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Nlle Kaani
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Posted - 2006.02.24 12:05:00 -
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Also please stop saying "your" instead of "you're" and "their" or "there" instead or "they're".
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TheKiller8
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Posted - 2006.02.24 12:09:00 -
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I always found the exclamation point typo slash fad hilarious. Started with HELP!!1 because ! and 1 are on the same key. Then people caught that up and did it on purpose and you got HELP!!!1!!1!11`` and then HEEELP!!1!`~~~ and then they lowered the bar even more and started to type the numbers out so you got 'HELP!1`~oneoneonetwo'
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Uther Doull
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Posted - 2006.02.24 12:20:00 -
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Edited by: Uther Doull on 24/02/2006 12:24:50
 Originally by: Kaathar Rielspar
on a related note, there seem to be a lot of 'fraction' ships being sold as well
well atleast the 'r' is right next to the 'f' so i can see how you can accidentally get that letter in there
however the 'n' is nowhere near any letter in the word turret, so i can't understand how the **** that gets in there...
that and the fact that turret doesn't sound like 'turrent'
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Clipped Wings
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Posted - 2006.02.24 12:30:00 -
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At least my 'Thron still has 7 Tourettes.
Wait...Something's not right.
Anyways, anyone remember the Mackerels from the alliance tournament? :p
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Hllaxiu
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Posted - 2006.02.24 12:41:00 -
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Originally by: Abbey Smallwood
Edited by: Abbey Smallwood on 24/02/2006 11:54:57
"Anyways, Armor annoys me, its bloody Armour. last time i check english was the standard 'english' not american inbred english"
yup that's painful. I also am pretty sure that Hemorphite should be spelt "Haemorphite" as in Haemoglobin. I also found a spelling error in one of the IG companies (Like Ishukhone, etc), wish i could remeber which one it was though...
I've actually always seen it "hemoglobin" in biology and chemistry texts here in the states. Probably because there is no ae character on our keyboard.
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Dopefish
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Posted - 2006.02.24 12:52:00 -
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Boni ....its bonuses ffs.
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Abbey Smallwood
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Posted - 2006.02.24 13:04:00 -
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Yeah, but the states' spelling is illogical (And separate a and e characters are generally used).
The Prosthetic group on Haemoglobin is the Haem Group,
not the Heme or hem group. It's HEEEEMoglobin
not hem(As in hem of a skirt)oglobin. spelling it "hem" leads to incorrect pronunciation.
And most people in eve seem to have Tourettes Zomg!!!!1111111oneoneoneeleven
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Abbey Smallwood
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Posted - 2006.02.24 13:06:00 -
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Edited by: Abbey Smallwood on 24/02/2006 13:11:14
also a fraction is a synonym of faction, though it carries subtly different connotations.
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Testy Mctest
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Posted - 2006.02.24 13:10:00 -
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It comes from people not being properly educated.
Much like people putting apostrophes where they shouldn't ("I hope that cover's it!").
Learning speeling and grammir is not complacated.
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Ithildin
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Posted - 2006.02.24 13:13:00 -
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Originally by: Dopefish
Boni ....its bonuses ffs.
In english, and especially american english, you just append -es to the plural form of words ending with us. However, if you want to be a bit more old-fashioned and use a plural form closer to the word's origin, the plural form is actually -i with the -us removed.
But... latin isn't my strong point, so...
Originally by: KilROCK
Originally by: Arkanor
Gallente missileboat might be cool.
Pod yourself till you got no skills.[ |
Jin Entres
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Posted - 2006.02.24 13:22:00 -
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My favourite one is still "titian", though 
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Crellion
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Posted - 2006.02.24 13:35:00 -
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I point needs to be made here:
Demios (being the Greek for "Henchman") is a really good description of the Gallente blaster HAC and certainly better than Deimos (nothing but the obscure twin moon of Pheibos or something) so this is less a spelling mistake and more a phsycic extrpolation of the genetic memory from the days where Greek was the only civilised language to the obvious utility of this lovely ship.
