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Cellbloc Studios
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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 03:43
Let us see, top 5 posts:

1) updated teh logd (incorrect)
2) Interesting Email... (correct)
3) Touch lamp switch? (correct)
4) Is this graphcis card any good? (incorrect)
5) Best Game of all time. You dicide!! (incorrect)

2 out of 5 isn't bad, is it?

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 03:46
I hate it when people use short hand - only recently i found out what imo / imho meant, and it is really annoying when you don't know what something means

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 03:58
The degree of accuracy usually correlates perfectly to the age of the poster

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 03:58
Yeah, Rich should set up a 1337 forum with the description:

4 m0r0n5 vvh0 c4nn07 sp311

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 04:18
I completely agree with David!

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 04:35
It's not just bad spelling that's the problem. Grammar, (mis)use of punctuation, etc.

Then again, that's probably because the poster's a kid.

Originality is not dead, it just has an annoying tendency to fall asleep without setting the alarm clock
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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 05:21
y!eah.t.o0se.sto,pi.d k!!id,s!.



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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 05:23
WTF?

Could I have that in ENGLISH?

Originality is not dead, it just has an annoying tendency to fall asleep without setting the alarm clock
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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 05:29
teh logd is correct...derives from the and t3h f0oi5h n0ob!

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 05:33
i are very; - old. My seillpng are good?
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Old and Japanese, by any chance?

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 06:00
Quote: "3) Touch lamp switch? (correct)"



I know how to spell

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 06:01
Hence why I said you were in the top 2!

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 06:41
Tcefrep si gnilleps ym


Try this test, I got 17 wrong, so that's 33/50. No dictionaries ...

http://www.sentex.net/~mmcadams/spelling.html

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 06:52
You missed 26 words.

Here are the correct spellings of the ones you got wrong:

* desiccate
* receive
* accommodate
* privilege
* liquefy
* ecstasy
* seize
* repetition
* battalion
* definitely
* liaison
* consensus
* memento
* inadvertent
* minuscule
* judgment
* yield
* existence
* drunkenness
* sacrilegious
* insistent
* anoint
* coolly
* supersede
* irresistible
* harass

F-


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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 06:52
How strange, I got 17 wrong aswell!

Boo!
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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 07:25
Quote: "It's not just bad spelling that's the problem. Grammar, (mis)use of punctuation, etc."

Yes because forgetting to capitalize a letter is so gonna make a sentence unreadable. If you can't understand the following sentence:

Quote: "this is a sentence"


Then you are on the wrong forum. I thought programmers could understand 'cryptic' stuff like that

Quote: "Yeah, Rich should set up a 1337 forum with the description:

4 m0r0n5 vvh0 c4nn07 sp311"

And he should set up one with the description:

For ignorant twits who think spelling has something to do with intelligence. Would probably get a lot of posts from people like you there


I'm teh best speeler heer anywy

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 07:39 Edited at: 26th Jan 2005 08:32
You never end scentences...

EDIT: NVM, doesn't matter.

EDIT2: http://bash.org/?367896

Quote: "I've seen the word programming and I'm not sure what it means. Anybody please explain?"


Quote: "We shouldn't sacrifice the truth to preserve "balance"."
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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 08:59
Being as many people are from many different places on this forum, English may not be the first language of some users. I can understand spelling mistakes from that standpoint, but if you live in the U.S,England,etc. there's no excuse for spelling everyday words wrong. I personally check my posts, and sometimes paste them into Microsoft Word.

Spelling things incorrect and being sloppy will reflect on you. That may just be me though(And the other 40% of the forum ).



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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 09:26 Edited at: 26th Jan 2005 09:27
Quote: "You missed 13 words.

Here are the correct spellings of the ones you got wrong:

* desiccate
* indispensable
* inadvertent
* broccoli
* yield
* inoculate
* drunkenness
* sacrilegious
* insistent
* anoint
* supersede
* irresistible
* harass "


Arrghh, and I though I was such a good speller.

I don't mind when people misspell an occasional word or two in a post (usually due to typing too fast). It's when nearly every common word that you SHOULD know very well how to spell is misspelled that it starts to get annoying. I totally agree with DavidT and MikeS

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 09:57
That is true, but that's why it is always good to proofread, especially if you are making a serious post. I can understand if it's just a chitchat sort of thread, but seeing misspellings in serious discussions is sort of humiliating.

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 09:57
Oh snap.

You're Amazing!
You didn't miss a single word!

This is a fabulous result. You should be very proud of yourself. It's too bad that I can't award you a nice dictionary or something as a prize, but consider yourself an honorary lifetime member of the Excellent Spellers' Club.



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ionstream
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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 10:02 Edited at: 26th Jan 2005 10:03
I guess a few misspelled words here and there isn't bad. It's run-on sentences that annoy me.

