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Tanya Powers
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.03.26 11:38:00 -
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adopt wrote:But on a serious note, I do not know why I am forced to spell like a foreigner within my own language, I feel like there should be an Oxford English Localisation for those of us who cannot and will not adapt to another style of English.
Maybe because US English is easier to understand for a non English native, many options are possible.
Thing is that when I listen to someone speaking an academic English (very few) it's clear as water and very pleasant to listen. When you start listening a guy speaking with an accent coming from the outer world that for us, non English natives, is painful to listen and almost impossible to understand, it's the case of the majority of English/Scottish/Irish.
Then add those speaking not really English but a mix that-no-one-understands-but-themselves and actually people like me just click "stop listening strange-accent-nerd?" -YES
Same for Americans, the average American actually if he can barely read a newspaper can actually speak properly enough, well Texas dudes make an effort . |
Tanya Powers
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
933
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Posted - 2012.03.26 13:46:00 -
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AlleyKat wrote: This should make things clear for some.
Excellent reading, thank you.
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Tanya Powers
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
933
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Posted - 2012.03.26 13:59:00 -
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knobber Jobbler wrote:FYI US English isn't a dialect, its a bastardisation.
Sorry but I can't agree with you.
I'm native born from a country of discovers and travelers too thanks to whom humanity today knows a little better their world, English, Spanish, German and Italians mostly for the biggest known colonizers.
The differences you notice about English GB and English US and call those bastardization is a misunderstanding and fear of evolution.
As a matter of fact if you look at other great dialects like Spanish, German or Portuguese they have also the equivalent of "US English".
It's a much smoother/slower talking, almost like chanting, a lot of new words and expressions come directly from the mix of local languages or from the mix of enslaved persons that had as origin mostly south Africa but also some Arabians or Chinese.
I can't stop being marveled by this so specific and non the less incredibly interesting dialect that crushes strict rules and closed minds over time in some sort of unstoppable evolution, that like it or not, is happening under your nose.
How different, horrible, bizarre or bastardized American English or whatever language in this world would look for you if tomorrow you had to deal with an extraterrestrial force, and your life would depend on your ability to communicate with your peers? |
Tanya Powers
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
935
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Posted - 2012.03.26 15:11:00 -
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Public Relation wrote:C'mon CCP, close this thread. It open to much racism debate.
"...he is puffed up [with pride], not understanding anything, but being mentally diseased over questionings and debates about words...."
Ho, you are seeing the light 
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Tanya Powers
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
938
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Posted - 2012.03.27 00:00:00 -
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Senerio wrote:Susiqueta Muir wrote:BTW:- anyone played minecraft with the pirate language localisation options?
"Yarr!"
Can I have Eve client Pirate language options please? Or "British (stereotypical)"
"That dastardly bounder (X) scores a trifiling glancing blow against the good ship (Y) with his pitiful autocannons for 1.0 damage. 'tis but a scratch you scoundrel!"
:)
SM> I would gladly give up any of the actual localization options for this.
 me wants !!
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