Wtf? People, Get It Right.
Kiz
Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7236Members
Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7236Members
<div class="IPBDescription">[rant]</div> Ok. I'm a newbie. Everyone here, save for the people who actually worked on NS, is. This is just fine, we were all newbies once on some other mod. This is normal. Most everyone who posts regularly here can also speel rael gud. This is excellent. HOWEVER:
I've seen people with excellent spelling and grammar on these forums post strategies involving "turrents". WTF is a turrent? Is it some b-stard child of turret and entity? Where did that misspelling come from? It is spelled T-U-R-R-E-T, turret. Again, the proper spelling: <b>turret</b>. Try it yourself. Resist that apparently OVERPOWERING urge to press the N key, and <b>get it right</b>. If you can't spell turret properly, abbreviate it to "SG" or replace with "sentry" or "sentry gun". Gragh.
[/rant] I'm gonna go kill something slimy now. Maybe a lawyer. <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo-->
I've seen people with excellent spelling and grammar on these forums post strategies involving "turrents". WTF is a turrent? Is it some b-stard child of turret and entity? Where did that misspelling come from? It is spelled T-U-R-R-E-T, turret. Again, the proper spelling: <b>turret</b>. Try it yourself. Resist that apparently OVERPOWERING urge to press the N key, and <b>get it right</b>. If you can't spell turret properly, abbreviate it to "SG" or replace with "sentry" or "sentry gun". Gragh.
[/rant] I'm gonna go kill something slimy now. Maybe a lawyer. <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo-->
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And as always, Have a Nice Day!
How's that for "speeling"
Having mic is the answer to all the problems related with typing, as it can and will help you better communicate with your team to work together and get things done.
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damn it can't you just spell out the word?<!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--><!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->??
I find myself doing this more and more often cause I see it tooooooo much ahhh...
"The things you hate the most about others are the things you hate about yourself"
LOL. Bill, I'm gonna totally pwn you with my turrent, you wierdo <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
The thing is, it isn't a typo... people are using "turrent" in their day-to-day forum posts - not just once, but over and over. Not only that, but look at your keyboard, see where the N is? How in the heck do you misspell "turret" when the character in question is on the *other side of the keyboard*?
I'd be interested in the origin of this misspelling (just for kicks) - because it's infecting people at an alarming rate...
anwyays duncha jsut haet those turrnts? marinse turrents are so lame
me juss wanna klil all turrent makers, DAETH TO TURRENTS!
It's been bugging me since day 1 too.
anwyays duncha jsut haet those turrnts? marinse turrents are so lame
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Bad spelling usually doesn't bother me - especially when in-game - I realise that 9 times out of 10 you're in a hurry or something. Typos too, they're fine, they happen - heck people stutter IRL and no-one chews 'em out.
But "turrents"... heck people even *say* "turrent" over voice. This monster has to be stopped! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Because, deep down inside, there is a Typing Corrections Nazi in all of us. <!--emo&::sentry::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/turret.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='turret.gif'><!--endemo-->
rant rant rant rant rant. rant rant.
women are evil. i mean it. they are manipulative, spiteful, jealous and insensitive. if you are female and are not all or any of these things, call me. if you are thinking about calling me don't. you are obviously vain.
why is it that friends are never there when you need them, and around all the time when you don't?
why are your enemies always there when you need friends? or do enemies just make better friends sometimes?
why do people always assume that the most ridiculous thing is the truest?
why is it that the truth dies so easily, but lies are near immortal?
why do parents automatically assume their offspring is stupid? is this genetic? or is it because they realise how stupid they were when they were young and assume you are the same? why do parents always transpose their mistakes when they were young onto you? is this genetic? why are grandparents so much easier to get on with than parents? is this genetic? is someone researching all this?
how do morons breed so quickly? why is <b>common</b> sense so rare? why are birds always so attracted to MY CAR?
more later.
(wow, and not one **obscenity** obscenity)
Most misspelled stuff around here is from haste and sloppiness. A lot of us are foreigners too, and sometimes we know the sound of the word, but not the wordyness of the word <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
But I agree on Turrents. It's like not learning a persons name. It's like a person failed to grasp what it was. I bet you, people who write turrents probably never HEARD the word spoken out loud. Come think of it, how colloquial a word is turret anyway? Probably less than colloquial <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
In any case, there are few people here whose spelling is so bad that their meaning doesn't carry through. Fire up your immense human communications skills and ignore teh bad speelings. They don't hurt, they don't smart. It's like discriminating against people with freckles or a lisp. Board life is so much more like speaking than writing letters or a thesis. We share the same medium, but the use is radically different.
I can live with spelling errors as long as people bother to learn and spell the names of their peers (persons such as
<b>-={?[WTF]733+_h4X0r}=- </b> etc. does NOT deserve that anyone can remember their name, though!)
Probably because on the score list it´s Skul and Gorg, but in the manual it´s Skulk and Gorge.
And i don´t think i have noticed anyone using turrent in a game yet.
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damn it can't you just spell out the word?<!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--><!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->??
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What do you want us to say? leet?
It's a simple fact: people will take you more seriously if you take the time to use proper spelling and grammar (grammAr, not grammEr) -- <b>especially</b> on an online board, where your typing skill is the ONLY thing with which they can judge you!
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pwnz
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j00
biotch
thx
suk
kilz
damn it can't you just spell out the word?<!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--><!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->??
I find myself doing this more and more often cause I see it tooooooo much ahhh...
"The things you hate the most about others are the things you hate about yourself"<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
and what about "donce" <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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Is in my world at least <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
*xenocides on leet*
(BTW, I'm old-school enough that I still think it's 31337 <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> )