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Engrish Gripes

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 5:01 am
by XeonJr
I tire with the posters on this board and their apparent difficulties involving the use of â??Aâ?

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 5:44 am
by BUBBALOU
get an life, Xeon :wink:

u R A l0sR :wink:

If you want to be that way, then go to the GRAMMAR Forum of the DBB

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:23 am
by roid
[quote]If you wish to come across half intelligible when posting please correctly use your â??ANâ?

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:44 am
by woodchip
That one would think that "A" is different from that other word "An" shows that the poster of this topic may be related to that other english maven...Mobius!

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:48 am
by roid
i must say that this thread being in existance so close to talklikeapirateday, is SACRELEDGE!!

think of the pirates.

*holds up picture of a sad malnourished pirate*

Re: Engrish Gripes

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 7:32 am
by Flabby Chick
XeonJr wrote: “A” is reserved for consonants.
i.e.
A banana
A cat
A moron

If you wish to come across half intelligible when posting please correctly use your “AN” and “A’s.”

No more “I a idiot’s” please :)
X how would you like A M-16 shoved up yer Jacksi.

Nope dosn't sound right to me ;)

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 7:38 am
by Avder
Jarrrrrr

That tharr huked awn fonix werked four meee!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 8:41 am
by Neo
xeowned, it's English, not Engrish. Now go buy me some Blue Tack. ^_~

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:09 am
by Flabby Chick
Sarcasm Neo, it comes with age.

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:29 am
by Krom
Flabby Chick wrote:Sarcasm Neo, it comes with age.
Image

Re: Engrish Gripes

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:40 am
by Lobber
[quote="XeonJr"]
An historic (true pronunciation being â??ISTORICâ?

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:38 am
by Neo
Flabby Chick wrote:Sarcasm Neo, it comes with age.
Well, then, the whole Descent community must be old as ice. :P

Sarcasm is 4 losers! ^_~

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 11:26 am
by Flabby Chick
Out of the unconscious lips of babes and sucklings are we satirized.


-----Mr Twain

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 12:19 pm
by XeonJr
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:40 pm
by Stryker
"If you're going to hack, at least learn to spell correctly"

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 7:44 pm
by Ford Prefect
Flabby Chick wrote:
Sarcasm Neo, it comes with age.


Well, then, the whole Descent community must be old as ice.


Well I'm nearly as old as ice so I guess "if the shoe fits..."

While we're at it why not start on your vs you're that ones always fun.

Re: Engrish Gripes

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 8:38 pm
by Duper
[quote="XeonJr"]IAn historic (true pronunciation being â??ISTORICâ?

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:35 pm
by Mobius
How do you spell FISH in English?

Easy - That'd be:

Gee Aitch Oh Tee Eye. (GHOTI)

The GH is the F sound in "enough"
The O is the I sound in "women"
The TI is the SH sound in "station".

Go figure!

Xeon you're beating a dead horse here mate. Idiots and uneducated people will use "a" instead of "an", interchange "your" and "you're" at will, spell definitely with an "a", and use "that" in front of just about everything - oh - and "like" too.

The only thing you can do is ensure you keep it correct yourself, and never hire anyone who doesn't get it right.

The punishment for sloppy spelling, grammar, and usage is a life spent earning $12,000 a year. I think that's enough - don't you?

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:57 pm
by Vertigo 99
i don't know where you gathered that "history" has a silent h, but you're so wrong it hurts my brain.

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 11:28 pm
by Lothar
Mobius wrote:... and use "that" in front of just about everything - oh - and "like" too.
Yeah, people are like that.

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 2:24 am
by Mobius
And, like, that's that! ;)

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 2:28 am
by Mobius
an 'istory of piratical musings me hearties!

World-wide talk-like-a-pirate day!!

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:59 pm
by Ford Prefect
"Arrr matey. And that's the last ye'll hear o' me bar musket balls. And them that dies will be the lucky ones."- Long John Silver