Turrets

ShadowWolfShadowWolf Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3205Members
in NS General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">people call them "turrents"</div> Ok something that i've noticed lately ALOT. People both in voice chat and text chat are calling turrets "turrents." Normally I'm not such a big grammar pants when it comes to things like this but i've heard this one over and over ... its becoming astronomically annoying <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

So, to clear things up.

<a href='http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=turret' target='_blank'>Official Turret Definition</a>

<a href='http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?turret02.wav=turret' target='_blank'>Official Turret Pronunciation (Sound file)</a>


<a href='http://www.m-w.com/' target='_blank'>Also note when you type in "turrent" here, nothing comes up. </a>

I hope this clears up some confusion. Happy turreting. <!--emo&::sentry::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/turret.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='turret.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::siege::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/siege.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='siege.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • DunsbyDunsby Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1042Awaiting Authorization
    People that say turrent should be killed. Who the hell said turrent in the first place?
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  • nthingnthing Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3091Members
    yes.. I totally agree with you here... personally I think it is absoloutly disgusting of these people to say such things as 'turrent' when it is clearly 'turret'

    I mean, COME ON PEOPLE!! This is a bloody massive issue here!! Sort it out NS TEAM!







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  • TrenchRatTrenchRat Join Date: 2002-11-12 Member: 8301Members
    I think people may know this.

    Its just more fun to call them "turrents".
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  • Dauntl3ssDauntl3ss Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7737Members
    lol, im sick and tired of all these posts about ppl calling turrets turrents, i dont call them turrets.

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  • FromtheDepthsFromtheDepths Join Date: 2002-11-29 Member: 10256Members
    I can only say one world to this....LMAO. Pitty the ppl who cant get it right. I think i might have heard someone call them turrents over VOX on voogru's server. :/ meh oh well.
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  • Dauntl3ssDauntl3ss Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7737Members
    edited November 2002
    <!--QuoteBegin--FromtheDepths+Nov 30 2002, 02:33 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (FromtheDepths @ Nov 30 2002, 02:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I can only say one world to this....LMAO. Pitty the ppl who cant get it right. I think i might have heard someone call them turrents over VOX on voogru's server. :/ meh oh well.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    acctually LMAO is 4 words (!)
    and is "turrent" an acctaul word? some kinda bug or something?
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  • TabrisTabris Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4273Members
    well.. closest thing to "turrent" is torrent.

    So.. i guess... if you were stretching it.. you could say a torrential rain of turrets....

    gg dr seuss
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  • BlueeBluee Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 6286Members
    Speaking of **obscenity** speak, just what the heck does IIRC mean? I've been playing FPS online for 5 years now, and only recently have I seen IIRC.
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  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 2002-06-12 Member: 759Members
    edited November 2002
    <!--QuoteBegin--FromtheDepths+Nov 30 2002, 12:33 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (FromtheDepths @ Nov 30 2002, 12:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I can only say one world to this....LMAO. Pitty the ppl who cant get it right. I think i might have heard someone call them turrents over VOX on voogru's server. :/ meh oh well.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I hate people that say "meh". Its not a word, and never will be. Same with "alot", its "a lot", get it right if you going to make a rant about people saying/typing the wrong thing.

    If you call it a slang word, then I shal call "turrent" a slang word. So <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->


    I think people say/type "turret" "turrent" because "turret" just sounds weird. To me, it sounds like it needs a "n" in there. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->


    BTW, I used to say "turrent" but now I say "turret". Mostly because I don't want to **obscenity** off these grammar teachers. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Enforcer15Enforcer15 Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1538Members
    I also find some people say over voice : "We need pile bombs! Get the third hive up!"

