# teh vs. het vs. hte vs. eth **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 6, 2002, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526 "2002-05-06T12:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/1 "2002-05-06T12:31:16Z")
What’s your favorite the typo? What’s you’re favoritte typo in general, and does ‘tyop’ annoy you? I’m a fan of teh, mostly because one froupie used it more than the, and thus reflected it in their username. Hi (teh tie poe)! ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/2 "2002-05-06T12:34:59Z")
teh is a common one for me, and so it yse. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/3 "2002-05-06T13:19:04Z")
My personal torment is the two-word combination of “to the”. In most instances it comes out as “tot he”. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/4 "2002-05-06T13:19:52Z")
I’m fond of throught since it could be through, thought, or though. Teh should be made an honorary word, it gets used enough, and for some strange reason it just looks like a real word. Tyop doesn’t annoy me, because I usually mistype typo as ytop. That annoys me. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/5 "2002-05-06T13:22:32Z")
I like the last word in this sentence myslef. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/6 "2002-05-06T13:30:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*My personal torment is the two-word combination of “to the”. In most instances it comes out as “tot he”. \*\* I’m with you, although it is not limited to any specific phrase. It seems lately that allm y typo shave been comin gbecasue I can’t see mto get space sin the righ tplaces. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/7 "2002-05-06T13:36:26Z")
Myslef and teh both seem to be on the verge of word status, like pron and haxor. I suppose a whole new thread might be “What’s the next new word to get into the dictionary?”. ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/8 "2002-05-06T14:36:11Z")
“Just” always seems to come out “jsut” for me. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/9 "2002-05-06T15:24:49Z")
I have a thing for typos, particualry the word particualry. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/10 "2002-05-06T15:33:57Z")
Slef and teh seem to be my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![crazy4chaucer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@crazy4chaucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazy4chaucer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/11 "2002-05-06T15:45:33Z")
hte happens alot, as does Fiaht (my name when I’m typing too fast) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/12 "2002-05-06T16:15:20Z")
Teh… teh… teh!!! I _ **HATE** _ TEH!!! [sub]And “iton” for words ending in “tion” annoys me too.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/13 "2002-05-06T16:49:32Z")
For me, my worst typos are: Freash/Fresh Foward/Forward Out/Put and vice versa (and the spell checker won’t catch these, of course) Thw/The (I do this more often than I do “teh”.) Doesn;t (or any “…n’t” word) ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/14 "2002-05-06T17:16:39Z")
I have done most or all of these _several_ times before, but the one I do that irritates me more than any is any word ending in “-ing” coming out as “-ign.” There’s jsut somethign abotu tyops that annoy me - mayeb it’s becuase I;m a perfectionsit when it comes to my own typing. There are also times when I apparently don’t make contact with a key like I thought I did and I leave out a letter. ut that’s another story altogether… -Dirty ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/15 "2002-05-06T17:55:25Z")
I’ve been writing “laywer” instead of “lawyer” for the past few weeks now. I’m dreading my bar application next year. “I am qualified to be a laywer because…” ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/16 "2002-05-06T18:36:45Z")
Typing “nad” instead of “and” is very common for me. And after it happens, my immaturity kicks in and I giggle before I correct it. 🙂 Sheri ---
**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/17 "2002-05-06T23:05:40Z")
Mine are “go tit” for “got it”, “becasue” for “because” and, of course, teh. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/18 "2002-05-07T00:40:57Z")
This thread is a complete inslut. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/19 "2002-05-07T00:57:13Z")
As a copyeditor, I find myself referring to **chpaters** waaaay too often. I’m also frequently guilty of **teh** and **throught.** (Yes, I went back to remove the typos in this post) ---
**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526/20 "2002-05-07T00:58:41Z")
Mine is hopsital for hospital. I had to do a ten-page report once for a college class on how the infrastructure at our local hopsi–er, hospital–needed improvement. Drove me nuts. 😃 I’ve read stories entitled “Teh \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” because the history behind the story involved typos. And then, of course, there’s **typo mna** the SDMB poster. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teh-vs-het-vs-hte-vs-eth/107526.md?page=2)