Why are people putting "tho" at the end of sentences now? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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It was never needed in the past and ads no context that a simple exclamation point or bold letters could do if a person wants to add emphasis.

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[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Now? It's been happening since cell phones became common. It started as lazy typing (or just bad spelling) and it just became a thing shortly after.

Any word that can be shortened was shortened, like ur example. If punctuation isn't understood, it's left out. The worst part of this is that spelling and grammar checkers are "smart", so they integrate slang as "correct" and probably type mistakes for people automatically.

[-] Kornblumenratte@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

The spelling "tho" was commonly used back at least in North American informal writing in the 1980s already, and was proposed as a shorthand brief already by Thomas Shelton in his 1626 Tachygraphy. Predating cell phones a bit.

[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

I am not sure if all my nieces and nephews were aware of Thomas Shelton or any of the first internet memes.

Still tho, you had a good knowledge drop.

[-] inlandempire@jlai.lu 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah for example this meme is old https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/y-tho

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