Dha = The; Yew = You: Utter Foolishness
Sometimes I have to vent and this is one of those times. Recently it seems my patience has gotten shorter. Let me be the first to say that my English isn’t great and I’m fine with that, but when people deliberately make themselves look more dumber than they are then I must speak up.
What’s killing me is this new word forming style and sadly the people who type that way find it cute. I’m not talking about teenagers and children doing it, they get a pass; I’m talking about people in their mid 20′s to 30′s.
Why substitute one letter just to replace it with another? The examples I’ve seen are as follows:
- You – Yhu, Yuh, Yew
- The – Dha, Tha, Dah
Why? Why can’t you just type ‘you’; ‘the’? It’s the same amount of letters and takes the same amount of keystrokes. No, you’re not making a long word shorter [ie: 'da' 'n' 'u'] you’re adding equal amount of letters I guess to look different. I know you’re probably not aware, but typing like I’m typing is whats in at the moment; it’ll forever be in style.
Either way just stop it. Those years where you could actually get away with acting naïve and unaware are over. You’re 25-35 years old trying to converse with someone about politics using ‘dha’, and ‘yew’. I know people are lazy but how hard is it to press the letters y.o.u on your keyboard?
How do you aim towards looking like a fool? How can you promote your music, art, – hell anything when you type that way? When you type like that, that’s all people will focus on. It probably lead people in the other direction. I’m trying to help you out here, you’re not doing any favors typing that way.
The only places where that foolishness is acceptable:
- Relatives.
- Public forums filled will the same people who type the way you do.
- Youtube videos about rap music [ie Gucci Mane, Lil' Wayne].
- Texting.
- [Can't think of any more - it was hard thinking of those].
Even then it’s not acceptable. You’re striving and excelling in the wrong areas. Do you type like that on your résumé? Do you write like that on applications? I truly hope not.
It’s no longer “unique” if everyone is doing it. I only made this PSA because someone got mad at me because I asked them why they type the way they do. They simply said, “becuz itz dha intenet n i can type how i wanna”. Well since it’s “dha intenet”, don’t ask me to listen to your music or critique your designs.
Also whats with people replacing their g’s with q’s? Really? Does doinq this make you feel special or somethinq? I know your brain wants to type it the correct way but you somehow mange to force your fingers to type like you’re missing keys on your keyboard. I know this because my brain just did.
Okay, I’m done.
Posted on October 3, 2011, in My Rants and tagged English language, gucci mane, internet, slang, Typing. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
If i write say thru and i say threw, then wouldn’t i write thru when i mean thru and say threw when i mean threw?
It’s not a matter of neologisms or what, but some of the words you quoted are simply “dialect” versions from other countries. Then I agree with you that in the end it’s always the same three letters, but people is accustomed to write as they speak, it seems.
Yuh and Dha are commonly used in Trinidad and Tobago, while Dah in Jamaica
I’m going to have to disagree with you sir.