A woman was left baffled after her mum texted her about something her cat was doing, but completely misspelt his name, despite the fact they’d had him for over seven years
Choosing a name for your fur baby can be a long process because you want something cute that captures their essence, but it can be tough to get the whole family behind the name you may have in mind. When one woman decided on her cat’s name, she thought it’d be easy for the family to remember, as he was named after a cat who is famous in popular culture.
But when she received a text from her mum telling her to let their cat in because he was driving her “crazy,” she was left “wheezing” at how badly misspelt the name was.
Taking to a popular Reddit name forum, she wrote: “Wheezing at how poorly my mum misspelt my cat’s name”.
She shared the screenshot where her mum had written: “Please let Gardunia in. He’s driving me crazy,” and she’d simply replied “Gardunia”.
For context, she then explained: “His name is Garfield. We’ve had this cat for like 7+ years”.
Someone wrote: “I really thought the cat’s name was Gardenia until I saw that it’s supposed to be Garfield”.
A woman agreed, saying: “I was not prepared for that reveal! I thought it was gonna be a misspelling of Gardenia or something, not GARFIELD! I’m wheezing too!”
“Aw, someone let poor little Garflunken in,” another joked, and the original poster explained: “Don’t worry, he was let in! He just gets anxious when I’m in the shower for too long, but he gets lots of pets once I get out!”
“I thought Garblogen was trapped outside, but no, he was just on the other side of the bathroom door,” a Redditor joked, and his owner said that he just likes being “dramatic”.
One man said: “I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS EVEN HAPPENED. Autocorrect must’ve been passed out drunk or something-“.
Others took the opportunity to share autocorrect or name fail stories that they had.
Someone wrote: “Way back before smartphones, my mom had my sister saved in her phone as Rorp. Her name is Rosanna. My mom got the ro, couldn’t figure out how to use T9 to get to s, tried to fix it and ended up with p. Still makes me giggle to this day. She did fix it eventually”.
Another shared a name fail story where their grandma was convinced their dog was called something else. They said: “My dog’s name is Poe. It has always been Poe. My elderly grandmother calls him ‘Poo’. We’ve tried correcting her, but she’s convinced we’re joking and his name is ‘Poo’.”
A Reddit user said that if they ever get another female cat, they need to call her Gardunia in honour.
“I have a cat named Panda, and my mum always calls him ‘penguin’ lmao I’ve had him for 13 years,” a cat owner added.
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