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      You’d assume if it was someone you didn’t know and someone else did, that they’d spell it right. So yeah, them correcting it means they looked it up or they’re lying. Autocorrect isn’t fixing that shit.

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        I just posted somewhere else, if I try to write kalifa (like I just did, I had to force the incorrect spelling) my phone automatically autocorrects to Khalifa.

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    28 days ago

    To be fair, if I swipe kalifa on my keyboard it autocorrects to Khalifa every time. There is no kalifa option other than the one I’ve just forced. If this person wasn’t paying attention to the “h” it could’ve been accidental.

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    Tbf, you don’t have to be a rainman of early 2010s porn to recognise poor transliteration arabic to english, but i’m sure it helps.

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    They could’ve searched “Mia Kalifa” and found out the correct spelling. So it’s not necessarily begging for attention.

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    Ok but… who is Mia khalifa?

    (I looked it up, I think it’s former controversial porn actress, current internet personality)

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    Most awesome thing I’ve seen today edit: wait I hiked up a hill and looked at the city skyline today, nevermind

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    Idk I just typed “kalifa” and had to fix autocorrect changing it to Khalifa. Or dude could be familiar with Arabic transliteration and the name but not the person.

    Doesn’t matter to me though. I’m distracted now that I’m thinking about Mia Khalifa.