/29/17 2:41:53 PM
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New How about "goggld"?
bcnu,
Mikem

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Post #418,717
by Ashton
6/29/17 3:50:22 PM
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New Drumpfed?
After all.. the inimitably-loathsome-One already gets inserted into many sentences which formerly employed ... the all-purpose Clusterfuck cognomen, right?


Carrion,
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Post #418,720
by static
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6/29/17 11:20:44 PM
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New You know what "typo" is short for, don't you?
It's short for "typographical error", although that's not completely correct either. So it works for mis-swiped words. Mis-corrected words, though... they're not really a typographical error or a lexical error but a dictionary lookup error.

(Yes, I've been watching linguistics videos on Youtube again.)

Wade.
Post #418,726
by drook
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6/30/17 10:15:17 AM
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New Please don't link to any of them
I have things to do this weekend, and that would send me down a rabbit hole.
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Drew
Post #418,735
by static
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6/30/17 6:33:00 PM
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New Never occurred to me. :-)
Post #418,740
by drook
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6/30/17 7:47:26 PM
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New You'll like this
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Post #418,744
by static
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7/1/17 5:29:49 AM
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New Yeah - dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive.
I've known for years they're almost always intended to describe how people use the language, not how they _should_ use the language. :-)

Interestingly, one of the early Merriam-Webster dictionaries was intended to be prescriptive!

Youtube channel I've been watching: https://www.youtube.com/user/Xidnaf

Wade.
Post #418,722
by CRConrad
6/30/17 2:41:05 AM
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New The correct term is of course "autoincorrect", but that's a little too long and cumbersome.
Post #418,723
by mmoffitt
6/30/17 8:21:50 AM
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New I like that. But shortened to "ainc"
bcnu,
Mikem

It's mourning in America again.
Post #418,725
by drook
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6/30/17 10:14:45 AM
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New Yes, good word but too long to be catchy
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Drew
Post #418,739
by a6l6e6x
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6/30/17 7:15:20 PM
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New "Autotypo" would be shorter.
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Alex

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Post #418,741
by drook
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6/30/17 7:47:51 PM
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New Hmm, better
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Post #418,745
by CRConrad
7/1/17 7:09:46 AM
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New "Autypo"?
     What should we call a "typo" when it wasn't typed? - (drook) - (13) - June 29, 2017, 11:57:43 AM EDT
         How about "goggld"? -NT - (mmoffitt) - June 29, 2017, 02:41:53 PM EDT
         Drumpfed? - (Ashton) - June 29, 2017, 03:50:22 PM EDT
         You know what "typo" is short for, don't you? - (static) - (4) - June 29, 2017, 11:20:44 PM EDT
             Please don't link to any of them - (drook) - (3) - June 30, 2017, 10:15:17 AM EDT
                 Never occurred to me. :-) -NT - (static) - (2) - June 30, 2017, 06:33:00 PM EDT
                     You'll like this - (drook) - (1) - June 30, 2017, 07:47:26 PM EDT
                         Yeah - dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive. - (static) - July 1, 2017, 05:29:49 AM EDT
         The correct term is of course "autoincorrect", but that's a little too long and cumbersome. -NT - (CRConrad) - (5) - June 30, 2017, 02:41:05 AM EDT
             I like that. But shortened to "ainc" -NT - (mmoffitt) - June 30, 2017, 08:21:50 AM EDT
             Yes, good word but too long to be catchy -NT - (drook) - June 30, 2017, 10:14:45 AM EDT
             "Autotypo" would be shorter. - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - June 30, 2017, 07:15:20 PM EDT
                 Hmm, better -NT - (drook) - June 30, 2017, 07:47:51 PM EDT
                 "Autypo"? -NT - (CRConrad) - July 1, 2017, 07:09:47 AM EDT

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