2 Things: The spelling of the word 'Building' and games for adults
Sunday, May 23, 2004 by joetheblow | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Ok... I am a weird guy. Everyone knows that (and yet I still get the ladies!!!!)
So here is my issue. I like to spell 'building' as this:
Biulding.
I like the way it looks and its far cooler than 'building'. I also have grave feelings about how the word 'Wednesday' is spelled. And don't get me started on January. I was upset for a few weeks because I had to spell January in a log book.
Second subject: Adult Games
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I heard that the new 'in' thing to do is play Dodge Ball! that's right Dodge Ball. I LOVE DODGE BALL!!!!
I happen to think its the greatest game ever right behind that game where you have to toss a ball around to each other but when you catch it and toss it to the next person, you have to be in the air.
Anybody played Dodge Ball lately? There is an on-line groups for it and there might be a national league for it too.
So here is my issue. I like to spell 'building' as this:
Biulding.
I like the way it looks and its far cooler than 'building'. I also have grave feelings about how the word 'Wednesday' is spelled. And don't get me started on January. I was upset for a few weeks because I had to spell January in a log book.
Second subject: Adult Games
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I heard that the new 'in' thing to do is play Dodge Ball! that's right Dodge Ball. I LOVE DODGE BALL!!!!
I happen to think its the greatest game ever right behind that game where you have to toss a ball around to each other but when you catch it and toss it to the next person, you have to be in the air.
Anybody played Dodge Ball lately? There is an on-line groups for it and there might be a national league for it too.
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ImStein
Reply #42 Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:28 PM
Reply #42 Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:28 PM
I think it really goes "I before E, except after C..." unless you are German, and then the whole rule gets thrown out.A good example is my last name, Stein....There is no 'C' but the name is most definitely German... 
agree with spelling of colour(old english) and grey better than gray.
agree with spelling of colour(old english) and grey better than gray.
Styl-X Design
Reply #46 Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:48 PM
Reply #46 Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:48 PM
talking about last names: Meijer.... try to explain THAT 
Styl-X Design
Reply #47 Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:49 PM
Reply #47 Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:49 PM
btw, english dasn't know the "ij" right? How would you pronounce "meijer"?
Tiggz
Reply #48 Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:51 PM
don't you mean the mispronounciation of "aluminium"?
Reply #48 Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:51 PM
| And then there is still the spelling of "aluminum" |
don't you mean the mispronounciation of "aluminium"?
_footsie_
Reply #49 Tuesday, May 25, 2004 2:03 PM
Reply #49 Tuesday, May 25, 2004 2:03 PM
it's 'mispronunciantion' hehehe oh......dang haven't you ever had a nun?
hmmmmmm it's still mooney moo la (8) heheheh
hmmmmmm it's still mooney moo la (8) heheheh
lovesblessing
Reply #52 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 2:10 AM
Reply #52 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 2:10 AM
I would pronounce "meijer" as "my-er", since I grew up in Michigan where there are lots of Dutch folks, and a whole chain of stores known as "Meijer Thrifty Acres".....they were doing the Wal-Mart thing years before Sam! 
kona0197
Reply #53 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 3:18 AM
No I mean it's spelled "aluminum"
Reply #53 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 3:18 AM
| don't you mean the mispronounciation of "aluminium"? |
No I mean it's spelled "aluminum"
crofttk
Reply #54 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:08 AM
I love this kind of esoterica ! Nice thread Joe !
An English teacher in highschool imparted to us this mnemonic for "their":
Break the word mentally into "the" and "heir", i.e., "the heir". Why the proper spelling of "heir" would be easier, I''''ve no idea. It works well for me because I know it shouldn''''t match the German and Dutch word "hier" (trans. "here", German "heer", Dutch: "eer").
One deal that drives me wacky, however, is this "a" and "an" difference between US and UK (perraps AU too ?). I hear Brits say, e.g., "I am AN human being". What auditory dissonance to the apparently "ugly" American !!!
I think the rule in US is that "AN" is used when the "pronunskiation" of the word sounds like a vowel and "A" is used when the word is "consonantal" at the beginning, regardless of spelling.
Of course, there''''s "skedule" vs. "shedule", which I think of as merely a dialectic difference.
Oh ! #52: I have it from my Flemish wife that the correct Dutch pronunciation of "meijer" is "may-er", not "my-er". Those Michigan Dutchmen are, of course more authentic than any the Pennsylvania "Dutchmen" who speak Low German.
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Reply #54 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:08 AM
| as well as the word "thier" (spelling) |
I love this kind of esoterica !
