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Right, I thought I would teach a little spelling on here, as I have noticed many repetitive issues.

And lesson number one is: ROGUE.

R-O-G-U-E. Not 'rouge', not 'roge', not 'roegue'. ROGUE.

Lesson one now concluded.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

INTRENET ETIQUETTE LESSON #1: TYPING IN ALL CAPS IS GENERALLY NOT A GOOD IDEA EITHER, AS IT TICKS PEOPLE OFF LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE AND IS USUALLY CONSIDERED TO BE SHOUTING AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS.

Thank you.

Other useful lessons include:

How to read the Proposal Submission Screen

How to read the Roleplaying FAQ

How to Become a UN Delegate

and many others.

LMAO!!!

I think ForumWalker got it right. Let's make this the official 'make fun of newbie's spelling and correct it at the same time so they stop pissing us off' thread. Ok? Grammar correction, COMMENCE!

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

I think ForumWalker got it right. Let's make this the official 'make fun of newbie's spelling and correct it at the same time so they stop pissing us off' thread. Ok? Grammar correction, COMMENCE!

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

Just ignore them. Idiot.

<pulls out notebook and begins taking notes>

R-O-U-G-E...no
R-O-O-G-E...no
R-0-G-UE...gettin closer
<2 days later>
R-U-G-E...dammit!
R-O-A-D...NO!
<sees a man laughing at him and shoots him in the knee>

-Decimus Fenarius
Emperor of Luporum

I think ForumWalker got it right. Let's make this the official 'make fun of newbie's spelling and correct it at the same time so they stop pissing us off' thread. Ok? Grammar correction, COMMENCE!

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

ROTFLMAO!!!

Not to be excluded is the ability to press the shift key once in a while. noT RAndomLY LIke sO. But once at the beginning of every sentence and once more at the beginning of proper nouns, such as Ivan the Terrible, Richard Nixon, The Seven Samurai, Rick the Cheesedick.

You understand.

From this point forward, the Damned People are now given diplomatic immunity, one for sharing the name of the OOC creator of the Oxen-Chinese Knights, right down to the spelling, and two for being intelligent.

That is all.

How to type the letter E:
You press the key with the E on it. Not the 3, the E. Yes, that one.

How to type a W:
Press W. NOT \/\/. That's not even a letter, people.

Gee... thanks COCK and ForumWalker.

Marathon, we can't ignore them any longer. Their 'r0xx0rd U n00be mphwahaha!!!11 L00s3r!!1' has gone for long enough!

Slaughter the incorrect spellers!




Lesson #2:

'Nukes'. Here's one for all you god-modders out there: when you say '1 laUn(h 99999 n00ks!', no one will understand you. From now on, try to say 'I launch 999 nukes!' and everyone will still hate you, but at least know what you're saying. Aaaaaah, the clarity.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

Marathon, we can't ignore them any longer. Their 'r0xx0rd U n00be mphwahaha!!!11 L00s3r!!1' has gone for long enough!

You've only been here for a week and a half.

This is more of a suggestion than gripe.

Try to recognize when someone is just fu*king around due to boredom.

Witnessess of the COCK/DICK thing have a good example of a joke that got way out of hand due to far too much caffeine.

Maybe some 1 should tell him there are differant version's of english :roll:

Marathon, we can't ignore them any longer. Their 'r0xx0rd U n00be mphwahaha!!!11 L00s3r!!1' has gone for long enough!

You've only been here for a week and a half.

To think this is the only place where that happens is simply naive.

No insult, just a matter of fact.

Maybe some 1 should tell him there are differant version's of english :roll:

What, good and bad? :p

I 1aUN<h 999 n0ookies at j00000!!! is not English. In any way.

Maybe some 1 should tell him there are differant version's of english :roll:

Yeah, like the version where you spell different 'differant'. Or someone 'some 1'. Or versions 'version's'. Right? Or forget to capitalize English. Or forget to put a 'that' in front of the 'there'. The world is growing stupider.

Marathon, we can't ignore them any longer. Their 'r0xx0rd U n00be mphwahaha!!!11 L00s3r!!1' has gone for long enough!

You've only been here for a week and a half.

18 days, biatch. Count 'em and weep.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

Message from Ivan:

In Old Country, we could not count. It was against law, so said Government.

We drank lots of vodka to compensate.

Mm... vodka. Good for the soul. Bad for the... oll... oul... ohl...

