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21 November 2006
How do you pronounce "teh"?→[More:] As in "teh cuteness." I say "tay."
I don't pronounce it. It's one of those things that's occasionally funny online, but if somebody used it in spoken conversation, I'd consider them a dippy motherfucker.
I don't pronounce it. It's one of those things that's occasionally funny online, but if somebody used it in spoken conversation, I'd consider them a dippy motherfucker.
I guess I meant how do you pronounce it in your head when you're reading it. I've never said it out loud either.
I correct it in my head when I'm reading it and don't say it out loud at all, It's not snobishness, it's proofreaders reflex. My typing notwithstanding, I am actually a fairly good proofreader.
However I would pronounce it just as it is spelled.
I actually say this sort of thing all the time, but only to people who would get it. If someone says something corny or lame, I'll roll my eyes and say "ell oh ell." Recently when meeting someone unexpectedly, without thinking I said "oh em gee, double you tee eff!" I consider it ironic appropriation of something I consider to be the ultimate in stupidity, and I love making fun of human folly.
Miko: I don't really pronounce in my head while reading.
JanetLand Really? Huh, that's interesting -- now I know what my next MetaChat post should be.
There are lots of us non pronouncers out there. It came up a while ago on meta when it was discovered that many of us didn't know the user ID: Hat Maui was a play on mathowie.
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