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Vardofire
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:10:00 -
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Ok let's get this straight:
1. I'm no english teacher.
2. I'm not saying my english is perfect either
...but please people, make an effort when posting.
It is getting to the point where I have difficulty understanding what some of you write, since you mutilate and deform the english language. God, when I recall some of Siddy's posts I get this terrible headache and I have to lie down for a minute; Siddy's not the only one though...
Therefore I wanted to know if CCP could implement some kind of spellcheck tool in the forum posting?
What do you guys think?
(I'm no English or American grammar crusader by the way. I'm actually francophone!)
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Vardofire
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:10:00 -
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Ok let's get this straight:
1. I'm no english teacher.
2. I'm not saying my english is perfect either
...but please people, make an effort when posting.
It is getting to the point where I have difficulty understanding what some of you write, since you mutilate and deform the english language. God, when I recall some of Siddy's posts I get this terrible headache and I have to lie down for a minute; Siddy's not the only one though...
Therefore I wanted to know if CCP could implement some kind of spellcheck tool in the forum posting?
What do you guys think?
(I'm no English or American grammar crusader by the way. I'm actually francophone!)
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"Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."
-General George Patton Jr
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Spanker
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:14:00 -
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Meh. Spelling errors just show we're diverse in our origins etc, the whole point of coming together over the internet.
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Spanker
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:14:00 -
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Meh. Spelling errors just show we're diverse in our origins etc, the whole point of coming together over the internet.
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Excavation Svcs
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:16:00 -
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 Originally by: Spanker
Meh. Spelling errors just show we're diverse in our origins etc, the whole point of coming together over the internet.
Wrong! In fact most people who got their posts loaded with errors are native to the english language!
I'm not!
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Excavation Svcs
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:16:00 -
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Originally by: Spanker
Meh. Spelling errors just show we're diverse in our origins etc, the whole point of coming together over the internet.
Wrong! In fact most people who got their posts loaded with errors are native to the english language!
I'm not!
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S'Daria
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:16:00 -
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I agree... we don't need a spel checker.
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S'Daria
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:16:00 -
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I agree... we don't need a spel checker.
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Atandros
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:26:00 -
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Yeah, diversity through ineptitude and laziness. Woo.  
I agree a spell checker would be useful, but it'd have to be just a single button that automatically corrects all your misspelled words, not something that merely highlights the words like Word's spell checker does. Otherwise, most people won't bother with it.
And, on a related topic, a pet peeve of mine is seeing grammar / spelling errors in Eve movies...This is really awful in films like Leafo's where everything is just top notch, wonderful audio, impressive sights, and then some crass typo pops up spoiling the whole thing...
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Atandros
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:26:00 -
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Yeah, diversity through ineptitude and laziness. Woo.
I agree a spell checker would be useful, but it'd have to be just a single button that automatically corrects all your misspelled words, not something that merely highlights the words like Word's spell checker does. Otherwise, most people won't bother with it.
And, on a related topic, a pet peeve of mine is seeing grammar / spelling errors in Eve movies...This is really awful in films like Leafo's where everything is just top notch, wonderful audio, impressive sights, and then some crass typo pops up spoiling the whole thing...
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Spanker
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:26:00 -
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Originally by: Excavation Svcs
Originally by: Spanker
Meh. Spelling errors just show we're diverse in our origins etc, the whole point of coming together over the internet.
Wrong! In fact most people who got their posts loaded with errors are native to the english language!
I'm not!
Well those people don't need an automatic spelling aid, what they need is a school 
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Spanker
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:26:00 -
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Originally by: Excavation Svcs
Originally by: Spanker
Meh. Spelling errors just show we're diverse in our origins etc, the whole point of coming together over the internet.
Wrong! In fact most people who got their posts loaded with errors are native to the english language!
I'm not!
Well those people don't need an automatic spelling aid, what they need is a school
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Atandros
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:28:00 -
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Originally by: Excavation Svcs
Originally by: Spanker
Meh. Spelling errors just show we're diverse in our origins etc, the whole point of coming together over the internet.
Wrong! In fact most people who got their posts loaded with errors are native to the english language!
I'm not!
Heheh, indeed. And no, I'm not a native speaker either...
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Atandros
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:28:00 -
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Originally by: Excavation Svcs
Originally by: Spanker
Meh. Spelling errors just show we're diverse in our origins etc, the whole point of coming together over the internet.
Wrong! In fact most people who got their posts loaded with errors are native to the english language!
I'm not!
Heheh, indeed. And no, I'm not a native speaker either...
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Leipuri
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:41:00 -
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Smoe popele tkae seplilng too seiruosly.
Hvae smoe of tihs!
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Leipuri
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:41:00 -
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Smoe popele tkae seplilng too seiruosly.
Hvae smoe of tihs!
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Vardofire
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:42:00 -
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Originally by: Atandros
And, on a related topic, a pet peeve of mine is seeing grammar / spelling errors in Eve movies(...)
Yeah!
You see this incredible view of a fleet coming towards you with a creepy music and then...
"THAY SHAL TAYKE HARMS TOO FASE THEYRE ENEMI!"
It just ruins the whole thing!
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"Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."
-General George Patton Jr
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Vardofire
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:42:00 -
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Originally by: Atandros
And, on a related topic, a pet peeve of mine is seeing grammar / spelling errors in Eve movies(...)
Yeah!
You see this incredible view of a fleet coming towards you with a creepy music and then...
