# Your Own Favorite Typos? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681 "2006-11-16T14:56:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/1 "2006-11-16T14:56:55Z")
Mine’s **gotta** be **yopu** (for “you”). For some reason I’m not using the fingers on the keyboard correctly and when I try to type the word “you”, I invariably hit the **p** next to the **o** , and out comes that cute word “yopu”. Sometimes I just leave it, especially when the e-mail’s written to my GF. I love yopu, baby. Heh-heh. 🙂 Apparently it’s not taking a whole lot to amuse me today! Q ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/2 "2006-11-16T15:13:42Z")
I was once executing a search for the word “donkey” for reasons that have long since been forgotten. My left hand however was shifted to the right one letter too far, and I ened up typing “fonkru.” This new word amused me. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/3 "2006-11-16T15:46:01Z")
I was showing off Christmas decorations in my house in a thread on another board, and typed “My wooden Satan in the fireplace” instead of “My wooden Santa in the fireplace”. Unfortunately, I was caught and quoted before I could fix it :dubious: 😃 . ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/4 "2006-11-16T15:50:01Z")
I loose the last r in your about half the time. Not sure why, but that one is the champ, by a long shot. Of course my typing is bad enough that I generally use MS Word to edit my posts, and then cut and paste to the board. Trouble is, Word never notices the missing r in your, even in its so called grammar checker. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/5 "2006-11-16T16:18:55Z")
[Earpugs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5000316&postcount=10). ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/6 "2006-11-16T16:39:37Z")
I often type “abou tit” instead of “about it”. Often, as in 99% of the time. I wonder what’s on my mind? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/7 "2006-11-16T18:17:59Z")
[QUOTE=Triskadecamus] I loose the last r in your about half the time. [/QUOTE] Same here, only in my case I lose it. 😛 [QUOTE=Dorjän] I often type “abou tit” instead of “about it”. Often, as in 99% of the time. I wonder what’s on my mind? [/QUOTE] I found myself doing this twice lately. :smack: I also added “acocunts” to the list of words Word should automatically correct. :o ::stands ready to accept the “overuse of smilies” citation ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/8 "2006-11-16T18:19:35Z")
I write a lot of C++, and have a habit of leaving the “l” out of “public:”. It’s probably not my most common typo, but since it gets pointed out to me by the compiler or context-sensitive editor every time, I notice it more. As for someone else’s, the best I’ve seen is “Chicken Human” on a Chinese restaurant menu. (Should have been “Chicken Hunan,” I think). ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/9 "2006-11-16T18:23:51Z")
Yeah but what if you maokie a typo? Something of a typo-turned-scam but a friend once started typing something to me on YIM, changed her mind and said ‘okies’ (as in ‘ok’). She hadn’t quite deleted her intended comment so i received ‘maokies’. I asked what that meant and apparently it’s a Japanese word for mistake. I had no reason to doubt her and started using it as such. I kicked myself when she revealed it was a wind-up but we both still use the term maokies instead of typo. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/10 "2006-11-16T18:26:13Z")
Not a common typo, but my favorite is still from a letter a co-worker wrote to Virginia Johnson Masters of the Masters and Johnson sex study fame. She left the third “i” out of Virginia. This was in Missouri where pronunciation is a little eccentric to begin with. Seems to me, the second “i” in Virgina would be a long “i”. I saw the typo only after the original letter had gone out. Tabby ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/11 "2006-11-16T18:37:08Z")
My personal favorite is “doe snot” instead of “does not”. I’ve seen it here on the board and found it in a help box I created for a database application at work. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/12 "2006-11-16T18:37:30Z")
My favorite is doe snot. The spell-checker doesn’t catch it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/13 "2006-11-16T18:41:46Z")
I’ve been typing “Yu” instead of “You” lately when I type fast, and its getting annoying. I think I need to get my ‘O’ rings checked… ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/14 "2006-11-16T18:45:02Z")
That’s got to be one of the most amazing simulposts in recent history, **Doctor Jackson** and **AuntiePam**. ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/15 "2006-11-16T18:45:16Z")
I like “writing queers against the database” ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/16 "2006-11-16T19:04:23Z")
I type “just a sex” far, far too often into instant messenger windows. Most people I’ve done it to are friends, thank heavens. ---
**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marathon)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/17 "2006-11-16T19:09:59Z")
[QUOTE=Dervorin] I type “just a sex” far, far too often into instant messenger windows. Most people I’ve done it to are friends, thank heavens. [/QUOTE] YES! Except for me it tends to be “gimme a sex”. Always embarrassing. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/18 "2006-11-16T19:12:01Z")
[QUOTE=FatBaldGuy] That’s got to be one of the most amazing simulposts in recent history, **Doctor Jackson** and **AuntiePam**. [/QUOTE] Damn. Freaky. Cool! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/19 "2006-11-16T19:25:15Z")
Not mine but my girlfriend thought it was hysterical when I typed “High hells” instead of “High heels”. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681/20 "2006-11-16T19:47:36Z")
My most common is to forget the space right before “the.” This gives me many cases of inthe, onthe, and tothe. “Adn” is also common for me as is “fmaily” which I use at work quite a lot. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-favorite-typos/380681.md?page=2)