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Onix Pokemon
PonyWaffe Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.03.27 04:45:00 -
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http://community.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&nbid=28529
37.41% of the voters are from the United States. |

Misanth
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE
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Posted - 2012.03.27 04:49:00 -
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Meryl SinGarda wrote:Ai Shun wrote:Onictus wrote:Too bad American's outnumber the rest of the native English speaking word. Sorry and all. Go and add up the numbers across the rest of the world and compare it to the USA. Sorry, but you guys are tiny compared to the rest of the world - most of which use English; not United States English. A McDonald's in every country.
Here we call them McDounalds shiptoastin' liek a baws |

equcin meey
camdy and Co. inc.
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Posted - 2012.03.27 11:52:00 -
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Terminal Insanity wrote:adopt wrote:
Might I ask why you subjugate the people who can spell and pronounce the language correctly to such fallacy? Why am I forced to spell like an American when I am English? I cannot comprehend why, I, as an Englishman, am forced to improperly spell my native language.
Discuss.
Onictus wrote:adopt wrote:Miranda Bowie wrote:I love the colour gratuitous U's add to British spelling. I proumise froum nouw oun, I will honour your request four moure. ;)
You're adding "U" in completely pointless places, it doesn't make you look intelligible, it makes you seem parallel to the stereotypes we have of Americans; uneducated, incompetent morons. ..and you appear to be another stodgy Brit that is still butt hurt that its not the grand old days of the Empire. Deal, I have to use European spelling and you have to use US spelling its not the end of the world. http://grammarist.com/spelling/armor-armour/Funny fact but "Armor" is actually the proper american spelling. Just like Color.
thought something didn't look right and i always thought i was spelling it correctly with the u.
i feel like i'm becoming stupid an lazy after talking with a yank  support the Lego Rifter-á
http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/11619 |

Vila eNorvic
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.03.27 12:25:00 -
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Revajin wrote:Maybe because you tried to get us to actually pay taxes to fund a war we asked you to fight and then ****** up your enforcement? I mean seriously. Most Americans didn't even pay taxes at the time, and your taxes weren't even unreasonable compared to what the average British citizen paid. We were completely in the wrong, the only valid argument we had against the British was the lack of representation and your general annoyingness. You completely botched the war. World's greatest navy my ass. You couldn't even backup your ground troops from the sea when the French moved in. So you just gave up. When your nation collectively goes back in time and handles the revolution like somebody not completely ******** you can get your weird spellings back.
I'm a bit confused about who the "we" and "Americans" you refer to might have been.
I suppose you do realise that the people involved in the American Revolution were actually mostly British subjects rebelling against their own Government? There was no such being as an "American". |

Vila eNorvic
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.03.27 12:28:00 -
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Indeterminacy wrote:Because first we kicked you out of our country, then we took over your empire. See above.
Go back to school - learn some history. |

Vila eNorvic
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.03.27 12:34:00 -
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Twulf wrote:Had you won the war against the poorly equiped farmers, then you would not have to worry about America but since we kicked the crap out of you pansy Englishman, you will have to deal with re learning your own language we stole from you and butched.
[Sigh.] The "we" you speak of were actually British and it was they who had the crap kicked out of them until the French army rescued them. |

Daviclond
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2012.03.27 12:37:00 -
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Americans are fat. |

Kalathia Eginald
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.03.27 12:37:00 -
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Indeterminacy wrote:Because first we kicked you out of our country, then we took over your empire.
Which you wouldn't have ben able to do without the help of those "cheese eating surrender monkeys" as one of your presidents put it. If it wasn't for the help of the French you would still be the colonies. |

Sasha Khaine
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.03.27 12:41:00 -
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Kalathia Eginald wrote:Indeterminacy wrote:Because first we kicked you out of our country, then we took over your empire. Which you wouldn't have ben able to do without the help of those "cheese eating surrender monkeys" as one of your presidents put it. If it wasn't for the help of the French you would still be the colonies.
England has a President? WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME ABOUT THIS?!
Welcome to EVE"The entire British empire was founded on cups of tea... and if you think I'm going to war without one, mate. You're sadly mistaken" |

