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Posted: 7/30/2001 11:53:18 AM EDT
I see it all the time in place of "the".  I thought it was a common mistake, but I see to much.
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 11:54:28 AM EDT
[#1]
What teh hell are you talking about?
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 11:57:40 AM EDT
[#2]
teh is a mispelled the
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 12:00:37 PM EDT
[#3]
yah. i do taht all the time. seriously almost every time i type the i mess up teh timing. see, that one WASNT on purpose.
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 12:01:50 PM EDT
[#4]
i guess i do it to that too,
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 12:04:48 PM EDT
[#5]
HEY!!!!!!!!  I misspell "teh" too.

I think we've stumbled on a new type of disability. We can call it "teh syndrome."

FIANLLY I'll be able to get somma dem gov't handouts. I'm disabled - YIPEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Link Posted: 7/30/2001 12:05:57 PM EDT
[#6]
It's actually 'to' pronounced wrong. Like someone saying 'I have teh go to the store'.

Note that it is used in one instance but not in the second instance. Use of 'teh' instead of 'to' seems inconsistant but seems to have a pattern to it. I'm thinking of applying for a research grant to get teh the bottom of it.
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 12:11:11 PM EDT
[#7]
Quoted:
It's actually 'to' pronounced wrong. Like someone saying 'I have teh go to the store'.

Note that it is used in one instance but not in the second instance. Use of 'teh' instead of 'to' seems inconsistant but seems to have a pattern to it. I'm thinking of applying for a research grant to get teh the bottom of it.
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It could derive from the ancient language of Ebonics.  Take such examples as...

"I gots teh pimp them ho's"
or
"You needs teh smoke some dis green, G"

Further analyzation is required, of course.
[brown]Evil Jewbroni~
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Link Posted: 7/30/2001 12:21:07 PM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:
HEY!!!!!!!!  I misspell "teh" too.

I think we've stumbled on a new type of disability. We can call it "teh syndrome."

FIANLLY I'll be able to get somma dem gov't handouts. I'm disabled - YIPEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

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Yes, you are by far the biggest perp of this error.
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 12:21:41 PM EDT
[#9]
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 12:27:18 PM EDT
[#10]
Oh...and if spelled in pig-latin: "ehta"

and backwards: "het" sounding similar to "hat"

so "teh het fets wll, sooze teh het fa cel?"


(copyright 2001, Chaingun Grammer Inc)
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 12:28:11 PM EDT
[#11]
Quoted:
Yes, you are by far the biggest perp of this error.
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Stubby -

Considering that I correct myself about half the time I do it, you should be grateful.

I ALLOW the rest to slip thru so that you can feel better about yourself in pointing out this error of mine, and to mask my obvious attainment of human perfection.

[rolleyes]

Link Posted: 7/30/2001 12:29:04 PM EDT
[#12]
It's the version of when people say "aks" instead of "ask".  Some folks just can't help it.
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 12:38:26 PM EDT
[#13]
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I'm thinking of applying for a research grant to get teh the bottom of it.
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I think this is the perfect opportunity to start a Government funded think-tank to perform further research.  I was just bitching about my job in another thread so this is good timing.
Anyone else in?
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 12:50:22 PM EDT
[#14]
So am I to understand it's a southern thing?
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 12:54:43 PM EDT
[#15]
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So am I to understand it's a southern thing?
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Well, since I'm a Yankee living in the South, it maybe a little more complex than that.

For me, its a "careless" thing.
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 1:00:27 PM EDT
[#16]
too dependant on teh spell checker.
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 1:02:11 PM EDT
[#17]
Quoted:
I'm thinking of applying for a research grant to get teh the bottom of it.
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Why not?  That is the reason all these 'scientists' keep screaming 'global warming'.  As long as they keep screaming it, they will get research money.  Never mind that the ratio is 100:1 with 100 being scientists who say global warming is bunk, and the 1 is the 'scientists' getting grant money.
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 1:26:32 PM EDT
[#18]
Quoted:
It's the version of when people say "aks" instead of "ask".  Some folks just can't help it.
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Don't aks me why teh hell I do it...
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 4:51:09 PM EDT
[#19]
Quoted:

Stubby -

Considering that I correct myself about half the time I do it, you should be grateful.

I ALLOW the rest to slip thru so that you can feel better about yourself in pointing out this error of mine, and to mask my obvious attainment of human perfection.

[rolleyes]

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I find teh name "Stubby" offensive.  You are going down.
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 4:58:34 PM EDT
[#20]
Might be a problem with peoples' keyboards.

If I type quickly (which I normally do, since I learned touch-typing in high school), it adds a second 't' when I type "the", to give "thet".

It's a bug in the keyboard's or motherboard's firmware. . . .  There ("thre") are a few others that crop up frequently, too.  My computer at my ex-workplace had the same type of glitches, but they happened with different combinations of letters.
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 5:11:12 PM EDT
[#21]
I have trouble with thansk... I mean thanks. [:)]
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 5:26:22 PM EDT
[#22]
I seem to be mistyping the as teh more and more lately. Not sure why. Usually when typing fast
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 8:12:10 PM EDT
[#23]
I think it was [b]Taoc teh wonder dough[/b] who pioneered the style.

Most of the time people do it by accident. I usually misspell it [b]Yhe[/b] by mistake.
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 8:31:10 PM EDT
[#24]
Well I'm glad I aksed then thansk for all teh insight.
Link Posted: 7/30/2001 11:40:16 PM EDT
[#25]
Why you be aksin so many queshuns?
Link Posted: 7/31/2001 12:44:15 AM EDT
[#26]
All your teh are belong to us!
Link Posted: 7/31/2001 1:07:17 AM EDT
[#27]
Link Posted: 7/31/2001 4:39:18 AM EDT
[#28]
At least "teh" is caught by spellcheckers. I am constantly typin "form" when I mean "from" - heck, I just did it now and had to go back and change it!
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