I ahd a great thoguht, but it dind't come out rigth . . . .

[slyc_willie]

My fingers have a mind of their own. They type what they want to type, regardless of what my brain tells them. Apparently, the version of English my fingers possess is slightly off the version the rest of me knows.

I am continuously going back and fixing the recurring typos of "ahd," "crae," "thoguht," and others. There's a conspicuous list of about a dozen typos I make over and over and over. It gets annoying. I know it's just a matter of my fingers not being in complete coordination. I'm a 40+ wpm two-finger typist, which, no doubt, accoutns for some -- or maybe most -- of my repeated typos.

There, see, I did it again. That's another of my repeat offenders. "Accoutn."

 

[Swilly]

Bastard. I've got it too!

 

[slyc_willie]

I suspect it's an epidemic. And there's no cure.

 

[Hypoxia]

Bad neural wiring. Check yourself in for re-grooving.

 

[sr71plt]

I'm constantly typing "I" for "a" and vice versa. Not in longer words but as words.

 

[slyc_willie]

I'm groovy enough, thanks.

 

[slyc_willie]

I'm constantly typing "I" for "a" and vice versa. Not in longer words but as words.

I hit "U" a lot when I mean to type "I." I end up with a sentence that reads like a bad text-based game.

"U opened the door and peered outside. U didn't see a thing . . . ."

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Yep, my fingers have a mind of their own.

I constantly leave the "r" off your. The "y" off of they. My thumb always wants to put a space somewhere in the middle of a word. There are others, I always find them and wonder how the hell that happened. Grrr.

 

[slyc_willie]

Yep, my fingers have a mind of their own.

I constantly leave the "r" off your. The "y" off of they. My thumb always wants to put a space somewhere in the middle of a word. There are others, I always find them and wonder how the hell that happened. Grrr.

When I'm on my laptop, my left thumb occasionally swipes the fingerpad when I'm in the middle of a sentence. I'll look up after writing out a few dozen words, only to find I've interjected half of it into a different paragraph. That just annoys the piss outta me.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

When I'm on my laptop, my left thumb occasionally swipes the fingerpad when I'm in the middle of a sentence. I'll look up after writing out a few dozen words, only to find I've interjected half of it into a different paragraph. That just annoys the piss outta me.

Yeah, I've done that! Stupid thumb! That's why I now just type on a regular keyboard. The laptop is relegated to watching movies on.

 

[Swilly]

When I'm on my laptop, my left thumb occasionally swipes the fingerpad when I'm in the middle of a sentence. I'll look up after writing out a few dozen words, only to find I've interjected half of it into a different paragraph. That just annoys the piss outta me.

I did that until I realized F5 turned off the touch pad on my machine.

 

[laptopwriter]

nit me...

I nevr maake mistkes.

 

[slyc_willie]

Yeah, I've done that! Stupid thumb! That's why I now just type on a regular keyboard. The laptop is relegated to watching movies on.

I mainly use it for school, but it's handy for writing in bed.

I did that until I realized F5 turned off the touch pad on my machine.

If I did that, I'd forget I turned off the fingerpad and would get upset when I can't move the cursor . . . .

I nevr maake mistkes.

Patly pit.

 

[TxRad]

I did that until I realized F5 turned off the touch pad on my machine.

I fixed it by turning the touch pad off and using a trackball.

Then I realized I was also hitting the alt keys on each side of the spacebar on this new laptop and ended up in a different world.

 

[SandraMustard]

My husband insists that certain repeated typos are actually a form of dyslexia. My form interchanges word order in my speech.

 

[slyc_willie]

My husband insists that certain repeated typos are actually a form of dyslexia. My form interchanges word order in my speech.

I'd rather think it's a Freudian thing. More interesting that way.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I mainly use it for school, but it's handy for writing in bed.

Mine has a bad habit of overheating unless I use a lapboard or cooling pad.

It actually gets hot enough to burn tender exposed skin.

Of course it isn't one of these wimpy laptops/notebooks/tables. It's a powerhouse, quadcore monster I got on sale. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but in hindsight????

 

[Handley_Page]

I'd rather think it's a Freudian thing. More interesting that way.

Willy, you are definitely not alone.
Standing aside from plain spelling errors: Personally, I figure that its a combination:
You know that the letter you want is under the forefinger (or whatever).
But you use the Wrong Hand !

 

[jomar]

For some reason or other, probably coasting, I took a life skills class in high school and typing was was taught...with timed tests and shit. I'm not completely a touch typist but I can get down the mountain pretty fast.

So I say you can get up to 50 wpm if you add a couple more fingers!

 

[jomar]

Though now, I also type with my thumbs on my phone and iPad. Ha!

 

[MSTarot]

Well, they made perfect sense to me.

 

[lovecraft68]

My fingers are convinced that highschool is one word.

They also continue to type hand son instead of hands on. Of course spell check does not catch that.

My typical typos are avhe chpater and coke instead of cock which leads to some funny lines.

 

[sheablue]

THis happens to me all the time when I am texting. I blame my phone. But on the laptop I am mostly proficient. I did take typing class in high school, like on a real typewriter and everything ....

The other day my 5-year old was watching me type and asked in amazement how I could type with both hands at the same time. I tried to explain home row, and how once you have the keyboard memorized, and you are on home row, you know where all the keys are. It was a lot harder to explain than I thought it would be!

 

[annanova]

My typical typos are avhe chpater and coke instead of cock which leads to some funny lines.

I have that one backward, LC. Rum and cock really doesn't work that well as a bar order. Although, I guess it depends on the bar....

THis happens to me all the time when I am texting. I blame my phone. But on the laptop I am mostly proficient. I did take typing class in high school, like on a real typewriter and everything ....

The other day my 5-year old was watching me type and asked in amazement how I could type with both hands at the same time. I tried to explain home row, and how once you have the keyboard memorized, and you are on home row, you know where all the keys are. It was a lot harder to explain than I thought it would be!

That's how I learned to type too! If I had an office job again, my typing would probably be a lot better than it is now.

My big typo is hte (with any word that begins with 'the'). There are lots of others, but I can't think of them right now.

 

[patientlee]

When I'm on my laptop, my left thumb occasionally swipes the fingerpad when I'm in the middle of a sentence. I'll look up after writing out a few dozen words, only to find I've interjected half of it into a different paragraph. That just annoys the piss outta me.

There's a thing that you can install that helps that. I forget what it's called, but I'll look.

ETA: TouchFreeze: https://code.google.com/p/touchfreeze/ It doesn't keep it from happening all the time, but it helps.