# T9 Mixups (Or How I Amuse Myself While Texting) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 11, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757 "2008-12-11T20:18:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/1 "2008-12-11T20:18:01Z")
T9 texting - y’know, when you start to type a word and your cell phone tries to guess what you are trying to say? Some people love it. Some people hate it. Some T9 programs work better than others. I once tried to tell someone I had sunburn and it came out “rumbupo” (which is now an inside joke with my friends). And today - I was typing to my boyfriend about my “panties” (don’t ask me why) and it came out “panther” - and well a panther is a cat, which is also called a kitty or a pu\*\*\* - and well, it just amused me. Have you notice any other T9 anomalies or had any other T9 errors that you want to share? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/2 "2008-12-11T20:20:34Z")
So why were you texting to your b/f about panties? Oh…right. Sorry. 😉 I can’t think of anything specific at the moment, although there have been umpteen times that I’ve pressed “SEND” just as I notice some ridiculously stupid T9 typo on the screen. Oh well. Stupid predictive text. Give me my Blackberry any day. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/3 "2008-12-11T20:44:18Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > So why were you texting to your b/f about panties? Oh…right. Sorry. 😉 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/4 "2008-12-11T20:46:23Z")
“Marty” always comes up as “nasty.” ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/5 "2008-12-11T20:47:38Z")
“Thank for the nice shit.” Usually the predictive text on my phone picks up on this stuff. Yes, I typed “shit” but I thought it would automatically correct it to “shirt” as it should have been. I noticed that it didn’t, but it was too late. Message sent. Thanks for the shit. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/6 "2008-12-11T20:50:38Z")
Cock and anal are the same numbers: 2625. Not that I text cock or anal a lot… I’m gonna leave now. ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/7 "2008-12-11T20:53:08Z")
> [@inner stickler](#): > > cock and anal are the same numbers: 2625. Not that i text cock or anal a lot… > > I’m gonna leave now. hahaha! ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/8 "2008-12-11T23:03:55Z")
If you aren’t careful, you can say you’re “coming good” when you mean you’re “coming home”. I’ve done that one. Oh, and one time my boyfriend told me he wanted to kick my puppy. That’s a “thing” with us now. _blush_ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/9 "2008-12-15T21:56:46Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Cock and anal are the same numbers: 2625. Not that I text cock or anal a lot… > > I’m gonna leave now. My phone’s internal dictionary was frighteningly innocent when I first got it. I taught it a bunch of 4 letter words the first few days. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/10 "2008-12-15T22:00:44Z")
> [@Susie\_Derkins](#): > > If you aren’t careful, you can say you’re “coming good” when you mean you’re “coming home”. I’ve done that one. > > Oh, and one time my boyfriend told me he wanted to kick my puppy. That’s a “thing” with us now. _blush_ He’s coming home to kick your puppy. Sweet. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/11 "2008-12-15T22:39:18Z")
Not a mixup, but a couple of months ago I was amused to discover that my phone’s T9 dictionary recognizes the Scientology term “engram.” Why I was **typing** about engrams, now, that’s the mystery. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/12 "2008-12-15T23:47:25Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Why I was **typing** about engrams, now, that’s the mystery. You could have been explaining how M5 worked. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/13 "2008-12-16T00:09:47Z")
A classic for me was: “Want to come over to drink and watch mother?” Mother, as I discovered, is the same buttons as “movies.” ---
**Author:** ![mauxlicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@mauxlicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mauxlicious)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/14 "2008-12-16T00:29:43Z")
Whenever I try to text “aww” my phone’s first suggestion is byzantine. I can just imagine the programmers locked in the back room who had to decide whether or not to put byzantine in the memory. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/15 "2008-12-16T00:41:23Z")
> [@Susie\_Derkins](#): > > Oh, and one time my boyfriend told me he wanted to kick my puppy. That’s a “thing” with us now. _blush_ I’ve a friend with a t-shirt that says, “I want to kick your puppy.” Absolutely precious. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/16 "2008-12-16T02:25:34Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Not a mixup, but a couple of months ago I was amused to discover that my phone’s T9 dictionary recognizes the Scientology term “engram.” “Engram” was a real, live word for more than half a century before LRH picked it up and got it dirty in 1950. That is a pretty good dictionary you have, though. My favourite T9 thingy: cycling through the suggestive suggestions NUDE MUFF MUDD. ---
**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/17 "2008-12-16T04:30:15Z")
my friend gave me a hard time over texting “do you want to in out tonight?” yea, “in” and “go” are the same letters. Had it been a girl I’d have laughed about it, but it was one of my guy friends and now he just gives me shit about it. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/18 "2008-12-16T04:39:03Z")
All my T9 ever comes up with is non-words. I always have to use all caps so all my texts are shouting. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/19 "2008-12-16T16:44:34Z")
Short form of my name is Hay. You can see where that’s going… ‘Gay want to come over?’ ‘Going to see gay’ ‘Where are we meeting with gay?’ ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/20 "2008-12-16T22:07:46Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > My phone’s internal dictionary was frighteningly innocent when I first got it. I taught it a bunch of 4 letter words the first few days. My stupid phone is a prude. Before I can type “crap” I have to scroll through: Arcs Asap Bras Apar Cras Ascr then finally Crap. What the [del]duel[/del] [del]duck[/del] [del]eval[/del] [del]etcj[/del] [del]etck[/del] … switch to multi-tap FUCK! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757.md?page=2)