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Posted: 3/20/2006 12:25:52 PM EDT
Why do people insist on writing "teh" instead of the? Is it really that hard to write it right. Seriously, where the hell did it come from and why is it so popular? Just like pron, just say porn! Is it to be cool and to stand out or something, i just dont get i guess. Please stop it, its just annoying and stupid.
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Happens to me all the time as a typo. Teh problem is that spelling it that way has also become a joke. Since that happened, I find my self having teh typo problem more often.
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It is a common enough typo error that it's achieved "leet" status.
Sort of like Pwn3d. |
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Just a misspeeled word that caught on.
And part of the intenrut. |
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I tink it is from chat, there R a lot of things that are screwed up. well GTG l8er
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+1 Same with "nad" for "and" Oh well. Oh, Pron (and it's variations, pr0n, pr[]n, etc.) is spelt that way because (so I've read) it bypasses filters that look for the word porn. PS maybe the Internet isn't ... for you ... if you have a problem with those spellings... |
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Fixed. |
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If I were so elite, why did it give me a headache reading that? |
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What he said. |
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Don't complain. I about had a fucking aneurysm writing that. |
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www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/leet.php |
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12 year old A (subsequently referred to as "Timmy") got pissed off playing counterstrike when he kept getting "pwnt" by 12 year old B (subsequently referred to as "Billy"). Timmy went off, typing up a storm calling Billy a "haxor" in an attempt to discredit Billy and the "pwntage" that was being wrought upon Timmy. In his rage, he accidentally typed "teh" instead of "the".
The crowd of other 12 year olds on the server, not realizing that it was actually a typo, were awestruck by the majesty of Timmy's "733+" smack talking "skillz". Thinking that Timmy had actually meant to spell "the" as "teh", they immediately adopted the new spelling for "teh" in a misguided attempt to be as "kewl" as Timmy. |
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I think the most stupid thing is...
pwned, Pwn3d... etc the word is OWNED... it's not a bad word, I don't understand why it would be filtered... someone please "splain" this to me!!! |
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Oh, so sweet... |
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pwned = phucking owned. |
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Some quick Googlage brought this back...
ps I think my favorite l33t sp34k is "i'm in ur base killing ur doodz" (or some variation on that) Why a spelling fanatic like me would think l33t crap is funny, I'll never know. edit: hope this works |
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BBC huh? Those English never were good at.............e n g l i s h. |
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"teh" started out as a simply typo - for most people, the left hand types faster than the right. Don't know why, but it does. Same thing with "porn" vs. "pron". Obviously has now achieved status beyond the typo.
As for pwned, pwn3d, etc. many of the earlier crackers would deface websites replacing content with a big blinking "owned" or whatnot - so common that many folks would periodically do a string searched for "owned" as a rudimentary IDS to see if they got compromised. Thus, the intentional mispellings of that. |
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teh is used by some people who are not nearly as cool as they think they are.
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OH TEH NOES!!!1111oneeleven1111! |
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What ever you say master. |
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Its no longer teh internet. It is now Teh Intertron. |
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Again, that is used by people who think it's cool, but, in reality, it's really stupid. |
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Things have changed since the 60's. Including what is and what isn't cool. |
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But stupid is the same and "teh" and "pwned" and it's variations are still stupid. |
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OK, old timer. You set those darn kids straight. |
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So is the incorrect usage of "it's" ... TRG |
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LMFAO! Yeah, but that really IS stupid. |
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And where would that incorrect usage be? |
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Quick, get your bifocals...it's in the post of yours he quoted. |
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The second half of this thread is exceptionally difficult to masturbate to.
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Needs more cowbell? TRG |
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I know where it is. I don't see any incorrect usage of it. |
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Well, it's a contraction of "it is" so it is as if you had typed this: "But stupid is the same and "teh" and "pwned" and it is variations are still stupid." I think you were thinking of its (possessive). |
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