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Squeekie
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Posted - 2010.03.30 02:14:00 -
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..why the vast majority of the native English speakers who play this game cannot understand the difference between the words 'lose' and 'loose'.
As you know this word is used alot on the EvE forums and in 99% of the the cases where it is used people always type 'loose'. Why FFS!
'Arsenal are crap and will lose this weekend'
'I met your mum on the weekend and she's rather loose isn't she!'
All people whose first language is not English may ignore this post!
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Tony Sharp
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Posted - 2010.03.30 02:21:00 -
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I find more irritating the confusion between your/you're and their/there/they're to be honest.
(especially for your/you're, if people are too lazy typing a few more letters, I wish they would just type "u r" - makes the eyes hurt less. But laziness makes an odd pair with wits now, doesn't it?)
And English is not my native language. Maybe the fact that you first learn to write/read and then talk makes a big difference to the amount of blood coming out of your eyes reading internet forums....
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W3370Pi4
Blast Maker Incorporated
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Posted - 2010.03.30 02:25:00 -
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this is eve online , most people play drunk , who cares
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Tony Sharp
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Posted - 2010.03.30 02:37:00 -
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 Originally by: W3370Pi4
this is eve online , most people play drunk , who cares
Source?
And why should someone get drunk in front of their computer AND play a game where loss has consequences? Are you implying that poor grammar/spelling is correlated with low IQ as evidenced by the behaviour of the Eve players? Interesting....
p.s. Getting drunk and making an ass of yourself can be fun but why not do it outside in a bar/pub/restaurant/party? You may get lucky... In eve you may get that lucky kill too but look at fun/risk/return ratio of the above two scenarios.
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Felix Esperium
Lysergic Distortions Research and Development
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Posted - 2010.03.30 02:53:00 -
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My first thought upon reading your title was, "It's LOSE, you ******!" My mother was a grammar **** when I was growing up and all of these things were beat into me so much that it now bothers me when others **** up. I always thank her for turning me into a pretentious douche whenever this comes up. I think I may go call her now as a matter of fact.
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S'qarpium D'igil
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Posted - 2010.03.30 02:54:00 -
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Edited by: S''qarpium D''igil on 30/03/2010 02:55:38
Don't forget this classic:
"Robert and myself went to the store yesterday."
Why, oh why? 
Edit:
While I'm at it, I'll post the biggest offender of all time in the English language:
"John and me went to New York." 
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Qarth
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Posted - 2010.03.30 02:55:00 -
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I'll, Isle and Aisle are the ones that always get me ****ed when I see them misused. 
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Atticus Fynch
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Posted - 2010.03.30 02:59:00 -
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I remember doing the "lose"/"loose" thing back in grade school.
I cant speak for other countries, but in the US education in basic English is lacking.
We don't even teach diction which is why Americans have such a variety of accents.
It's pretty pathetic, but what can you expect when our former President was known for statements like "Is our children learning."
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ChrisIsherwood
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Posted - 2010.03.30 03:06:00 -
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Also, I have been noticing the " do to causes..." instead of due.
Originally by: Squeekie
All people whose first language is not English may ignore this post!
TBH, I expect better from the ESL than "native speakers."
If it helps, you can venture into M&D where you see their grammatical skills dwarf their economic knowledge.
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Gladys Pank
Amarr
Trillionaire High-Rollers Suicidal Bassoon Orkesta
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Posted - 2010.03.30 03:26:00 -
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Not everyone's good at spelling. I suspect even less give a crap about checking their errors on an internet spaceship forum. The important thing is to get your point across clearly enough that it's understood. This doesn't even account for any dyslexia or language barriers.
The amount of time people waste correcting each others written word is ridiculous and suggests a poorer intelligence in those nitpicking than those who misspell and get on with business.
The OP is made at least mildly amusing by coming from someone with a poorly spelled name.
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jona1
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Posted - 2010.03.30 03:34:00 -
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To the pedantic so and so OP, "wei rally dant car"
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Lt Angus
Caldari
End Game.
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Posted - 2010.03.30 03:43:00 -
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I never notice other people spelling grammer errors, or my own but i did fail english so meh
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Squeekie
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Posted - 2010.03.30 03:57:00 -
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@Gladys Pank
I dont think that you should be required to be 'good' at spelling to realise the difference between 'lose' and 'loose', and the correct spelling is actually less time consuming to type, so think of that as a bonus!
'and suggests a poorer intelligence in those nitpicking than those who misspell and get on with business'
What a ridiculous statement to make!
'The OP is made at least mildly amusing by coming from someone with a poorly spelled name'
You are really clutching at straws to find some sort of retort here eh!? Perhaps you could tell me what a correctly spelt avatar should be?
However im reasonably confident that next time you type the word 'lose' you'll spell it correctly - job done :)
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Gladys Pank
Amarr
Trillionaire High-Rollers Suicidal Bassoon Orkesta
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Posted - 2010.03.30 04:05:00 -
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I'm not really clutching at straws. Just giving my thoughts. You can take the last sentence as a poor attempt at humour but on the rest I remain entirely serious about.
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ShadowMaster
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.03.30 04:05:00 -
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This
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Boogie Bobby
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Posted - 2010.03.30 04:06:00 -
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How dare you insult Arsenal?
