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Post by Eternity on Sept 24, 2016 11:06:05 GMT -4
Please don't be a supreme bitch. Smugness isn't the way to go about this. It's both Fall and Autumn, honestly... Like Lift and Elevator. Or Football and Soccer. Chip and Crisp. Don't know why that's so hard to understand. water fountain and bubbler nobody can tell me it's not a bubbler fight me, almost everybody in the world |
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Post by Bannanachair on Sept 24, 2016 11:30:30 GMT -4
Please don't be a supreme bitch. Smugness isn't the way to go about this. It's both Fall and Autumn, honestly... Like Lift and Elevator. Or Football and Soccer. Chip and Crisp. Don't know why that's so hard to understand. water fountain and bubbler nobody can tell me it's not a bubbler fight me, almost everybody in the world My mother's Australian, so I agree with you. |
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Post by Baise-moi on Sept 24, 2016 11:37:39 GMT -4
Unfortunately you don't invent the ways the world works, nor are you exempt from it. Seriously. Stop telling people what is correct and what isn't. That's also coming from the dude who uses "aeroplane" when just about everyone else here uses "airplane". But that's a whole different story, I guess, so I'll leave it be. You have your ways and other people have theirs. Don't go around criticizing them for it. "Aeroplane" is a French loan word and as such should be spelt the way that it was when it was imported into English, much like how the word "Table" is not "Tabell". Loads of flaws with that logic. If we went by that English would not even be its own language. But it is, and therefore does not have to follow the rules of French or Latin or any other language just because you say so. Face it, your way of doing things isn't always right.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 14:10:34 GMT -4
Nice /a/utism
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Post by Happy on Sept 24, 2016 14:15:53 GMT -4
Well, then. Bringing up the first day of Fall/Autumn/Spooky time makes this happen.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 14:21:44 GMT -4
HAPPY IS A PLAGUE UPON THESE LANDS, BRINGING STRIFE WITH HIM WHEREVER HE GOES!
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Post by Roq on Sept 24, 2016 15:10:24 GMT -4
HAPPY IS A PLAGUE UPON THESE LANDS, BRINGING STRIFE WITH HIM WHEREVER HE GOES! He's a force to be feared upon. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 18:47:08 GMT -4
not really fear
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Post by Bannanachair on Sept 24, 2016 20:21:46 GMT -4
"Aeroplane" is a French loan word and as such should be spelt the way that it was when it was imported into English, much like how the word "Table" is not "Tabell". Loads of flaws with that logic. If we went by that English would not even be its own language. But it is, and therefore does not have to follow the rules of French or Latin or any other language just because you say so. Face it, your way of doing things isn't always right. Keeping the original spelling makes it easier to deduce the etymology and as such the meaning simply from looking at the word alone. The best example I can think of to make my point is aluminium/aluminum. Dropping that second "i" in the American spelling is completely stupid because for the people who don't know what aluminium is it removes any hint of them being able to use the latin root word "ium", meaning "metal", to deduce that it's a metal of some sort. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 20:50:16 GMT -4
if someone who doesn't know that aluminum is a metal just because it doesn't have that extra i, i'd be a little worried
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Post by Bannanachair on Sept 24, 2016 21:03:09 GMT -4
if someone who doesn't know that aluminum is a metal just because it doesn't have that extra i, i'd be a little worried By that logic an asylum is also a metal, then. |
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Post by LeBlunder on Sept 24, 2016 22:16:39 GMT -4
if someone who doesn't know that aluminum is a metal just because it doesn't have that extra i, i'd be a little worried By that logic an asylum is also a metal, then. Is asylium a thing? |
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Post by Baise-moi on Sept 24, 2016 23:28:00 GMT -4
if someone who doesn't know that aluminum is a metal just because it doesn't have that extra i, i'd be a little worried By that logic an asylum is also a metal, then. Well it's not like your logic is any better. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Sept 25, 2016 0:38:15 GMT -4
By that logic an asylum is also a metal, then. Is asylium a thing? No, it's not. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Sept 25, 2016 0:38:50 GMT -4
By that logic an asylum is also a metal, then. Well it's not like your logic is any better. What, being able to tell the meaning of a word from how it's spelt is a bad thing? |
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Post by Duck14 on Sept 25, 2016 1:47:13 GMT -4
Loads of flaws with that logic. If we went by that English would not even be its own language. But it is, and therefore does not have to follow the rules of French or Latin or any other language just because you say so. Face it, your way of doing things isn't always right. Keeping the original spelling makes it easier to deduce the etymology and as such the meaning simply from looking at the word alone. The best example I can think of to make my point is aluminium/aluminum. Dropping that second "i" in the American spelling is completely stupid because for the people who don't know what aluminium is it removes any hint of them being able to use the latin root word "ium", meaning "metal", to deduce that it's a metal of some sort. I don't think many people who don't know what aluminium is would know that ium means metal |
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Post by Dex on Sept 25, 2016 1:54:19 GMT -4
It's to make spelling easier for Americans because they have a lower IQ on average.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2016 2:34:14 GMT -4
if someone who doesn't know that aluminum is a metal just because it doesn't have that extra i, i'd be a little worried By that logic an asylum is also a metal, then. that's not my fucking logic tim my point was that most people have the prior knowledge to know that aluminum is a metal not all words have patterns that are easily able to be followed; for a lot of them it's just knowing what it means off the bat. you don't think "dog" and analyse the word's structure to figure out what it is you just know it means that one animal that people tag as "man's best friend" if you're going to criticize my logic, at least get my logic right before doing so |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2016 2:37:25 GMT -4
Well it's not like your logic is any better. What, being able to tell the meaning of a word from how it's spelt is a bad thing? Not particularly Being a massive cunt about it, however, is |
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Post by Τι κοιτάς ρε on Sept 25, 2016 14:39:35 GMT -4
mfw Tim is suddenly superior to all academics that accept US English spellings.
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Post by Happy on Sept 25, 2016 16:48:01 GMT -4
By that logic an asylum is also a metal, then. that's not my fucking logic tim my point was that most people have the prior knowledge to know that aluminum is a metal not all words have patterns that are easily able to be followed; for a lot of them it's just knowing what it means off the bat. you don't think "dog" and analyse the word's structure to figure out what it is you just know it means that one animal that people tag as "man's best friend" if you're going to criticize my logic, at least get my logic right before doing so cats should be 'everyone's best friend' |
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