Re: USAGE: Internetese deviancy - the definite article

Gary Shannon wrote: (re "teh")
> --- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
> > Well, I've certainly encountered it.  In speech I
> > first noticed it with
> > "the" (e.g. "That is the suck!", analogous to its
> > antonym "That is the
> > bomb!", which is good even though "It totally
> > bombed!"  is bad . . .)
> > But I have noticed "teh" starting to overtake "the"
> > in that particular
> > role for some speakers.  I've also encountered
> > spoken versions of h4x0r
> > l33t-sp33k, like "That sux0r!" /D&t'sVk.sOr/.
> >
> > -Marcos
> >
>
> Out of curiosity, where are people encountering this?
> I've never seen it or heard it, or even heard OF it
> before this thread.  It seems quite alien to me.  For
> the record, my locale: US, Pacific Northwest, rural
> suburb of a college town.
>
I've assumed it's from chat rooms and instant messaging, perhaps on those
magical new cell phones that use the internet or something.  Beyond that, I
don't particularly want to know....   In fact, the only odd use of "the"
I've encountered is in "The Donald", and I don't like that either.
Harrumph.  (rejoicing in Old-Fogey-dom)

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