Is this an old age thing or what?

[markw]

All my life I've known the word is spelled "they" but I often catch myself writing "thay" even though i know better. What's up with that?

 

[Alex2507]

At some point in your life you have seen something that Bryce has touched.

 

[ImcLoud]

I don't hardly write anymore unless its numbers and my name... I remember years back writing invoices- now its done with a tablet, writing proposals- now its all digital and printed, used to write checks- now they are printed, I DON'T even write on envelopes any more, we have a pitney bowes envelope printer at the office, and my return address is all printed out on little stickers for me...

So most of the writing I do is actually typing, I can not remember the last time I wrote more than 20 words on a piece of paper... But I have gotten some bad habits, I no longer feel the need to distinguish between things like their, they're, there, ect or write rite right ect

 

[herbu]

I no longer feel the need to distinguish between things like their, they're, there, ect or write rite right ect

Really? You do that?

 

[j_garcia]

What about Thy? Thyne? Thou? Just sayin.

 

[ImcLoud]

What about Thy? Thyne? Thou? Just sayin.

I don't talk like that so I don't think I would type using them words ... Sometimes I just don't feel like using apostrophes or RITING the word RITE, even though right is only an extra letter, rite is much faster to type.. My grammar is really old, she just bakes cookies and knits blankets all day...

 

[its phillip]

Much faster? You are probably saving ~0.01 seconds lol

 

[herbu]

I don't hardly write anymore unless its numbers and my name...

Or an essay in a forum.

but I often catch myself writing "thay" even though i know better

You've heard of writer's block? This is called writer's lisp. Ex: "Thay, thith quiche ith thimply divine, and your ramekinth are darling". It is seen frequently in San Francisco, less often in Dallas. You should work on it.

 

[ImcLoud]

I don't know, Phillip... rite right rite right rite right rite right rite right rite right, it feels like .1 seconds easy...