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Kelgen Thann
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Posted - 2006.06.04 21:05:00 -
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It's more annoying than having a guy stand too close to you when talking who spits when he talks.
I mean don't waste a post spot with comments like I'd have thought you were a CEO but you used the ! with a space where general practice says no space should be there, or you spelt the word "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" wrong you left out an 's'
I almost half expect posters who do this on a regualr basis to be sitting at home in a poofy chair with a monocle smoking a pipe after they leave their Grade 9 english class they teach.
Seriously, who cares about minor grammar or spelling errors.
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Kel Shek
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Posted - 2006.06.04 21:15:00 -
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Edited by: Kel Shek on 04/06/2006 21:15:00
theres only a few "typos" and similar that get ME going.
like Turrent.
theres no N in the word turret.
theres no N on the keyboard anywhere near the surrounding letters. (edit: in the word turret)
theres no dialect of english which has a word that actually resembles or has a similar meaning as "turret" that is spelled "Turrent".
I have not been informed of any english-like language that has such a word.
there is NO sane reason to POSSIBLY EVER put an N in "turret". not once. and sure as hell not every time its typed.
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.06.04 21:16:00 -
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Look mom, i'm in my own thread!
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Shionoya Risa
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Posted - 2006.06.04 21:17:00 -
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"who do this on a regualr basis
Annoying enough for you? 
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Magic Trev
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Posted - 2006.06.04 21:18:00 -
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yhea LOL whoth e **** cares wot i type lyk whn you cna undrstnd w0t im syin?[/sarcasm]
The fact is i dont mind about little errors but when people are complete gramatical retards it does tend to get frustrating... mainly people who fail to use the god damn enter button whilst they type.
-Paragraphs are your friend mmkay?-
(this isn't aimed at non-english speakers just thoose who can speak english fluently but fail to do s.o)
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Baron Xad
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Posted - 2006.06.04 21:19:00 -
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The only one that legimately annoys me for some reason is when people type "your" when they mean to type "you're". It always just makes me feel uneasy.
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Kye Kenshin
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Posted - 2006.06.04 21:25:00 -
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Only one that bothers me is when people use "loosing" instead "losing".
Really gets to me that one. 
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Deja Thoris
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Posted - 2006.06.04 21:32:00 -
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 Originally by: Kye Kenshin
Only one that bothers me is when people use "loosing" instead "losing".
Really gets to me that one.
QFT
I'm not overly pedantic and understand that English is not the first language of many people.
I do think that if we showed some characters posts to their English teachers they would have a breakdown
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Hunters Presence
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Posted - 2006.06.04 21:37:00 -
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Originally by: Kye Kenshin
Only one that bothers me is when people use "loosing" instead "losing".
Really gets to me that one.
That and people misspelling 'rogue'. Otherwise all is fine.
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Kelgen Thann
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Posted - 2006.06.04 21:40:00 -
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Edited by: Kelgen Thann on 04/06/2006 21:40:51
I fully understand that spelling and grammar in the forums can be bad, but I read a post that may be interesting and I come across corrections, flames and the worst ever " you must be a noob or a kid or not a CEO, or (insert whatever) because you made a mistake.
It just detracts from any meaning and makes me pause and wonder why someone has to point it out.
If the post is completely unintelligible I can understand a post asking for the Op to re-phrase.
I am personally guilty of teh instead of the, but that is because I'm a lazy typer.
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Vincent Gaines
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Posted - 2006.06.04 21:40:00 -
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I don't mind typos, but I can't stand when people write "mineing" and "tradeing"
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.06.04 21:41:00 -
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Originally by: Kelgen Thann
I almost half expect posters who do this on a regualr basis to be sitting at home in a poofy chair with a monocle smoking a pipe after they leave their Grade 9 english class they teach.
also, FYI, its an office chair, my eyesight is good enough I only wear glasses when driving, i don't smoke, and I'm 17 and probably in the class (don't do english though )
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Jenny Spitfire
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Posted - 2006.06.04 22:02:00 -
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If they only speak English and have bad grammars and spellings, they should be repetitively killed and podded. Nuff said. 