"THAY SHAL TAYKE HARMS TOO FASE THEYRE ENEMI!"
It just ruins the whole thing!
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"Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."
-General George Patton Jr
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oDDiTy V2
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:45:00 -
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Originally by: Leipuri
Smoe popele tkae seplilng too seiruosly.
Hvae smoe of tihs!
^^ there was a study done on the way you spelled that...
as long as all the letters in a word were there and the first and last letter were as they were supposed to be, like 99% of people could easily read it.
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oDDiTy V2
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:45:00 -
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Originally by: Leipuri
Smoe popele tkae seplilng too seiruosly.
Hvae smoe of tihs!
^^ there was a study done on the way you spelled that...
as long as all the letters in a word were there and the first and last letter were as they were supposed to be, like 99% of people could easily read it.
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Therax
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:51:00 -
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I agree, people who do not natively speak a language usually put more effort into getting the langauge correct than those who use a language as their primary. The only person I've ever had problems understanding is Zelota on this forum, by some forums standards the English is of very high calibre, the only big problem is grammar where people forget to use any kind of punctuation and forget that there are such things as paragraphs. Sadly that cannot be corrected by a spell checker so its all in vain really.
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Therax
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Posted - 2004.11.07 20:51:00 -
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I agree, people who do not natively speak a language usually put more effort into getting the langauge correct than those who use a language as their primary. The only person I've ever had problems understanding is Zelota on this forum, by some forums standards the English is of very high calibre, the only big problem is grammar where people forget to use any kind of punctuation and forget that there are such things as paragraphs. Sadly that cannot be corrected by a spell checker so its all in vain really.
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sutty
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Posted - 2004.11.07 21:06:00 -
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Vardofire - Hi please unplug your keyboard
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sutty
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Posted - 2004.11.07 21:06:00 -
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Vardofire - Hi please unplug your keyboard
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Danton Marcellus
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Posted - 2004.11.07 21:12:00 -
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I'll have a multilatte to go.
Yes it can be rather tiresome but then again do as I do and just stop reading what the ramblers write.
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Danton Marcellus
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Posted - 2004.11.07 21:12:00 -
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I'll have a multilatte to go.
Yes it can be rather tiresome but then again do as I do and just stop reading what the ramblers write.
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Lardarz B'stard
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Posted - 2004.11.07 21:48:00 -
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I challenge Vardofire to write everything he posted again, only this time do it in Dutch.
I am equally appalled by some peoples' spelling and grammatical mistakes, but I choose not to make a point of it on a forum for a game with an international community.
L33t 5p34k, however, does royally cheese me off and people who use it should be hung!!!!111one11one!!eleven.
Doh.
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Lardarz B'stard
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Posted - 2004.11.07 21:48:00 -
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I challenge Vardofire to write everything he posted again, only this time do it in Dutch.
I am equally appalled by some peoples' spelling and grammatical mistakes, but I choose not to make a point of it on a forum for a game with an international community.
L33t 5p34k, however, does royally cheese me off and people who use it should be hung!!!!111one11one!!eleven.
Doh.
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Aion Amarra
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Posted - 2004.11.07 22:29:00 -
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Originally by: Lardarz B'stard
I challenge Vardofire to write everything he posted again, only this time do it in Dutch.
I am equally appalled by some peoples' spelling and grammatical mistakes, but I choose not to make a point of it on a forum for a game with an international community.
L33t 5p34k, however, does royally cheese me off and people who use it should be hung!!!!111one11one!!eleven.
Doh.
Heh, fact is, Vardofire isn't Dutch (methinks). The main point is that most people are too lazy to type correctly, they can, but don't. AFAIK most people with horrible spelling tend to be native English speakers.
Usually it's easy to tell who is native English speaker and who isn't. The one who isn't a native speaker and still spells badly usually writes something along the lines of 'Sorry, my English isn't that good.' or 'Excuse for the lack of correct spelling/grammar, I'm not a native English speaker.'
That's why you posting that Vard should try posting in some other language he can't possibly know is somewhat missing the point.
I agree that people should spend more time on what they're writing in the forums. They've got time for that afterall. Noone asked them to extensively spellcheck what they're writing in a chatroom.
ad spelling in videos kinda is a bummer, too.
And... if anyone is interested, I'm a sixteen year old German.
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Aion Amarra
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Posted - 2004.11.07 22:29:00 -
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Originally by: Lardarz B'stard
I challenge Vardofire to write everything he posted again, only this time do it in Dutch.
I am equally appalled by some peoples' spelling and grammatical mistakes, but I choose not to make a point of it on a forum for a game with an international community.
L33t 5p34k, however, does royally cheese me off and people who use it should be hung!!!!111one11one!!eleven.
Doh.
Heh, fact is, Vardofire isn't Dutch (methinks). The main point is that most people are too lazy to type correctly, they can, but don't. AFAIK most people with horrible spelling tend to be native English speakers.
Usually it's easy to tell who is native English speaker and who isn't. The one who isn't a native speaker and still spells badly usually writes something along the lines of 'Sorry, my English isn't that good.' or 'Excuse for the lack of correct spelling/grammar, I'm not a native English speaker.'
That's why you posting that Vard should try posting in some other language he can't possibly know is somewhat missing the point.
I agree that people should spend more time on what they're writing in the forums. They've got time for that afterall. Noone asked them to extensively spellcheck what they're writing in a chatroom.
ad spelling in videos kinda is a bummer, too.
And... if anyone is interested, I'm a sixteen year old German.
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