Attempts at flirting in the Arab world don't always go as planned. A number of fails have come about over the years because technology has refused to work in your favor. 

From typos to autocorrect, conversations between you, your babe and baba have gotten quite awkward, to say the least... 

Here are 7 times people wanted to say "babe" but ended up writing "baba" instead ... or vice versa.

1. When it didn't happen once, but twice

2. What's worse? Calling your boyfriend "baba" ...

3. Or calling your baba ... baby?

4. The never-ending lectures that follow

5. "I don't know how to explain this shit"

6. "The lethal embarrassment"

7. One word: AWKWARD