Funny Spelling Mistakes

stimpsonslostson

We did a practical joke where we set a colleagues autocorrect to change the word "the" to "tits" automatically every time it was typed. 
Cue some amusing reports & brilliant emails to (a mutual friend in) computer support before it was figured out. Thankfully everyone thought it was funny afterwards. 

Sesh

Did a similar autocorrect jape to someone's PC where "the" was changed to" teh". Came back into the office to see tech support were reinstalling windows as they couldn't work out why it was doing that. Naturally I kept quiet.

djspecialist

Not a spelling mistake, but an unintended conjoining of words:

There is a website for Q&A about computing / programming called Experts Exchange.  Looking at their URL, you might be forgiven for thinking they offer a very different service...

In a similar vein, I once heard about a company selling writing implements, called Pen Island.  That one seems so obvious that I assume it's apocryphal.  I'm not going to visit the site to check though - particularly as I'm typing this on my work computer.

stimpsonslostson

djspecialist said:

Not a spelling mistake, but an unintended conjoining of words:

There is a website for Q&A about computing / programming called Experts Exchange.  Looking at their URL, you might be forgiven for thinking they offer a very different service...

In a similar vein, I once heard about a company selling writing implements, called Pen Island.  That one seems so obvious that I assume it's apocryphal.  I'm not going to visit the site to check though - particularly as I'm typing this on my work computer.

Didn't Susan Boyle announce an album party via Twitter with an unfortunate hashtag?
http://wakondamarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Susan-Boyle-Twitter-fail.jpg ;

Bygone_Tones

A few months ago I was on a website for a restaurant and they were offering "free wife". True story, I should have bookmarked it for future laughs such as this, but didnt.  It is out there though.

EricTheWeary

RocknRollDav e said:

lloyd said:

My mates Uncle is called Clifford Owen Jones, when signing into a hotel in Mexico the receptionist starts laughing at his name, he signs it C O Jones (cojones) which is mildly amusing if you're a Spanish speaker.

Imagine, for example, if your surname was...oh let's pluck a name out of thin air...."Ennis".

Why, surely your grandparents wouldn't have given TWO of their sons christian names that began with "P", right......?

It's funny cause it's true...

One of my wife's friends is Debbie Ennis, so Dennis which is kinda funny. Although not as funny as, err,that thing you said.

RocknRollDave

EricTheWeary said:

RocknRollDav e said:

lloyd said:

My mates Uncle is called Clifford Owen Jones, when signing into a hotel in Mexico the receptionist starts laughing at his name, he signs it C O Jones (cojones) which is mildly amusing if you're a Spanish speaker.

Imagine, for example, if your surname was...oh let's pluck a name out of thin air...."Ennis".

Why, surely your grandparents wouldn't have given TWO of their sons christian names that began with "P", right......?

It's funny cause it's true...

One of my wife's friends is Debbie Ennis, so Dennis which is kinda funny. Although not as funny as, err,that thing you said.

Well, as "luck" would have it, our work email addresses are on a "first initial then surname" basis. Lost count of the amount of times some c*nt has called me Dennis......

HAL9000

boogieman said:

roundthebend said:

Not a spelling mistake per se, but I find the auto correct on my phone throws up some classics from time to time. 

Before I met my wife I was seeing someone called Denise Horne. When I put her name into my contacts my phone changed it to "Dense Horny". I know they're smartphones, but I never realised they were that smart. 

In a previous job I had to occasionally email a lady called Judith Attubarto which autocorrect always used to change to Judith Attitude. To paraphrase @boogieman, I never realised computers were that clever.

HAL9000

djspecialist said:

Not a spelling mistake, but an unintended conjoining of words:

There is a website for Q&A about computing / programming called Experts Exchange.  Looking at their URL, you might be forgiven for thinking they offer a very different service...

In a similar vein, I once heard about a company selling writing implements, called Pen Island.  That one seems so obvious that I assume it's apocryphal.  I'm not going to visit the site to check though - particularly as I'm typing this on my work computer.

Just checked this out. There really is a website for Penisland.net - among other things they apparently manufacture pens with wooden bodies. The blurb for that section begins, 'Some of our skilled craftsman (sic) have been handling wood for over 25 years'. Brilliant.

djspecialist

After a bit more googling (at home), I give you

www.therapistfinder.com
That's right - facilitating the location of therapists.

www.whorepresents.com
Seriously, *how* do you buy a domain name like that without noticing ... ?

Headphones

I'll offer this:
http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii567/Elephanttoo/16092011068_zpschtrfwpb.jpg
good company btw.



And this one, which my son took as an instruction to children...
http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii567/Elephanttoo/2013-10-31 12.11.09_zpsaqhsrdhv.jpg

horse

Dopesick said:

horse said:

Ever signed off an email with 'Retards' instead of 'Regards'? Easy slip to make

Haha yes! I've done that. At work as well...happily the recipient saw the funny side. Well, they had no choice because I was laughing for about ten minutes afterwards.

Somehow even funnier when you put 'Kind Retards'.

I think I must have done it myself once to have noticed it, but don't think I sent it. I like the idea of ending a ranting email with a straight 'retards', although admit not very pc...

When working for Nottingham City council years ago, writing an email to a colleague in Nottinghamshire County Council I did typo Nottinghamshire as Nottinghamshite - just one key away again

equalsql

I was in Lichfield  yesterday and noticed a Barber's shop called Dam Fine Barbers. 
I wonder where the 'n' went?

Axe_meister

Best spelling mistake from a customer emailing me saying they were looking for a business whorehouse instead of warehouse.