Why Do People Spell 'the' as 'teh'?

[wolram]

This is just an observation i am not getting at any one, but the occurrence of people spelling (the ) wrong seems strange, many times it it comes out as teh.
Why is this? it can hardly be a keyboard slip as the letters are spaced well apart.

 

[BobG]

This is just an observation i am not getting at any one, but the occurrence of people spelling (the ) wrong seems strange, many times it it comes out as teh.
Why is this? it can hardly be a keyboard slip as the letters are spaced well apart.

Some of us use two hands to type.

Transposing letters isn't as much a case of hitting the wrong key as it is mistiming keystrokes. 'e' is a left-hand letter and 'h' is a right-hand letter. Transposing letters from opposite hands is probably more common than hitting the wrong key.

It should seem that it would be more likely for people to put right-handed letters before left-handed letters, since the left-hand is weaker for most people. You'd expect it to tire faster.

 

[xxChrisxx]

what teh hell are you talking about?

 

[Newai]

Sometimes it's intentional. Sorta like "the Internets."

 

[drizzle]

Not know you what about talk...Do.

 

[dlgoff]

This is just an observation i am not getting at any one, but the occurrence of people spelling (the ) wrong seems strange, many times it it comes out as teh.
Why is this? it can hardly be a keyboard slip as the letters are spaced well apart.

Similar to what I've show in bold?

 

[JaredJames]

The only place I see that is on the "I can has cheezburger" site.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Juts taek caer adn the prolbem woudl dissapaer.

 

[KingNothing]

There are some mistakes that are just easier to make. Particularly, words that involve alternating left and right hand letters. I'm not an expert, but it would make sense that the motor control needed would be a bit more intense for that.

 

[Jack21222]

I often transpose letters when typing. It's easy to do when typing at 80 words a minute. There might be less than 200 milliseconds between keystrokes when alternating between left and right hands, and the timing isn't always going to be right.

And you probably most often see it for "the" because "the" is pretty much the most common letter in the english language.

 

[JaredJames]

"the" is pretty much the most common letter in the english language.

PF, now redefining what constitutes a letter in the English language!

 

[Jack21222]

PF, now redefining what constitutes a letter in the English language!

Word! Most common word.

I think there is some sort of law of the internet where when positing about grammar or spelling, one will always make some sort of error in the post.

See the OP's "it it" for another example of this law.

 

[JaredJames]

I think there is some sort of law of the internet where when positing about grammar or spelling, one will always make some sort of error in the post.

When making a post such as the above, I work twice as hard to ensure I don't make a mistake. Nothing worse than getting called after calling someone.

 

[BobG]

When making a post such as the above, I work twice as hard to ensure I don't make a mistake. Nothing worse than getting called after calling someone.

That means you must put out 50% effort (or less) in the rest of your posts.

That clarifies a lot of things.

 

[JaredJames]

That means you must put out 50% effort (or less) in the rest of your posts.

That clarifies a lot of things.

Of course ... but only spelling and grammar.

 

[xxChrisxx]

TEH BUUUUURN!

Can you feel it?