A coach from Pokémon GO shared a curious story. At the heart of it is a spelling mistake and a newfound friend.
While many aspects of Pokémon GO can be played solo, playing together with friends is a point that the game’s developers repeatedly mention and want to emphasize. A variety of activities such as raids and team play tasks are hardly manageable alone.
Having fellow players is therefore important to fully enjoy these aspects of the game. A player shares how one might find such players in a curious way on Reddit.
A few letters short, one friend more
What happened to the coach? As the coach reports on Reddit, she is an engineering student. She particularly likes a technical assistant at her university because she is one of the few other women in her faculty.
This technical assistant helped her with her notes one day. Later, the technical assistant asked the student if she played Pokémon, to which she answered yes. Subsequently, they exchanged their friends codes for Pokémon GO.
However, the student could not explain how the technical assistant figured out that she played Pokémon. Therefore, she asked her on another day how she came to that conclusion.
She then explained to the student that it was simply due to a spelling mistake in her notes. Instead of “unknown determinants,” the student had written “unown determinants.” Unown is the English name for Icognito. Therefore, the technical assistant concluded that the student must be playing Pokémon.
What does the community say about it? Besides some commentators who find the story very nice, there are also some trainers who share their own similar anecdotes. Some of them are:
- “I make a similar mistake. I frequently call the animal a furret, instead of what it’s actually called, a ferret. Wife laughs at me most times”, writes Wolfenbro.
- “I once said Alola instead of aloha while talking about Hawaii”, comments Suotrpip.
- “I have unironically called seagulls wingulls and it’s quick and close enough that some people won’t catch it.”, notes Tojm.
- “I found out my fiancé’s cousin and his roommate played go when we went to six flags. I now play go with them on the weekends. I saw them open the game in line”, reports OSRS_Socks.
Have you ever experienced similar stories and made new friends because of it? Feel free to share them in the comments. If you’re still missing the right event to meet new players, take a look at our overview of all events in September 2025 in Pokémon GO.