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

Porn's not so bad, either.

But that's my opinion.

18 days, biatch. Count 'em and weep.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

Whatever.

Maybe some 1 should tell him there are differant version's of english :roll:

What, good and bad? :pNo... I think Dr_Twist meant American English, Canadian English, etc...

Maybe some 1 should tell him there are differant version's of english :roll:

What, good and bad? :pNo... I think Dr_Twist meant American English, Canadian English, etc...

Eh?

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

Maybe some 1 should tell him there are differant version's of english :roll:

What, good and bad? :pNo... I think Dr_Twist meant American English, Canadian English, etc...

Eh?

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalitiontoque,zed,and the best thing in the world POUTINE all found only in Canadian English

I only know what the last one meant.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

ME SPEEL LIEK I WANTS 2! I R TEH SUPER MAN AND I TAWK LIEK THIS CUASE I SMRTER DAN U!!!!

I say we put his brain out of it's misery by shooting the asshole who thinks it's funny to purposely misspell words on this board.

That must be the case, Ballop.

Lesson #3: God-modding. A lot of people spell this... godmodding, god modding, god-modding, godmoding, g0dm0dding. There's no one real way to spell it. So, why not fight with an army that actually fits your nation instead of being a fucking pussy and forget about this word all together?

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

The Damned People wrote:
And lesson number one is: ROGUE.

R-O-G-U-E. Not 'rouge', not 'roge', not 'roegue'. ROGUE.

Lesson one now concluded.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
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THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Omg, It drives me insane when people spell Rogue wrong. I'm a big
X-men fan, and Rogue is my favorite character, and I always see people in the fandom spelling it wrong.

I know you're not talking about that Rogue, but I wish people would go yell at some of these fans. I don't understand how they can read the comics and STILL spell it wrong! :roll:

Gabs Amphipolita

Rule #4: THERE IS NO RULE 4!

Rule #5: Do not type like in rule 4. This is stated twice for emphasis.

Maybe some 1 should tell him there are differant version's of english :roll:

What, good and bad? :pNo... I think Dr_Twist meant American English, Canadian English, etc...

Eh?

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition
For instance, in the UK, color is spelled "colour" (right?), but in the US, it is spelled "color".

Rule #6 For God's sake double-check your spelling before you send out a post. It is really annoying to try to figure out what a badly misspelled typo is.

Ok. So we accept color and colour. But not c0l0r.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

I don't know if I'm meant to, but every time I come across a proposal about "Rouge Nations" I always make a vague reference to national leaders wearing makeup. Makes me feel better at least.

Another lesson: there is only 1 'c' in the word "necessary".

stickey this

Damn straight we should make this a sticky. Also, I propose that we should start and international court which prosecutes newbie god-modders who can't spell, general bad spellers, and asshole-type bad spellers. We could prosecute them for 'crimes against grammar and the English language'. If you speak Dutch or something as a first language, then you can be excused and will only have to face 50 community service hours of English class. I came up with this idea when I read into a thread by a guy called Bisonica entitled: 'To All Who Don't Beleive In God'. Well, judging by the title, he obviously doesn't believe in correct spelling.

Lesson #4:

'BELIEVE' Not 'beleive', not 'bel1eve', not 'sTfV!!!11 r0xx0rd, n00b!!1'.

Just 'believe'. That's all there is to it.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

Damn straight we should make this a sticky. Also, I propose that we should start and international court which prosecutes newbie god-modders who can't spell, general bad spellers, and asshole-type bad spellers. We could prosecute them for 'crimes against grammar and the English language'. If you speak Dutch or something as a first language, then you can be excused and will only have to face 50 community service hours of English class. I came up with this idea when I read into a thread by a guy called Bisonica entitled: 'To All Who Don't Beleive In God'. Well, judging by the title, he obviously doesn't believe in correct spelling.

Lesson #4:

'BELIEVE' Not 'beleive', not 'bel1eve', not 'sTfV!!!11 r0xx0rd, n00b!!1'.

Just 'believe'. That's all there is to it.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

...

Why do you give a care if they don't have perfect spelling? So what if the spell rogue incorrectly. Only correct them if they're being complete morons.

Spelling lesson

D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y

Definitely

Not

Definatly

...

Why do you give a care if they don't have perfect spelling? So what if the spell rogue incorrectly. Only correct them if they're being complete morons.

