Man, oh man, oh man, oh man — Could there be a more appropriate prompt for Stream of Consciousness writing for me today???
The truth is that I had a misunderstanding yesterday with someone based on a typo.
Well, not really a typo. I dictate my texts.
What I say and what Siri hears are two different things. Usually, I proof and correct after I dictate — but yesterday I didn’t.
That ^^ is what Siri heard.
One period does NOT belong. I wanted to tell someone that what they were thinking was incorrect. I didn’t think that they would do something incorrectly.
A misplaced period totally changed what I was saying. I WANTED to say, “It really isn’t that I thought you wouldn’t do it properly.”
But that one period made the sentence, “I thought you wouldn’t do it properly” stand alone.
Honestly, I didn’t think that.
Really.
Honest.
Truly.
The trials and tribulations of a typo. A single misplaced period.
Very right, a wrong period can change the meaning completely.
absolutely… a nightmare 🥴
So true Sally. It’s so easy to happen with predictive or dictated text. I try now to keep texts to quick messages – often just, text me when you are free to chat…. As I have learnt the hard way, even without typos or misplaced grammar, words can be misread … even emojis are interpreted differently…. Hope it was cleared up ok…
Let’s just say that we’ve moved on