Curse

Agent Mold3r · Aug 15, 2007, 07:49 AM // 07:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bryant Again

Post count +1.

Awesome NoXiFy impression!!!

You can't see me · Aug 15, 2007, 07:50 AM // 07:50

Though it's good that there's a notifaction about this that's now up on the forums, I don't think this this belongs in riverside. I think it may do better in another forum due to lack of discussion and overall realivity to the game and the event surrounding it.

higaru · Aug 15, 2007, 07:56 AM // 07:56

cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs rpsoet

**cosyfiep** · Aug 15, 2007, 07:57 AM // 07:57

grammAr.....

ugh
there is so much bad english out there that to just try to fix it is almost like trying to use a tooth brush to clean the floor in St. Paul's......it will take forever, and people will just continue to walk on it while you clean.

and having spent 2 years in a foreign country trying to teach jr high kids (american) english I have just about given up trying to fix any errors----
(american enlgish is a separate language just like mexican spanish is different from brazilian spanish....soon even americans and brits wont be able to understand each other!)

OP good luck on your efforts

Saraphim · Aug 15, 2007, 08:01 AM // 08:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by baz777

Favor (Favour)
Armor (Armour)
Color (Colour)

Lament the demise of the English Language

As pointless as this thread is, lets just address a popular misconception about the English language, and the common mistake that it's being mangled by the Americans. And before I get flamed, yes I am British.

<pedant>

From the wikipedia

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As early as 1755 Dr Johnson settled on -our, while Webster's 1828 dictionary featured only -or and is generally given much of the credit for the adoption of this form in the U.S. By contrast, Johnson, unlike Webster, was not an advocate of spelling reform and for the most part simply recorded what he found. For example, documents [4] from the Old Bailey, the foremost court in London, support the view of the OED that by the 17th century "colour" was the settled spelling. Those English speakers who began to move across the Atlantic would have taken these habits with them and H L Mencken makes the point that, "honor appears in the Declaration of Independence, but it seems to have got there rather by accident than by design. In Jefferson’s original draft it is spelled honour. " [5] Examples such as color, flavor, behavior, harbor, or neighbor scarcely appear in the Old Bailey's court records from the 17th and 18th century, whereas examples of their -our counterparts are generally numbered in hundreds. One notable exception is honor: honor and honour were equally frequent down to the 17th century,[18] and Honor still is, in the UK, the normal spelling for a person's name.

So, in essence, the US branch of the English language can be considered to have carried a correct spelling of certain words, while here in the UK the English language reverted to previously used spellings. American English is no way the demise of anything, merely a different branch in the language's evolution.

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My Deadly Gunz · Aug 15, 2007, 08:51 AM // 08:51

Big deal?
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upier · Aug 15, 2007, 08:57 AM // 08:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agent Mold3r

Awesome NoXiFy impression!!!

Its that a bird?
Is that a plane?
NO!
It's NoXiFy delivering!

Besides - didn't you hear this:

This is very interesting.
Even though the letters are mixed in the following text, most people have no trouble reading it!

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

If you can´t read this, you can find original text here!

According to research at Cambridge University, it doesn´t matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be at the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without a problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself, but the word as a whole.

Source: http://best-magic-tricks.blogspot.co...d-letters.html
(Yeah I know - its like quoting wiki as a source

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Stormlord Alex · Aug 15, 2007, 09:05 AM // 09:05

^^^^ What that dude said.
Can I get a postcount +1, too?
And an ambrace, if you'd please!

Symeon · Aug 15, 2007, 09:06 AM // 09:06

Pointless thread. Closing.