Most of the time, they are being morons. And if not, they're being assholes. Let them have some of their own medicine. By the way, as I stated about English being a second language, those people won't be prosecuted. But all those who grew up speaking English as a first language should damn well know how to spell something like 'new' or 'rogue'. I mean, honestly.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

:roll: Van al jullie spellingen snap ik niet veel. Ik denk jullie allemaal terug naar het eerste studiejaar moeten om de basiskennis Nederlands op te doen.

:roll: Van al jullie spellingen snap ik niet veel. Ik denk jullie allemaal terug naar het eerste studiejaar moeten om de basiskennis Nederlands op te doen.

Can I have the Meat feast 10inch with extra anchovies please

Lesson #4:

'BELIEVE' Not 'beleive', not 'bel1eve', not 'sTfV!!!11 r0xx0rd, n00b!!1'.

Just 'believe'. That's all there is to it.

And while we're at it, Lesson #5:

'WEIRD' Not 'wierd', not 'weard', not 'weerd'.

That mistake always annoys me beyond reason.

:roll: Van al jullie spellingen snap ik niet veel. Ik denk jullie allemaal terug naar het eerste studiejaar moeten om de basiskennis Nederlands op te doen.

Can I have the Meat feast 10inch with extra anchovies please

Same for me, but hold the onions.

I've always wondered why people seem to spell like they are writing in hex...

Marathon, we can't ignore them any longer. Their 'r0xx0rd U n00be mphwahaha!!!11 L00s3r!!1' has gone for long enough!

You've only been here for a week and a half.
haha thats true...you cant say much

Truth, you've been here six days more than me. And I've been here 18 days, biatch! Not a week and a half! More like 2 and a half! Wakish!

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

bump

Lesson # 5:

'DUMB'. Not 'dum', not 'dumm', not 'stupid mother fúck'. If you can't even spell the word, then it must apply to you!

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

And perhaps a punctuation tax to prevent overuse of the exclamation mark? One at a time is sufficient!

Two other infractions that have me reaching for a blunt instrument are "j00" and "n00b". The alphabet is made up of letters, not numbers. It's not that confusing...

The alphabet is made up of letters, not numbers. It's not that confusing...

Especially since "alphabet" came from "alpha" and "beta", but then again, those guys are too "cool" to talk like normal people.

A worrying update, if true:

I have heard or read, but have no evidence to corroborate, that the word word "separate" is so frequently mis-spelled as "seperate" that the Oxford English Dictionary is planning to include it in a future edition as an acceptable alternative spelling.

Sigh.

(Edited to correct a typo, as that would have just let the side down!)

And as the world turns, the population grows DUMB.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

A worrying update, if true:

I have heard or read, but have no evidence to corroborate, that the word word "separate" is so frequently mis-spelled as "seperate" that the Oxford English Dictionary is planning to include it in a future edition as an acceptable alternative spelling.

Sigh.

(Edited to correct a typo, as that would have just let the side down!)
That's already happened to the word 'advisor'. It was spelled 'adviser' enough that the mispelling became an alternative spelling.

That's already happened to the word 'advisor'. It was spelled 'adviser' enough that the mispelling became an alternative spelling.

Another job for the Spelling Police it seems.

Now, I don't mind a language evolving , but sometimes the gene pool could do with a little chlorine...

God yes. The Darwin Awards is a great book. Those who know what it is know what I mean.

Lesson #6:

'I am going to bomb you'. Not 'imgonnabombj00!'. I can't stand these people who have one sentence in their whole post made up of one word. And that words is usually a lot of words with no spaces. Jesus, the gene pool needs some fúcking ALCOHOL!

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

Lesson Number Seven:

The definite article is spelled "the". Not "teh".

Three letters. How hard is that to remember?

Rule # 7:

Bisonica should be banned from the English language. Who seconds that?

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

Two rule number sevens? Oh, that rather lets the side down old chap...

Two rule number sevens? Oh, that rather lets the side down old chap...

Nah, that was rule number seven of MY rules. The numbers of my rules don't include those rules of others.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

It's like hunting fish in a barrel.







With a hand grenade...

i dun tink u sud fink pplz r rong 4 dere gramer bc0z myne is liek s0000 gud.

:) Anyone think we should have some sort of elite grammar Gestapo?

Nobody noticed the joke. Look everyone: I purposely mispelled 'definitely' on the poll to make fun of Bisonica! GET THE JOKE?!

