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Redundant Gigolo

New member
Jan 19, 2016
113
Today I was lucky enough to have a whatsapp chat with a lady I've been hoping to meet.

She likes dogs.

I meant to reply that there's never been a dog I don't like.

In my rush to respond I accidentally put a w rather than a d in dog.

She's blocked me. Understandably I suppose.

Do any other NSCers have stories of unfortunate, rushed typing that has had disappointing consequences?
 










Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
56,146
Faversham
'Asthma is characterised by coughing and whizzing'.

Undergraduate exam essay. Class!
 






Big_Unit

Active member
Sep 5, 2011
358
Hove
Today I was lucky enough to have a whatsapp chat with a lady I've been hoping to meet.

She likes dogs.

I meant to reply that there's never been a dog I don't like.

In my rush to respond I accidentally put a w rather than a d in dog.

She's blocked me. Understandably I suppose.

Do any other NSCers have stories of unfortunate, rushed typing that has had disappointing consequences?

I once suggested in an email to a client that we might be able to offer them a discoc*nt.
 


happygull

Active member
Dec 28, 2011
177
One of my staff had to write a guard report , freehand of course .... now this guy is a university graduate and in the report he had to write the word neighbour , now i could get it if he wrote neighbor (american way) ..... but he actually spelt it neybor
 




warmleyseagull

Well-known member
Apr 17, 2011
4,389
Beaminster, Dorset
As you can see I am an expat living in Bristol. You may get from the odd overly done by actor accent that some people in these parts have a, shall we say, somewhat agricultural accent. Diminishing but still there. Apart from the rounded vowels, there is a tendency to use singular rather than plural.

You might also recall the quaint machines called dictaphones. I am told nether regions of the NHS still use them. They were common in the dark ages of 1980s and 1990s.

I worked for a company called Bakers Dolphin (don't even try it's too difficult) based in Weston super Mud and one day our MD received a lovely letter of praise from a satisfied local business man who ended the letter (as written presumably by his secretary):

"I have tawld all my friends they should use Baker Dawlfin."
 




Frutos

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Helpful Moderator
NSC Patron
May 3, 2006
36,308
Northumberland
A member of my family who is involved with a fundraising group once sent out a document to various people and groups (including the Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff) with a list of the dates and events at which the group would be present.

Said document should have been entitled 'List Of Public Events', but unfortunately the missing 'l' in the third word was not spotted until after sending.
 






Stinky Pete

New member
Aug 31, 2009
271
London
This one is pretty pretty pretty good

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Hampster Gull

Well-known member
Dec 22, 2010
13,465
A riushed text message to my female boss swiched to "i love you" but i managed to catch just before send
 




Worthingite

Sexy Pete... :D
Sep 16, 2011
4,965
Chesterfield
once went to text my ex mrs that the "F**king cat's got a strop on". Only, instead of strop, I put Strap. Very embarrassing, as she was doing a presentation on her ipad and a projector at the time.
 


TheJasperCo

Well-known member
Jan 20, 2012
4,612
Exeter
With each of these, I'm looking down at my keyboard to see if you can be forgiven for accidentally cocking up, of if the errors are intentional :lol:
 


scotjem

New member
Oct 25, 2003
334
Glasgow
Can we include misuse of English in this thread?
I've just had to mark an essay by a foreign student about construction projects. I'm still working out how to tell him that you have to be very careful how you use the word erection.
 


The Rattler

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jun 30, 2010
955
Dullsville, Herts
Only this morning I tried to send a text to my partner saying "I love you", but I accidentally typed "You've ruined my life, you bitch"
 




pasty

A different kind of pasty
Jul 5, 2003
31,036
West, West, West Sussex
A while ago coming home from London on a Friday night, I thought I would do something nice for Mrs P, so sent her a text saying "Shall I pick up a take away and a bottle of wind"
 




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