03-14-2010, 07:10 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
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Oh and all the intentional misspellings with y are win.
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03-14-2010, 07:11 PM
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Oh and all the intentional misspellings with y are win.
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03-14-2010, 07:20 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Why? I don't care how they spell it. I only brought it up because Anthony Soprano and some other posters did first.
It's in it's own thread now, so what's your problem with it, bud? People post all kinds of threads; get over it.
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The only problem I have is you saying the spelling is incorrect and that the English don't use it anymore because it isn't and they do... Maybe they had stopped using it back in the early 20th century though when that Encyclopedia was written 
Last edited by murray1; 03-14-2010 at 07:25 PM.
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03-14-2010, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by murray1
The only problem I have is you saying the spelling is incorrect and that the English don't use it anymore because it isn't and they do... Maybe they had stopped using it back in the early 20th century though when that Encyclopedia was written |
HP Love Craft, I'm pretty sure you've just been "owned". I'll resist the temptation to call you ignorant, uninformed, and another proud example of the failed Canadian education system because I have much more class than you. Good night now!
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03-14-2010, 07:33 PM
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HP Love Craft, Y'm pretty sure you've just been "owned". Y'll resist the temptatyon to call you ygnorant, unynformed, and another proud example of the fayled Canadyan educatyon system because Y have much more class than you. Good nyght now!
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03-14-2010, 07:33 PM
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Who's owned now? Your Lifetime Suspension says it wasn't HP.
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03-14-2010, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by murray1
The only problem I have is you saying the spelling is incorrect and that the English don't use it anymore because it isn't and they do... Maybe they had stopped using it back in the early 20th century though when that Encyclopedia was written |
The spellyng ys yncorrect, Y sayd yt was rarely used. Maybe yt's more common than Y thought -- colloquyalysms sometymes are, but yt's still not the proper spellyng of the word tyre.
Y feel lyke Y'm wrytyng yn Olde Englysh. Oh wayt, Y am.
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03-14-2010, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Congratulationf.
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This made me lol.
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03-14-2010, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Spelling it "tyre" is antiquated, and rarely ever used in the UK anymore.
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As with all debates, Google is the master of all:
"London Tyre Store" with 12 results in the greater London area
"London Tire Store" with 12 results in the greater London area, although most of them are named ____ Tyre Store still...
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03-14-2010, 10:22 PM
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My Land Rover owner's manual says; "tyre".
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03-14-2010, 10:48 PM
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I noticed Nokian signs even in Calgary say Tyres. Considering many Finns (Saku Koivu, for instance) speak better English than quite a few Canadians, I'm apt to side with them
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03-14-2010, 11:01 PM
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Irregardless.
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03-15-2010, 03:52 AM
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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Lol, right. I happen to know a thing or two concerning the English language because of what I do for a living.
Provide your references -- and anonymous Wikipedia articles mean nothing when it comes to something authoritative -- or just stop trying to argue on the internet for the sake of arguing. Something that is said colloquially does not mean it is correct. Ain't isn't a word, either.
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This debate is rydyculous, but whatever your profession is I think you're totally out of it you believe that "ain't" is any less a word than "isn't" so long as people are making use of it. Makes me question your basic understanding of what a language is.
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03-15-2010, 04:36 AM
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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Lol, right. I happen to know a thing or two concerning the English language because of what I do for a living.
Provide your references -- and anonymous Wikipedia articles mean nothing when it comes to something authoritative -- or just stop trying to argue on the internet for the sake of arguing. Something that is said colloquially does not mean it is correct. Ain't isn't a word, either.
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I'm not sure I have ever seen 'tire' used in the UK, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa by native speakers (or spellers, as the case may be). I've long felt I'm the only one who spells it that way here.
Even now, the Oxford dictionary in my hand says:
tire n. (Amer.) a tyre.
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03-15-2010, 05:09 AM
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This debate is rydyculous, but whatever your profession is I think you're totally out of it you believe that "ain't" is any less a word than "isn't" so long as people are making use of it. Makes me question your basic understanding of what a language is.
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I think he was more getting at that "aint" is not a recognized English word.
Something can be a word, doesn't mean it is English. Take Cantonese for example. Slang would also be another good example.
I do agree that the English language is always evolving.
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03-15-2010, 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
I think he was more getting at that "aint" is not a recognized English word.
Something can be a word, doesn't mean it is English. Take Cantonese for example. Slang would also be another good example.
I do agree that the English language is always evolving.
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Recognized by who? Who is this mythical authority on what is and is not a word in English?
Are you suggesting that "ain't" is part of a language other than English?
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03-15-2010, 06:50 AM
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Ain't ain't a word and you ain't sposed ta use it.
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03-15-2010, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by icarus
I'm not sure I have ever seen 'tire' used in the UK, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa by native speakers (or spellers, as the case may be). I've long felt I'm the only one who spells it that way here.
Even now, the Oxford dictionary in my hand says:
tire n. (Amer.) a tyre.
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I saw tire used all over Australia
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03-15-2010, 09:09 AM
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I can't belyeve my derayl spawned a thread where a troll got banned.
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03-15-2010, 09:26 AM
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Tyres are for driving on the left side of the road.
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