Do you ever type the wrong words when writing?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52144)
Staten Island, New York
February 12, 2018 6:53pm CST
When you are writing something, do you ever think of one word but type something different? I do that sometimes. Maybe more often than I should.
Just the other day, I was typing a reply on mylot and instead of writing the word "pennies," which is what I wanted to use, I ended up writing "p***s". 
I wonder why that happened and what was on my mind when I wrote it?
Good thing I double check what I write before and after posting. And good thing we can edit what we post here after we post it.
By the way, can we actually write out the word "p***s" or is that against the rules?
I wonder why that happened and what was on my mind when I wrote it?
Good thing I double check what I write before and after posting. And good thing we can edit what we post here after we post it.
By the way, can we actually write out the word "p***s" or is that against the rules?8 people like this
12 responses
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb 18
Who knows why that's happening...
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Feb 18
I think it would come up with 'error bad word' in red below the comment and you'd have to correct it before you could move on. My problem is putting 'can' instead of 'can't' or 'do' instead of 'don't' which changes the meaning completely.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb 18
I've done that myself but caught myself in time. But good thing we can edit here. It would sucks if editing was not an option and I wrote can instead of can't, etc.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb 18
@lovebuglena Not having an edit button would be terrible. I'm forever using it.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Feb 18
@JudyEv I use it many times, especially when I am posting a discussion.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
13 Feb 18
I misspell some words, partly because English is not my native language. I edit as much as I can.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb 18
I wasn't referring to misspelling words but rather writing a different word than the one you were thinking about. Like for example, you are thinking the word cheese but you write the word chase instead. In this case, you didn't really misspell the word but rather wrote the wrong word.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb 18
I was referring to the male genitalia.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb 18
@just4him Then, good thing I used ***
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
13 Feb 18
I have a bad habit of missing words in a sentence when I write a fan fiction of Wordgirl or any of the D C and Marvel heroes which I have to proof read before it is published just for fun.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb 18
I wonder what's worse, accidentally omitting words or writing wrong words instead of those intended?
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb 18
@Deepizzaguy Perhaps. But then again, if you write the wrong word you can change the meaning of a sentence. If you omit a word that won't happen. The sentence may be confusing though.
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
13 Feb 18
@lovebuglena Omitting words in a sentence.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Feb 18
I make a mess of things all the time and have to make corrections.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb 18
Well, you are human after all. Though it can be annoying when it happens often.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
13 Feb 18
@JohnRoberts Oh John, we all know you don't ever make a mess! LOL
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@irishidid (8687)
• United States
13 Feb 18
I always say I never spell anything wrong, I just use the wrong word. LOL
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb 18
Haha. That's a good one.
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@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb 18
I hate when autocorrect changes our words.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
13 Feb 18
I responded to a writing, meant one thing and when I read it, the wording was wrong! I would actually have insulted them, if it had been sent that way 
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb 18
Good thing you caught the mistake before sending.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
13 Feb 18
@lovebuglena Yes, I hurt one woman's feeling, by a simple typing error:( Of course I explained this to her and did apologize, also.
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@Freewings (399)
• Xian, China
13 Feb 18
I am an English learner. I hardly write any wrong word or miss any word when I write a sentence, becuase I will check it after finishing writing. Usually I care more about how to express a sentence.
@lovebuglena (52144)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Feb 18
I think everyone does. Even those best-selling authors with million of copies in print.
