Spelling is ruining the English language - Page 10

monster · 05-09-2009, 08:56 PM

Does Kingswood rhyme with Kings Food? if not why did the OP choose this as a username?

Clodfobble · 05-09-2009, 10:30 PM

He really meant "Kingswould."

classicman · 05-10-2009, 07:49 PM

Uh - I don't have any idea. I can't even make a guess. I thought YOU were going to answer some question. I only offered a word that was PFA.

Shawnee123 · 05-10-2009, 07:50 PM

Oh my.

Well, anyway, what is PFA?

classicman · 05-10-2009, 07:54 PM

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=PFA

See number 5, but air is the PC term. Try a bit lower and behind you.

Shawnee123 · 05-10-2009, 07:57 PM

Quote:

See number 5, but air is the PC term.

Ok, I get it now.

Quote:

Tray a bit lower and behind you.

But wait...what?

classicman · 05-10-2009, 08:03 PM

Pulled from ASS. no not a donkey - Geez, get your context right no not the opposite of left, the other right as in correct.... oh nevermind.

Shawnee123 · 05-10-2009, 08:05 PM

C-man, what the hell are you smokin'? I can't understand anything you just said, aside from PFA can mean either Pulled From Air or Pulled From Ass.

I'm still working on "tray a bit and..."

classicman · 05-10-2009, 08:10 PM

I corrected that silly woman! There was a misspelling in the post - no not a post for a fence, the internet kinda post.

Shawnee123 · 05-10-2009, 08:17 PM

Ohhhhhhh...maybe it's me.

Aliantha · 05-10-2009, 08:24 PM

I think you're both swaying pretty high in the breeze actually. lol

classicman · 05-10-2009, 08:44 PM

I got yer breeze right here

DanaC · 05-12-2009, 04:32 AM

Except then it would read Liv...which is a woman's nick name.

So, Kingswood, tell me, wuold you also have a page of disambiguation to assure us that the Liv in question didn't refer to a female character in that game?

Kingswood · 05-12-2009, 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

Except then it would read Liv...which is a woman's nick name.

So, Kingswood, tell me, wuold you also have a page of disambiguation to assure us that the Liv in question didn't refer to a female character in that game?

Stretchiiiiiiiiiiiiiii *snap*. Sorry, you stretched too much and it broke. You are seriously scraping the bottom of the barrel with that one.

Come back when you know how proper nouns are spelt.

DanaC · 05-12-2009, 06:30 AM

The name 'Liv' is in common currency. In a title like the one you just mentioned, 'Live' is spelt with a capital letter. In the title you suggest the article would read:

"Zendikar (codenamed Liv) is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, set to be released on October 2, 2009."

Tell me again, why 'Liv' in that context couldn't refer to a female character called 'Liv'?

In what way have I demonstrated that I don't know how to spell proper nouns? Because I used a nick-name? They are commonly used in fiction, so why not gaming? You offered an example of how spelling reform might disambiguate but in fact it offers alternative areas of confusion. It's no more a stretch than your original example.

For all I know the character's in-game name might be Liv Tyler. *smiles* unlikely yes. But there's no reason why a character wouldn't be called Liv. Any more than there's a reason there wouldn't be a 'Liz' or a 'Bob' or a 'Chuck'.

05-09-2009, 08:56 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Does Kingswood rhyme with Kings Food? if not why did the OP choose this as a username? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-09-2009, 10:30 PM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	He really meant "Kingswould." __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-10-2009, 07:49 PM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Uh - I don't have any idea. I can't even make a guess. I thought YOU were going to answer some question. I only offered a word that was PFA. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-10-2009, 07:50 PM	#4
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Oh my. Well, anyway, what is PFA? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-10-2009, 07:54 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=PFA See number 5, but air is the PC term. Try a bit lower and behind you. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt Last edited by classicman; 05-10-2009 at 08:02 PM.

05-10-2009, 08:03 PM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Pulled from ASS. no not a donkey - Geez, get your context right no not the opposite of left, the other right as in correct.... oh nevermind. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-10-2009, 08:05 PM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	C-man, what the hell are you smokin'? I can't understand anything you just said, aside from PFA can mean either Pulled From Air or Pulled From Ass. I'm still working on "tray a bit and..." __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-10-2009, 08:10 PM	#9
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I corrected that silly woman! There was a misspelling in the post - no not a post for a fence, the internet kinda post. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-10-2009, 08:17 PM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Ohhhhhhh...maybe it's me. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-10-2009, 08:24 PM	#11
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I think you're both swaying pretty high in the breeze actually. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

05-10-2009, 08:44 PM	#12
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I got yer breeze right here __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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