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EvE Culture Shock?
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silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#21 - 2013-01-18 20:06:29 UTC
C DeLeon wrote:
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Not so much in game lingo...but I have noticed a proliferation of forum speech into my everyday conversations, which makes customer service really interesting.


t*ts or gtfo? :)

HTFU.

Twisted

Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.

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Kamden Line
Sovereign Citizen and other Tax Evasion Schemes
#22 - 2013-01-18 20:07:57 UTC
In nulsec voice comms the "-" ,usually referred to as "dash" is called "tac" instead mainly because it's easier to hear over comms.

Of course, this leaks in real life where I refer to hypenated things as tac, so I get funny looks.

Adding 'K' after numbesr to refer to multiple zeros (100K for example). Apparently that isn't a common thing in the US.
unloadedx16
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#23 - 2013-01-18 20:26:42 UTC
I was driving past Concord Street once.... I made sure to drive really careful.
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#24 - 2013-01-18 20:30:34 UTC  |  Edited by: silens vesica
Kamden Line wrote:

Adding 'K' after numbesr to refer to multiple zeros (100K for example). Apparently that isn't a common thing in the US.
IME, it's entirely common. May be a regional thing, though. Of course, I've lived in most of the major regions, and have found it in all of them... So you may be dealing with an isolated regioin, yourself.


unloadedx16 wrote:
I was driving past Concord Street once.... I made sure to drive really careful.

I work on Concord Pike... Yes, it messes with my head.

Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.

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Skorpynekomimi
#25 - 2013-01-18 20:34:37 UTC
silens vesica wrote:
Kamden Line wrote:

Adding 'K' after numbesr to refer to multiple zeros (100K for example). Apparently that isn't a common thing in the US.
IME, it's entirely common. May be a regional thing, though. Of course, I've lived in most of the major regions, and have found it in all of them... So you may be dealing with an isolated regioin, yourself.


unloadedx16 wrote:
I was driving past Concord Street once.... I made sure to drive really careful.

I work on Concord Pike... Yes, it messes with my head.


It's perfectly natural to me, but that's because I took an electronics course a ways back, and it sorta stuck.

Economic PVP
Romvex
TURN LEFT
#26 - 2013-01-18 20:37:55 UTC
i set my ringtone for when my boss is calling me as the alarm for entering hull. i also sometimes believe, if only for a few seconds, that my car's capacitor will regenerate.Sad
terzho
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#27 - 2013-01-18 23:28:13 UTC
I said to my friend. "i need to roflstomp you in this exam." and he's like "Roflstomp?"
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#28 - 2013-01-18 23:29:33 UTC
Kamden Line wrote:
Adding 'K' after numbesr to refer to multiple zeros (100K for example). Apparently that isn't a common thing in the US.

k = kilo, ergo "thousand".

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#29 - 2013-01-18 23:50:18 UTC
You guys are confusing the hell out of me. I bet your irlsec clones don't even have implants. Mine has two limited occular filters, sits in his CQ when AFK. I usually just grind L3 missions for 8 hours before I jump back into another JC. What the hell have you guys been smoking? You are all making 0.0 sense.
Serptimis
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#30 - 2013-01-19 00:37:00 UTC
thecunning mrfox wrote:
Glasgow, walking through the city in the evening, certain dodgy streets have caused me to opt for the high sec route avoiding "gatecamps"

Last new year seen this old rather frail looking guy pushing a trolley packed with booze, remarked to my mate that he was a clear gank waiting to happen.

Gf isn't best keen on "docking permission requested"
yup you all heard "docking permission denied" didn't you.

And if it was after an arguement, you would need to wait for that aggression timer to run down I guess! P
Rellik B00n
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#31 - 2013-01-19 00:42:52 UTC
i pretty often use 'wtb' in all sorts of circumstances but i got it here.

"wtb 'a clue'" Big smile

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Sekhmet Snotra
Rattium Incorporated
#32 - 2013-01-19 04:34:37 UTC
I accidentally called an elevator an acceleration gate once... luckily the people i was with also played eve and realised i meant elevator.

which is worse, me using a completely wrong name, or the fact that the others understood me?
Veronica Kerrigan
Surgically Constructed L Feminist
#33 - 2013-01-19 04:42:47 UTC
Wacktopia wrote:
- Saying "roger that" irl
- Saying "on it, doin it" irl


Not only that, but I greet people all the time by imitating the o7 emoticon and saluting.
Andracin
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#34 - 2013-01-19 04:50:08 UTC
I find my self telling people "I don't have the ISK for that" when Im broke. I also have the eve ring tones and I get weird looks when aura says "warp drive active" when I get texts....
Captain Tardbar
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#35 - 2013-01-19 05:08:25 UTC
When my math professor said:

"Null means empty."

I busted out of laughing thinking of the EvE forums.

Everyone in the class looked at me weird.

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Deriah Book
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#36 - 2013-01-19 07:13:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Deriah Book
I keep trying to use words like Bistot and Kernite in Scrabble.

Sometimes I call my girlfriend by her Eve toon name in public. Her parents look at us sideways when it happens.
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