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Offline chief1983

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What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
on: February 02, 2009, 03:00:58 pm
I noticed a stupid emoticon replacing 'alright'.  It's common enough you can leave it alone, you damn grammar nazis.
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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #1 on: February 02, 2009, 03:04:49 pm
Noticed it too. Could we also have a picture of a cannon replacing the word "cannon", because people often misspell "canon" as "cannon".

As for the word "alright", you can't stop us if we use "awright".
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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #2 on: February 02, 2009, 03:06:36 pm
Quote from: Lobo on February 02, 2009, 03:04:49 pm
Noticed it too. Could we also have a picture of a cannon replacing the word "cannon", because people often misspell "canon" as "cannon".

As for the word "alright", you can't stop us if we use "awright".

What's the chance that 'awright' is going to be replaced with the alright emoticon?
 

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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #3 on: February 02, 2009, 03:09:47 pm
alot of turrents are alright

EDIT: what the FRAK admins, you got rid of the 'turrent' smiley in favor of correcting minor grammatical errors?!?!?!
I WASN'T EXPECTING THE GRAMMAR INQUISITION!

EDITER: Oooooooh, so it only catches turrent by itself. In that case, I request that you change things so that it accepts 'turrents' as well, alright? I'd like that alot.
« Last Edit: February 02, 2009, 03:13:56 pm by redsniper »
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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #4 on: February 02, 2009, 03:11:27 pm
Quote from: redsniper on February 02, 2009, 03:09:47 pm
alot of turrents are alright

alright, can it. I dislike these emoticons alot.
 

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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #5 on: February 02, 2009, 03:14:43 pm
Alas, poor Yorick...a man of infinite jest, I knew him alot.

Seriously, the alright one is annoying. And I'm all for the "cannon" as misspelling of "canon", but what about legitimate uses for the word "cannon"?

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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #6 on: February 02, 2009, 03:16:36 pm
alright is typically used differently than all right would be.
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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #7 on: February 02, 2009, 03:17:57 pm
 

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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #8 on: February 02, 2009, 04:05:48 pm
that ain't nice :P
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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #9 on: February 02, 2009, 04:09:01 pm
'All right' is the term deemed correct in academia. However to suggest that the abbreviated form is incorrect outside of this context (informal forum? hmmm....) is prudish especially as I remember it being told its use about 50:50 in print... in 1999. The debate about this word - it is a word, no longer a misspelling - started in the 1890s. Some things never change. ^_^
 

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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #10 on: February 02, 2009, 04:26:51 pm
The real question is, how far will this go? Will the admins start favoring British spellings of words? If I type 'color' or 'center' will I have a condescending smiley mocking me because of my nationality. We cannot allow this! The HLP Administration is clearly in possession of and planning to use Filters of Pedantic Correction (FPCs). Therefore, we have no choice but to invade the control room and effect a regime change. Subspatial claymore mines be damned!

















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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #11 on: February 02, 2009, 04:34:24 pm
I agree, All right isn't wrong, but neither is the common spelling, regardless of what Firefox's dictionary says.
 

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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #12 on: February 02, 2009, 04:36:23 pm
Also, we'll just filter dodge. Alot.
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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #13 on: February 02, 2009, 04:58:53 pm
We have to spell it "all right" ? Alright then.
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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #14 on: February 02, 2009, 05:02:27 pm
Okay, let's just kill everyone.
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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #15 on: February 02, 2009, 05:09:03 pm
It's going to become an acceptable term whether or not the grammar nazis like it. Language is more powerful than people with a hard-on for rules.
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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #16 on: February 02, 2009, 05:22:17 pm
Turrent, I can understand. We can be sticklers about that. But alright? Seriously? I think it's a poor decision. Change it back.
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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #17 on: February 02, 2009, 05:28:54 pm
turr�ent al�ot alri�ght

Can we end this please?
 

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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #18 on: February 02, 2009, 06:28:02 pm
Silly HLP Admins and your turrents.
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Re: What the heck is wrong with 'alright'?
Reply #19 on: February 02, 2009, 06:33:38 pm
To be honest, these signs are more annoying than the misspellings.
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