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Title: Tournamnet Post by: The Camel on February 12, 2017, 10:54:42 PM When I am typing I always (and I mean always) type the "tournament" with the n and the e transposed.
I have no clue why, and it doesn't happen with other words. Any reason for this strange repetitive mistake? Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: Ironside on February 12, 2017, 10:56:46 PM no idea but i do it with "the" every single time and have to go back and change it if i remember can be bothered
Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: doubleup on February 12, 2017, 11:38:35 PM Its prob because the "n" and "m" are close on the keyboard and you get to the n before you have typded in the "e".
I do things like "typded" a bit, don't know wtf that is about, prob senility. Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: EvilPie on February 13, 2017, 12:33:53 AM tournament
argument compentnent omnipotent imporntnat Fucking hell!! Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: EvilPie on February 13, 2017, 12:37:51 AM I think because it's so easy to correct (and often autocorrects) you really don't have to worry about it. It's no longer importnat (that was not deliberate and I was thinking about it).
Because you do it so often it becomes ingrained in to your muscles or central nervous system and you just do it. Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: celtic on February 13, 2017, 02:00:20 AM When I count backwards from 20, I get to 13 ok then it goes
12 10 11 9 8 Unless I stop to think about it, I can't stop it. Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: bobAlike on February 13, 2017, 09:42:16 AM Thnaks is the word that gets me every time.
Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: tikay on February 13, 2017, 09:58:23 AM When I count backwards from 20, I get to 13 ok then it goes 12 10 11 9 8 Unless I stop to think about it, I can't stop it. Err, why exactly are you in the habit of counting backwards? Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: The Camel on February 13, 2017, 10:59:32 AM Thnaks is the word that gets me every time. Ding! I said "tournament" was the only word which I make this mastake with, but your post reminds me that I often (but not quite as often) make the same mistake with "thanks". Which discounts doubleup's theory! Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: The Camel on February 13, 2017, 11:01:55 AM I think because it's so easy to correct (and often autocorrects) you really don't have to worry about it. It's no longer importnat (that was not deliberate and I was thinking about it). Because you do it so often it becomes ingrained in to your muscles or central nervous system and you just do it. I haven't got autocorrect on my ancient computer! I'm thinking is it because when the letters we mix up are usually typed together, the way we type them is the usual order they are written in a word? Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: tikay on February 13, 2017, 11:03:23 AM Thnaks is the word that gets me every time. Ding! I said "tournament" was the only word which I make this mastake with, but your post reminds me that I often (but not quite as often) make the same mistake with "thanks". Which discounts doubleup's theory! Mistake seems to be a problem, perhaps when it follows "make", too. That's not a pedantic "fyp" smug comment by the way, it's part of the same problem. In the spoken word, I've noticed an oddity, too - many black people seem to struggle to say the work "ask" - it comes out as "aks". Anyone know why that is? Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: tikay on February 13, 2017, 11:04:06 AM I think because it's so easy to correct (and often autocorrects) you really don't have to worry about it. It's no longer importnat (that was not deliberate and I was thinking about it). Because you do it so often it becomes ingrained in to your muscles or central nervous system and you just do it. I haven't got autocorrect on my ancient computer! I'm thinking is it because when the letters we mix up are usually typed together, the way we type them is the usual order they are written in a word? Possibly - as in "make mastake". Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: The Camel on February 13, 2017, 11:05:34 AM Thnaks is the word that gets me every time. Ding! I said "tournament" was the only word which I make this mastake with, but your post reminds me that I often (but not quite as often) make the same mistake with "thanks". Which discounts doubleup's theory! Mistake seems to be a problem, perhaps when it follows "make", too. That's not a pedantic "fyp" smug comment by the way, it's part of the same problem. In the spoken word, I've noticed an oddity, too - many black people seem to struggle to say the work "ask" - it comes out as "aks". Anyone know why that is? Nope., I think that was just a one off typo. Can't recall ever typing that word incorrectly before. Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: celtic on February 13, 2017, 12:10:56 PM When I count backwards from 20, I get to 13 ok then it goes 12 10 11 9 8 Unless I stop to think about it, I can't stop it. Err, why exactly are you in the habit of counting backwards? I have no idea. Was just something that someone noticed, I didn't even realise I was doing it to start with. The ask/aks thing is a dialect variation. Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: tikay on February 13, 2017, 12:17:09 PM When I count backwards from 20, I get to 13 ok then it goes 12 10 11 9 8 Unless I stop to think about it, I can't stop it. Err, why exactly are you in the habit of counting backwards? I have no idea. Was just something that someone noticed, I didn't even realise I was doing it to start with. The ask/aks thing is a dialect variation. Do you have a yearning to be the Space Shuttle countdown bloke? Forget that, can't have that done in a Scottish accent, it needs to sound important, posh & have some gravitas. Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: doubleup on February 13, 2017, 12:22:41 PM When I count backwards from 20, I get to 13 ok then it goes 12 10 11 9 8 Unless I stop to think about it, I can't stop it. Err, why exactly are you in the habit of counting backwards? I have no idea. Was just something that someone noticed, I didn't even realise I was doing it to start with. The ask/aks thing is a dialect variation. You were counting backwards aloud and didn't realise you were doing it? Title: Re: Tournamnet Post by: celtic on February 13, 2017, 02:31:11 PM When I count backwards from 20, I get to 13 ok then it goes 12 10 11 9 8 Unless I stop to think about it, I can't stop it. Err, why exactly are you in the habit of counting backwards? I have no idea. Was just something that someone noticed, I didn't even realise I was doing it to start with. The ask/aks thing is a dialect variation. You were counting backwards aloud and didn't realise you were doing it? Didn't realise I was mixing up numbers. |