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| lukemc |
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| battousai555 |
| Posted: 07/26/2007 0:05 AM Post subject: |
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| noname wrote: | I have a list of people who piss me off when they misspell things a bunch and have terrible grammar.  Every time I see someone new who does it (there's a spellcheck for a reason), I pull up a notepad document (saved as "pissmeofflist") and add their name. There's quite a few people in there. |
This is a great idea! I think I'll make a similar list that includes people who piss me off when they make grammatical errors. I'll start by adding you, noname, for your last sentence. (It's "There are quite a few people," not "There's quite a few people") |
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| noname |
| Posted: 07/26/2007 10:37 AM Post subject: |
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| Damn. I hate the smart noobs. |
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| battousai555 |
| Posted: 07/26/2007 12:53 PM Post subject: |
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| noname wrote: | | Damn. I hate the smart noobs. |
Sorry, but I just couldn't help it. It was merely a joke, but if you found it offensive, I apologize. I wouldn't want to upset an older member on my first post!  |
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| spud yeti |
| Posted: 07/26/2007 13:52 PM Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Sorry, but I just couldn't help it. It was merely a joke, but if you found it offensive, I apologize. I wouldn't want to upset an older member on my first post! |
Dont worry, Im sure he will maybe forgive you if you buy him 10' of 2", 6" and 8" PVC pipe with valves to go with it... and a video camera.
(Only joking, I think he was saying that light-heartedly, don't worry) |
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| paaiyan |
| Posted: 07/26/2007 14:10 PM Post subject: |
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| battousai555 wrote: | | noname wrote: | | I have a list of people who piss me off when they misspell things a bunch and have terrible grammar. Every time I see someone new who does it (there's a spellcheck for a reason), I pull up a notepad document (saved as "pissmeofflist") and add their name. There's quite a few people in there. |
This is a great idea! I think I'll make a similar list that includes people who piss me off when they make grammatical errors. I'll start by adding you, noname, for your last sentence. (It's "There are quite a few people," not "There's quite a few people") |
OH! Owndizzled!
I can deal with small grammatical or typographical errors every once in a while, however, when the errors get so bad that you can harldy tell the sentence apart from another language, someone needs to go back to school. |
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| battousai555 |
| Posted: 07/26/2007 14:22 PM Post subject: |
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| paaiyan wrote: | | I can deal with small grammatical or typographical errors every once in a while, however, when the errors get so bad that you can harldy tell the sentence apart from another language, someone needs to go back to school. |
Agreed.
Unrelated question: is the U.S. the only country that uses "1337"? |
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| paaiyan |
| Posted: 07/26/2007 14:25 PM Post subject: |
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| battousai555 wrote: | | paaiyan wrote: | | I can deal with small grammatical or typographical errors every once in a while, however, when the errors get so bad that you can harldy tell the sentence apart from another language, someone needs to go back to school. |
Agreed.
Unrelated question: is the U.S. the only country that uses "1337"? |
I don't know, I wouldn't say I'm profficient in 1337, but I can use it if the situation calls for it. I do find that it makes very good passwords if you use it right. |
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| joannaardway |
| Posted: 07/26/2007 15:04 PM Post subject: |
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| battousai555 wrote: | | Unrelated question: is the U.S. the only country that uses "1337"? |
0|= c0u5r3 n07, d0n'7 B 51((y. 1'm fr0m 73h uk, &nd 1 u53 17.
d0n'7 kn0w 1f u n071c3d, 7h0.
1 15 73h pwn493!!!!!11111 one one !!!111!!!
A more correct statement would be to say that the internet is the only "country" that has (m)any... 5p3ak0r2 0f 73h (&n9u7g3 0f 1337.
But it is common courteousy not to post in leet speak on forums. And thus, I include a full translation of my post below for the unleet:
| Quote: | Of course not, don't be silly. I'm from the UK, and I use it.
Don't know if you noticed though.
I am the pwnage!!!!!!!!!
A more correct statement would be to say that the internet is the only "country" that has (m)any... speakers of the language of leet.
But it is common courteousy not to post in leet speak. And thus, I include a full translation of my post below for the unleet: |
Ah crap, this is where I get into infinite recursion.
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| paaiyan |
| Posted: 07/26/2007 15:09 PM Post subject: |
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| See, I want to know how many people would have understood that without the translation there. I got every word. Show of hands? Er, posts? |
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| joannaardway |
| Posted: 07/26/2007 15:23 PM Post subject: |
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The basic version like I used in my above post is pretty easy to decrypt, but some versions are impossible to decrypt really.
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| battousai555 |
| Posted: 07/26/2007 15:24 PM Post subject: |
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| Revised question: Do non-English speakers use "1337"? For example, have you ever seen a spanish-speaker say "51, |\/|1 |_1B|20 35 |20_|0" (Si, mi libro es rojo)? |
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| joannaardway |
| Posted: 07/26/2007 15:33 PM Post subject: |
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Now that's a completely different question.
Firstly, I have to grumble (but quietly) that when you meant "English speakers", you said "The US".
Suggesting that the actual English don't speak English. Shocking.
But you're right - we of course speak a cross between Navajo, PGP and Pig Latin.
I wouldn't know the answer to the second question, but I have to say it seems fairly unlikely. But I'd be interested to know the answer |
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| Jumpin Jehosaphat |
| Posted: 07/26/2007 17:06 PM Post subject: |
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| I'm not sure about Spanish, but look at Japan... their official language is pretty much 1337. |
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| battousai555 |
| Posted: 07/26/2007 23:34 PM Post subject: |
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| joannaardway wrote: | Now that's a completely different question.
Firstly, I have to grumble (but quietly) that when you meant "English speakers", you said "The US".
Suggesting that the actual English don't speak English. Shocking.
But you're right - we of course speak a cross between Navajo, PGP and Pig Latin.
I wouldn't know the answer to the second question, but I have to say it seems fairly unlikely. But I'd be interested to know the answer |
Sorry! I must unknowingly insult the British quite often. I usually associate "English" with the United States for some reason. I always seem to rush my posts and make myself look ignorant or lacking in circumspection.  |
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