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Re: USAGE: Internetese deviancy - the definite article

From:Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>
Date:Friday, July 30, 2004, 1:23
Arthaey Angosii wrote:

> Emaelivpeith Andreas Johansson: > >>In some variants of online slang, incl that of a forum I'm frequenting, it's >>become customary to supply a definite article (typically spelt |teh|) in some >>context where it would not normally be expected in English; before a personal >>name, and before a predicate adjective. > > > I have one friend who uses "teh" [tE] quite a bit in his speech. One > exchange I remember is telling him about some bad news that day. His > sympathetic response was, "Awww, that's teh suxor."
Your friend needs to unplug immediately.

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Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...>