Do you ever "analyze" your MyLot typing errors?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238294)
Walnut Creek, California
March 22, 2019 10:26am CST
I'm a hunt-and-peck typist. I make lots of mistakes that are basic typos. Then I try to correct them. I get slightly miffed when I realize I've hit Caps Lock when I meant to hit A. Sometimes, because I'm watching the keyboard, I'll type almost a whole sentence in caps without realizing it.
But there's an error I sometimes make that I don't know whether to attribute to "old age," carelessness," or just some universal cognitive process: If I'm about to type two words that begin with the same letter ("helplessly hoping," for example), I'll forget to type the first work (sic) and only type the second. I think it's because I'm thinking ahead when I type, and sometimes just type what I'm thinking. Does that make sense?
Have you noticed any "patterns" to the mistakes you make while typing on MyLot and elsewhere?
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@LadyDuck (502316)
• Italy
22 Mar 19
Did you notice the typo in this discussion? After the parenthesis you typed ...to type the first work... I think it should be to type the first word. I sometimes type a word following an Italian translation in my mind and I notice it's not the good one.
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@TheHorse (238294)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Mar 19
@andriaperry Me neither, needles to say.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
22 Mar 19
I didn`t see that till you pointed it out.
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@wolfgirl569 (135690)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Mar 19
I do that one a lot. My brain can work faster than my fingers.
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@TheHorse (238294)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Mar 19
@wolfgirl569 I played with a couple of guys in their 70s tonight and felt "fast."
@BarBaraPrz (51818)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
22 Mar 19
Tapping airs? Wot tipping errs?
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
22 Mar 19
@May2k8 turn off auto correct in Mobile? I have not figured that out so far!
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@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
22 Mar 19
I have noticed lately that I type twice a syllable. It is old age by all means
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@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
22 Mar 19
@TheHorse More often as time goes by. I´m sorry that I´m still bright enough so that I can be aware that I´m getting really old
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@TheHorse (238294)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Mar 19
@marguicha I don't mind the intellectual decline. Maluse provided an IQ Test that let me know that I'm a genius. But I do mind the silly things I do that waste time, even as time becomes more valuable to me.
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@FourWalls (86618)
• United States
22 Mar 19
Ii presonallly nevre msek tyspoes. Ii dotn' konw waht your'e taklign abuot!
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@TheHorse (238294)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Mar 19
@TheSojourner I've suffered through @FourWalls's poor writing and lack of appreciation for good music since I've been here. I just tolerate it now.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Mar 19
Are you channeling your inner Patsy?
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@celticeagle (189838)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Mar 19
I do this when my mind is running faster than my fingers.
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@vandana7 (102698)
• India
23 Mar 19
I noticed one thing if there is a phone call or some English music in the background, I tend to make a few typos. No has been typed as know. I left it deliberately hoping somebody will point it out. LOL. As far as grammar is concerned, I do have weak grammar. But some mistakes creep in because I would have tried to rephrase the sentence a couple of times and forgotten to correct something eventually. So editing is not such a good thing for me.
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@JudyEv (381956)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Mar 19
I do have a 'pattern' and it relates to the one you make. I'm forever writing a positive instead of a negative statement. So I'll write 'do' instead of don't, 'can' instead of can't or I'll leave out 'not' so my statement says the exact opposite of what I intended. It is very annoying.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
22 Mar 19
Yes I do that sometimes, I am not a typist, I taught myself but I have gotten fast over the years. I do make mistakes and sometimes I do not correct them, because I am human. 
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Mar 19
I have plenty of senior moments.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
22 Mar 19
Many mistakes that I have made here are when I have used mobile and auto correction has done its mischief.
I am good with typing with minimum mistakes but when I type too fast, I interchange the position of letters in a word.
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@TheHorse (238294)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Mar 19
@arunima25 Are you laughing at me? Or near me?
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
23 Mar 19
I've always been bad about skipping words. It's worse when I'm writing something long and. My brain gets way out ahead of my hand.
And then there are the auto correct errors created by my smart-donkey phone.
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
23 Mar 19
@TheHorse when my children were small smart-donkey became our descriptor of choice for a smart-a--. Bovine manure for bullsh--
And a few other creative work-arounds. 
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
25 Mar 19
eh..i forget a letter or so once in awhile.
but sometimes it ends up being funnier than intended anyways
@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
22 Mar 19
I try to type correctly. Now a days, I do a lot of Mylot using my mobile, and the "autocorrect" often causes certain mistakes. Still I try to check and edit and correct later on.
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@isweartokira (3459)
• United States
23 Mar 19
yes, sometimes with double letter words like "food" I'll be typing too fast and only get out "fod". and then after publishing the discussion I'll notice the mistake days later and scream internally at myself.
