Tero Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 Originally posted by CMplayer: Originally posted by cris: I am more interested in the meaning than the syntax.Syntax? Syntax?! It's a question of SPELLIN' not none o' your high falutin' syntax. Falutin' ? The good thing about CMBB is it is totally XXX rated when it comes to language. The swearing in CMBO was a far cry from the life-like (if a bit repetitive) use of non-English/German languages the way the natives use them IRL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 Originally posted by CMplayer: Every thread I read here, and elsewhere, has people mispelling 'lose'. It's driving me crazy. You don't 'loose' a game, you 'lose' it, fer chrissake!Some of us don't get as many chances to practice spelling it correctly as you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Alkema Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 OK, now is my chance to vent about my pet peeve, “Then” and “Than”. I’m sure this comes from sloppy pronunciation (and spelling they way they pronounce it) and people either not realizing that there are two different words or getting them turned around. I don’t care. So what if I can figure out what you meant. You are writing in English, I shouldn’t have to translate. So get it straight people… A) Then and now. I like this more than that. Oh yeah, I just remembered my number two peeve, “to” vs. “too”. This could be a typo, but I doubt it. A) I go from here to there. Too much of a good thing is wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterk Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 God, that lose/loose thing has been bugging me for years, but I've been too polite to _ever_ complain about it (...until now). Thank you! For the chance to vent among friends who feel the same way! Here's #2 on my list - usually done by people who also have trouble with the lose/loose concept - pore/pour. You don't pour over a document, dammit!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busboy Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 We all have are tallents. Some of us are naturally born poor spellers. Some have dyslexia. While you're correct that those of us who do have one of those two problems shouuld work on it, and indeed get those "standard" things down, don't be pissed when some of us still botch up. I'm a piss poor speller. I used to do the loose/lose thing. That was mild, I used to spell "very" as "varry" and "helmet" as "helmate." I just am poor at it, I learn and fix some spellings, but others crop up. I understand the rant, but really, try to look past and see content before ignorance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 Wait, I hear a song coming on... "You Say Tomato And I Say To-mah-to, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 And to finish off today's spelling session, spell this: P-A-D-L-O-C-K Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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