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It makes me happy to see other people make rhyming typos. I do it all the time, and wonder if I'm going senile. Maybe we're all headed that way on the same boat, but at least I'm not alone.

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I write both Spanish and English, and it only happens to me in English. Probably has to do with the inconsistent spelling rules.

English is a terrible language.

I say this as someone who only speaks English.

English is the PHP of natural languages — random bits of every other language duct-taped together with no sense of consistency or style

This form of error is much more common in native speakers than non native (though potentially these days autocorrect is more to blame than anything).

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