A couple pet peeves...

[donblas]

The word to use in comparisons is "than" not "then" (which indicates a sequence of events).

For example, "My e-peen is bigger THAN your e-peen" which indicates a comparison, NOT, "My ham is tastier THEN you ham", which indicates my ham is tastier before your ham which is nonesense.

Dunno how this mistake became so common.

Also things differ from each other, not to each other. "My squishy drow is different FROM your invulnerable warforged", "to" is use in showing similarities, eg "Brocolli is similar TO cauiliflower, but differs FROM it in being green".

[altrocks]

The word to use in comparisons is "than" not "then" (which indicates a sequence of events).

For example, "My e-peen is bigger THAN your e-peen" which indicates a comparison, NOT, "My ham is tastier THEN you ham", which indicates my ham is tastier before your ham which is nonesense.

Dunno how this mistake became so common.

Also things differ from each other, not to each other. "My squishy drow is different FROM your invulnerable warforged", "to" is use in showing similarities, eg "Brocolli is similar TO cauiliflower, but differs FROM it in being green".

People also drop the phrase "to be" out of their sentences quite often. For example, "I need rezzed". I'm really not sure how THIS happens so frequently.

[articwarrior]

People also drop the phrase "to be" out of their sentences quite often. For example, "I need rezzed". I'm really not sure how THIS happens so frequently.

really? I just say finish the gd quest because I'm a backpack piker!

[Miahoo]

really? I just say finish the gd quest because I'm a backpack piker!

I just say I'm a roleplayer that refuse to be raised by a spell/scroll - so please drop me next to the shrine!
It does wonders in the shroud

[EustaceTrevelyan]

The funny thing is women don't even use anything called rouge anymore, they have blush now. Rouge was a red makeup that you sort of blended in. Your grandmothers probably used it at this late date.

But yeah, right there with you peevewise. I think some people have actually picked up on the rouge thing as a sort of WoW convention for Rogue, but there are always idiots who can't spell, so it's best to distinguish oneself, since it's not a universally recognized internet spelling like "teh" is.

[voodoogroves]

You also failed to point out "irregardless" is also incorrect. It's just plain old "regardless."



Not only that, but voodoogroves was just trying to be funny.

Someone gets it ;-) I tried to cram in more, but that would have been too obvious.

Now I'll just remind everyone that "drow" is pronounced correctly like "bow" and see where that leads ...

[voodoogroves]

*whoosh*

That's two who've missed it. Shall we try for three?

No one balked at "its" though ... man, the internet is a tough crowd!

[krackythehoodedone]

but but we have Stainer in our guild and he can't even find his way to the Likkor store

I believe it is a thing called a Malloporpism

Ok..Its a Mallapropism

[katana_one]

Here's a peeve of mine:

This, friends, is Gollum:



Whereas *this* is a golem:


No. They are not pronounced the same way.

[Hordo]

Someone gets it ;-) I tried to cram in more, but that would have been too obvious.

Now I'll just remind everyone that "drow" is pronounced correctly like "bow" and see where that leads ...

Some folks wid tirches nokin on yo doh.

[arch0njw]

I can't stand all the forum abbreviations. This isn't a text message. Spell it out. It can make forum messages useless to newcomers. I'm still not all that savvy and spend too much time asking what a "pug" is. It's a freakin' dog, okay? ... unless you know what the heck it means in DDO context (I still don't because there's no glossary for this **** anywhere). I'm still not really sure what "piking" is, but I can at least glean that from context better than listening to someone whine about their TR character. Toe Redness? Tafeta Rear? Tiny Retina? Terminal Reflux? It is contagious? Either way, a piker and TR Whiner both seem to be some form of moron... just one is in-game and the other haunts the forums.

Oh... and
your v. you're
there v. they're
makes me batty. The difference is plane... ... ... ;^)

[voodoogroves]

Some folks wid tirches nokin on yo doh.

You kids git off mah lawn!

