Re: USAGE: Internetese deviancy - the definite article

Paul Bennett wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:23:48 -0700, Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>
> wrote:
>
>> Arthaey Angosii wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>
>
> Reactionary prescriptivist claptrap ;-)
>
> In all seriousness, many would indeed say that there's no such thing as
> "degradation" of language, just "change".

True, but it would be better if he could use it properly.  'teh suxor'
clearly means 'the sucker', as opposed to 'is teh sux' which means
'really sucks'.

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