Revajin
15 Minute Outliers Novus Dominatum
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Posted - 2012.03.27 12:41:00 -
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Vila eNorvic wrote:Revajin wrote:Maybe because you tried to get us to actually pay taxes to fund a war we asked you to fight and then ****** up your enforcement? I mean seriously. Most Americans didn't even pay taxes at the time, and your taxes weren't even unreasonable compared to what the average British citizen paid. We were completely in the wrong, the only valid argument we had against the British was the lack of representation and your general annoyingness. You completely botched the war. World's greatest navy my ass. You couldn't even backup your ground troops from the sea when the French moved in. So you just gave up. When your nation collectively goes back in time and handles the revolution like somebody not completely ******** you can get your weird spellings back.
I'm a bit confused about who the "we" and "Americans" you refer to might have been. I suppose you do realise that the people involved in the American Revolution were actually mostly British subjects rebelling against their own Government? There was no such being as an "American".
I made the distinction because both Rebel and Loyalists remaining in North America would come to fall under this moniker later. For all intents and purposes they were the first Americans even if they were not called that at the time. I suppose I could be obtuse and refer to them as North American British Colonials but I assumed everyone understood what they were and did not need to clarify. |
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equcin meey
camdy and Co. inc.
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Posted - 2012.03.27 12:49:00 -
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Revajin wrote:Vila eNorvic wrote:Revajin wrote:Maybe because you tried to get us to actually pay taxes to fund a war we asked you to fight and then ****** up your enforcement? I mean seriously. Most Americans didn't even pay taxes at the time, and your taxes weren't even unreasonable compared to what the average British citizen paid. We were completely in the wrong, the only valid argument we had against the British was the lack of representation and your general annoyingness. You completely botched the war. World's greatest navy my ass. You couldn't even backup your ground troops from the sea when the French moved in. So you just gave up. When your nation collectively goes back in time and handles the revolution like somebody not completely ******** you can get your weird spellings back.
I'm a bit confused about who the "we" and "Americans" you refer to might have been. I suppose you do realise that the people involved in the American Revolution were actually mostly British subjects rebelling against their own Government? There was no such being as an "American". I made the distinction because both Rebel and Loyalists remaining in North America would come to fall under this moniker later. For all intents and purposes they were the first Americans even if they were not called that at the time. I suppose I could be obtuse and refer to them as Continental British Colonials but I assumed everyone understood what they were and did not need to clarify.
wouldn't of they been called the new territories to start off with ??? support the Lego Rifter-á
http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/11619 |

Vila eNorvic
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.03.27 12:49:00 -
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Public Relation wrote:C'mon CCP, close this thread. It open to much racism debate.
Nah, there's no racism here. This is good-natured banter about differing national attitudes. Nothing to do with race. |

Vila eNorvic
University of Caille Gallente Federation
8
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Posted - 2012.03.27 12:55:00 -
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equcin meey wrote:wouldn't of they been called the new territories to start off with ??? Er . . . , on the subject of correct English, it's "wouldn't have". Or is that your little joke? |

adopt
Enlightened Industries Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.03.27 12:56:00 -
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Onix Pokemon wrote:http://community.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&nbid=28529
37.41% of the voters are from the United States.
This proves nothing, the fact is we are not given an alternate localisation like Russian, German or Japanese.
Edit: And by your logic, we should have a Oxford English localisation as the UK is the second largest subscriber base. Shadoo > Always remember to fit Cynosural Field Generator I, have 450 Liquid Ozone in your cargo and convo a friendly Pandemic Legion member if you have a capital or super capital ship tackled.
FREE XOLVE ~ THE HERO TEST NEEDS |