And what's a Gestapo? A police force?

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

Ah, so you did. My proofreading skills have fallen downhill. Sigh.

And what's a Gestapo? A police force?


Yes, you could say that. One of the two most infamous internal security forces of documented history. If it's a term you're not familiar with, you could try going

here (http://www.google.com/)

and typing the word in. I'm sure there will be at least one or two articles on it.

Maybe some 1 should tell him there are differant version's of english :roll:

[OOC: This is so true. There are two versions: the correct, and the idiotic.]

Two rule number sevens? Oh, that rather lets the side down old chap...

Nah, that was rule number seven of MY rules. The numbers of my rules don't include those rules of others.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

[OOC: Well, they should. :P Who can keep up with the rules if they all have different numbers that are the same, but reflect different numbers in different rulesets? :roll: ]

Maybe some 1 should tell him there are differant version's of english :roll:

What, good and bad? :pNo... I think Dr_Twist meant American English, Canadian English, etc...

[OOC: No, actually, you have original British English... and then you have 'Bastardized Colonial Mispelled English'. Ahem...]

[OOC: No, actually, you have original British English... and then you have 'Bastardized Colonial Mispelled English'. Ahem...]

Oh, go add a couple 'o's to your name, you limey git :wink:

Maybe some 1 should tell him there are differant version's of english :roll:

What, good and bad? :pNo... I think Dr_Twist meant American English, Canadian English, etc...

[OOC: No, actually, you have original British English... and then you have 'Bastardized Colonial Mispelled English'. Ahem...]

Hee hee hee. Quote pyramid starting.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

[quote=Dr_Twist]Maybe some 1 should tell him there are differant version's of english :roll:

What, good and bad? :pNo... I think Dr_Twist meant American English, Canadian English, etc...

[OOC: No, actually, you have original British English... and then you have 'Bastardized Colonial Mispelled English'. Ahem...]

Hee hee hee. Quote pyramid starting.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition
[OOC: No, actually, you have original British English... and then you have 'Bastardized Colonial Mispelled English'. Ahem...]

Oh, go add a couple 'o's to your name, you limey git :wink:

[OOC: But that would be 'Ma-ootek', or 'Mooe-tek'. Or the Empire of The Eternal Dawnoo.

The pyramid grows.]

Nah, it'd be Empire of the Eternal Daown.

Heh heh... I'm daown wit dat! :D

[quote=Dr_Twist]Maybe some 1 should tell him there are differant version's of english :roll:

What, good and bad? :pNo... I think Dr_Twist meant American English, Canadian English, etc...

[OOC: No, actually, you have original British English... and then you have 'Bastardized Colonial Mispelled English'. Ahem...]

Hee hee hee. Quote pyramid starting.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition
[OOC: No, actually, you have original British English... and then you have 'Bastardized Colonial Mispelled English'. Ahem...]

Oh, go add a couple 'o's to your name, you limey git :wink:

[OOC: But that would be 'Ma-ootek', or 'Mooe-tek'. Or the Empire of The Eternal Dawnoo.

The pyramid grows.]

Nah, it'd be Empire of the Eternal Daown.

Heh heh... I'm daown wit dat! :D

That was a hell of a wierd quote.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

[quote=Dr_Twist]Maybe some 1 should tell him there are differant version's of english :roll:

What, good and bad? :pNo... I think Dr_Twist meant American English, Canadian English, etc...

[OOC: No, actually, you have original British English... and then you have 'Bastardized Colonial Mispelled English'. Ahem...]

Hee hee hee. Quote pyramid starting.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition
[OOC: No, actually, you have original British English... and then you have 'Bastardized Colonial Mispelled English'. Ahem...]

Oh, go add a couple 'o's to your name, you limey git :wink:

[OOC: But that would be 'Ma-ootek', or 'Mooe-tek'. Or the Empire of The Eternal Dawnoo.

The pyramid grows.]

Nah, it'd be Empire of the Eternal Daown.

Heh heh... I'm daown wit dat! :D

That was a hell of a wierd quote.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

[OOC: I was going to do it again, as I screwed it up. But sod that.

It could be Empoire of the Eternaol Daown, though. Like gaol. :roll: ]

perfect grammer ain't reqired here people! this Ain't school! :P

perfect grammer ain't reqired here people! this Ain't school! :P

As you mature, you will notice grammar is not only necessary in school.

