Can We Have A "verified" Section For All The Stuff

[FireATM]

my god you guys are funny!

[Jibbler]

I have to agree with JimF. The language is english, and I hate seeing people butcher it online. I understand that there are people on this board, whose first language is not english.

However, it is the english speaking americans, who feel that proper punctuation and capitalization is a thing of the past. Is it really so hard to type complete sentences?--

Jibbler

[Chilly]

Originally posted by creamypanda@19 February 2003 - 19:59
Can we have a "Verified" section for all the stuff that's NOT copy-righted?

Just a thought....

I dont think there is really anything thats not Copy-righted

If your after games films or software you could always go Here

[Ron]

I believe (though not 100% sure) that a recent survey discovered that the majority of pages on the internet is CHINESE, not English.
If it isn't today, it will be in a year or so.
So JimF better learn to write proper Chinese, I think.
The internet is international guys.
Face it.
Deal with it.
Get over it.
Give those who didn't have the "benefit" of an education that teaches correct English punctuation and capitaliSation a break.

PS. The "S" is there on purpose. I feel the rebel in me arising.

Edited a possibly grave error.
I'm truly sorry if you got to read it before I had the chance to correct myself.
I will try to prevent this from happening in the future.
Please accept my outmost and unsincere apologies.

[Longdong]

i think we all need 2 calm down although most of the time i cant b arsed to write full sentances. whats the point if it gets your point across in a fraction of the time???

[dualBleed]

Originally posted by creamypanda@19 February 2003 - 20:59
Can we have a "Verified" section for all the stuff that's NOT copy-righted?

Just a thought....

Interesting idea. I have been looking for old version files, a more complete one than www.oldversion.com (their site are often unreachable)

[ksmurf]

Don't you just love intelligent bottoms (smartasses for you playing the home game) . Keep the banter (bickering, convesation, discussion, debate, etc.) going. Makes for som entertaining reading.

[share4uk]

If its proper English you were looking for, why didn't you say!:

British (correct) English-------------------------American English


aluminium-------------------------aluminum
archaeology----------------------archeology
catalogue--------------------------catalog
cheque------------------------------check
colour--------------------------------color
kerb----------------------------------curb
dialogue----------------------------dialog
encyclopaedia-------------------encyclopedia
favourite---------------------------favorite
honour------------------------------honor
jewellery---------------------------jewelry
manoeuvre-----------------------maneuver
moustache------------------------mustache
tyre------------------------------------tire

aerial-------------------------antenna
flat-------------------------apartment
lawyer----------------------attorney
car-------------------------automobile
rucksack--------------------backpack
fringe-------------------------bangs
pub-----------------------------bar
autumn------------------------fall
banknote----------------------bill
bath----------------------------tub
biscuit------------------------cookie
bread roll---------------------bun
canteen--------------------cafetaria
chips--------------------------fries
crisps-------------------------chips
current account-----checking account
lift----------------------------elevator
minced (meat)-------------ground (meat)
nappy------------------------diaper
quilt------------------------comforter
rubbish---------------------garbage
scone------------------------biscuit
tap---------------------------faucet
toilet-----------------------bathroom
torch-----------------------flashlight

This is just a joke...

My point? As long as you can understand it, who cares how its spelt or said, this board is made up of a range of different countries, theres no need to correct everyone.

[J'Pol]

The point is that people understand what they read. If the way you express your ideas is not accurate then there is a reasonable chance that you will be misunderstood. As things become sloppier then the chance of misunderstanding increases.

Correcting spelling however is just a larf. Almost everyone gets annoyed by it. I think it is a subconscious reaction to it being done when they were at school. Or shld tht be skool.

Seriously though a lot of problems are caused by poor communication. The phrase "you know what I meant " is almost always incorrect. Actually I know what you said / wrote, that's not always what you meant.

I love Ron's post about the Chinese thing. What a ridiculous thing to say. The internet is turning Chinese and I should learn the language. I'll probably stick to the one or two sites that continue in English, or a version of it, if that's ok with you.

Is that Jon's trick. He's changing the site to pictograms, so that they don't know when we are posting verifieds. I think Ron's sussed it.

Cheers

JimF

PS Ron, if that's your post after you corrected it I would love to see the original.

[Ynhockey]

Wow, what a ridiculous argument... I always thought that the internet was international and now some guy comes in and says it's English-only... maybe I too should be at school now and should be learning that English is the only language in the world and there's no such thing as Dutch...