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Random Thoughts.....What are you thinking?
By Viciouss 2022-03-29 20:07:38
Ragnarok.Jessikah said: »Sometimes being a Canadian is hard. I'm writing stuff for my RPG, and it keeps underlining words like "armor" as wrong because I've chosen to use the British English dictionary. When I click on it, it offers me to change to "armour" or swap my dictionary over to the American English dictionary, for which "armor" would be correct. But if I do that, suddenly half of my other words are wrong, like "metre".
We're in this weird limbo situation where half of our words are spelled using one dictionary, and the other half are spelled using the other. And Google Docs doesn't offer me a compromise >_>;
Conversely, I am writing a few chapters of my current book trying to use British English. And it sucks. Like, *** you England, speak proper English. This is why we left.
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By Leviathan.Celebrindal 2022-03-29 20:30:14
Ragnarok.Jessikah said: »Leviathan.Celebrindal said: »at least you care enough not to misappropriate they're/there/their. lol
I've stopped caring about other peoples' grammar and spelling. Honestly, the only reason why I want Docs to stop underlining these infractions is because they make me glaze over the times that I do misspell something.
Maybe when I'm publishing the final versions of my game, I'll print it in three different versions of English. Though I dunno if I can sell to the States anyway, given that I'm using the Metric system. I find it a lot easier to count grid squares in single metres than dividing by 5 feet as per D&D.
Sounds like you need localization teams! ;)
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By Ragnarok.Jessikah 2022-03-29 20:32:16
Leviathan.Celebrindal said: »Sounds like you need localization teams! ;) I don't even doubt it exists. But it makes me laugh internally thinking that we need translators between American and British English lol
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By Viciouss 2022-03-29 20:37:07
Not sure where to go after Liurnia of the Lakes. I thought maybe Caelid but the enemies there hit super hard. Surely it doesn't want me to go straight to the capitol? Leyndell seems like end game stuff. Maybe Caelid is right and I'm just a squishy, smelly, mage. Hmm
Spend some time leveling up, and head northwest to the Caria Manor, while staying in Liurnia. You should also be working on Varre's questline, he provides an amazing grinding location.
By Viciouss 2022-03-29 20:43:11
Oh, well in that case, yes do Varre's stuff all the way until the end.
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By Leviathan.Celebrindal 2022-03-29 21:12:13
https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/piano/why-pianos-have-88-keys/?fbclid=IwAR2ZWGHPR75RWPG1hxyf6iht8gRwTFGtIUQ8b41n9X0RK8T0cSJnEYjPNOI
Happy International Piano Day (the 88th day of the year)! However, I did always want a Bosendorfer Imperial, the largest piano ever made- those puppies have extra keys that while rarely needed, the sympathetic resonance that happens from the extra low notes gives a Bosendorfer a richer and deeper sound than any Steinway you'd ever find!
....its just gonna cost you about 200 grand and a multi-year waitlist.....sigh...
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By Bahamut.Ravael 2022-03-29 22:43:10
Sympathetic resonance? Whoever hears me play one would need all the sympathy they can get.
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By Jetackuu 2022-03-29 23:02:09
Ragnarok.Jessikah said: »Leviathan.Celebrindal said: »Sounds like you need localization teams! ;) I don't even doubt it exists. But it makes me laugh internally thinking that we need translators between American and British English lol We really should stop calling it English. We improved upon that nonsense scores ago.
r before e doesn't make any sense, and all of those unnecessary u's.
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By Bismarck.Firedemon 2022-03-30 00:09:38
Almost as nonsensical to use the Imperial system lol
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By Leviathan.Celebrindal 2022-03-30 06:25:08
Bismarck.Firedemon said: »Almost as nonsensical to use the Imperial system lol
I thought Canadians operated under some strange mix of metric/imperial? ie if length is something traveled, its metres, but if its something human-scale, its feet.
By mhomho 2022-03-30 07:22:16
Bismarck.Josiahflaming said: »He came home!
That's not Ayato...
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By Ragnarok.Jessikah 2022-03-30 07:50:25
We really should stop calling it English. We improved upon that nonsense scores ago.
r before e doesn't make any sense, and all of those unnecessary u's. I actually agree. American English is a lot simpler - in a good way. We should take it even further. Like, what the heck is with the 4 silent letters waiting in line for "queue"? And way too many people seem to mix up they're/their/there and they can't be used interchangeably anyway so why not just use "theyr" or something for all three?
Leviathan.Celebrindal said: »I thought Canadians operated under some strange mix of metric/imperial? ie if length is something traveled, its metres, but if its something human-scale, its feet. It's true, but it's definitely not by choice. As a country we're strictly Metric, but industries that work closely with the States hold onto Imperial to hopefully keep from more tragic incidents occurring. But no, having to memorize arbitrary numbers for division is a huge pain in the ***. I give it a score of 0-out-of-5280, would not recommend.
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By Leviathan.Celebrindal 2022-03-30 07:58:10
Ragnarok.Jessikah said: »I give it a score of 0-out-of-5280, would not recommend.
bravo.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2022-03-30 09:41:26
Ragnarok.Jessikah said: »Leviathan.Celebrindal said: »Sounds like you need localization teams! ;) I don't even doubt it exists. But it makes me laugh internally thinking that we need translators between American and British English lol We do.
For parts of a car ... Boot & bonnet are supposed to = trunk & hood. BUT many English use boot as the rear cover and bonnet as the front cover no mater what is underneath them.
When England still used imperial units their volume units, pints etc. were not the same as America's. Nor were their tons.
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By Bismarck.Firedemon 2022-03-30 11:19:49
Leviathan.Celebrindal said: »but if its something human-scale, its feet
For government documentation, height is in centimetres.
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By Leviathan.Celebrindal 2022-03-30 11:35:37
Bismarck.Firedemon said: »Leviathan.Celebrindal said: »but if its something human-scale, its feet
For government documentation, height is in centimetres. ahh! I was not aware, ty^^
By Musashi232 2022-03-30 12:16:23
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By Ragnarok.Jessikah 2022-03-30 12:54:00
Leviathan.Celebrindal said: »Bismarck.Firedemon said: »For government documentation, height is in centimetres. ahh! I was not aware, ty^^ Anything to do with government is Metric hands-down.
Professionally, most jobs too will use Metric for most of their stuff. Though mechanical workers need a set of both Metric and Imperial tools depending on where the parts are imported from. Most commercial or federal construction are Metric, while most residential construction is still done with Imperial.
I'd be so happy if I could run my software with Metric more often. My brain takes way too long to mentally calculate something like, I dunno, the mid-point of a floor. 11 7/8" joist plus 23/32" subfloor plus 1 15/16" concrete topping, divide by 2. Uhhhhhhhh.... (Jessie.exe has stopped working)
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By Garuda.Chanti 2022-03-30 15:52:31
It could be worse.
I have owned British cars and bikes. Somewhere I STILL have whitworth and British standard wrenches.
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This is a thread that I found on another website I post at. It can be really really interesting. I thought it deserved a place here.
Post your random thoughts for the day here, or anything else that intrigues you.
For starters, is it possible to give constructive critism to someone who doesn't have a neck? I totally just walked by a girl who didn't. Someone isn't getting a necklace for Valentines day!
And who decided black and white can't be colors? I want to say a racist. I really do.
Inb4thisthreadgetsreallywtf
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