[cdbd3rd]

.... I'm still not all that savvy and spend too much time asking what a "pug" is. It's a freakin' dog, okay? ... unless you know what the heck it means in DDO context (I still don't because there's no glossary for this **** .....;^)

PUG? Did someone call for a PUG??!

Friends don't let friends pug, unless....



..you're following this car to the GOOD pug.

[fluffybunnywilson]

Your all making a big deal out of alot of little mistake's.

[fluffybunnywilson]

I can't stand all the forum abbreviations. This isn't a text message. Spell it out. It can make forum messages useless to newcomers. I'm still not all that savvy and spend too much time asking what a "pug" is. It's a freakin' dog, okay? ... unless you know what the heck it means in DDO context (I still don't because there's no glossary for this **** anywhere). I'm still not really sure what "piking" is, but I can at least glean that from context better than listening to someone whine about their TR character. Toe Redness? Tafeta Rear? Tiny Retina? Terminal Reflux? It is contagious? Either way, a piker and TR Whiner both seem to be some form of moron... just one is in-game and the other haunts the forums.

Oh... and
your v. you're
there v. they're
makes me batty. The difference is plane... ... ... ;^)

PUG = Pick Up Group
Piking is the act of being in a quest (or being in a group in general) without actually contributing anything to the group.

[azmodeus1]

the nice thing about english is that you can mispell alot of words and slap them together in almost any order and be understood.

grammer shouldn't irritate you, if it does, you've been playing too much.

i think we can move on to the real issue here, which is the mouthbreathers on voice. *** is so exerting about playing a video game?! i don't breath that heavily after running a mile...

[Razcar]

"me-lay" is the original french pronounciation whereas mel-ee is the americanised version, both can be correct.

However "me-lay" is more common.

Where I work you can order a "melee salad". Either it's a mixed salad, or maybe it's composed of severed fingers, chopped off ears and torn out spleens. I haven't asked.

[azmodeus1]

could be enchanted, the lettuce useing bludgeoning, the carrots peircing, and the tomatoes slashing...

[arch0njw]

First... I had the word c.r.a.p. censored?! What?! Seriously, that's about as docile as that references gets without calling it excrement or elimination. Crazy forum sanitary terminology nazi software. (And now I'm wondering if the "N-word" referring to a German political party c. WWII will be censored as well...)

Your all making a big deal out of alot of little mistake's.

I simply weep for the future. Nothing more. Exercising good grammar is about the only exercise a lot of people get!

PUG = Pick Up Group
Piking is the act of being in a quest (or being in a group in general) without actually contributing anything to the group.

Piking I did get eventually, but thank you.

What is the purpose of "Pick Up Group"? I don't even know if I should say "a pick up group" or if that is more like "LFM" where one wouldn't use an article. I'm not really so much concerned about whether or not to use an article and more showing exactly how I don't have any idea what that means or is for.

grammer shouldn't irritate you, if it does, you've been playing too much.

Um... HUH?! What doing* other peoples'** lousy grammar have to do with playing DDO? I see it in email, IM, text, professional documents, etc. It annoys me everywhere. My pet peeves are non-discriminatory about where they apply. ;^)

i think we can move on to the real issue here, which is the mouthbreathers on voice. *** is so exerting about playing a video game?! i don't breath that heavily after running a mile...

I'm still waiting for an improvement to "push to talk" which is more of a "toggle talk". There are times I want to chat for a short bit without having to hold down a key. But I also don't want to go into the Options screen to flip that setting.

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Since I already got neg rep'd*** for this... why not say more...
* that was deliberate
** that is the correct usage
*** Why I got neg rep'd for this one is beyond me. Why I got neg rep'd for another reply at least partly makes sense. Sorry for debating, folks. Grow a thicker skin or cosplay a Warforged.

[arch0njw]

"me-lay" is the original french pronounciation whereas mel-ee is the americanised version, both can be correct.

However "me-lay" is more common.

Oh? I always thought when people were talking about "May-lay" they were referring to natural springtime urges with regards to the "birds and the bees". This clarification helps a lot. ;p