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Originally by: Jenny Spitfire
EvE is ecstatically malevolent.
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Cabadrin
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Posted - 2006.06.04 22:04:00 -
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If you want to be taken seriously, it helps to spell things correctly and adhere to grammatical rules. It's when people make serious announcements and have these terrible spelling errors (like CYVOK's blogs) that it becomes hard to take them seriously. It gets on people's nerves and they focus on how you're saying it, rather than what you're saying. Most posts I don't care about but when people try to make a point and can't even use correct grammar? that's when I ignore them.
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Anara Serraph
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Posted - 2006.06.04 22:22:00 -
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Originally by: Jenny Spitfire
If they only speak English and have bad grammars and spellings
"If they only speak English and have bad grammar and spelling" i think you will find 
Sorry I could not resist
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Jenny Spitfire
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Posted - 2006.06.04 22:25:00 -
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Originally by: Anara Serraph
Originally by: Jenny Spitfire
If they only speak English and have bad grammars and spellings
"If they only speak English and have bad grammar and spelling" i think you will find
Sorry I could not resist
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RecruitMe@NOINT!
Originally by: Jenny Spitfire
EvE is ecstatically malevolent.
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2006.06.04 22:29:00 -
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Do you want some turrents on your fraction captial ships?
/had to do it
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Abbadon
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Posted - 2006.06.04 22:35:00 -
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Originally by: Dark Shikari
Do you want some turrents on your fraction captial ships?
/had to do it
Only if it has rouge drones in the drone bay and armour tanks
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Dancers plz. o/ --Jorauk
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Tasuric Orka
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Posted - 2006.06.04 22:40:00 -
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Edited by: Tasuric Orka on 04/06/2006 22:40:40
I get annoyed with people that use "u" for "you", and "y" for "why", "pls" for "please", and other retarded made up words. Just makes me want to.. hurt them.
Honest mistakes are fine, nobody is perfect, but if you intentionally talk crap.. ohh you need to die 
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Zyrla Bladestorm
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Posted - 2006.06.04 22:53:00 -
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Originally by: Abbadon
Originally by: Dark Shikari
Do you want some turrents on your fraction captial ships?
/had to do it
Only if it has rouge drones in the drone bay and armour tanks
Oi!
Armour is correct in British english, "armor" is correct in american english
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2006.06.04 22:54:00 -
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Edited by: Dark Shikari on 04/06/2006 22:53:57
Originally by: Tasuric Orka
Edited by: Tasuric Orka on 04/06/2006 22:40:40
I get annoyed with people that use "u" for "you", and "y" for "why", "pls" for "please", and other retarded made up words. Just makes me want to.. hurt them.
Honest mistakes are fine, nobody is perfect, but if you intentionally talk crap.. ohh you need to die
pls can u stop h8ing on ppl 
/you were just asking for that 
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Panzer Goddess
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Posted - 2006.06.04 22:58:00 -
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I'm a god damn Grammar ****, I'll bust caps in anyone who ravages the language we take for granted, but only if I know that they're British/American. Europeans make me laugh with their funny ways. Australians too.
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Nikolai Nuvolari
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Posted - 2006.06.04 23:03:00 -
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Typos are really the least problem (I don't particularly care), misspellings are only a bit worse [NOT THE SAME AS TYPOS...a typo is hitting the wrong key on your keyboard, a misspelling is actually choosing the wrong letter because you don't know how the word is spelled], bad grammar annoys me, but AOLspeak (like "u" for "you") and leetspeak (like "teh" for "the", and anything with a number or symbol where a letter should be) make me homocidal.
