351 Citrusss Members 1,150 posts 9,100 battles Report post #1 Posted August 5, 2016 Was watching a replay from one player and noticed this player in the chat always puts the first capital letter on each sentence and uses a dot in the end. even if there is a smile it goes after a dot... No name and shame, but this player's name rhythms with little white house. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,064 [-K--] Spyde Beta Testers 4,890 posts 15,173 battles Report post #2 Posted August 5, 2016 We needed a thread for this ? Forums must be slow today. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,229 [HINON] MaliceA4Thought Alpha Tester, Alpha Tester 2,632 posts 6,436 battles Report post #3 Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) Ahhhh yes, the "trivialities" of the English language used around the world. Canadians have a special form of English, fairly uncommon in North America, which makes life much more pleasant in general.... M Edited August 5, 2016 by MaliceA4Thought 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
583 QuantumEntropy Beta Testers 4,007 posts 14,539 battles Report post #4 Posted August 5, 2016 And? Is polite to write with Capital letter and end with a dot at the end of the sentence Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
766 [SPTR] khaenn35 Members 20,155 posts 6,159 battles Report post #5 Posted August 5, 2016 Because... That is the proper way to write the English language? I have a feeling that this is a trait shared by writers... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39,482 [HINON] Lert Alpha Tester 27,859 posts 27,305 battles Report post #6 Posted August 5, 2016 I have a dream, that one day everyone in a given online game will be adequately eloquent in sesquipedalian loquaciousness. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
58 [WRHD] EroSun Alpha Tester 336 posts 5,808 battles Report post #7 Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) Ahhhh yes, the "trivialities" of the English language used around the world. Canadians have a special form of English fairly uncommon in North America which makes life much more pleasant in general.... M Malice, don't be hating on American English. Just because a group of rebellious traitors took the Queen's English (and the colonies) and bastardized it into something truly......unique....is no reason to...oh forget it, hate it all you want. I admit it we American's and to a lesser extent all other "English" speaking nations have truly mangled the Queen's English into something different. Still reminded every time we discuss the English language about when I was in the USAF watching another American USAF Airman who told a British Airman of the RAF to speak "Proper English." Edited August 5, 2016 by EroSun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6,799 IronWolfV Alpha Tester, Beta Testers 30,523 posts 6,337 battles Report post #8 Posted August 5, 2016 I have a dream, that one day everyone in a given online game will be adequately eloquent in sesquipedalian loquaciousness. Those last two words made my head hurt Lert. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
532 [GHRDS] StrykerNC Members 1,664 posts 11,049 battles Report post #9 Posted August 5, 2016 My guess is she can actually type. You know, the proper method used in school, not the hunt-and-peck style many of us use. So, proper punctuation and capitalization is probably instinct. Yes, a slow day on the forum. And, shouldn't this be in Off-Topic? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,640 [WOLF1] pmgaudio Members 9,915 posts 18,626 battles Report post #10 Posted August 5, 2016 ah, a thread about polite chat,,,,,,, What'll they think of next,.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
485 [-BWS] StingRayOne Beta Testers 1,896 posts 15,097 battles Report post #11 Posted August 5, 2016 I find this post in bad taste if you find good use of language and communication as offensive or disturbing. My mother would say that we should defend the Mouse at all costs in this case. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39,482 [HINON] Lert Alpha Tester 27,859 posts 27,305 battles Report post #12 Posted August 5, 2016 Those last two words made my head hurt Lert. They approximately mean 'a waterfall of foot-and-a-half long words'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6,799 IronWolfV Alpha Tester, Beta Testers 30,523 posts 6,337 battles Report post #13 Posted August 5, 2016 They approximately mean 'a waterfall of foot-and-a-half long words'. I know what they meant, I just don't like using big words like that. Remember Jar head here. Granted Military Intelligence(as if that's not an oxymoron), but still Jarhead. Don't like big words. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,229 [HINON] MaliceA4Thought Alpha Tester, Alpha Tester 2,632 posts 6,436 battles Report post #14 Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) I have a dream, that one day everyone in a given online game will be adequately eloquent in sesquipedalian loquaciousness. ohhhhhhh Man in the Iron Mask by Alexander Dumas reference almost...... D'Artagnan recoiled, as though the sesquipedalian syllables had knocked the breath out of his body. Memories.. when I was 16 (yes all those hundreds of years ago) my GCE O level exam had the above phrase in the English language exam and asked for a translation.. (sigh.. those were the days) M Edited August 5, 2016 by MaliceA4Thought Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
7,039 Skpstr Members 34,409 posts 10,768 battles Report post #15 Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) Ahhhh yes, the "trivialities" of the English language used around the world. Canadians have a special form of English, fairly uncommon in North America, which makes life much more pleasant in general.... M In everyday Canadian, "May I" is often replaced by "You mind if I" or "Is it OK if I" Actually broke up a bar fight once where one fellow was extremely apologetic for knocking one of the other's teeth out. (broken noses are ok because free health care, but dental isn't cheap) Edited August 5, 2016 by Skpstr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
458 AspiringCodger Beta Testers 2,029 posts Report post #16 Posted August 5, 2016 I have a dream, that one day everyone in a given online game will be adequately eloquent in sesquipedalian loquaciousness. Step away from the "word a day" calendar... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39,482 [HINON] Lert Alpha Tester 27,859 posts 27,305 battles Report post #17 Posted August 5, 2016 I know what they meant, I just don't like using big words like that. I find that a common trait among most Americans I know. Also most Canadians, Dutchman, Germans .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
397 surratus Members 1,066 posts 4,705 battles Report post #18 Posted August 5, 2016 .this post confuses mE 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6,799 IronWolfV Alpha Tester, Beta Testers 30,523 posts 6,337 battles Report post #19 Posted August 5, 2016 I find that a common trait among most Americans I know. Also most Canadians, Dutchman, Germans .... You could change that to most humans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,229 [HINON] MaliceA4Thought Alpha Tester, Alpha Tester 2,632 posts 6,436 battles Report post #20 Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) Malice, don't be hating on American English. Just because a group of rebellious traitors took the Queen's English (and the colonies) and bastardized it into something truly......unique....is no reason to...oh forget it, hate it all you want. I admit it we American's and to a lesser extent all other "English" speaking nations have truly mangled the Queen's English into something different. Still reminded every time we discuss the English language about when I was in the USAF watching another American USAF Airman who told a British Airman of the RAF to speak "Proper English." ( PS bastardised <innocent grin> ) M Edited August 5, 2016 by MaliceA4Thought Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
649 [D6] Nachoo31 Beta Testers, In AlfaTesters 4,051 posts Report post #21 Posted August 5, 2016 Select Mouse When proper_grammar = Good_English; Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
662 [13TH] HMCS_Devilfish Members 4,901 posts 9,124 battles Report post #22 Posted August 5, 2016 Im not sure what your talking about ... Eh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
766 [SPTR] khaenn35 Members 20,155 posts 6,159 battles Report post #23 Posted August 5, 2016 You could change that to most humans. 对，对... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
31 Jinsemaj Beta Testers 90 posts 4,677 battles Report post #24 Posted August 5, 2016 Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39,482 [HINON] Lert Alpha Tester 27,859 posts 27,305 battles Report post #25 Posted August 5, 2016 If you're going to quote V for Vendetta, why not post the whole scene? Or the rather excellent 'kinetic typography' version: I do love me an eloquent villain protagonist. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