Memrox
Memrox Corp
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Posted - 2012.03.27 12:58:00 -
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I was on a *** break earlier.
Or as the judge put it, "A homophobic hate crime that caused grievous bodily harm." |
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CCP Loktofeit
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2012.03.27 13:13:00 -
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adopt wrote:Onix Pokemon wrote:http://community.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&nbid=28529
37.41% of the voters are from the United States. This proves nothing, the fact is we are not given an alternate localisation like Russian, German or Japanese. .
I played on the CN Aion servers for a while, so I feel your pain regarding playing an MMO where you can't read the words. I was very glad they went with American English for the NA/EU release because if they went with the UK version I'd be back to square one. "...do Eve News 24; it's a very accurate and informative website." - Mara Tessidar |
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Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
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Posted - 2012.03.27 13:59:00 -
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There is an american comdey film where a couple of american tourist goes to the england and one of the protagonist meets one of the those inbetweeners in england and the tourist complains requesting the guy to speak english. I wonder if englanders have a problem understanding us if/when they take vacations in the states.
Then again the american southern dialect was a linux language pack once.
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adopt
Enlightened Industries Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.03.27 14:29:00 -
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Nova Fox wrote:There is an american comdey film where a couple of american tourist goes to the england and one of the protagonist meets one of the those inbetweeners in england and the tourist complains requesting the guy to speak english. I wonder if englanders have a problem understanding us if/when they take vacations in the states.
Then again the american southern dialect was a linux language pack once.
We have some trouble understanding Americans, especially when they want to go to Leicester or Leicestershire. They tend to pronounce it as "Liechester" or "Liechestershire." Another example would be "scone", they pronounce it as "scone" where it is pronounced as "scon". Shadoo > Always remember to fit Cynosural Field Generator I, have 450 Liquid Ozone in your cargo and convo a friendly Pandemic Legion member if you have a capital or super capital ship tackled.
FREE XOLVE ~ THE HERO TEST NEEDS |

Doddy
Excidium. Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2012.03.27 14:51:00 -
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adopt wrote:Quote:File not valid
Medium Core Defence Field Extender I
Armour Kinetic Hardner II Might I ask why you subjugate the people who can spell and pronounce the language correctly to such fallacy? Why am I forced to spell like an American when I am English? I cannot comprehend why, I, as an Englishman, am forced to improperly spell my native language. Discuss.
Eve was written in amerikan from the start. I have failed in searches for armour hardeners for 9 years running. One day the search will be successful and i will know ccp has finally acknowledged my pain.
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Mathias Hex
Hillcrest Armaments
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Posted - 2012.03.27 15:39:00 -
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I dont see the problem, you would be speaking german right now if US didnt exist... Oh right i'm sure canada or south america could have pulled your asses out of that fire  I recall one night in a nightclub called the matrix, there I was... Mother of god there I am! Holy f**k. |
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adopt
Enlightened Industries Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.03.27 15:44:00 -
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Mathias Hex wrote:I dont see the problem, you would be speaking german right now if US didnt exist... Oh right i'm sure canada or south america could have pulled your asses out of that fire 
That is the worst argument I have ever heard. America did barely nothing on the European front, the soviets took most of the losses and did most of the damage. So do not ever bring up such a futile argument and wave it around as if you matter. Shadoo > Always remember to fit Cynosural Field Generator I, have 450 Liquid Ozone in your cargo and convo a friendly Pandemic Legion member if you have a capital or super capital ship tackled.
FREE XOLVE ~ THE HERO TEST NEEDS |

Cybarite
YARRRDIES Inc.
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Posted - 2012.03.27 15:49:00 -
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I might point out that most of the spelling differences between US and British English result from early attempts in the united states by scholars to reform English spelling so that it would be easier to understand and actually follow logical phonetic structure.
Unfortunately they were only somewhat successful.
edit: also just to correct a historical point, while it's true the soviets did most of the lifting, Britain would have long fallen were it not for US support and it likely would have taken the soviets 2 or 3 more years without materiel aid from the US anyway. |

