Enough,Already!--"Teh"/"The"....

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Why has "hte" or "teh" become more common? Simply

> because emails, internet forums, etc have become

> more commonplace. We used to think of any typed

> text as being in some way formal (some people

> still send me emails formatted as if they were

> writing a letter), but over time it has become

> less formal. Because of this, people will often

> type quickly, and "fire and forget", rather than

> carefully proof-reading and checking spelling and

> grammar. I would suggest that an email (along with

> SMS) has become possibly the least formal method

> of communiction. Also as computers, email and

> internet have invaded our lives more and more,

> people have become faster and more "ambitious" in

> their typing.

>

> Why do people mis-spell "the" more frequently than

> other words? Partly because the letters are all

> close together on the keyboard. And partly because

> it's the most common word

> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_common_words_in

> _English) so we tend to type it in "autopilot"

> mode.

Makes an awful lot of sense Jeremy, I must say.

Shame I can't find a thread from 1/2 years ago on another Forum where some older Guys(Mid-30's!) were criticising the yoof(lol) for using "teh" on a regular basis though!!

[Tony.London Suburbs]

RosieH Wrote:

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> yeah, sorry about that - I seem to have some kind

> of phobia of smilies

I have to be honest Rosie (can I leave the "H" it seems sooo formal) and admit that I'm never sure with you if you are serious/teasing/having a dig or what:)) and that may be the reason !

Thus, I'm not always sure if MY response is appropriate!

"My Living"= Profesional Gambler(Winky face).. currently betting on The Venus Williams-Australian Open Match on BBC2 right now....

[RosieH]

to be sure, always teasing - I don't think I'd use the forum to have a dig - although I might use it for a heated argument

for the first and last time: ;-);-);-);-)

[Tony.London Suburbs]

RosieH Wrote:

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> to be sure, always teasing - I don't think I'd use

> the forum to have a dig - although I might use it

> for a heated argument

>

> for the first and last time: ;-);-);-);-)

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