Americanism
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Americanism
I've noticed a lot of Americanism in illarion,
There is no gammon, but ham.
You buy armor, not armour.
Etc. etc.
I just read the TB guard board and saw someone correct an English spelling of a word to an American one.
Surely in medieval periods, they'd use the English spellings?
There is no gammon, but ham.
You buy armor, not armour.
Etc. etc.
I just read the TB guard board and saw someone correct an English spelling of a word to an American one.
Surely in medieval periods, they'd use the English spellings?
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@ Alexrose :
If we would REALLY want to make the game MEDIEVAL sounding, we would have to speak OLD dialects.
The game is FANTASY, not MEDIEVAL themed.
It is always good to use sone shakespeare-sounding sentences, but old english isn't understandeable by kinda most of us. As is old german.
And to be serious, this post is absolutely ridiculous from a player who writes things like "screw you" ingame...
If we would REALLY want to make the game MEDIEVAL sounding, we would have to speak OLD dialects.
The game is FANTASY, not MEDIEVAL themed.
It is always good to use sone shakespeare-sounding sentences, but old english isn't understandeable by kinda most of us. As is old german.
And to be serious, this post is absolutely ridiculous from a player who writes things like "screw you" ingame...
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Is spelling really a big deal on posts?
I kind of think of it as a reflection of the post itself... you know...
A post with little punctuation and a number of grammatical/spelling errors, is a piece of crinkled parchment written in a rough, agitated hand, whereas a post that generally obeys the rules of spelling and grammer is a written in a more stable, perhaps (if it seems come from an educated point of view)flowing, script.
And when you think of it that way small changes such as armour-armor, colour-color don't really make a difference, and dialect specific word usage reflects the background of the characters themselves.
It's when people try to demean each other by correcting spelling errors that things become an issue. And really, if the only argument a person can come up with is your spelling, or they purposefully choose to stoop to the level of arguing grammar in place of ideas, are they really worth beating a dead horse over?
(And we all know which thread I'm talking about, don't we? )
I kind of think of it as a reflection of the post itself... you know...
A post with little punctuation and a number of grammatical/spelling errors, is a piece of crinkled parchment written in a rough, agitated hand, whereas a post that generally obeys the rules of spelling and grammer is a written in a more stable, perhaps (if it seems come from an educated point of view)flowing, script.
And when you think of it that way small changes such as armour-armor, colour-color don't really make a difference, and dialect specific word usage reflects the background of the characters themselves.
It's when people try to demean each other by correcting spelling errors that things become an issue. And really, if the only argument a person can come up with is your spelling, or they purposefully choose to stoop to the level of arguing grammar in place of ideas, are they really worth beating a dead horse over?
(And we all know which thread I'm talking about, don't we? )
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Just to conclude...
I'm from England and I say ham, is that wrong?
Alex, you must always keep in mind... this game is a parody! If you mention anything about medieval you'll get someone saying it's not it's a fantasy world completely separate and characters can have laptops if they want. No-one will ever agree.
I'm from England and I say ham, is that wrong?
Alex, you must always keep in mind... this game is a parody! If you mention anything about medieval you'll get someone saying it's not it's a fantasy world completely separate and characters can have laptops if they want. No-one will ever agree.
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I personally have let some of the British English slip into my spelling when it comes to spelling armour occasionally. I don't see anything wrong with it, it means the same thing just with a different spelling. It is like grey and gray, same word, same meaning, just another way to spell it.
And yeah, arguing over an ic post when it comes to spelling is just fing stupid. I don't expect any persons spelling to be perfect on the rp boards unless they are doing a rp post. I actually expect people to have spelling mistakes because it makes sence for their character to not have perfect spelling. They aren't scholars, nor are most characters supposed to be that well learned so to speak. I don't know, it just makes sence to me.
@ Aegohl: I agree. The 4th of July is nice. A day off and quite a few firework displays. Something worth looking forward to.
And yeah, arguing over an ic post when it comes to spelling is just fing stupid. I don't expect any persons spelling to be perfect on the rp boards unless they are doing a rp post. I actually expect people to have spelling mistakes because it makes sence for their character to not have perfect spelling. They aren't scholars, nor are most characters supposed to be that well learned so to speak. I don't know, it just makes sence to me.
@ Aegohl: I agree. The 4th of July is nice. A day off and quite a few firework displays. Something worth looking forward to.
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