Excel invents new month names

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC January Febuary Maruary Apruary Mayuary Junuary Juluary Auguary Sepuary Octuary Novuary Decuary

An Excel spreadsheet starts with standard three-letter month abbreviations, then fills a second column with increasingly incorrect month names such as “Febuary” and “Maruary.” The joke is that Excel’s autocomplete confidently combines month fragments into ridiculous hybrid spellings, making this a reaction to software behaving incorrectly or overconfidently. EN: An Excel spreadsheet starts with standard three-letter month abbreviations, then fills a second column with increasingly incorrect month names such as “Febuary” and “Maruary.” The joke is that Excel’s autocomplete confidently combines month fragments into ridiculous hybrid spellings, making this a reaction to software behaving incorrectly or overconfidently.

• @ithueti / 614 2019-02-20