iPhone Autocorrect Ruins Thousands of Attempts to Celebrate America

Thanks to iPhone's autocorrect feature, thousands of people attempting to celebrate the United States of America this 4th of July by using the "Merica" hashtag wound up celebrating the old European Kingdom of Mercia instead.

The anti-American mistake can be chalked up as another reason the iPhone is inferior to Google's Android, which attempts to correct "merica" to the more American phrase, "America."

Of the more than 50,000 Instagram posts ruined by the #Mercia mistake were a bunch this weekend that would have been pretty top notch otherwise, such as these two girls who wanted to share their 4th of July outfits.

#Mercia #USA #Freedom

Or these girls, who "put down the textbooks for once" for #Mercia.

Put down the textbooks for once bc #Mercia

The entire Encore Beach Club apparently decided this year it was going to be celebrating #Mercia as well.

Happy 4th of July #Mercia #today love your @encorebeachclub #babes #fancy #lovethem

A photo posted by Kelly @ Encore Beach Club (@kelly_egger) on Jul 4, 2015 at 8:36pm PDT

Southern road trip, y'all. For #Mercia.

Late post. Road trip to FL. #USA #Mercia #southern #fun A photo posted by Lisa Arce (@lisamariearce414) on Jul 6, 2015 at 12:02am PDT

In this girl's defense, only one of the 25 hashtags she felt the picture deserved was a typo.

Girlfriend! #love #Mercia #loveher #america #americanflag #proud #twin #fitgirls #healthy #summer #girlfriends #brightcolors #blondie #brunettes #bathingsuites #peace #nofilter #tan #abs #abdominals #drinks #limegreen #tadahh #fourthofjuly #celebrate A photo posted by AsɧƖey Pryka (@ash__wee) on Jul 4, 2015 at 10:04pm PDT

Mercia even made it to Snapchat.

Sparklers out for #Mercia.

#USA #Mercia   A photo posted by #spacecadet (@kgibson319) on Jul 5, 2015 at 8:24am PDT

These Nashville girls are killing the tank game, but on a scale from one to #Mercia, how free are they?

On a scale from one to America... How free are you?? #Mercia #fourthofjuly #usa #independenceday #Nashville #nashvillescene #nashvillenights #bae #fourthtrio A photo posted by Maddie (@madalynhyland) on Jul 4, 2015 at 11:22pm PDT

Lake day with the bae, all for #Mercia.

Havasu day 2 with my bae #bestfriend #4thofjuly #havasu #Mercia #lakelife @britt_armendariz   A photo posted by nikki frye (@nikkifrye_mua) on Jul 5, 2015 at 6:17pm PDT

They made the mistake more than once, but looks like they had an awesome time.

Sorry for havasuing #Mercia #4thofjuly #havasu #boatsandhoes #londonbridge #ijustwannaparty #summertime #withmybesties A photo posted by nikki frye (@nikkifrye_mua) on Jul 4, 2015 at 10:14am PDT

Copy: Merica. But: #Mercia.

A little late but.... Merica. My day started a little too early yesterday but I hope everyone had a good fourth or July and stayed safe! #Mercia #happybirthday #starsandstripes @_womeninuniform @ig_leanmuscles @yes_i_squat @fitchicksmotivation   A photo posted by Morgan (@morgan_lefay92) on Jul 5, 2015 at 5:59pm PDT

These dogs all look as American as it gets, but their terrible iPhone-owning owners ruined everything for them.

#Mercia   A photo posted by @bschwartz2 on Jul 4, 2015 at 9:12pm PDT

Mav was so happy yesterday... #dogsofinstagram #Mercia A photo posted by Kiki (@kikizeise) on Jul 5, 2015 at 10:02am PDT

#dogslife. #summertime #Mercia A photo posted by E vil Larry (@evillarry) on Jul 5, 2015 at 5:19pm PDT

It was also apparently National Bikini Day in #Mercia.

We know we are late but Happy National Bikini Day, Happy 4th of July and Congrats to the USA Women's Soccer team on their huge win over Japan for the FIFA World Cup! #Mercia #america #usa #bikinis #nationalbikiniday #fifa #worldcup #wedabest #winning #thebest #number1 #teamamerica #montce #montceswim #repost #4thofjuly #independenceday #stokedent #stokedgirls

A photo posted by Stoked Entertainment (@stokedent) on Jul 5, 2015 at 6:44pm PDT

This girl got to cross "riding a jet-ski" off her bucket list. Thanks #Mercia.

Happy #4th y'all!! #bucketlist #Mercia #fyeah #seadoo #dfw #lakelife #dallas #sunshine #happiness #4thofjuly #america A photo posted by cnardini (@cnardini) on Jul 4, 2015 at 6:08pm PDT

And finally, these girls. For #Mercia.

#Mercia #titties #yas #sparklers @mollywins pretty sure our picture was supposed to be taken. A video posted by Amanda Strahle (@straylei) on Jul 4, 2015 at 10:31pm PDT