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Nhatman
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ok, before i begin, i am not a grammar police nor do i play one on TV, but i do have a small grammatical pet peeve.

it is one that i see A LOT here on visorcentral -- the spelling of the word "definitely" as "definately".

i know this is being anal but i've seen it too many times to ignore it. i've actually seen it spelled incorrectly more times than correctly.

thanks for listening to me moan and groan -- it's been a slow wednesday.

ps - and before you rant on about people who use nothing but lower cases, i'm too lazy to press down that extra key, so bug off.

[Edited by Nhatman on 10-18-2000 at 03:23 PM]

10-18-2000 08:21 PM

MarkEagle
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Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

a lot of time on my hands, too!

quote:
Originally posted by Nhatman
...the spelling of the word "definitely" as "definately"...

...i've actually seen it spelled incorrectly more times than correctly...

...it's been a slow wednesday...

Definitely a sloooow Wednesday...

A search of the forums revealed the following...
Definately returned 120 threads
Definitely returned 457.

Guess you haven't read them all yet...

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10-18-2000 10:41 PM

MIKE STH
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Registered: Feb 2000
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DEFINITELY guilty as charged...

I'm so used to acronyms that I'm suprised I can write English at all..

I'll work on it

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10-18-2000 10:50 PM

Gameboy70
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quote:
it is one that i see A LOT here on visorcentral -- the spelling of the word "definitely" as "definately".

i know this is being anal but i've seen it too many times to ignore it. i've actually seen it spelled incorrectly more times than correctly.

Don't forget the on the internet, English isn't everyone's primary language.

10-18-2000 11:03 PM

JHromadka
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Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Texan in Calgary for a while
Posts: 1361

I guess that was in response to my misspelling of the word in a news item today.

Next time just email me

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10-18-2000 11:56 PM

Fishscaler
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Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Atop a wandering buffalo hunting aardvaarks
Posts: 148

Then there's that name, Hromadka...

The folks at Ellis Island would correct the spelling if you came through.

10-19-2000 12:06 AM

ToolkiT
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Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 1883

quote:
Originally posted by Gameboy70
quote:
it is one that i see A LOT here on visorcentral -- the spelling of the word "definitely" as "definately".

i know this is being anal but i've seen it too many times to ignore it. i've actually seen it spelled incorrectly more times than correctly.

Don't forget the on the internet, English isn't everyone's primary language.

that is 'definately' tru!

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10-19-2000 01:20 AM

JHromadka
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quote:
Originally posted by Fishscaler
Then there's that name, Hromadka...

The folks at Ellis Island would correct the spelling if you came through.

Ha! Bonus points if you know how to pronounce Hromadka

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10-19-2000 05:08 AM

ToolkiT
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quote:
Originally posted by JHromadka
quote:
Originally posted by Fishscaler
Then there's that name, Hromadka...

The folks at Ellis Island would correct the spelling if you came through.

Ha! Bonus points if you know how to pronounce Hromadka

That's an easy one...."pronounced rum-odd-kuh, or Rum+Vodka-V" see http://www.hromadka.com/Writings/Bio.htm

Now, how do you pronounce 'Frans Wilbrink'?

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10-19-2000 05:36 AM

kalahari
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Registered: Sep 1999
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Frunz Vilbrink...

I was going to ask you how you knew about James's web-site but you are a moderator so of course you know all these things about him...

10-19-2000 05:50 AM

ToolkiT
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Location: Sydney Australia
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quote:
Originally posted by kalahari
Frunz Vilbrink...

Nice try... but not ever close

quote:
Originally posted by kalahari
I was going to ask you how you knew about James's web-site but you are a moderator so of course you know all these things about him...

No, just common sense... visit his personal website and you can't miss it....

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10-19-2000 06:02 AM

narnia_77
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Hide in plain site... =^J

quote:
Originally posted by kalahari
I was going to ask you how you knew about James's web-site but you are a moderator so of course you know all these things about him...

It's listed at the bottom of his signature - on all his posts to the board.

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10-19-2000 06:10 AM

Fishscaler
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Yikes, James! You're a lot younger than I thought. I pegged you as being 40-something. After all, you're a senior editor.

10-19-2000 06:25 AM

MarkEagle
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Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

quote:
Originally posted by Fishscaler
I pegged you as being 40-something.

Hey!!!... I resemble that remark...

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10-19-2000 01:27 PM

BobbyMike
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I think a spell check would be nice. If I could only use words that I was certain I was spelling right, I would be limited to a two sylabul..syllabul..syllable(?) vocabulary.
BobbyMike

10-19-2000 03:05 PM

Fishscaler
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Posts: 148

MarkEagle, you wouldn't happen to be a Buy-Centennial-arian by any chance.

(Graddeated hi skewl in 1976, that is.)

10-19-2000 06:16 PM

MarkEagle
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Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

quote:
Originally posted by Fishscaler
(Graddeated hi skewl in 1976, that is.)

'78...

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10-19-2000 06:18 PM

Nhatman
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quote:
Originally posted by JHromadka
I guess that was in response to my misspelling of the word in a news item today.

Next time just email me

my rant wasn't really a response to your misspelling -- your news item was kind of the straw that broke the camel's back.

i was going to email you, but i thought i'd have more fun this way (wasn't i right?). besides, it was a slooow wednesday.

and markeagle, how nice of you to check up on the how many times that word was misspelled -- guess it was a slow wednesday for you too.

ps - now for a little more fun on thursday, let's talk about screen protector patents....