Megatron is also valid as simply the german rendition of the term [sic]
What I cant forgive is the scouts who report:
- he jumped meaning he warped off and vice verca
- ammar elite frig (and if you are in a ceptor you wonder whether you are about to wtfbbq an ammar ceptor or be bbqd by an ammar AF)
- warp to me (I am famous, also known as the Voice)
- he is aggressing me... oh! he jumped ( )
- clear the channel! enemy shuttle in (25 umps away - our 50 BS fleet needs to hurry if we are to catch this one)
- RA fleet in next system (so what? they ll log anyway man!)
etc
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Ithildin
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Posted - 2006.02.24 13:39:00 -
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Originally by: Crellion
(nothing but the obscure twin moon of Pheibos or something)
You mean obscure as in Deimos - one of the two moons orbiting Mars, the roman god of war?
Also, "warp to me" works EXTREMELY well for me ^_^
Originally by: KilROCK
Originally by: Arkanor
Gallente missileboat might be cool.
Pod yourself till you got no skills.[ |
Lady Ombre
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Posted - 2006.02.24 13:58:00 -
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Originally by: Ithildin
Originally by: Crellion
(nothing but the obscure twin moon of Pheibos or something)
You mean obscure as in Deimos - one of the two moons orbiting Mars, the roman god of war?
Deimos is Eris (Discordia) brother iirc. And it means "panic". 
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Khabok
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Posted - 2006.02.24 14:02:00 -
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here and hear
too and to
My favorite case-in-point?
Spying on an enemy TeamSpeak server, and hearing some pre-pubescent punk say, "Oh Em Gee! I just totally pawned some guy!"
Seriously. I heard that before. Makes you wish there was a mod that allowed you to slap people through the internet.
Khabok
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Crellion
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Posted - 2006.02.24 14:11:00 -
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Originally by: Ithildin
Originally by: Crellion
(nothing but the obscure twin moon of Pheibos or something)
You mean obscure as in Deimos - one of the two moons orbiting Mars, the roman god of war?
Also, "warp to me" works EXTREMELY well for me ^_^
Twin moon of = the other one is the other moon yes
obscure = deimos has not survived as a term while demios has
warp to me = works for you cause you are famous \0/ and cause MC is a really small group that doesnt take to many new recruits. If you had just joined an alliance and was in fleet with 100 peeps and you were 1 of 20 scouts it wouldnt work for you (I mean "warp to me" yelled on TS not "warp to me" nicely posted in gang chat)
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Ithildin
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Posted - 2006.02.24 14:18:00 -
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Warp to me worked in Xetic, too.
Anyways, I've never heard of "demios" before, but since I am rather interested in mythology and astronomy, well, I have heard of "Deimos" on many occasions.
Also, the Gallente naming erm... rules... implies that Gallente would choose names from ancient (mediterranean) mythology, not contemporary languages.
You also reminded me of another word that annoy me:
Diemos.
Some people even say it dii-EE-moss on TS.
Originally by: KilROCK
Originally by: Arkanor
Gallente missileboat might be cool.
Pod yourself till you got no skills.[ |
velocoraptor
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Posted - 2006.02.24 15:23:00 -
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Deimos (=not sure) was the twin bro of Phobos (=fear), both sons of Mars (not roman god, greek god of war, well the name is Ares actually -> later Mars in roman) and now twin moons of the planet Mars.
Diemos (maybe deriving from deimos-be back with more info later) is indeed just the greek word for henchman and not a name, so u couldn't possibly see it in any history or astronomy book ;-)
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Hllaxiu
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Posted - 2006.02.24 15:34:00 -
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I thought it was funny when I looked up the pronounciation of "deimos" and found that everything I was hearing on TS was correct. "di-mos" "de-mos" and "die-mos" are all correct according to dictionary.com.
Oh, and the plural of bonus in english is bonuses, take a look in a dictionary...
