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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.  
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:26:34 PM EDT
[#1]
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:26:41 PM EDT
[#2]
Don't you mean "what teh hell?"
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:27:10 PM EDT
[#3]
teh noess!!111(3-2)1!!

Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:27:37 PM EDT
[#4]
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.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:27:55 PM EDT
[#5]
It is a common enough typo error that it's achieved "leet" status.

Sort of like Pwn3d.

Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:27:57 PM EDT
[#6]
Just a misspeeled word that caught on.

And part of the intenrut.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:28:40 PM EDT
[#7]
I think it's ARFbonics.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:30:30 PM EDT
[#8]
Welcum to last year on the intarweb!!  n00b
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:30:36 PM EDT
[#9]
l33t
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:30:50 PM EDT
[#10]
I tink it is from chat, there R a lot of things that are screwed up. well GTG l8er

Ra|nMa|{eR
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:31:46 PM EDT
[#11]
You can thank somethingawful .com for goatse and "teh"
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:31:59 PM EDT
[#12]

Quoted:
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.



+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...
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:32:31 PM EDT
[#13]
Dis thread id teh ghey
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:33:48 PM EDT
[#14]
Welcome to teh internet.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:36:40 PM EDT
[#15]

Quoted:
Welcome to teh internet.  All your pr0n are belongs to ARFCOM.



Fixed.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:39:04 PM EDT
[#16]
1f u w3r3 l337 u w00d be a8l3 2 r33d th15
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:41:21 PM EDT
[#17]

Quoted:
1f u w3r3 l337 u w00d be a8l3 2 r33d th15


Word.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:41:34 PM EDT
[#18]

Quoted:
1f u w3r3 l337 u w00d be a8l3 2 r33d th15



If I were so elite, why did it give me a headache reading that?
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:42:23 PM EDT
[#19]
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:43:49 PM EDT
[#20]
thx for using teh intrawebs
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:43:59 PM EDT
[#21]
O teh, i guesse i get it now...
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:48:01 PM EDT
[#22]

Quoted:

Quoted:
1f u w3r3 l337 u w00d be a8l3 2 r33d th15



If I were so elite, why did it give me a headache reading that?



Don't complain.
I about had a fucking aneurysm writing that.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:50:01 PM EDT
[#23]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
1f u w3r3 l337 u w00d be a8l3 2 r33d th15



If I were so elite, why did it give me a headache reading that?



Don't complain.
I about had a fucking aneurysm writing that.



www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/leet.php
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:51:35 PM EDT
[#24]
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.

Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:52:07 PM EDT
[#25]
l33t is t3h 5w33tn355

chew on that one, my bizzles.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:54:52 PM EDT
[#26]
a winnar is yuo.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:55:04 PM EDT
[#27]
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!!!
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:55:24 PM EDT
[#28]

Quoted:
l33t is t3h 5w33tn355

chew on that one, my bizzles.



Oh, so sweet...
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:55:55 PM EDT
[#29]
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:56:25 PM EDT
[#30]

Quoted:
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!!!



pwned = phucking owned.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 12:56:49 PM EDT
[#31]
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

Link Posted: 3/20/2006 1:02:33 PM EDT
[#32]

Quoted:
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

www.megatokyo.com/strips/0009.gif



BBC huh?
Those English never were good at.............e n g l i s h.






Link Posted: 3/20/2006 1:44:02 PM EDT
[#33]
"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.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 1:46:13 PM EDT
[#34]
teh is used by some people who are not nearly as cool as they think they are.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 1:47:38 PM EDT
[#35]

Quoted:
teh is used by some people who are not nearly as cool as they think they are.



OH TEH NOES!!!1111oneeleven1111!
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 1:48:17 PM EDT
[#36]

Quoted:
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.  




What ever you say master.


Link Posted: 3/20/2006 1:48:57 PM EDT
[#37]

Quoted:
Welcome to teh internet.



Its no longer teh internet.  It is now Teh Intertron.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 1:49:00 PM EDT
[#38]

Quoted:
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!!!



Again, that is used by people who think it's cool, but, in reality, it's really stupid.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 1:50:15 PM EDT
[#39]

Quoted:

Quoted:
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!!!



Again, that is used by people who think it's cool, but, in reality, it's really stupid.



Things have changed since the 60's.  Including what is and what isn't cool.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 1:53:10 PM EDT
[#40]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
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!!!



Again, that is used by people who think it's cool, but, in reality, it's really stupid.



Things have changed since the 60's.  Including what is and what isn't cool.



But stupid is the same and "teh" and "pwned" and it's variations are still stupid.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 1:54:17 PM EDT
[#41]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
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!!!



Again, that is used by people who think it's cool, but, in reality, it's really stupid.



Things have changed since the 60's.  Including what is and what isn't cool.



But stupid is the same and "teh" and "pwned" and it's variations are still stupid.



OK, old timer.  You set those darn kids straight.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 1:54:41 PM EDT
[#42]
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 1:55:33 PM EDT
[#43]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
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!!!



Again, that is used by people who think it's cool, but, in reality, it's really stupid.



Things have changed since the 60's.  Including what is and what isn't cool.



But stupid is the same and "teh" and "pwned" and it's variations are still stupid.



So is the incorrect usage of "it's"  ...  

TRG





LMFAO!

Yeah, but that really IS stupid.

Link Posted: 3/20/2006 1:55:45 PM EDT
[#44]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
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!!!



Again, that is used by people who think it's cool, but, in reality, it's really stupid.



Things have changed since the 60's.  Including what is and what isn't cool.



But stupid is the same and "teh" and "pwned" and it's variations are still stupid.



So is the incorrect usage of "it's"  ...  

TRG



And where would that incorrect usage be?
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 1:56:48 PM EDT
[#45]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
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!!!



Again, that is used by people who think it's cool, but, in reality, it's really stupid.



Things have changed since the 60's.  Including what is and what isn't cool.



But stupid is the same and "teh" and "pwned" and it's variations are still stupid.



So is the incorrect usage of "it's"  ...  

TRG



And where would that incorrect usage be?



Quick, get your bifocals...it's in the post of yours he quoted.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 1:57:25 PM EDT
[#46]
The second half of this thread is exceptionally difficult to masturbate to.  
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 2:04:37 PM EDT
[#47]
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 2:31:38 PM EDT
[#48]

Blame AOL chat rooms.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 2:36:10 PM EDT
[#49]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
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!!!



Again, that is used by people who think it's cool, but, in reality, it's really stupid.



Things have changed since the 60's.  Including what is and what isn't cool.



But stupid is the same and "teh" and "pwned" and it's variations are still stupid.



So is the incorrect usage of "it's"  ...  

TRG



And where would that incorrect usage be?



Quick, get your bifocals...it's in the post of yours he quoted.



I know where it is.  I don't see any incorrect usage of it.
Link Posted: 3/20/2006 2:42:52 PM EDT
[#50]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
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!!!



Again, that is used by people who think it's cool, but, in reality, it's really stupid.



Things have changed since the 60's.  Including what is and what isn't cool.



But stupid is the same and "teh" and "pwned" and it's variations are still stupid.



So is the incorrect usage of "it's"  ...  

TRG



And where would that incorrect usage be?



Quick, get your bifocals...it's in the post of yours he quoted.



I know where it is.  I don't see any incorrect usage of it.



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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