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My autocorrect knows me too well
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My phone keeps autocorrecting the word 'Hubsy' to 'Brunch' 🫠 It's only embarrassing when I don't spot it - only 4 times so far 👀 So because I needed to edit my keyboard to avoid it happening again, I thought I should probably add some new shortcuts at the same time. I'm all about saving time right now and simplifying my life! So this is what I added - it might inspire you to update your keyboard text replacements too! → ttl becomes thetwolauras.com → arrow becomes the → icon → Brunch, Hindu and Hubby all autocorrect to Hubsy (after asking someone if they were in the right Hindu account this one became kinda urgent) Took me about 5 mins but I swear these little tweaks will save me so much time (and embarrassment) now they're set up! A couple of years ago we set up keyboard text replacements for our UTM parameters - it's been a game changer, totally recommend that too! Wanna hear more time-saving hacks? We're full of them! Speak soon ~ Laura M (with Laura D in spirit) |
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