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When autocorrect gets personal

Published Sun, Jan 11, 2015 · 09:50 PM

New York

THERE were a few things that were sweetly grandmotherly about Patricia Duncan Moran's Facebook post to her great-granddaughter Devyn on her birthday. For starters, Ms Moran had posted it to her own wall instead of Devyn's. She named but did not tag her great-granddaughter. But most striking was the signer.

"Happy birthday to my beautiful great-granddaughter," the message read. "See you soon. Love, Great Grandmaster Flash." Great Grandmaster Flash?

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