Re: USAGE: Internetese deviancy - the definite article

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."

ObConlang: Whenever I hear [tE], I hear the Asha'illen word "te," whch
is the conjunction "and" and the second half of the separable copula.
:)


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AA

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