    Also, I find it very annoying when people pronounce "draw" as "drawl".
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  • FunkaFunka Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5718Members
    IIRC, IIRC = If I Recall Correctly.
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  • Y3tiY3ti Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7853Members
    omg if I hear of see somone say "turrents"

    I can't help but stop what I'm doing(whatever I'm doing) and yell

    "OMFG IT'S TURRETS YOU GRADE SCHOOL **obscenity** CHILD >.o"
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    edited November 2002
    Bah. It isn't a shoolteacher type thing to correct someone typing incorrectly. Same thing when people type 'u' for 'you' on the forums. I can understand it in-game when you have to type as fast as possible so you aren't a sitting duck, but here? Here you have all the time you need to actually spell. It's English, people. :L

    Same thing with 'leetspeak'. That mostly started when people needed more secure passwords so started coming up with ways to mark up a word. Easier to remember 'n0th!Ng' than 'afgneizxrtz', and the former is actually MORE secure against a brute-force attack than the latter. Of course, 'ç!_o5Ng*' is more secure than either of them, and you can even go further with more extra-ASCII characters, but few people know how to type those and would be more likely to use the same secure-password on their e-mail account as on their root login so they only have to remember one. Down side being, e-mail passwords aren't encrypted when sent, so they ould theoretically be sniffed much more easily and *boom*, someone has your superuser login. :6

    Short form, don't type like you're 'hip' or 'trendy'.. it just makes you look like an idiot who can't spell or watched 'Hackers' once too often. (A good movie for MST3King, by the by. Can do that one over and over.. never gets old, making fun of morons.)


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  • HannebambelHannebambel Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5416Banned
    edited November 2002
    Well, maybe some people make some writing or spelling mistakes, coz English is not their native language and they are confronted with words they have not seen before.

    Ok, I know that it is "turret" and not "turrent", but I am sure some not native English speaking doesn´t.

    Imagine If the game would be in German or French. Would some people then not do spelling and speaking mistakes as well.

    Like for "Turret" "Geschützturm", or for Siege Turret "Belagerungsgeschütz". Or in case of the sentries "Roboterkanonen" or similar.

    Or for the bile bomb "Gallenbombe".
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  • Dauntl3ssDauntl3ss Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7737Members
    while we are in on it, what does IMHO or IMO or wtf you are saying?
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    IMHO = In my humble opinion. IMO = Same, but without the 'humble'. WTF = What the f*ck.
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  • Dauntl3ssDauntl3ss Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7737Members
    lol, i knew wtf, but i used it as "or wtf you are saying" <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Hang_LooseHang_Loose Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7775Members
    Ohemgee, already a few posts like this. *shrugs*
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  • XentorXentor Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5877Members
    Idiot (On voice): Commander, built more turrents! We need more turrents!

    Commander: Umm, what's a turrent?

    * Idiot ejects commander
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  • Alien_BobAlien_Bob Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8185Members
    I'm going to start calling them "turnips" in-game, and see how long it takes for that to catch on.
    "Commander, need turnips outside base!"
    "Comm, build a turnip farm in hive room"
    "Rush past the turnips and chomp the command chair"
    "Oh no, they've got siege turnips!"

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  • SycophantSycophant Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7092Members
    edited November 2002
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm going to start calling them "turnips" in-game, and see how long it takes for that to catch on.
    "Commander, need turnips outside base!"
    "Comm, build a turnip farm in hive room"
    "Rush past the turnips and chomp the command chair"
    "Oh no, they've got siege turnips!"<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I don't know about anyone else, but I second the vote to change "turrent" to "turnip". I know <b>I</b> will be calling them turnips from now on. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Actually, I've just <i>got</i> to add that last line to my sig!! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • DSYStaufDSYStauf Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4429Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Sycophant+Nov 30 2002, 09:50 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sycophant @ Nov 30 2002, 09:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I don't know about anyone else, but I second the vote to change "turrent" to "turnip".  <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Hell yeah! I'm in on this! Turnip it is!
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  • GnacoxGnacox Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1654Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Mulock+Dec 1 2002, 12:06 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mulock @ Dec 1 2002, 12:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->omg.... what a waste of time this thread is....<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I can see you are busy writing smart remarks...
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  • FinaFina Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3267Members
    I parodied this in my sig. I shall call them Turnips from now on as well.
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  • VippiNVippiN Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9955Members
    My friend <b>Morgoth</b> says turrents, and until he realises the correct spelling he can go <b>GET **obscenity**.</b>

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