Zyress
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.03.27 16:33:00 -
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Terminal Insanity wrote:Onictus wrote:If the quality was that good, we wouldn't outnumber you 3 to 1. Rats and Ants far outnumber people. Would you consider them to be of higher quality then humans? diamonds are also rare compared to gravel. Just because you can breed like rabbits doesn't make you of higher quality, just makes you senseless ****'ers
Are we talking about species viability? Yeah they're far superior, when we go, they'll be eating our corpses. |

Zyress
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.03.27 16:58:00 -
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ctx2007 wrote:Hmm how many americans can only speak spanish.
As for those in the deep south well i dont know what they speak but its not english. "SSQQQQEEEEKKKKKKKK like a pig!!!"
Thats "Squeeeeeeal like a pig" actually. |

Zyress
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.03.27 17:12:00 -
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Sasha Khaine wrote:British - Hey American how do you say aluminium? American - ALOOMINUM myface.jpg
British - ALOOMNIMIUM |

Zyress
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.03.27 17:15:00 -
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knobber Jobbler wrote:AlleyKat wrote:
If you were to travel back in time 200 years, you would not be able to hold a conversation with someone in England, let alone Scotland, Ireland or Wales.
Yes, you would. English 200 years ago was extremely well defined. You can go back 500 years and read documents quite clearly, certainly without any training. Onictus wrote:Ai Shun wrote:Onictus wrote:Too bad American's outnumber the rest of the native English speaking word. Sorry and all. Go and add up the numbers across the rest of the world and compare it to the USA. Sorry, but you guys are tiny compared to the rest of the world - most of which use English; not United States English. LOL Like whom? We have double the population of the UK, Australia and New Zealand combined. Canada uses American spelling and eveyone else isn't a NATIVE speaking country. It just depends on who you learn your English from. When I work in Norway I joke that they have British accents.....Japanese and Koreans often use the American dialect in my experience. Who invented and propagated the language? More importantly, who invaded and traded there way to be the super power to make the language so internationally important? It wasn't that backwards colony which without French help would still have a Union Jack in the flag, that's for sure. FYI US English isn't a dialect, its a bastardisation.
Ever try to read Beowulf in the olde english? Not very english like. |

adopt
Enlightened Industries Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.03.27 17:32:00 -
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Zyress wrote:Sasha Khaine wrote:British - Hey American how do you say aluminium? American - ALOOMINUM myface.jpg English - Aloom-in-ium
FTFY Shadoo > Always remember to fit Cynosural Field Generator I, have 450 Liquid Ozone in your cargo and convo a friendly Pandemic Legion member if you have a capital or super capital ship tackled.
FREE XOLVE ~ THE HERO TEST NEEDS |

Doddy
Excidium. Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2012.03.27 17:40:00 -
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Mathias Hex wrote:I dont see the problem, you would be speaking german right now if US didnt exist... Oh right i'm sure canada or south america could have pulled your asses out of that fire 
Bit of a jump to be honest, i mean if the US didn't exist wouldn't Britain have had this huge economic/industrial/manpower advantage from the start instead of waiting 3 years in and then having to pay an enormous price for it?
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Starcaller Dredg
1st Contact Fade 2 Black
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Posted - 2012.03.27 17:43:00 -
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It's a trade-off. You spell our way, and we use the metric system  |

Thomas Orca
Northstar Cabal Fatal Ascension
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Posted - 2012.03.27 19:06:00 -
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adopt wrote:Zyress wrote:Sasha Khaine wrote:British - Hey American how do you say aluminium? American - ALOOMINUM myface.jpg English - Aloom-in-ium FTFY
Aluminum is actually the name given to it by the guy who discovered elemental Aluminum. Aluminium is actually a bastardization. Damn Britishisms.
Also, I find it hard to take Brits' claim that its THEIR language so I should spell their way, when they tell me I speak English too quickly. |
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