Freudian fingerslips

CaroGirl · Oct 27, 2006

OMG, no matter what I do, I can't stop myself from typing "hung group" when I mean "hunt group" (I just did it again and had to go back!).

Do you have any common finger-slip habits you just can't break?

God knows I wouldn't want any of my company's documentation to get published including prolific mention of hung groups.

MidnightMuse · Oct 27, 2006

I have a problem typing public - let's just say I often leave off the "l" by accident

And, while it isn't interesting in any way, I always type flue when I mean flu. :Shrug:

Misty_Blue · Oct 28, 2006

MidnightMuse said:
I have a problem typing public - let's just say I often leave off the "l" by accident

YES! I once had a leaflet in my postal box and in big capital letters it read:

PLEASE ATTEND A PUBIC ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY YOUR COMMUNITY PRESIDENT TODAY.

(I wonder how many were actually brave enough to attend?)

Maryn · Oct 28, 2006

I don't know how Freudian it is, but no matter how I slow for it, I cannot type search correctly on the first attempt. Ever. Not once. I type either serach (which at least gets the attention of the spell checker) or scratch.

Maryn, with deep-seated issues involving itches

FennelGiraffe · Oct 28, 2006

I can't think of any typos that are Freudianly interesting, but my fingers are seriously dyslexic (there's got to be a specific term for it). I absolutely can't type the and this--it's always hte and htis. Oddly, other th words aren't as much of a problem. From and form are hopelessly intertwined. Transposing letters is what I do most, but there are plenty of others. I add letters--I just now typed plently for plenty. For some reason, omitting letters is less common. Sequences like it is and is in usually come out is is. Capitalization is hit or miss--either I release the shift key too soon and get nothing, or I hold it too long and get two.

I didn't think to keep count, but I've corrected at least a dozen typos in this one post. The good thing is, it's made me a fanatic proofreader.

Siddow · Oct 28, 2006

Misty_Blue said:
YES! I once had a leaflet in my postal box and in big capital letters it read:

PLEASE ATTEND A PUBIC ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY YOUR COMMUNITY PRESIDENT TODAY.

(I wonder how many were actually brave enough to attend?)

The back page of our local newspaper once contained a full-page ad for the county fair, proclaiming:

THE [whatever] CUNTY NEWS PRESENTS:

Of course, this is the same paper that once ran a lost and found ad for someone who said they'd found a "Skinflute in the Midway area." ROFL.

Silver King · Nov 6, 2006

Here's some advice to help avoid errors while typing: Stare at the keyboard the whole time and use only your index fingers with the rest of your hands balled into fists. It's slow going but works frawlessly for me.

BardSkye · Nov 6, 2006

Far be it from me to correct others' mistakes, but shouldn't that be "middle" finger?

jpserra · Nov 6, 2006

FennelGiraffe said:
I can't think of any typos that are Freudianly interesting, but my fingers are seriously dyslexic (there's got to be a specific term for it). I absolutely can't type the and this--it's always hte and htis. Oddly, other th words aren't as much of a problem. From and form are hopelessly intertwined. Transposing letters is what I do most, but there are plenty of others. I add letters--I just now typed plently for plenty. For some reason, omitting letters is less common. Sequences like it is and is in usually come out is is. Capitalization is hit or miss--either I release the shift key too soon and get nothing, or I hold it too long and get two.

I didn't think to keep count, but I've corrected at least a dozen typos in this one post. The good thing is, it's made me a fanatic proofreader.

When I am screaming through a batch of text, There, Their and They're come out randomly. I always have two or three instances that have to be cleaned up afterward. Also, since wrist surgery, my finger timing is off, so two and tow, and a few other combinations emerge.

John Serra

jpserra · Nov 6, 2006

Misty_Blue said:
YES! I once had a leaflet in my postal box and in big capital letters it read:

PLEASE ATTEND A PUBIC ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY YOUR COMMUNITY PRESIDENT TODAY.

(I wonder how many were actually brave enough to attend?)

Funny, I never get pubic right the first time.

John

Freudian fingerslips

CaroGirl

Living the dream

MidnightMuse

Midnight Reading

Misty_Blue

Maryn

I Tried

FennelGiraffe

It's green they say

Siddow

I'm super! Thanks for asking

Silver King

Megalops Erectus

BardSkye

Barbershoppin' Harmony Whore

jpserra

Recovering Gumshoe

jpserra

Recovering Gumshoe