# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/21 "2008-12-16T22:56:02Z")
Once, when texting a friend about Wal-Mart, I tried to say “Yeh, I hate the place, but I need pantyhose” what came through was “Yeh, I have the place, but I need pantyhose” – that earned me a “WTF?” response. I try to pay more attention now. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/22 "2008-12-16T23:27:26Z")
> [@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_ Best thing I’ve read on here in a week! ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/23 "2008-12-16T23:30:55Z")
Every single time I type “at”, my phone spits out “bu”. Every. Single. Time. ---
**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 19, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/24 "2008-12-19T16:22:13Z")
As I just discovered yesterday, “fruitcake” reads as “equitable” in my T9. Not funny, but it took me a moment to remember what I’d meant to type. ---
**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 19, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/25 "2008-12-19T17:32:36Z")
> [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](#): > > As I just discovered yesterday, “fruitcake” reads as “equitable” in my T9. Not funny, but it took me a moment to remember what I’d meant to type. better equitable than edible! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/26 "2008-12-19T18:01:54Z")
I’ve never figured out predictive text, and I don’t know if my son uses it, but recently he txted me to “Lips the baby good night for me!” I was rather 😕 until his next message: “KISS! I mean KISS!” ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757/27 "2008-12-19T20:13:11Z")
Every time my dd’s boyfriend tries to text me that he is picking her up from work, I get – im sicking katie up. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t9-mixups-or-how-i-amuse-myself-while-texting/476757.md?page=1)