Language rules[split]

[Dominus_Noctis]

posted on December 2nd, 2010, 8:44 pm

Last edited by Dominus_Noctis on December 4th, 2010, 1:39 am, edited 1 time in total.

Boggz that could be the British spelling of it, American and British English are almost two separate languages at times (and if it were not for modern telecommunications they likely would have split into two separate languages by now)

Dom EDIT: split from Star Trek Armada II: Fleet Operations - The Typo Topic

posted on December 2nd, 2010, 8:53 pm

It's not the British spelling of it either - that's manoeuvre 

posted on December 2nd, 2010, 9:07 pm

its not the french spelling either, thats retraite.

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 8:05 pm

its not the french spelling either, thats retraite.

Retraite! is also the motto of the French army

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 8:07 pm

Retraite! is also the motto of the French army

indeed, that's the only manoeuvre they are taught at their academy

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 8:18 pm

It's better than Americas "Everything is a target except the enemy" approach, at least.

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 8:22 pm

It's better than Americas "Everything is a target except the enemy" approach, at least.

You haven't been a target .... yet .....

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 8:55 pm

It's better than Americas "Everything is a target except the enemy" approach, at least.

Ah, if only we WERE allowed to target the press when I was in Iraq....... oh, wait, they ARE the enemy..

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 9:01 pm

with americans it's throw grenades first, send flowers later.

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 9:18 pm

And yet if I were to spout propaganda about your country, you'd get all butthurt.

Lol irony.

[Anonymous]

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 10:44 pm

Last edited by Anonymous on December 3rd, 2010, 10:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.

And yet if I were to spout propaganda about your country, you'd get all butthurt.

Lol irony.

where do you base that on? you can make jokes about britainlandshire all u want.

dont dish it out if u cant take it. something relative atm is that britain is poorly prepared to deal with snow. we've had several days in the past few years which should motivate us to be prepared.

oh and it's not propaganda,  there is a recent case where some us navy dudes recently lobbed grenades in a hostage situation  killing the hostage

posted on December 4th, 2010, 12:55 am

Suggestion: Have native English reader read over tooltips.

i think their english is good enough, their mistakes are understandable, i've seen english people do worse.

Indeed, English is full of nonsensical rules and a huge vocabulary of words, many of which mean basically the same thing with a minor difference. If the do have a native English speaker look over the tooltips, it should be someone who knows spelling and grammar really well. Probably not necessary since English speakers are used to reading bad grammar and spelling, and most tooltip errors are minor things that don't cause ambiguities.

And yet if I were to spout propaganda about your country, you'd get all butthurt.

Lol irony.

Not irony, WWI and WWII left a huge anti-nationalist attitude in Europe, so it is ok to insult another country, but not ok to say yours is awesome. Unfortunately, America kept its nationalist attitudes, so I have to deal with what is quite possibly a majority of the people in my country thinking that they are better than the rest of the world and then influencing foreign policy with that.

posted on December 4th, 2010, 1:47 am

So whats wrong with that?    Americans R the Bomb.  And we tot'ly spell things wright.   Pffh, you brits and your spelling. :fish:

 

indeed, that's the only manoeuvre they are taught at their academy

I lol'd

posted on December 4th, 2010, 1:54 am

Right, Myles.  Because the British have never had a history of questionable actions in world relations  .

 
  Controlling 50% of the world with a smile on your face and a lump of sugar in your tea does not exactly fool most, sirrah .

posted on December 4th, 2010, 2:04 am

its not the french spelling either, thats retraite.

LOL Myles.....too funny!