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Why do people spell "of" like "ov?"

 
 
Rage
15:24 / 29.10.02
Seriously.
 
 
grant
16:31 / 29.10.02
As far as I know, it's a Temple of Psychic Youth thing, ostensibly for making the familiar seem unfamiliar and jogging your brain out of its rut.
 
 
Anathema
17:43 / 29.10.02
The definition for "OV" as defined by TOPY can be found here:
Definitions Ov Psychick Youth

The issue of funny spelling in TOPY is addressed here briefly:
TOPY F.A.Q.

Further info on spelling and word magick can also be gleaned in this excellent essay by Aloas Kino: BREATHING ON THE GOAT'S PERINEUM: Thee Spelling ov Magic(k)
 
 
cusm
18:27 / 29.10.02
Short answer:

LovE

When you read "ov", you hear "ov", and think of the word "love", and thus subconsciously let more love into your life or some such. Its psychic guerilla warfare.
 
 
reFLUX
19:27 / 29.10.02
it was Genesis P. Orridge (founder of T.O.P.Y.)who invented it to try and break the conditioning that occurs through language. ov = of, thee = the. like King Mob did in the Invisible by writing the alphabet backwards and with his left hand.
 
  
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