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Twitter is really bad at spelling ‘World Cup’

GRRRRROOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!

 

Miles Klee

Internet Culture

Posted on Jun 12, 2014   Updated on May 31, 2021, 3:39 am CDT

The FIFA 2014 World Cup kicked off today, and a good portion of the planet is pretty excited. Everyone else is annoyed at all the excitement. Either way, folks are mashing their keyboards—or mocking the frenzied typos thereby produced—and it’s glorious. 

NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE WURLD CUP

— Altar Boy Gone Bad (@CiaranMcLaughli) June 12, 2014

Females should stay well clear of the werld cup they haven’t the foggiest 💤

— Jamie Garner (@Jamie_T_Garner) June 12, 2014

Everybody turn football fan bcuz a werl cup time! Nuff a unuh only ago watch the first set of matches nd then thats it. Smh

— Jhenelle Meek (@JhayyNelle) June 12, 2014

@vincenzo_grella who’s even in the wirld cup

— Alex Fredrick (@Alex_sikora3) June 12, 2014

This Worl Cup will ruin may relationships, let’s not forget its winter, ladies needs attention too.

— Andile Msomi (@Andile_Nogabu) June 12, 2014

loving the Brazil 2014 warld cup pic.twitter.com/rSTlxspiZr

— Francis 007 (@francistala2013) June 12, 2014

Whirld cup tomorrow. Nobody relevant cares

— Pedro Phile (@TFWnoPLAYOFFS) June 11, 2014

Worled cup 2014 will start today

— mostafa sonbol (@mostafasonboll) June 12, 2014

I wish we have a tv at my job so I could watch the World Cop⚽😁

— hoho (@jojorios10) June 12, 2014

cant wait for the World Crap

— a space cop (@Spacekop) June 12, 2014

WORLD CUP WORLD CUP WERLD CERP WARLD CARP WIRHDL CHIRP AROGURUEJ 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

— Michael K Hanson (@EdgarAllan_Flow) June 12, 2014

We’ve gone World Carp crazy! Who are you supporting, Salt or Vinegar? https://t.co/roANmw8hcV

— Burtons Fish’n’Chips (@FishnChipsSnack) June 12, 2014

Where that last permutation is concerned, there’s really only one thing we can say:

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*First Published: Jun 12, 2014, 5:11 pm CDT