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In true kids TV show fashion - Im going to miss the letter U
But I'm looking forward to the number of misunderstandings due to sarcasm!
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I'm not going to miss it, because I'm going to use it when necessary in my posts. Doesn't matter what anyone says for me colour is colour.
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Due to differences in slang, I'm guessing that we may never be able to call a spade a spade anymore. 
Damnit - we made a perfectly good language. We developed a wide vocabulary for it... now we may be reduced to using weird neologisms (verbs for nouns and nouns for verbs) and having to intentionally mispeel words just to be understood.
We may as well go the whole hog and take up Mark Twain's spelling reform idea:
Spelling Reform
A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
For example, in Year 1 that useless letter c would be dropped to be replased either by k or s, and likewise x would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which c would be retained would be the ch formation, which will be dealt with later.
Year 2 might reform w spelling, so that which and one would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish y replasing it with i and Iear 4 might fiks the g/j anomali wonse and for all.
Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants.
Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez c, y and x -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais ch, sh, and th rispektivli.
Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
Xen xe w0rk 0v c4nging xis in70 Fr34k 1337 tkst5pk k4n k0mpl373 x3 j0b.
By my mohawk shall ye know me!
my toons
Funny: Ee-Ai-Ee-Ai-Oh! #3662 * The foul-mouthed Handyman! #1076 * City of Norms #132944
Serious: To Save A Single World (#83744) * Marketing Opportunity (#83747)
I think Avatea mentioned something about seeing if they could set up a "Euro lounge" board section for the Euro players to hang out in.
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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Possibly more anonymous users, but I think we'll find our own little spam corner. Spam spam spam!
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Over there they call it the server sections
@Damz Find me on the global channel Union Chat. One of the best "chat channels" ingame!
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more stupid people to complain about and ignore.
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That's the bit I'm not going to like.
I've managed to never ignore any poster on the EU boards. I do this on the basis that even if someone posts 200 posts of pure +1/ibtl/derailing drivel their 201st post may be truly insightful and worthwhile...
...and if it's drivel I can skip/skim it pretty quickly.
But I guess I'll have to start ignoring posters in the US if the sheer quantity of rubbish is to be handled.
Not trying to say that the US board population has a higher proportion of idiots, I'd guess that the proportion is probably the same on both boards. But keeping visible and skimming/skipping 20% of idiot posts from maybe a hundred active posters is a lot easier than doing the same for 20% of maybe a thousand active posters.
Which reminds me: the US also seems to have a lot of posters who insist on quoting entire posts just to put +1/this/signed or even adding nothing. Why? Skipping past 2 or 3 screens of quote to have no intelligent comment or additional info bugs the heck out of me...
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Call me psychic - I foresaw someone doing that when I made the post. I nearly did it to myself...
...but I already need glasses for distance.
By my mohawk shall ye know me!
my toons
Funny: Ee-Ai-Ee-Ai-Oh! #3662 * The foul-mouthed Handyman! #1076 * City of Norms #132944
Serious: To Save A Single World (#83744) * Marketing Opportunity (#83747)
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Going serious so its italics! The hardest thing will be our humour v theirs. I got 10 million influence on there being a guide to our language within the first two days
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Taken from The Munchkins Guide to Powergaming, one of Steve Jacksons finest publications.
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Appendix 2:
New words in this book.
A guide to the English Language for Ignorant Colonials.
Apples and Pears: No=one says this, not even real Cockneys. Don't.
[censored]: Not an [censored].An [censored] is a donkey. [censored] has a far more satisfying sound to it. [censored], roll your tongue, ar-r-r-r-se. See?
Beer: American beer is fizzy, weak, cold and contains salt. That's not beer. Real beer is ale. Ale is served at room temperature, has a stupid name like "Old Gruntfuttock," and usually comes in at six-point-five to seven percent by volume. It tastes of yeast and hops, not recycled water.
Bloody: Yes, British people do say it. It's a mild expletive, marginally stronger than "Damn."
[censored]: The testicles. used as an exclamation to show that someone is lying in mush the same way as the word "Bull;" e.g. "Wow, another critical!" "[censored]."
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Not sure how much more I should transcribe, since it's probably naughty to do so under copyright law...
<hits 'preview post'>
And apparently large sections would be censored.... <sigh> Ah well, enough there to get an idea.
Warning:
The above post may contain Cynicism, sarcasm and/or pessimism. If you object to the quantities contained, then tough.
You may be giving the Americans the wrong idea trying to tell them that we roll our tongues around a-r-r-r-s-e...
There's already enough English stereotypes of a certain persuasion in Hollywood movies without convincing them that it's due to our language.
By my mohawk shall ye know me!
my toons
Funny: Ee-Ai-Ee-Ai-Oh! #3662 * The foul-mouthed Handyman! #1076 * City of Norms #132944
Serious: To Save A Single World (#83744) * Marketing Opportunity (#83747)
Wonder if the french/german speakers will get their own sections still. No-ones posted in the german general section since me on june 21st . . . . .
@Damz Find me on the global channel Union Chat. One of the best "chat channels" ingame!
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You may be giving the Americans the wrong idea trying to tell them that we roll our tongues around a-r-r-r-s-e...
There's already enough English stereotypes of a certain persuasion in Hollywood movies without convincing them that it's due to our language.
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Not my words, just transcribed from the book that I happened to have within easy reach. And I knew as I was typing that bit that someone would comment 
Warning:
The above post may contain Cynicism, sarcasm and/or pessimism. If you object to the quantities contained, then tough.
