What I want to know is ...
Mar. 26th, 2005 06:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lionkingcmslwhat is up with the spelling of the word "the" as "teh".
Now, an occasional misspelling I can understand, but I see it time and time again on different forums, LJ's, and in chat.
So what is with "teh"?
I know, unless I type without looking, and the occasional "teh" gets by me, you will never see anything, written by me, with "teh" purposely subsistuted for "the", except in things like this.
I'm somewhat of a grammar "Nazi". Hey, writing a book was the best English teacher I ever had. :=3
I also hate to see people use "site" for "sight" (i.e. He was a site for sore eyes., instead of He was a sight for sore eyes.)
It also bugs me when people get then and than mixed up as well as effect and affect.
Now, I'm not saying I'm perfect, because I'm not, but, as anyone who has ever followed anything I posted will know, I go back and edit anything I've done, if I can, to eliminate typos, misspellings and wrong word usage. That's the type of person I am.
It is through, not thru as some people shorten it, proper use of language do we make ourselves better understood.
Now, an occasional misspelling I can understand, but I see it time and time again on different forums, LJ's, and in chat.
So what is with "teh"?
I know, unless I type without looking, and the occasional "teh" gets by me, you will never see anything, written by me, with "teh" purposely subsistuted for "the", except in things like this.
I'm somewhat of a grammar "Nazi". Hey, writing a book was the best English teacher I ever had. :=3
I also hate to see people use "site" for "sight" (i.e. He was a site for sore eyes., instead of He was a sight for sore eyes.)
It also bugs me when people get then and than mixed up as well as effect and affect.
Now, I'm not saying I'm perfect, because I'm not, but, as anyone who has ever followed anything I posted will know, I go back and edit anything I've done, if I can, to eliminate typos, misspellings and wrong word usage. That's the type of person I am.
It is through, not thru as some people shorten it, proper use of language do we make ourselves better understood.
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Date: 2005-03-27 06:15 am (UTC)Self-depreciating: I totally suck at this game. I am teh n00b when it comes to this stuff.
Mocking: PWN J00 n00b. U R TEH 5UXX0RZ!!1 LOLOLOLz!!
(Note the clever addition of multiple OLs on the end of the initial LOL, as well as the pluralizing "z" at the end, which implies that the OLs may iterate indefinitely. This somehow serves to deepen the shame of the mockee, while saving the mocker from needless typing.)