Re: USAGE: Internetese deviancy - the definite article
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 27, 2004, 14:48 |
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On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 11:10:59PM +0200, Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
> How widespread is this? [nettish use of 'teh'] I haven't come across
> it yet -- neither on the -net, the movies or TV. Will it be a
> necessary component of any future English?
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
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