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Varren Dar'khel
Flux Divinity
#161 - 2012-03-26 22:06:58 UTC
adopt wrote:
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Might I ask why you subjugate the people who can spell and pronounce the language correctly to such fallacy? Why am I forced to spell like an American when I am English? I cannot comprehend why, I, as an Englishman, am forced to improperly spell my native language.

Discuss.


While I might take a little offense to the American stereotype, I have to 100% agree with you.
I'm a ******* American, and it pisses me off when 99% of my society uses bastardized terminology as the standard.
Dalmont Delantee
Gecko Corp
#162 - 2012-03-26 22:10:49 UTC
As a brit I feel annoyed and upset by this person.

Believe it or not its been that way since 2003 so get a life and move on OP :)
Varren Dar'khel
Flux Divinity
#163 - 2012-03-26 22:16:26 UTC
Dalmont Delantee wrote:
As a brit I feel annoyed and upset by this person.

Believe it or not its been that way since 2003 so get a life and move on OP :)


No it hasn't, you are incredibly ignorant.

In fact this change came about in Crucible.

Please be more aware of your topic before commenting on it. It might save the embarrassment of being proven to be just another ignorant player with an incorrect statement.
Tech3ZH
Doomheim
#164 - 2012-03-26 22:22:25 UTC
This is Middle English written by Geoffrey Chaucer (heard of that guy brits? I think he was Englyshe...) :

'Wepyng and waylyng, care and oother sorwe
I knowe ynogh, on even and a-morwe,'
Quod the Marchant, 'and so doon oother mo
That wedded been."
(Modern English - 'Weeping and wailing, care and other sorrow
I know enough, in the evening and in the morning,'
said the Merchant, 'and so does many another
who has been married.' )

You'll notice things have changed a bit... *gasp*! Shocked

Also - too late..."American" English is no longer "American". The world has taken it and made it a tool for communication. It's all about communication. Someone from Petrograd and someone from Peru can communicate. This is a good thing. Maybe instead of complaining English people could think: "Wow...something we started has changed into something the world uses as a tool...cool..." Times change. Lately, times change very fast. Adapt (adopt?) or be left behind.
Percival Gates
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#165 - 2012-03-26 22:35:09 UTC
I'm an American. In eve, I always spell "honourable" with a 'u' in order to add a bit of a chivalric color to the word. This is especially true when speaking about "honourable duels". Big smile

There are actually more English speakers in China than there are in the U.S., so the argument of "majority gets their way" is rather hilariously bogus. Imagine for a moment that all English speakers agreed to speak English with a Chinese accent, simply because so many English speaking Chinese speak it in that manner.

I want maximum efficiency and simplicity in a language. I've never been a fan of extra flair added to a word simply to make it sound cool, unless there is some hidden meaning in the flair (e.g. honour duel). Hence, I don't necessarily like words like colour, armour, "aluminium".

People will always have their individual preferences. As such, when you have a large enough group of people that disagree, languages diverge. I find it intriguing to consider if UK English and US English will eventually diverge to the point that they are no longer reciprocally easily understood.
Signal11th
#166 - 2012-03-26 22:57:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Signal11th
Meryl SinGarda wrote:
Ai Shun wrote:
Onictus wrote:
Too bad American's outnumber the rest of the native English speaking word. Sorry and all.


Go and add up the numbers across the rest of the world and compare it to the USA. Sorry, but you guys are tiny compared to the rest of the world - most of which use English; not United States English.


A McDonald's in every country.



You also get Genital Warts in every country , your point being?

Anyway it's all a very clever ploy by the Amercian Goverment to change the way English is spelt into a standardised USA format all through the power of Micosoft Office and its ****** spell checker.


Also If people want to speak English I don't really care how they spell it. We should be proud it's used so widely.

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Terminal Insanity
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#167 - 2012-03-26 22:58:16 UTC
Stop bumping irrelevant threads. Today is about The Mittani only.

"War declarations are never officially considered griefing and are not a bannable offense, and it has been repeatedly stated by the developers that the possibility for non-consensual PvP is an intended feature." - CCP
Senerio
Perkone
Caldari State
#168 - 2012-03-26 23:03:50 UTC
Susiqueta Muir wrote:
BTW:- anyone played minecraft with the pirate language localisation options?

"Yarr!"

Can I have Eve client Pirate language options please? Or "British (stereotypical)"

"That dastardly bounder (X) scores a trifiling glancing blow against the good ship (Y) with his pitiful autocannons for 1.0 damage. 'tis but a scratch you scoundrel!"

:)

SM>


I would gladly give up any of the actual localization options for this.
ed jeni
Hax.
#169 - 2012-03-26 23:18:25 UTC
+1
Peri Simone
Black Rebel Rifter Club
The Devil's Tattoo
#170 - 2012-03-26 23:38:15 UTC
Signal11th wrote:
Anyway it's all a very clever ploy by the Amercian Goverment to change the way English is spelt into a standardised USA format all through the power of Micosoft Office and its ****** spell checker.