Quote from every newb:
Quote: "ok so hey guys im trying to make a game with cool graphics but i can't get it to work i really need help please respond really fast thanks also i am a n00000000b so please explain it well thanks i really need to fix it"


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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 10:05 Edited at: 26th Jan 2005 10:06
It's the thing in English that that majority of words dont follow the rules of English

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 10:12
me arnt bad speller and me gramar good 2

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 10:14
I missed 25 Words:
desiccate
indispensable
weird
a lot
privilege
embarrassment
liquefy
ecstasy
seize
cemetery
battalion
consensus
memento
inadvertent
millennium
judgment
existence
independent
sacrilegious
insistent
anoint
coolly
supersede
irresistible
all right

That website can make anyone feel completely retarded . Should have paid attention in 8th grade, but then again our teacher was teaching us how to write our letters right since she thought our hand writing was so "sloppy"...

When I see posts that have bad grammer and spelling, it makes me think they are younger then they really are or that they aren't very intelligent. This may not be true, but you get the impression when you read it. I try to keep my posts somewhat clean, though I mispell plenty and "(mis)use" grammer all the time.

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 11:04
Alot is a recent contraction, and one I really don't like, but alright's been around for a good deal longer and it's arguable whether it's a proper word or not.

I got 20 words wrong, and yes, I feel completely stupid

By the way, 'teh' is not a mistake, it's a long-standing DB community joke.

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 12:42
umm, in my defense

teh logd

is a running gag. It is an intentional mispelling. Don't feel bad though, it was brought up last time I posted about teh logd

It's a reference to "teh codez!"


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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 12:54 Edited at: 26th Jan 2005 12:55
Quote: "I got 20 words wrong, and yes, I feel completely stupid"
Yep, that test can do that hehe.

Quote: "By the way, 'teh' is not a mistake, it's a long-standing DB community joke."
I noticed that, I always thought it was how English people wrote the So, what is the whole joke about any way mouse?

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Quote: "So, what is the whole joke about any way mouse?"


Surely you know of "teh codez"


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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 16:23
Even better:
teh asm


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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 16:28 Edited at: 26th Jan 2005 16:29
I understand the point in spelling 'the' as 'teh' to try and take a jab at newbies, however, I still think it's completely dumb. In fact, everytime I see the word 'teh', my respect for the person who said it always goes down. That probably sounds a bit harsh, but it's true, I can't stand people who spell it like that.

In my opinion, 'teh' ranks down there with 'l33t', 'kewl', 'n00b', and worst of all, 'pwn'. Not funny, just stupid.


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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 16:49 Edited at: 26th Jan 2005 16:57
Quote: "The degree of accuracy usually correlates perfectly to the age of the poster"


Don't forget about the geographical location of the poster as well. Us poor rednecks are just brought up that way

[edit] See
Quote: "You missed 30 words."
I have always hated language arts.

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 20:51 Edited at: 26th Jan 2005 20:53
Quote: "'teh' ranks down there with 'l33t', 'kewl', 'n00b'"

Well, in my opinion 'teh' is a reminder of the most prominent mispelling in internet history It's in the same group as the sarcastic overuse of exclamation marks ("...!!!111!") 'n00b' isn't a misspelling, nor is 'l33t' or 'kewl'. So in part, Exeat, I agree with you ; people who use kewl should have a spike driven through their grundel.




* urban dictionary (the linked word) isn't really for kids ...


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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 21:44 Edited at: 26th Jan 2005 21:44
Quote: "For ignorant twits who think spelling has something to do with intelligence. Would probably get a lot of posts from people like you there"


Cool! Does that mean I get my own forum?

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How do you spell HTML? I get it wrong every time... (used a dictionary this time though)

Part of solving the problem is actually noticing that the problem is there in the first place

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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 23:28
Quote: "In my opinion, 'teh' ranks down there with 'l33t', 'kewl', 'n00b', and worst of all, 'pwn'. Not funny, just stupid."


That hurts exeat In my uses of teh, I only use the word in front of logd, or sometimes other words, like, teh jimmeh, but other than that I don't go using teh in place of all the's.

And I'm certainly no child, so... If you wish, from now on I won't call it teh logd, but I'll warn you, you're taking away what little childish heart I have left


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Posted: 26th Jan 2005 23:29 Edited at: 26th Jan 2005 23:36
Quote: "I understand the point in spelling 'the' as 'teh' to try and take a jab at newbies, however, I still think it's completely dumb. In fact, everytime I see the word 'teh', my respect for the person who said it always goes down."

When I see people making childish comments like that my respect for them goes down. Oh really, fear me not respecting you like I fear you not respecting me(sarcasm). If you can't understand why people say it then I don't respect you. Everyone says their own little thing that they say, we just seem to share a certain thing here. Teh.

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Posted: 27th Jan 2005 02:19
Quote: "You missed 10 words.