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Grim Starwind
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Posted - 2006.02.24 15:42:00 -
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I also hate it when people type in pwned.. it's like can't you spell?!
"omgwtf I just pwnz0red your asses"
I just chuckle at how lame they are. I wonder if they're ugly. hmm, I bet they are! ....yes I'm sure what they look like has nothing to do with it, but only ugly people must talk like this lol
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dazedandconfused
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Posted - 2006.02.24 15:44:00 -
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lead and led
ment and meant
site cite
cow, kow?!?!? 
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FFGR
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Posted - 2006.02.24 16:48:00 -
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Edited by: FFGR on 24/02/2006 16:49:04
Greek mythology lesson :
In Greek mythology, Deimos ("dread") was the personification of dread. He was the son of Ares and Aphrodite. He, his brother Phobos, and the goddess Enyo accompanied Ares into battle, as well as his father's attendants, Trembling and Panic. His Roman equivalent was Formido or Metus. Asaph Hall, who discovered the moons of Mars, named one Deimos.
Deimos (or Dimos) is also a normal name in greeklish (greek typed in latin characters)
Most gallente stuff are from greek mythology, as the Romans had copied a lot from the greek culture when they conquered the many city-countries of that time residing at the place we call today greece (I payed too much attention at history class, sue me )
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2006.02.24 17:02:00 -
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Originally by: Grim Starwind
I also hate it when people type in pwned.. it's like can't you spell?!
Ever pondered that it was intended?
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d'hofren
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Posted - 2006.02.24 17:23:00 -
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Originally by: Dopefish
Boni ....its bonuses ffs.
Actually if my latin is correct, (and it's been a long time), bonus is both masculine nom singular and plural.
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Hectic
Reikoku
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Posted - 2006.09.25 23:50:00 -
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I know a guy who puts "TurreNts, on his MegatRon"... It is a problem with their ability to read, and speak I think.... Beatnik....
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Reikoku
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Posted - 2006.09.25 23:53:00 -
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necro 4tl tbh... but tbh... you're right.
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Awox
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Posted - 2006.09.26 01:48:00 -
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Originally by: Tassi
Before eve I played an half life mod that was called "Natural Selection", it is the best hl mod ever.
In that game you could place Sentry turrets that were shooting automatically at the other fraction, which were aliens.
After awhile some stupid people called them "TORRENTS" (the caps is important here) and then everyone yelled on the servers and on the forums "COMMANDA WE NEED MORE TORRENTS!!11 THERE IS A LORK ON THE CLORFF!!!11 OH NOES THEY HAVE ONOS!!"
dunno if that helps you 
lol Tassi
Damn NS was cool.
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Carch
Amarr
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Posted - 2006.09.26 02:04:00 -
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Originally by: Sun Ra
Originally by: TomB
they must be getting it from torrent
Wow a tomb post 
Anyways, Armor annoys me, its bloody Armour.. last time i check english was the standard 'english' not american inbred english
sorry but not our fault you cannibals started misspelling it centries before we corrected it
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Eleis Machuron
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Posted - 2006.09.26 02:16:00 -
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Originally by: Kai Sheia
where do people get the idea theres an N in the word "Turret"?
I'm guessing it's two things:
1. people tend to type in bursts approximating morphemes, rather than letter by letter (in the same way that we read by recognizing shapes of words rather than letters.
2. words ending in 'rent' (rent, torrent, current) are more common than 'ret' (um... 'fret'? 'regret'?) so when some people get to the end part of 'turret' they just add the 'n' without thinking.
I've got nothing to back up these suppositions, they're just a wild stab in the dark.
Bugs the crap outta me too btw.
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Dahak2150
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Posted - 2006.09.26 02:25:00 -
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I am an obsessive spitfire turrent layer in planetside.
I also put down a good number of mindfields.
And my moshon sensers are quite evil.
.........
Can't think of a concievable way to misspell boomer. Explodey pizza slice?
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