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

perfect grammer ain't reqired here people! this Ain't school! :P

[OOC: If Churchill had officially declared the war on Germany in 1939 to the people of Britain with words scrawled on a old piece of paper rather than with a great radio speech, like this

'Parlyment haz desidid that we shud gow too wor wiv the Natsis coz thay invaydid Polind wen we toldd them not too.'

it just wouldn't have had the same effect.]

I wonder, should I append the 'Colloquialism Corollary' to this?

That is, I'm sure you've noticed a small tendency in my posts to use such words as 'kinda' and 'sorta', when I'm not being particularly formal (or cool-headed). I would categorize other such intentional misspellings, whether as parody or imitation of speech, under this corollary.

On the other side of the coin, AOL/Netspeak and 'leet' would NOT fall under this corollary at all, nor would ordinary careless misspellings.

(And don't jump on someone for one misspelled word or two in an extensive post, it just looks petty.)

And heres one example too:
This is a correct example (but you should tell us a bit more about it, but this is JUST AN EXAMPLE):
My nation got attacked by nuclear missiles from unknown nation. The nukes were type V2 and destroyed the whole city of Segety.
And the incorrect example:
NATION ATTACKED BY NUCLEAR MISSILES FROM STUPID GAY LAND NUKLEAR THINKS WAS W TVO TYPE
IT DESTROYED SEGETY
The mistakes in version 2:
-Capsing
-Spelling
-No dots in end of the sentences
-Not told what is "Segety" (in fact, it's the capital of Sebytania)
-Saying that the nukes are from a stupid gay nation doesn't tell do you know from where did they come or not, and if you do, it doesn't tell where from.

And heres one example too:
This is a correct example (but you should tell us a bit more about it, but this is JUST AN EXAMPLE):
My nation got attacked by nuclear missiles from unknown nation. The nukes were type V2 and destroyed the whole city of Segety.
And the incorrect example:
NATION ATTACKED BY NUCLEAR MISSILES FROM STUPID GAY LAND NUKLEAR THINKS WAS W TVO TYPE
IT DESTROYED SEGETY
The mistakes in version 2:
-Capsing
-Spelling
-No dots in end of the sentences
-Not told what is "Segety" (in fact, it's the capital of Sebytania)
-Saying that the nukes are from a stupid gay nation doesn't tell do you know from where did they come or not, and if you do, it doesn't tell where from.

WAS attacked, not GOT attacked
AN unknown natio, not unknown nation
Capitalizing, not Capsing
End Punctuation, not "no dots"
What "Segety" is, not what is "Seget"
Doesn't let you know where they came from, or if you do, it doesn't tell from where, don't end a sentence with a preposition


You have just been grammar punk'd

I believe that we have here a case of differing opinions. Either way is correct, in all of those cases, depending on who you ask.

ok, I have a question here. What happens when the person speaks English but hasn't been in an English speaking country for 6 months and speaks English just as poorly as they type it? Oh, and about the differing versions of English, how about Australian English, South African English, German school-kid English (consisting of 'vhat doo you vhant??' - I hear that every day). And one last thing, my English teacher's Oxford's Dictionary deserves to be burned. Sorry, just a little venting :wink:

Non-native speakers (i.e. MagicChina, I believe) are exempt but make common errors that I, a writing tutor, can recognize.

I never correct people who spell color with all sorts of unnecessary vowels.

The OED is terrible. Except for etymology.

There you go.

oh my god, what a bunch of wankers.. :x

oh my god, what a bunch of wankers.. :x

I have someone else to wank me for me. :wink:

And heres one example too:
This is a correct example (but you should tell us a bit more about it, but this is JUST AN EXAMPLE):
My nation got attacked by nuclear missiles from unknown nation. The nukes were type V2 and destroyed the whole city of Segety.
And the incorrect example:
NATION ATTACKED BY NUCLEAR MISSILES FROM STUPID GAY LAND NUKLEAR THINKS WAS W TVO TYPE
IT DESTROYED SEGETY
The mistakes in version 2:
-Capsing
-Spelling
-No dots in end of the sentences
-Not told what is "Segety" (in fact, it's the capital of Sebytania)
-Saying that the nukes are from a stupid gay nation doesn't tell do you know from where did they come or not, and if you do, it doesn't tell where from.