Here are the correct spellings of the ones you got wrong:

* receive
* pursue
* accommodate
* battalion
* subpoena
* despair
* consensus
* independent
* occurrence
* coolly "


Not bad for a french
(i don't know what means a half of the test's words )
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Posted: 27th Jan 2005 02:59
To be fair, we geeks have an advantage. I'm sure we all know the words development and subpoena

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Quote: "[quote]The degree of accuracy usually correlates perfectly to the age of the poster"


Don't forget about the geographical location of the poster as well. Us poor rednecks are just brought up that way [/quote]

Even if that comment was meant to be funny, you're not so wrong. I give an easy example : Ermes, me and many other members do not come from an english speaking country. So excuse our bad spelling.

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Posted: 27th Jan 2005 05:49 Edited at: 27th Jan 2005 05:50
Quote: "Ermes, me and many other members do not come from an english speaking country. So excuse our bad spelling."


There's no comma after me.
The 1st period should be a comma.
So should be lowercase.
Me should be I.
English is capitalized.

Never said anything about grammar...

Quote: "I've seen the word programming and I'm not sure what it means. Anybody please explain?"


Quote: "We shouldn't sacrifice the truth to preserve "balance"."
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Posted: 27th Jan 2005 06:10 Edited at: 27th Jan 2005 06:15
lol

i can surely understand misspelled words from time to time. but when people misspell words like "what," "much," "please," and "with," i really wonder if they're TRYING not to spell correctly. i mean, really, these are words you see every day and use in probably half your sentences! they're not exactly high-level vocabulary!

but what pisses me off the most is the inability to figure out when to use "to, too, or two" or "there, their, or they're." here's an easy-to-use guide, everyone!

TO, TOO, AND TWO:

1) are you showing some kind of direction, whether it be movement or some other action? USE TO
2) are you saying "as well" or "also" or possibly an excess of something? USE TOO
3) is there more than one but less than three? USE TWO

THERE, THEIR, AND THEY'RE

1) is it a place? USE THERE
2) is it someone else's? USE THEIR
3) are you talking about someone else being something? USE THEY'RE, BECAUSE IT'S A (*#%ING CONTRACTION FOR "THEY ARE"

hope that clears up some confusion that should have been cleared up when you were in second grade

"when it's done" means "we have no idea, we forgot to do that; we were hoping you would all forget we promised <insert exotic promise here>"
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Posted: 27th Jan 2005 06:24
Quote: "Quote: "
Quote: "The degree of accuracy usually correlates perfectly to the age of the poster"

Don't forget about the geographical location of the poster as well. Us poor rednecks are just brought up that way "

Even if that comment was meant to be funny, you're not so wrong. I give an easy example : Ermes, me and many other members do not come from an english speaking country. So excuse our bad spelling."


Yeah but the point is we are from an english speaking country. Just not a proper english speaking region of an english speaking country. We have been brought up and make up our own vocabulary. By our accent we leave out many letters of words so in turn we leave them out when spelling. The english language is crazy anyway. Just look at the spelling of "ough" it has 2 different sounds in the spellings through and rough. Now what kind of sense does that make? It should be thru or ruff

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Quote: "Never said anything about grammar..."

Shut up, he said he wasn't very good at English (it is his 4th languages, how many can you pull off successfully?)...

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Posted: 27th Jan 2005 06:41 Edited at: 27th Jan 2005 06:50
Quote: "When I see people making childish comments like that my respect for them goes down. Oh really, fear me not respecting you like I fear you not respecting me(sarcasm). If you can't understand why people say it then I don't respect you. Everyone says their own little thing that they say, we just seem to share a certain thing here."


I'm not trying to offend you, I said I understand where it comes from and I know the point of saying it, I'm just saying it's completely stupid and unfunny. Is that so hard to understand?


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I dont' have any problem with foreign people misspelling their words and not getting their sentences perfect. I say it's good that they know enough English to communicate with us here.

what bothrs me is ppl who hve to tpye an entir e post liek this and not bothr to ever capitlise a singel lettr or punctuacion mark in they're entire post k guyz u c what i mean n then they expct us to no what there problm is n wat we can do to help them.

That took a long time for me to type like that.

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Posted: 27th Jan 2005 23:49
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(Hint: Uberwigget*.)

* I still think it should be Ubertiflibbitigibbet... (Dictionary says 'Ubertiflibbitigibbit', but who cares?)

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Quote: "I'm just saying it's completely stupid and unfunny. Is that so hard to understand? "

We don't do it for others AMUSEMENT as far as I know.

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Posted: 28th Jan 2005 07:33
It's just like the word 'poin', it was an inside joke to everyone in the forum but it was just as stupid and got old very, very fast. Actually, Mouse would be able to relate with me, he did indeed make this post on the topic:

Quote: "mattman, this is officialy not funny anymore. You know how people aren't laughing anymore when you repeat a joke 15 times at them and they just stare at you bluntly? Yeah, that's what this is .Find a new joke. Try RinkWorks ^_^"



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