Thursday, September 11, 2008

Twisted typoglycemia

I had to laugh when I read over this"email" to my daughter AFTER I had clicked send.

"HI
My emaul has been acting up but it seems OK now."

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"EMAUL"
Sometimes when the computer frustration sets in it really feels like "EMAUL" lol

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(From the Dictionary)


Entry Word: maul
Function: verb
Text:
1 to abuse physically — see manhandle 1
2 to strike repeatedly — see beat 1
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Don't you sometimes feel like you are being "MAULED" by YOUR computer?

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Emaul. That's very funny, and I think you've coined a fabulous new word, a perfect definition. I'm being emauled this week with thousands of spam messages.

Chancy said...

Thanks Ronni
You have my permission to use "Emaul" with abandon. ;)

kenju said...

I thought I was the only one who clicked send before reading to check misspellings and mistypings.....LOL

Joy Des Jardins said...

I think we've all been E-Mauled by our computers....some of us on a regular basis. Too funny Janet...

Tabor said...

Thanks for you comments to my blog. I somehow lost you on my bloglist and I am so glad you reminded me where you were!!!!

Anonymous said...

hehe.. I have lost count of the times I have regretted a quick click on send. This one sounds a tad Freudian. :-)

J said...

HA! When I first saw it, I thought it was the Ennui that was acting up. ;) Gotta get my eyes checked, I guess.

Chancy said...

Jules LOL
Yes it did look like ennui when typed lowercase :)

but perhaps that is how we sometimes feel when blogging or emailing:

ENNUI


Main Entry: en·nui
Pronunciation: \ˌän-ˈwē\
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Old French enui annoyance, from enuier to vex, from Late Latin inodiare to make loathsome — more at annoy
Date: 1732
: a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom

Maria said...

Oh yes, I have been e-mauled more than I would like to remember. It is the spelling errors caused by my too slow to respond keyboard that bug me the most.