They can't get me, not with my aluminum foil hat.

NOOOOO!!!
Ila Dace
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#171 - 2012-03-26 23:44:37 UTC
adopt wrote:
...it doesn't make you look intelligible...

"Intelligible" is not a word used to describe appearance, you meant "intelligent".

adopt wrote:
...it makes you seem parallel to the stereotypes we have of Americans...

That phrase makes it seem as though you are trying too hard to pass yourself off as intellectual, because that phrase also does not mean what you think it does... unless of course...

6/10 (got me to respond)

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Riddick Liddell
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#172 - 2012-03-26 23:46:10 UTC
Americanism??

Who did they sue?
Revajin
Doomheim
#173 - 2012-03-26 23:59:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Revajin
Maybe because you tried to get us to actually pay taxes to fund a war we asked you to fight and then ****** up your enforcement? I mean seriously. Most Americans didn't even pay taxes at the time, and your taxes weren't even unreasonable compared to what the average British citizen paid. We were completely in the wrong, the only valid argument we had against the British was the lack of representation and your general annoyingness. You completely botched the war. World's greatest navy my ass. You couldn't even backup your ground troops from the sea when the French moved in. So you just gave up. When your nation collectively goes back in time and handles the revolution like somebody not completely ******** you can get your weird spellings back.

Edit: Also stop adding unnecessary R's to everything. It's saw, not sawr. Data not Darta.
Tanya Powers
Doomheim
#174 - 2012-03-27 00:00:35 UTC
Senerio wrote:
Susiqueta Muir wrote:
BTW:- anyone played minecraft with the pirate language localisation options?

"Yarr!"

Can I have Eve client Pirate language options please? Or "British (stereotypical)"

"That dastardly bounder (X) scores a trifiling glancing blow against the good ship (Y) with his pitiful autocannons for 1.0 damage. 'tis but a scratch you scoundrel!"

:)

SM>


I would gladly give up any of the actual localization options for this.



Shocked me wants !!
Caliph Muhammed
Perkone
Caldari State
#175 - 2012-03-27 04:03:05 UTC
Negentig wrote:


No no no, the Russians won the war. The US just showed up in time for the after-party.


I don't know if losing that many people is considered winning.
Aiden Andraste
State War Academy
Caldari State
#176 - 2012-03-27 04:05:47 UTC
Tanya Powers wrote:
Senerio wrote:
Susiqueta Muir wrote:
BTW:- anyone played minecraft with the pirate language localisation options?

"Yarr!"

Can I have Eve client Pirate language options please? Or "British (stereotypical)"

"That dastardly bounder (X) scores a trifiling glancing blow against the good ship (Y) with his pitiful autocannons for 1.0 damage. 'tis but a scratch you scoundrel!"

:)

SM>


I would gladly give up any of the actual localization options for this.



Shocked me wants !!

A pirate localization!? **** YES.
Aiden Andraste
State War Academy
Caldari State
#177 - 2012-03-27 04:06:26 UTC
Caliph Muhammed wrote:
Negentig wrote:


No no no, the Russians won the war. The US just showed up in time for the after-party.


I don't know if losing that many people is considered winning.

It is when the other side doesn't have enough people to kill the people you have left.
Onix Pokemon
prime coates Manufacture Corporation
#178 - 2012-03-27 04:45:48 UTC
http://community.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&nbid=28529

37.41% of the voters are from the United States.
Misanth
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE
#179 - 2012-03-27 04:49:39 UTC
Meryl SinGarda wrote:
Ai Shun wrote:
Onictus wrote:
Too bad American's outnumber the rest of the native English speaking word. Sorry and all.


Go and add up the numbers across the rest of the world and compare it to the USA. Sorry, but you guys are tiny compared to the rest of the world - most of which use English; not United States English.


A McDonald's in every country.


Here we call them McDounalds

AFK-cloaking in a system near you.
equcin meey
camdy and Co. inc.
#180 - 2012-03-27 11:52:37 UTC
Terminal Insanity wrote:
adopt wrote:


Might I ask why you subjugate the people who can spell and pronounce the language correctly to such fallacy? Why am I forced to spell like an American when I am English? I cannot comprehend why, I, as an Englishman, am forced to improperly spell my native language.

Discuss.

Onictus wrote:
adopt wrote:
Miranda Bowie wrote:
I love the colour gratuitous U's add to British spelling. I proumise froum nouw oun, I will honour your request four moure. ;)


You're adding "U" in completely pointless places, it doesn't make you look intelligible, it makes you seem parallel to the stereotypes we have of Americans; uneducated, incompetent morons.



..and you appear to be another stodgy Brit that is still butt hurt that its not the grand old days of the Empire.

Deal, I have to use European spelling and you have to use US spelling its not the end of the world.



http://grammarist.com/spelling/armor-armour/
Funny fact but "Armor" is actually the proper american spelling. Just like Color.



thought something didn't look right and i always thought i was spelling it correctly with the u.

i feel like i'm becoming stupid an lazy after talking with a yank P

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