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> Backing the days eggcorn or autocorrect?

• fodkodrasz 3y ago
  Neither. Lack of coffee. Won't correct it now :D (English is not my mother tongue, which is a phonetic language, Hungarian, and while I know the difference very well, being tired causes these kinds of typos sometimes)
  • Semaphor 3y ago
    I (native language German) sometimes make similar homophone typing errors. My brain knew what I wanted to type, but is already further ahead, by the time (100-200ms) I get to typing it, my fingers only remember the sound of it and sometimes write something different that sounds similar (like to and two) or the same. It’s weird. Not sure if I’d make those mistakes in German as well, as I write far less in it ;)
    • fodkodrasz 3y ago
      I do some handwriting (for journaling), and when I'm really tired, I sometimes also make these types of mistakes in Hungarian handwriting, though far less often than in typing. Probably we are always in a hurry, and should slow a bit down, and think twice (or more thoroughly) when composing text (or even in other aspects of our lives).