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Gyrn Fzirth
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Posted - 2006.06.04 23:11:00 -
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Originally by: Kelgen Thann
I mean don't waste a post spot with comments like I'd have thought you were a CEO but you used the ! with a space where general practice says no space should be there, or you spelt the word "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" wrong you left out an 's'
If they mispell something that is difficult and not in their common parlance, then sure give them a bye. However, it irks me no end when they misspell things like:
your <> you're
there <> their
rouge <> rogue
affect <> effect
roll <> role
etc or spout some incomprehensible crap such as
Originally by: Spartan239
i keep goign to add a long reply but its a waste of my time, maybe later i will, but yoru not comign up with a good argument so for the moment ill jsut laugh at yoru stupidity
I either shake my head and wonder at the decline of the quality of human communication or post something constructive and corrective, usually to the posting party's ire :)
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Kaell Meynn
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Posted - 2006.06.04 23:18:00 -
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Edited by: Kaell Meynn on 04/06/2006 23:20:05
^^^edited to add forgiveness for the tricky parts of the language... the easy ones I don't forgive though.
Originally by: Cabadrin
that's when I ignore them.
The 't' should be capitalized. ;)
Is it really that hard to type correctly? It's not rocket science. I mean I can forgive typos, and the 'trickier' parts of the language, and non-native speakers (they're generally not the problem though, 90% of it is english native speakers who GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL!!). Come on guys, act like you should have graduated, not like you flunked out in the 4th grade.
There is a difference between "there" "their" and "they're". And it's really not that hard to get it right. "There" means like over there, "their" means it belongs to them, and "they're" means they are something. Their dog likes to **** in their neighboors lawn over there in the corner, and they just let it, they're not very good neighboors.
If you don't like your grammar corrected, stop typing like an idiot.
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Ivan Kirilenkov
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Posted - 2006.06.04 23:21:00 -
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In Soviet Russia we send people who cannot recite Pushkin and Tolstoy to Siberia to count trees. Maybe we shall send those with poor grammar to Jita to count Ibis'?
On a more serious note though; there was a thread about grammar and people's english a few days ago; and I think what Wrangler said pretty much sums up the discussion on that.
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Kolatha
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Posted - 2006.06.05 02:02:00 -
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Originally by: Kelgen Thann
Seriously, who cares about minor grammar or spelling errors.
Everyone should because, contrary to what a lot of people would have you believe, minor spelling and grammar errors can make a significant impact on the context and meaning of a thread. More importantly many flame threads flare up due to nothing other than misunderstanding of the OPs comments due to their poor grasp of basic grammar and spelling.
You don't have to be perfect, but it helps to at least try.
dictionary.com is your best friend when it comes to spelling.
ESLs (English as Second Language) are easily forgiven their poor English grammar and spelling skills. Lets face it, English is an absolute bugger to get right and no 2 academics will agree 100% on the finer aspects of grammatical structure. Even native English writers can be forgiven for bad grammar as long as it isn't too bad.
But if your first language is English and you don't have dyslexia then there is no excuse for using the wrong words (see loose/lose and their/there/they're for examples), or the generally abysmal quality of spelling.
When the native English writers get it wrong then what chance does an ESL have, particularly when for so many online forums are their first and only way to learn English, of understanding what is going on. We should all care about the grammar and spelling because in the long run it helps everyone communicate and understand each other.
But then some of you out there don't want to communicate, you just want to blow things up.
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Sirial Soulfly
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Posted - 2006.06.05 03:43:00 -
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Yeah I completely agree with the OP on this, people complaining about someone else's spelling says more about themselves then the one who makes the error.
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Joe
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Posted - 2006.06.05 04:06:00 -
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Only thing that annoys me is Megatrons, people should realise that the Decepticons are not an alliance in eve, and you cant fly or buy a Megatron
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Bordric
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Posted - 2006.06.05 04:11:00 -
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I think some people are just anal and need to complain about something. If they are not complaining about "your" then it would be something else.
"Turrent" comes from people speaking the word. In case people did not realize the world is rather large and people speak very differently depending on where you find yourself. Where I am from the "N" is in the word, why? Hell if I know where did "ain't" come from? "You got them "turrents" on your jeep?". Take a trip visit other places and you will find more then "turrent" out there in the wide world.
Anyway English is a bastardized language. I would not judge a persons intelligence on their writing skills.
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