WAS attacked, not GOT attacked
AN unknown natio, not unknown nation
Capitalizing, not Capsing
End Punctuation, not "no dots"
What "Segety" is, not what is "Seget"
Doesn't let you know where they came from, or if you do, it doesn't tell from where, don't end a sentence with a preposition


You have just been grammar punk'd

Oh ho! Bitch smacked!

Nik,
Leader Of The Free Land Of The Damned People
http://expage.com/unitedpeacecoalition

Rule # 7: Do not under any circumstance make up acronyms for slang. For example I0J which stands for I 0wns J00 is never acceptable.

Non-native speakers (i.e. MagicChina, I believe) are exempt but make common errors that I, a writing tutor, can recognize.

I never correct people who spell color with all sorts of unnecessary vowels.

The OED is terrible. Except for etymology.

There you go.

[OOC: No, I should imagine you don't correct people who spell colour with the 'u'... as they would be correct, and you would be wrong.]

Don't you go badmouthing my grammer! She was a nice old lady!

(Sorry, sooner or later someone had to make that joke. Better me than someone else. Oh, and: Bump! :) )

Non-native speakers (i.e. MagicChina, I believe) are exempt but make common errors that I, a writing tutor, can recognize.

I never correct people who spell color with all sorts of unnecessary vowels.

The OED is terrible. Except for etymology.

There you go.

[OOC: No, I should imagine you don't correct people who spell colour with the 'u'... as they would be correct, and you would be wrong.]

Depends on which English you're speaking. "Color" is correct for Americans and "colour" is correct for British.

defense/defence
blond/blonde

Just a few examples.

Depends on which English you're speaking. "Color" is correct for Americans and "colour" is correct for British.

Of course. But as Everyone Knows(TM) there is only One True English and Its name is .

[i]Edit: Classy patch-up job.

Depends on which English you're speaking. "Color" is correct for Americans and "colour" is correct for British.

Of course. But as Everyone Knows(TM) there is only One True English and its name is [Insert Your Local Variant Of English Here]. Canadian for It has the words ZED,Toque and POUTINE

Ok, what the heck is ZED and POUTINE?

Ok, what the heck is ZED and POUTINE?

Zed is Canadian for Z and Poutine is the best dish in the world. French fries, gravy and cheese curds. Oh it's the stuff of legends and heart attacks

Ok, what the heck is ZED and POUTINE?

Zed = How everyone else in the world outside of the USA says "Z."

Poutine = French fries covered in gravy and cheese curd. DIE ARTERIES, DIE!

Poutine is also the only food source for teens in the Ottawa-hull area of Canada. For no reason GO SENS GO

Greetings from the Land of the Pedantic Dragon. We abhor those who cannot express themselves correctly nor coherently. For example, our law mandates death for anyone who uses the word "looser" as the antonym of "winner." Sloppy grammar is evidence of sloppy thinking. Whether school is in session or out, people will judge you by how you speak and write. A remarkable number of people seem to believe that they should be taken seriously no matter how incomprehensible their syntax or grammar is. The occasional misspelling is normal and tolerable, as English is a very difficult language to spell. I draw the line at less than one mangled word per paragraph: if you can't make it through at least one paragraph without a mistake, it's time to buy a dictionary. In Bisonica's case, the issue is not simply that his spelling is bad, but that his sentences make no sense.

As for the "color/colour" issue... It's actually quite fitting that Americans have dropped the extraneous u, as we are in far too big a hurry to bother with unneeded vowels. Besides, the British variation is longer and only sporadically applied: sometimes they use -our (colour, flavour) and sometimes they use -or (motor, actor). At least we're consistent.

omg dude like u must get a A++ on ineglish class dude like i bet ur popular at skchool cool lololrofl

Nerd.

Ok, what the heck is ZED and POUTINE?

Zed is Canadian for Z and Poutine is the best dish in the world. French fries, gravy and cheese curds. Oh it's the stuff of legends and heart attacks
... Canadian? Don't you mean, y'know, FRENCH?

nope english candains have their own language if thats what you mean and if not Poutine is now a canadian english word.

What about tough words

Like rhythm
and pneumonoultramiscroscopicsilicovolcanoniosis?

pneumonoultramiscroscopicsilicovolcanoniosis?

I invoke coal lung.

Silicon Particles
Not Carbon

omg dude like u must get a A++ on ineglish class dude like i bet ur popular at skchool cool lololrofl

Nerd.