Nice thread Joe !An English teacher in highschool imparted to us this mnemonic for "their":
Break the word mentally into "the" and "heir", i.e., "the heir". Why the proper spelling of "heir" would be easier, I''''ve no idea. It works well for me because I know it shouldn''''t match the German and Dutch word "hier" (trans. "here", German "heer", Dutch: "eer").
One deal that drives me wacky, however, is this "a" and "an" difference between US and UK (perraps AU too ?). I hear Brits say, e.g., "I am AN human being". What auditory dissonance to the apparently "ugly" American !!!
I think the rule in US is that "AN" is used when the "pronunskiation" of the word sounds like a vowel and "A" is used when the word is "consonantal" at the beginning, regardless of spelling.
Of course, there''''s "skedule" vs. "shedule", which I think of as merely a dialectic difference.
Oh ! #52: I have it from my Flemish wife that the correct Dutch pronunciation of "meijer" is "may-er", not "my-er". Those Michigan Dutchmen are, of course more authentic than any the Pennsylvania "Dutchmen" who speak Low German.
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Tiggz
Reply #55 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:34 AM
I don't hear them say that and I'm literally surrounded by the pesky blighters
mainly cos I live there...
Reply #55 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:34 AM
| I hear Brits say, e.g., "I am AN human being". |
I don't hear them say that and I'm literally surrounded by the pesky blighters
mainly cos I live there...
DesignCaddy
Reply #57 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:01 AM
Reply #57 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:01 AM
you know, i don't know about the rest of you people but i don't exactly post messages on the internet in the fashion that i'm writing a thesis i rarely pawn over them for grammer, i NEVER check for spelling, and i use a loose sentance structure because i want my posts to read as if i am speaking, not as if i am trying to be a literal genius. so sue me.
the use of commas has always been debated for proper usage. when listing multiple items in a sentance i use a structure similar to mathematics.. a/b(c*d) is A divided by whatever the sum of C and D is not A divided by B multiplied by C then D.
'green and red, blue and white' to me is green and red paired together, then blue and white paired together. 'red, blue, yellow, and gold' is how i list multiple items belonging together but some people leave out the last comma before the and, which to me pairs yellow and gold together and should thus be incorrect. i received extra points for a similar discussion in a college literature class.
you can't go back and tell edgar allen poe he's a bad poet because he strayed from 'traditional' literary means. language is one of the few ways people can truely express themselves. so i'll leave out my 's in its and not capitalize god. and i won't challange the way anyone else speaks. pike off
i rarely pawn over them for grammer, i NEVER check for spelling, and i use a loose sentance structure because i want my posts to read as if i am speaking, not as if i am trying to be a literal genius. so sue me. the use of commas has always been debated for proper usage. when listing multiple items in a sentance i use a structure similar to mathematics.. a/b(c*d) is A divided by whatever the sum of C and D is not A divided by B multiplied by C then D.
'green and red, blue and white' to me is green and red paired together, then blue and white paired together. 'red, blue, yellow, and gold' is how i list multiple items belonging together but some people leave out the last comma before the and, which to me pairs yellow and gold together and should thus be incorrect. i received extra points for a similar discussion in a college literature class.
you can't go back and tell edgar allen poe he's a bad poet because he strayed from 'traditional' literary means. language is one of the few ways people can truely express themselves. so i'll leave out my 's in its and not capitalize god. and i won't challange the way anyone else speaks. pike off
Jafo
Reply #58 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:13 AM
Reply #58 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:13 AM
you can't go back and tell edgar allen poe he's a bad poet because he strayed from 'traditional' literary means.
No....mainly cos he's dead...
ImStein
Reply #59 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 12:37 PM @ Jafo!!!!
Just imagine what our world would be like if we had to follow every single rule in every sinlge language!!!! Talk about up a creek w/o a paddle!!!
Reply #59 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 12:37 PM
@ Jafo!!!! Just imagine what our world would be like if we had to follow every single rule in every sinlge language!!!! Talk about up a creek w/o a paddle!!!
DesignCaddy
Reply #60 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 12:56 PM
talk to any russian over the age of.. what, 30?
just realized i typo'd.. my example was a/b(C*D) that is the sum of c multiplied by d, that sum multiplied by b, then that total divided from a.
Reply #60 Wednesday, May 26, 2004 12:56 PM
| Just imagine what our world would be like if we had to follow every single rule in every sinlge language!!!! Talk about up a creek w/o a paddle!!! |
talk to any russian over the age of.. what, 30?
just realized i typo'd.. my example was a/b(C*D) that is the sum of c multiplied by d, that sum multiplied by b, then that total divided from a.
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Reply #41 Tuesday, May 25, 2004 11:21 AM