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Grammar (pg. 2)
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| iammesol |
| quote: | Originally posted by DjConfessions
ya the whole english language is pretty messed up
like how "phot" can be pronounced as fish. |
rofl
our language really is retarded... but hey, people understand me, so i'm happy |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I blame the irregular ortography of the English language. Don't even try to blame on the speakers, when it's far from being their fault
Really, "their", "they're" and "there" have the same sounds - what kind of efficient writing system do you think allows such confusions? |
I always hear/say a difference between there and they're. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
I always hear/say a difference between there and they're. |
I stand corrected: In some dialects, the words "there" and "their" do have a glide that doesn't exist in "they're", but the three words are homophones in other regions :)
Still, "their" and "there" are homophones in most (if not all) varieties of English I know of (and strangely rhyme with "air"), so there is something wrong with the writing system. Actually, even the world "varieties" is bizarre: "ie" has two completely different sounds in the same word :p |
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| placebo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
repost....OMG welcome to the 14th century... |
The internet wasn't available in the 14th century. |
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| Ivand |
| quote: | Originally posted by placebo
The internet wasn't available in the 14th century. |
Are you sure? Oscal Wilde says otherwise |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by placebo
The internet wasn't available in the 14th century. |
source? |
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| placebo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
source? |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
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The USSR's launch of Sputnik spurred the United States to create the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, later known as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) in February 1958 to regain a technological lead. ARPA created the Information Processing Technology Office (IPTO) to further the research of the Semi Automatic Ground Environment program, which had networked country-wide radar systems together for the first time.
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| Floorfiller |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ivand
Are you sure? Oscal Wilde says otherwise |
omg omg omg its Oscar not Oscal...ooooooooooooo stupiddddddddd
really who cares about grammar in unofficial situations. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Floorfiller
really who cares about grammar in unofficial situations. |
*raises hand*
It usually shows what's wrong with "grammar" in official situations :p |
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| Sunsnail |
| I must be psychic because I was going to say Lira cares :wtf: |
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| Floorfiller |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
*raises hand*
It usually shows what's wrong with "grammar" in official situations :p |
i'm just saying if someone spells a word wrong in a casual conversation its not the end of the world. i mean i don't feel the need to use CAPS when i type online...is that the worst thing in the world? |
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| Aquarian |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I blame the irregular ortography of the English language. Don't even try to blame on the speakers, when it's far from being their fault
Really, "their", "they're" and "there" have the same sounds - what kind of efficient writing system do you think allows such confusions? |
And still, people who learn it as a second language rarely make those mistakes. I've noticed that confusion between words like their/there/they're is almost exclusive to native speakers.
amirite? ;) |
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