Yes, and we shall one day be your employers, your higher-ups, your doctors -- although not politicians, we're too smart for that. ;)

omg dude like u must get a A++ on ineglish class dude like i bet ur popular at skchool cool lololrofl

Nerd.

Yes, and we shall one day be your employers, your higher-ups, your doctors -- although not politicians, we're too smart for that. ;)

Mmm-mmmm! That's some mighty good satire.

get this stickeyed

perfect grammer ain't reqired here people! this Ain't school! :P

true dat yo.....Really I think most of you are taking this a little too serious, this a message board for an online game. If there is someone who is being stupid, using 0's for O's, then fine. But mispelling words and typing the way one talks are just things that will naturally happen. Sorry but by posting about this you're not going to change that.

I do love the idea of a grammar gestapo though......I do love me my bean and tomato soups......

Meh. This is one of the worst fricking threads in this whole fricking forum.

I am unhappy about the resurrection of this thread. This is one of my least favorite threads within the entirety of the forum, which I hate.|>|-|34|2 |\/|3!
I only use |_337 on occasion. It can be fun on occasion.

Here's what one famous author had to say about the English language:



A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
For example, in Year 1 that useless letter 'c' would be dropped to be replased either by 'k' or 's', and likewise 'x' would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which 'c' would be retained would be the 'ch' formation, which will be dealt with later.

Year 2 might reform 'w' spelling, so that 'which' and 'one' would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish 'y' replasing it with 'i' and Iear 4 might fiks the 'g/j' anomali wonse and for all.

Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants.

Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez 'c', 'y' and 'x' -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais 'ch', 'sh', and 'th' rispektivli.

Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.

I have this image in my head, and it's causing me to laugh my ass off. It goes like this:

Job seeker leaves resume with potential employer.

Employer glances at cover letter, sees phrase "wud j00 h1re me?"

Resume lands in trash can.

Note to you barely literate wankers: I'm in a position to influence my employer's hiring decisions. An inability to expess oneself clearly and concisely in writing is one of many things which would cause me to say "Do NOT hire this idiot".

Stickey this!!!!

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I feel that unless one can write in a literate form with correct grammar and punctuation, you will not get far in any career. However, seeing as this is simply a message board for an online game, I cannot see why some people are getting so angry over the use of incorrect grammar and spelling. As long as the point is made, why should a fuss be made over a few mistakes?

stickey this

Lesson 7: The word "Sticky" does not contain the following letters/numbers/punctuation: E, !, Z, 7, 1, |, /, \, J, R, Xx, Q or H.

Lesson 8: "Xx" does NOT make a K sound.

Lesson 9: The majority of the words in the english dictionary do NOT end with "0r" (for example "Sleep0r" or "Dude0r") or with "!!!!!11!one!!"@@!@"1" (for example, "CHEESE!!!!!11!one!!"" or "GAY!!!111one!!""!12two"

Iy bin lernink lottz

bump

Lession 10: Numbers cannot be interchanged with letters. For example, the word "TIGER" cannot be replaced with "TI9ER". 1 cannot replace I, 5 cannot replace S, 8 cannot replace B, and so on and so forth.

Lession 10: Numbers cannot be interchanged with letters. For example, the word "TIGER" cannot be replaced with "TI9ER". 1 cannot replace I, 5 cannot replace S, 8 cannot replace B, and so on and so forth.7|-|47 |5 4 8|_474|\|7 |_|3!

?????

?????Letters can be replaced by numbers!

we need this to be stickeyed!

HO Intelligence worker: Uh-oh. Does this mean we're going to have several angry nations after us because our currency is the L33t?

Fifel Hoover (head of HO Intelligence): I hope not. At least we here in Henceland Omega can spell correctly, use proper grammar and punctuation, and do not use code to talk to normal people.

Intelligence worker: That's true. Considering Carianada's being run by a dictator who was an English major, we can't afford too many errors.

Hoover: Right. So hopefully the currency will be forgivable by their standards...

bump

<pulls out notebook and begins taking notes>

R-O-U-G-E...no
R-O-O-G-E...no
R-0-G-UE...gettin closer
<2 days later>
R-U-G-E...dammit!
R-O-A-D...NO!
<sees a man laughing at him and shoots him in the knee>

-Decimus Fenarius
Emperor of Luporum
lol thats what the IRA does.