A spelling mistake has left people in stitches after an email incident left one man with a nickname he never expected.
Cian Mooney, 23, who lives in Dublin, was in an email chain about taking a shift at a local restaurant when one response from the recruiter featured an amusing mistake: his name was misspelled as “Ciabatta.”
The emails were sent in 2021, and Mooney shared the error on his private social media channels. “I just thought it was funny! I actually did the trial shift and was offered the job, but I turned it down. I didn’t want the nickname to catch on,” he told Newsweek.
Fast forward to 2025, and the nickname has come full circle. Mooney recently rediscovered the email, and in the spirit of online humor, decided to share it again, this time on TikTok where it has been viewed 178,000 views.
As more people viewed the video, the comments poured in, with lots of people sharing similar stories of typo incidents.
Viewer Emma wrote: “I got an invite to an event once and my name is Emma and the email started with ‘Hi Fatty’ and apparently it was autocorrect. I’d prefer to have been called ciabatta.”
While Chloe commented: “I’ve had ‘Hi cholesterol’ from my uni lecturer.”
“I don’t know what I was expecting but it wasn’t this hahahahahahaha,” viewer Viki said.
While some shared their own examples of making similar mistakes. TikToker briainwalsh wrote: “I got an email from a lady called Danielle the last day and replied to her calling her Denise… I only realized after I had sent it.”
“It just randomly popped into my head one day. I’m always thinking of new content ideas and when I remembered it, it gave me a laugh, so I thought I’d share,” Mooney said.
Since the post gained more attention, Mooney’s friends have fully embraced his new and unexpected identity.
“Although now it seems the nickname ‘Ciabatta’ has caught on—my friends have already started calling me that in texts,” he laughed.
This isn’t the first time a simple spelling mistake has prompted viral attention. Last year, a man made a typo in an online grocery order that had a seriously unexpected result.
New Jersey-based author Jason Pinter made the grocery order when he accidentally opted for $700 worth of blueberries, as opposed to the $6 he was expecting.
Thankfully, after speaking to the grocery company he was able to return most of the fruit for a refund, but the mistake stuck with him and gained viral attention on TikTok.
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