Autocorrect Failures
Commenters repeatedly blame autocorrect, especially on iPhones and mobile devices, for typos and misspellings in their posts, sharing ironic examples and frustrations.
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Sounds like an occurence of autocorrect giving us a glimpse into the poster's typing history!
Autocorrect misinterpreting what you intended to type is a delicious irony in this context!
That's what you get for relying too much on autocorrect...
Correct, curse you autocorrect!
I blame autocorrect there. Sorry.
Autocorrect must have got that.
Googling for something like “iphone wrong autocorrect” helps in such cases. ;)
"autocorrect fails" :D
I think my autocorrect got the better of me there!
My pphones autocorrect might not be working correctly ;)