I don't think there'll be many language or spelling problems - the humor ones might cause a little confusion, but that's about all
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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Villain forum version possibly disappearing. I refuse to post on blue forums!
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You're a smurf.. now how can blue not suit you?
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I don't think there'll be many language or spelling problems - the humor ones might cause a little confusion, but that's about all
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Bore da!!!
Damz ydw y
@Damz Find me on the global channel Union Chat. One of the best "chat channels" ingame!
There might be a blue, red and Praetorian purple set of color schemes available on the enw ones
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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I don't think there'll be many language or spelling problems - the humor ones might cause a little confusion, but that's about all
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Bore da!!!
Damz ydw y
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Well, yeah, cats will walk over keyboards sometimes, but it happens on both sides of the Atlantic.
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
I can forsee plenty of this:
[[/b]b]u[[/b]/b]
Colour...
Nuff Said...
Coolio Wolfus leader of Coolio�s Crusaders on Union.
Tekna Logik leader of Tekna�s Tormentors on Defiant.
Creator of: Coolio's Tech Beacon Replacements
AE arc 402506, 'The Rise and Demise or Otherwise of Tekna Logik...'.
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I don't think there'll be many language or spelling problems - the humour ones might cause a little confusion, but that's about all
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Corrected that for you.
The wisdom of Shadowe: Ghostraptor: The Shadowe is wise ...; FFM: Shadowe is no longer wise.
; Techbot_Alpha: Also, what Shadowe said. It seems he is still somewhat wise ; Bull Throttle: Shadowe was unwise in this instance...; Rock_Powerfist: in this instance Shadowe is wise.; Techbot_Alpha: Shadowe is very wise *nods*; Zortel: *Quotable line about Shadowe being wise goes here.*
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I can forsee plenty of this:
[[/b]b]u[[/b]/b]
Colour...
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And quite possibly on every single possible thread that word is used in as well...
Before long the americans will start to wonder if it's wonder or wounder..
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Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
Xen xe w0rk 0v c4nging xis in70 Fr34k 1337 tkst5pk k4n k0mpl373 x3 j0b.
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Is it bad that I find the pseudo text speak easier to read than your 'Improved English' version.
(I'm still having trouble translating 'orxogrefkl').
Story Arcs:
The business of destruction ID: 80848
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I can forsee plenty of this:
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Colour...
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I can forsee plenty of this:
lrn 2 spel, britz lol
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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British = english to most people not in the UK so us welshies just call ourselves welsh instead Much easier then, dont get people going "wales? Where in england is that?"
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Just remember to ask them back which part of Canada the US is in.
Mind of Gaia lvl 50 Defiant's first Mind/Storm 'troller.
Deadly Doc 50 Dark/Dark Corr
and lots more on Pinnacle,Union and Defiant
There's a famous quotation variously attributed to Winston Churchill or Oscar Wilde (I suspect it's the former) "Britain and America, two nations divided by a common language."
And of course Webster did nothing to help
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Corrected that for you.
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Your correction was false
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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I can forsee plenty of this:
[[/b]b]u[[/b]/b]
Colour...
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And quite possibly on every single possible thread that word is used in as well...
Before long the americans will start to wonder if it's wonder or wounder..
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No, they'll wonder why the 51st Staters have slightly odd spellings, that's all
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
Arghhhhhhhhh!
Just realised it may become harder to avoid spoilers of US shows/films.
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Webster the spider? Who bastardised the English language and then went on to set up Arachnos?
BTW - Are you going to try keeping up your talk about sticky wickets? Can you explain how the game works when you run back and forth between two lines rather than around a diamond?
By my mohawk shall ye know me!
my toons
Funny: Ee-Ai-Ee-Ai-Oh! #3662 * The foul-mouthed Handyman! #1076 * City of Norms #132944
Serious: To Save A Single World (#83744) * Marketing Opportunity (#83747)
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Arghhhhhhhhh!
Just realised it may become harder to avoid spoilers of US shows/films.
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And of course Webster did nothing to help
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Webster the spider? Who bastardised the English language and then went on to set up Arachnos?
BTW - Are you going to try keeping up your talk about sticky wickets? Can you explain how the game works when you run back and forth between two lines rather than around a diamond?
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Well apparently the wicket at Edgbaston is "like jelly" according to Steve Rouse, the Warwickshire groundsman. So I imagine only the cream of the players will find success there and should not be trifled with, and any pitch invaders will be remanded in custard.
Edit to add that the Americans have successfully forgotten that they played cricket until the their civil war - when they adopted baseball because they only then needed a rifle butt and a ball
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That's the bit I'm not going to like.
I've managed to never ignore any poster on the EU boards. I do this on the basis that even if someone posts 200 posts of pure +1/ibtl/derailing drivel their 201st post may be truly insightful and worthwhile...
...and if it's drivel I can skip/skim it pretty quickly.
But I guess I'll have to start ignoring posters in the US if the sheer quantity of rubbish is to be handled.
Not trying to say that the US board population has a higher proportion of idiots, I'd guess that the proportion is probably the same on both boards. But keeping visible and skimming/skipping 20% of idiot posts from maybe a hundred active posters is a lot easier than doing the same for 20% of maybe a thousand active posters.
Which reminds me: the US also seems to have a lot of posters who insist on quoting entire posts just to put +1/this/signed or even adding nothing. Why? Skipping past 2 or 3 screens of quote to have no intelligent comment or additional info bugs the heck out of me...
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^This
(sorry, couldn't help myself)