# Typos that take on a life of their own **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 4, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461 "2003-04-04T14:48:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![chattywine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@chattywine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chattywine)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/41 "2003-04-06T23:31:06Z")
-teh (most frequent) -just a sex (most embarassing depending on who’s on the other end 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Cobweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Cobweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Cobweb)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/42 "2003-04-07T00:06:53Z")
My personal favorite was the time someone meant to quote Descartes, but instead of _Cogito, ergo sum_ typed _Coito, ergo sum_. It may not be good Latin, but I still laughed my ass off, and it’s become something of a personal motto for me ever since. ---
**Author:** ![NameAlreadyTaken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@NameAlreadyTaken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NameAlreadyTaken)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/43 "2003-04-07T02:25:36Z")
Then there was the day my wife and I were at the movie theater and she asked the concessions clerk for some cop porn. His response was that if we wanted that kind of film, there was a video store a few blocks down the street… Not a type-o, but it did take on a life of it’s own. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/44 "2003-04-07T04:25:20Z")
Once, I asked a medical historian was “consumation” was. He looked shocked by my question! Then, I soon realized my Freudian slip! Oops! I meant to ask what “consumption” was! - Jinx 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hestia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@Hestia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hestia)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/45 "2003-04-07T04:57:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ianzin \* > Can anyone provide English subtitles for this post? What is a NaNoWriMo novel? What does ‘avoid making it slash’ mean? [NaNoWriMo](http://www.nanowrimo.org/) stands for National Novel Writing Month. It was held last November. ‘Slash’ is a subgenre of fanfiction (with fanfiction being fanwritten works about a television show, movie, book or anime series) wherein the main romantic couple is either male/male or female/female. Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/46 "2003-04-07T14:30:06Z")
When I got my first electrical typewriter and so could start typing much faster, I wrote a lot of pulpy, violent science fiction stories. I kept writing “laserkanon” (laser cannon) as “laserkanin” (laser rabbit). To this day, I don’t know what a laser rabbit is. ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/47 "2003-04-07T16:01:24Z")
laser konijn hehehehheeeeee! nice one. becasue is a rampant one with me, that’s why i now use " 'cos". I frequently wsap vowels for consonants and vice versa, like all would become aal been would become benn and so on and so forth please keep em coming guys, haven’t laffed so mush in aages. hihi ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/48 "2003-04-07T17:24:56Z")
I’ve actually been considering changing my user name. About 75% of the time people have mentioned me on the boards, the write “Lightningtool,” as opposed to the job related “lightingtool.” I just figured out the other day that lightning is actually a word :rolleyes:. Yeah, I’m a smart one. [homer] I am so smart… s m r t, I mean s m a r t" [/homer] ---
**Author:** ![SparrowHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SparrowHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparrowHawk)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/49 "2003-04-07T19:16:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Priceguy \* > \*\*To this day, I don’t know what a laser rabbit is. \*\* Neither do I, but I _want_ one! I once saw “obscenity” typoed as “onscenity”, which I think is a great name for online porn. And I don’t know what’s wrong with all you people who type “becasue.” I’m always typing “becuase,” myslef, (\<---- That’s my favorite one, actually) which sounds like some kind of enzyme. ---
**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/50 "2003-04-08T03:39:40Z")
Well… let’s just say that when doing on-line roleplaying, mistyping ‘sitting’ or ‘chittering’ can lead to some rather interesting poses. 😃 [sub]For those who can’t figure it out… add an ‘h’ to the first, and change the ‘c’ to an ‘s’ in the last.[/sub] * * * \<\< SQWERTY: Computer keyboard sized down for use by children. \>\> ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/51 "2003-04-08T04:17:57Z")
A friend of mine (NOT ME) once typed a love e-mail to her SO and wrote “I want to drench you in honey and kick you all over your body.” ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Gretchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Miss\_Gretchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Gretchen)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/52 "2003-04-08T04:21:27Z")
When you are sending a letter out to a new housing development to let the homeowners know that new fences will be built, for the love of God remember to put the **n** in fences. “They will divide each yard, be six feet tall and stained natural brown…”:eek: And if you are writing the copy touting the merits of said houses, remember the **r** when describing the extra large pantries in each kitchen. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Gretchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Miss\_Gretchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Gretchen)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/53 "2003-04-08T04:29:22Z")
When you are sending a letter out to a new housing development to let the homeowners know that new fences will be built, for the love of God remember to put the **n** in fences. “They will divide each yard, be six feet tall and stained natural brown…”:eek: And if you are writing the copy touting the merits of said houses, remember the **r** when describing the extra large pantries in each kitchen. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/54 "2003-04-08T13:32:38Z")
solution has often come out as slution “now there’s a slution!” has a nice ring to it, too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/55 "2003-04-08T14:05:03Z")
I know a lass nicknamed Teh Tyops Queene for her marvellous tyops. See, there’s one that’s stuck: tyops for typos. Self-referential, sweetie. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461/56 "2003-04-08T16:26:48Z")
**pron** Every time I use the word its pron. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/166461.md?page=2)