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Gladys Pank
Amarr
Trillionaire High-Rollers Suicidal Bassoon Orkesta
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Posted - 2010.03.30 04:09:00 -
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Originally by: Squeekie
'and suggests a poorer intelligence in those nitpicking than those who misspell and get on with business'
What a ridiculous statement to make!
How is it ridiculous? Your willingness to sweep aside a perfectly reasonable opinion is disappointing.
Originally by: Squeekie
However im reasonably confident that next time you type the word 'lose' you'll spell it correctly - job done :)
Thank goodness you came into my life making assumptions. I don't know what I'd do without you.
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Mire Stoude
The Undesirables
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Posted - 2010.03.30 04:10:00 -
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I used to care about my grammar and spelling. After 4 years of Eve, I no longer care. As long as I type something relatively close and the people in corp chat can understand what I'm saying, I don't bother correcting typos.
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I'thari
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.03.30 04:34:00 -
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"of" instead of "have" is more irritating, tbh |
Taxesarebad
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Posted - 2010.03.30 04:37:00 -
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sigh grammer***s seem to be poping up in all mmo's these days..
stay off the interwebs if you cant take spelling/grammer errors.
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citizen20100323919
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Posted - 2010.03.30 04:38:00 -
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Pobody's nerfect.
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Edenn
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Posted - 2010.03.30 05:07:00 -
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Originally by: Squeekie
..why the vast majority of the native English speakers who play this game cannot understand the difference between the words 'lose' and 'loose'.
As you know this word is used alot on the EvE forums and in 99% of the the cases where it is used people always type 'loose'. Why FFS!
'Arsenal are crap and will lose this weekend'
'I met your mum on the weekend and she's rather loose isn't she!'
All people whose first language is not English may ignore this post!
Simply ignoring people who use "to" instead of "too", not using "?" in the end of interrogative sentence, "your" instead of "you're".
Just don't bother whith idiots and silly kids.
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Lucifer's Ghost
Minmatar
Native Fishfood
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Posted - 2010.03.30 05:12:00 -
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Originally by: Squeekie
..why the vast majority of the native English speakers who play this game cannot understand the difference between the words 'lose' and 'loose'.
As you know this word is used alot on the EvE forums and in 99% of the the cases where it is used people always type 'loose'. Why FFS!
'Arsenal are crap and will lose this weekend'
'I met your mum on the weekend and she's rather loose isn't she!'
All people whose first language is not English may ignore this post!
The question I have to ask you is this. If I say "Today I will loose a fight" or "You are really lose between the ears" Do you still understand what I am actually saying?
Yes? Good, then go peddle your anal retentive crap elsewhere I have EVE to loose!
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Jeneroux
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.03.30 05:48:00 -
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lose.. loose.. to.. too.. two.. there.. they're.. their.
Then look at the tense.. and the plural.. and my favorite.. contractions 
could lose ship trying to decrypt what people say.
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Neesa Corrinne
Stimulus
Rote Kapelle
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Posted - 2010.03.30 06:34:00 -
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Edited by: Neesa Corrinne on 30/03/2010 06:35:46
I take it as a blessing that so many ******s out there can't spell correctly.
When my perfectly punctuated and written resume and their half assed "hurf durf durrrr yer a dumb grammer ****!!" resume comes across the recruiter's desk... then guess whose resume goes in the shredder first?
The world NEEDS idiots that make fun of people who like to like to be precise... we NEED these guys to take out our garbage every Friday. Can't live without them in fact.
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Dr Neba
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Posted - 2010.03.30 07:38:00 -
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I have noticed most of the American pilots can not spell, but lets face it they have taken the English language and tried to make it there own.
Its called English because its from England in the United Kingdom  |
Sokratesz
Rionnag Alba
Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2010.03.30 07:41:00 -
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I'm non-native English and this stuff annoys me to no end =P
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ChrisIsherwood
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Posted - 2010.03.30 07:44:00 -
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Originally by: Lucifer's Ghost
The question I have to ask you is this. If I say "Today I will loose a fight" or "You are really lose between the ears" Do you still understand what I am actually saying?
Yes? Good, then go peddle your anal retentive crap elsewhere I have EVE to loose!
This is EVE and deliberately trying to appear less intelligent or capable than you are is frequently clever metagaming.
Those who want an offline EVEGate address book, without using paper, can find the tech equivalent of this food fight over in the technology forum over a HTML 2, non-W3C application, PHP application.
Originally by: Jeneroux
and my favorite.. contractions
Did you read "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves?" Maybe they are greengrocers.
Originally by: Neesa Corrinne
we NEED these guys to take out our garbage every Friday. Can't live without them in fact.
What was the line from Caddy Shack? "Well, the world needs ditch diggers, too."
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Melor Rend
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Posted - 2010.03.30 07:49:00 -
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A further mistake that native english speakers often make in EVE is the "I could care less" VS. "I couldn't care less". I'm not actually a native english speaker myself but with a small amount of logic it should be clear which one makes sense and which one doesn't.
I believe I also saw that mistake often in the EVE: Empyrean Age novel (which really is a bit of a joke tbh - people that write books should have a decent grasp of the language or at least get their books checked by someone with good language skills).
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EveMart Representative
EveMart Corporation
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Posted - 2010.03.30 08:19:00 -
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Nothing bothers me more than people calling their characters...
TOONS!
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