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Texting "Get Well Soon" with a Typo Results in Breakup Notice

Lee Gang

Published : Oct 9, 2026 7:23 AM

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First news on Morning Hot Topic: "Get well soon from your cold."

It should be spelled "naa," not "naha."

It shouldn't have a final consonant.

How would you feel if your significant other or someone you were set up on a blind date with sent you a text like this?

In honor of Hangul Day, we brought survey results showing how such spelling mistakes can affect favorability.

A dating app surveyed 518 users regarding their perceptions of spelling used by romantic partners.

Among female respondents, 7 out of 10 answered that they understand breaking up with a partner who frequently makes spelling errors.

On the other hand, the proportion of male respondents who showed the same opinion stopped at 38.8%.

Women were slightly higher.

Rather, about half of the men evaluated that breaking up over spelling is being overly sensitive.

However, the most common reason cited for reacting sensitively to such spelling errors was that it leads to judging the other person's basic level of knowledge.

The analysis suggests that the use of spelling goes beyond a simple matter of linguistic knowledge and can even affect favorable communication with the other person.

I guess I should run a spell check before sending a text message.