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Maxime Ennis ∙ 04/08/2021 ∙ March 2021
Grammarly autocorrected Carol Branchirem’s first name to “cheating lying hussy” while she was typing up a letter for her grandkids last Tuesday. Mrs. Branchirem didn’t notice and ended up sending the letter to her grandchildren, who are too young to understand what lying and cheating means. However, Mrs. Branchirem’s daughter noticed and let a writer here at The Radish know. After investigating, we found out that the CEO of Grammarly, Peter Dingbiscuit, was cheated on by his wife. Her name happened to be Carol. We spoke to an ex-programmer for Grammarly about this autocorrect situation. She revealed that typing the name “Carol” will correct you to Dingbisuit’s description of his soon-to-be ex-wife—explaining Mrs. Branchirem’s signoff last Tuesday. According to our anonymous outside source, Peter Dingbiscuit had a record of being extremely petty. He often throws tantrums when things don’t go his way and always thinks of the most obscene ways to get revenge on people. Because he consistently gets swept up in “super secret scary elaborate schemes,” it wasn’t surprising that his wife would have an affair. This incident wasn’t the first time Dingbiscuit programmed a word to autocorrect into something seemingly unrelated. In fact, this has happened so frequently that we compiled a short list for you all: