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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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And Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
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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.
Pants have pockets -> Pockets hold wallets -> Wallets hold money -> Money is the root of all evil -> Ergo, pants are the root of all evil. |
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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randy andy
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Posted - 2006.06.05 04:47:00 -
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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,
sorry mate
but you must have not been to the secondly schhols in england in the last 30+ years,
they dont teach all kids the same,
the bright kids get the grammer and spelling and the fine points of english but the rest would be lucky to get a book with good spelling at all.
sadly the way the gov has changed rules in schools and have started to rate school with pass rates the higher lvl's of grammer and other things has been lowered to get the pass rate and there are more things they have done to mess up the schools,
sorry did not mean to go on about the goverment of england but if you're talking about spelling then you need to look at the route of the problem which sadly is the rules running the schools..
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bubukitten
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Posted - 2006.06.05 05:37:00 -
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Faction and Fraction
You are involved with a Faction.
2/4,3/4, 15/16 these are fractions.
"The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Faction Fac"tion (fa^k"shu^n), n. L. factio a doing, a
company of persons acting together, a faction: cf. F. faction
See Fashion.
1. (Anc. Hist.) One of the divisions or parties of
charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games
of the circus.
1913 Webster
2. A party, in political society, combined or acting in
union, in opposition to the government, or state; --
usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a
majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any
kind, acting for their own interests, especially if
greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.
1913 Webster
3. Tumult; discord; dissension.
1913 Webster
They remained at Newbury in great faction among
themselves. --Clarendon.
Syn: Combination; clique; junto. See Cabal.
1913 Webster
Fraction Frac"tion, v. t. (Chem.)
To separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional
distillation or crystallization; to fractionate; --
frequently used with out; as, to fraction out a certain grade
of oil from pretroleum.
1913 Webster
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Daos Leghki
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Posted - 2006.06.05 05:37:00 -
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I find that small misspellings are an annoyance but are tolerable. Most of the time, bad spelling is indicative of poor planning when posting, which is usually easy to spot irregardless of the poster's native tongue.
A well thought out and paragraphed post, with a clear purpose and easy to understand meaning is a joy to read. I've seen some posts that I have simply stopped reading because the language was so incomprehensible. There may have been good stuff there, but I didn't read it. That is the risk you take when you don't post coherently. On the other hand, I've really enjoyed some suggestions to game mechanics that weren't the most balanced, but were well written.
A well written post not only reduces the amount of flames you get, by reducing the number of misunderstandings, but also gets taken more seriously. Consider how many "OMG, B0057 AFs" threads there have been, but nothing was done until Weirda's excellent AS thread, and Sarmaul's backing it with numbers.
"Your" and "you're" get me too, though, so no one's perfect. >_>
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spurious signal
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Posted - 2006.06.05 05:46:00 -
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I used to be a grammar & spelling fanatic too. Then I realised that actually it's nonsense since language evolves. Language becomes what language is. We would have trouble understanding English from 500 years ago, even from 200 years ago it can be confusing since grammar, spelling and vernacular have all changed massively over time and will continue to do so.
Trying to enforce "perfect" spelling, grammar and punctuation is, like intolerance of dialects and anything deviating from "received pronunciation", a futile exercise that is actually about assertion of perceived class superiority.
And it's cobblers.
Just cos you can spell better than me doesn't make you better than me.
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Chinny RekOn
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Posted - 2006.06.05 08:12:00 -
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as lnog as the stratnig and edning ltetres are in the rhigt odrer, the hmuanm brian can raed the wrod. Go Go Dyslexia.
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spurious signal
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Posted - 2006.06.05 08:18:00 -
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Originally by: Chinny RekOn
as lnog as the stratnig and edning ltetres are in the rhigt odrer, the hmuanm brian can raed the wrod. Go Go Dyslexia.
You selpt hmuan wonrg!
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Chinny RekOn
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Posted - 2006.06.05 08:21:00 -
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Edited by: Chinny RekOn on 05/06/2006 08:21:59
Originally by: spurious signal
Originally by: Chinny RekOn
as lnog as the stratnig and edning ltetres are in the rhigt odrer, the hmuanm brian can raed the wrod. Go Go Dyslexia.
You selpt hmuan wonrg!
Yep, I konw.
and no matter how hard i try, i always spell shiled, shiled.
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Tachy
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Posted - 2006.06.05 08:41:00 -
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Edited by: Tachy on 05/06/2006 08:42:34
Originally by: Bordric
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.
Strange that none of the dozen or so dictionaries I checked listed 'turrent' as a word?
Where is turret spoken with an 'n'? (Yes, I am pretty curious.)
Rather large normally consists of a bit more than two syllables.
[Quote=Merriam-Webster Online]
Main Entry: tur+ret
Pronunciation: 't&r-&t, 't&-r&t, 'tur-&t
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English touret, from Middle French torete, tourete, from Old French, diminutive of tor, tur tower
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Megadon
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Sensor Error
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Posted - 2006.06.05 09:44:00 -
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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 one gets me as well. Or as someone else said the whole you're and your thing.
The one that REALLLLLY gets me is
Their, they're and there... it... makes... me... so... ANGRY!!!!
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!!
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Sensor Error
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Posted - 2006.06.05 09:48:00 -
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Originally by: Chinny RekOn
as lnog as the stratnig and edning ltetres are in the rhigt odrer, the hmuanm brian can raed the wrod. Go Go Dyslexia.
Or as my girlfriends T-shirt says
Dyslexics untie!!!
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!!!
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Kel Shek
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Posted - 2006.06.05 10:15:00 -
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Originally by: Bordric
"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.
uh, no?
woof, warsh for example are not valid pronunciations either. when people say this verbally, it makes them sound like slack-jawed retards, and they should be treated as such.
if somewhere in the world someone speaking some derivation of english ACUTALLY thinks it has an N in the word when spoken verbally, its no different than someone thinking the word "wolf" has no L, and 2 O's.
Originally by: Tachy
Strange that none of the dozen or so dictionaries I checked listed 'turrent' as a word?
Where is turret spoken with an 'n'? (Yes, I am pretty curious.)
Rather large normally consists of a bit more than two syllables.
[Quote=Merriam-Webster Online]
Main Entry: tur+ret
Pronunciation: 't&r-&t, 't&-r&t, 'tur-&t
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English touret, from Middle French torete, tourete, from Old French, diminutive of tor, tur tower
amen. I've not been able to find a single reference online that seems to consider "turrent" a valid spelling or pronunciation for anything other than a variety of cigar.
even if you DO accept the theory that someplace its an accepted phonetic pronunciation of the word "Turret", similar to how in some places "wash" becomes "warsh" and "wolf" becomes "woof" ... you never see people repeatedly, and deliberately typing it as "warsh" and "woof". somehow supermagically it corrects itself to the word-spelling, even if these people chronically make themselves sound like inbred hicks in how they speak the word.
reminds me one time, I think it might have actually been in eve... was part of a LONG arguement when some kid said the word...
Quote:
exsaturate/exaturating/exaturated
after some very confused interrogation on what the hell he actually meant... we figured out he MEANT exaggerate. once we figured out what the kid actually meant, we explained how to ACTUALLY spell it, and what "saturate" really meant, and why "ex-saturate made no sense.
he insisted he had never heard of the word exaggerate.
... yeah. he actually claimed to be a teenager who grew up in, and was in the public school system in the US... with english as his native language.
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To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
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Nikolai Nuvolari
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Posted - 2006.06.05 10:29:00 -
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Saying "warsh" doesn't have anything to do with being a hick, it means you're from Wa[r]shington D.C.
Of course, spelling it "warsh" is quite stupid...but still nothing to do with being a hick. Hicks don't every write "warsh" because they don't wash in the first place.
Or write.
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[07:38:53] Graelyn > Nikolai for Dev 108!
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Rodj Blake
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Posted - 2006.06.05 10:32:00 -
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I don't know why, but misplaced apostrophes really annoy me.
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Herio Mortis
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Posted - 2006.06.05 10:33:00 -
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The only thing that annoys me a bit is the misplacing of the letters e and a.
kestrel -> kestral
hangar -> hanger
Urgh.
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Nikolai Nuvolari
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Posted - 2006.06.05 10:49:00 -
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I think everybody should read the book Eats, Shoots & Leaves.
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Tom Thumb > for a nut case you rawk
[04:21:15] Mebrithiel Ju'wien > Nik's bio 4tw btw
[07:38:53] Graelyn > Nikolai for Dev 108!
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Merdaneth
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Posted - 2006.06.05 10:58:00 -
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Originally by: Kelgen Thann
Seriously, who cares about minor grammar or spelling errors.
In my experience, almost everyone does. It's just that everyone has their own pet peeves and annoyances. I don't mind some errors, but can't stand others.
And from RL experience you have probably learned that the way you communicate is more important than the content of your message in 90% of the cases.
I try to never respond to grammatical errors, but when someone's message gets lost to me because I stumble across poor spelling, paragraph structure or whatever, then I feel obliged to give a few friendly pointers.
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Atandros
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Posted - 2006.06.05 11:24:00 -
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Originally by: Nikolai Nuvolari
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.
Homicidal.
Sorry. I just couldn't resist.
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wierchas noobhunter
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Posted - 2006.06.05 11:32:00 -
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i better will not post here
wait
damn to late  
join soar angelic
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Godar Marak
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Posted - 2006.06.05 11:45:00 -
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Originally by: Kelgen Thann
Seriously, who cares about minor grammar or spelling errors.
lot of ppl dnt care cuz they dnt know cuz they av no clue bout deez thingz. K?
