Weird brain typing thing
I was trying to type the word "without", and without paying attention I typed "within". I didn't notice it till I went back to proofread. Is the word "in" stored in neurons near the word "out" or something?
I'm pretty sure that type of "proximity typo" has happened to me before, too. Why does that happen?
My guess is muscle memory. You might type one more than the other. When your brain starts typing one and then starts thinking about something else midway through, saying "fingers, you can handle this," the fingers go and botch it up. That's my theory anyway.
Liz on November 23, 2008, 11:13
I think it's more to do with what you have been typing more. I do that many times with totally unrelated words when first couple of keys are same.
Jeet on January 22, 2009, 11:20