Not wit contempt ppl taht I writes thz but love bein wit mi mates when I play EVE not forum. Btw u are all gawjus and I luv ya!
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Nikolai Nuvolari
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Posted - 2006.06.05 12:12:00 -
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Originally by: Atandros
Originally by: Nikolai Nuvolari
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.
Homicidal.
Sorry. I just couldn't resist.
Like I said, typos aren't a big issue to me.
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Testy Mctest
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Posted - 2006.06.05 12:15:00 -
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Edited by: Testy Mctest on 05/06/2006 12:15:15
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
Dude get that webcam out of my bedroom
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Wormtong
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Posted - 2006.06.05 12:24:00 -
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Edited by: Wormtong on 05/06/2006 12:24:52
Asking people to spell perfectly in a language that may not be their native tounge is to me like being a true ****er.
If something really bothers you about someones spelling say nothing, close the thread do not spam it with condescending messages.
It just shows you're true colors.
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Hamshoe
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Posted - 2006.06.05 12:25:00 -
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Originally by: Kel Shek
woof, warsh for example are not valid pronunciations either. when people say this verbally, it makes them sound like slack-jawed retards, and they should be treated as such.
And people who don't use capitalization talking about slack-jawed retards are comedy gold.
Beam in your eye > splinter in your neighbor's.
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Baldour Ngarr
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Posted - 2006.06.05 12:29:00 -
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Originally by: Wormtong
Edited by: Wormtong on 05/06/2006 12:24:52
Asking people to spell perfectly in a language that may not be their native tounge is to me like being a true ****er.
If something really bothers you about someones spelling say nothing, close the thread do not spam it with condescending messages.
It just shows you're true colors.
Indeed it does; my true colours being those of an educationalist who tries to help these people better their English. 99.9% of the time, they're very grateful to be corrected.
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Posted - 2006.06.06 21:06:00 -
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Originally by: Cabadrin
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.
When I began reading this, those were my sentiments too.
I have had a few friends complain about my editing their material but in they end understand that it is for the better. I am not trying to make them feel stupid -I am simply trying to help them maintain a positive image.
If I did not make it a point to correct a person every now and then, s/he might continue with his/her error into a situation where correct grammar, spelling and punctuation really matter.
Am I a stickler about these things in the context of informal situations? -No.
When do I correct a person's grammar, punctuation and/or spelling? -When the same error/s is/are made repetitively and/or when it is crucial to one's credibility; when a stranger would not otherwise understand what the speaker is trying to say.
Grammar, spelling and punctuation rules exist to make the most of opportunities to communicate and be understood.
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Lucian Alucard
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Posted - 2006.06.06 21:39:00 -
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Back to the couch with you.
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Corunna ElMan
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Posted - 2006.06.07 03:59:00 -
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The Internet is, primarily, a medium of written communication. If spelling and grammar don't matter here, then where do they?
I'm certain that people who generally write poorly online are not writing well elsewhere, if at all. So I don't accept the age-old excuse that we should permit laziness simply because it's the Internet.
People will naturally form an opinion of others based on the information that's available. If all I know of someone is their writing, that's all I can use. Posts that lack proper spelling, grammar and punctuation lead me to believe that the individual is either lazy, stupid, or simply doesn't respect his audience enough to communicate clearly. None of these things will bring a favorable reaction from me.
Minor mistakes can be forgiven - even a genius can have clumsy fingers when typing. But at least take a moment to proofread a post before hitting the send button.
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Posted - 2006.06.07 12:09:00 -
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If you were talking to someone in real life and they constantly mispronounced a word you would point it out to them. We should so the same with spelling on the forums.
I personally correct people because it makes me feel superior, but that's just me.
As part of my job I type reports for a number of health service professionals and it would make you cry if you saw the state of their grammar and spelling. I get in trouble all the time for correcting it but hell, I am going to keep correcting it because everytime they complain it makes me feel good. Watching someone amend their grammar to something incorrect just to prove a point and try and prove their superiority over me makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Lanfear's Bane.
NB: Any spelling mistakes in this post are of course intentional to add to the hilarity of this thread. Wink wink nudge nudge.
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Posted - 2006.06.07 15:06:00 -
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As has already been said, the problem is one of communication. I have no problem with abbreviations (ftw!) nor do I h8 "text" speak.
However, a friend of mine who had, unfortunately, failed to be educated at an English school wrote a poem about a loin (sic) rampant. I thought he was deliberately trying to use the word "loin" in a context in which one might expect to see "lion"; for poetic effect. Sadly, he simply could not spell. The mistake made a mockery of his poem and he went on to become a market stall trader. I made the last bit up.
Hence, the need for accurate spelling and grammar. To avoid those WTF! moments.
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