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Captain Goatse

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Re: My fortress is dying
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2012, 08:26:59 am »

post the save--let us have a crack at it


OK. I am switching to .10 anyways.
« Last Edit: May 21, 2012, 08:43:17 am by Captain Goatse »
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Re: My fortress is dying
« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2012, 10:11:49 am »

o)rders Dwarves ignore food?
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Re: My fortress is dying
« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2012, 03:02:59 pm »

Ah!  Well, dying is an excellent way to improve the value of cloth.  Good job.  Which dyes are you using?

...Oh, you meant dieing.  :P
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Dieing = Dying
Dyeing = Dyeing

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Ah phoey!  I half-ass checked to make sure "dieing" was a word, and it is, but I didn't check to make sure it meant what I thought.

"Dieing" actually means "to impress, shape, or cut with a die."

So, dieing ≠ dying ≠ dyeing, but they're all words (homophones too).  English is such a screwed up language.

Still, thank you for the correction.
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KoboldWarmonger

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Re: My fortress is dying
« Reply #18 on: May 21, 2012, 04:54:03 pm »

All natural languages kinda blow- but they weren't designed to make sense, because they weren't designed at all!
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Re: My fortress is dying
« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2012, 06:11:54 pm »

Ah phoey!  I half-ass checked to make sure "dieing" was a word, and it is, but I didn't check to make sure it meant what I thought.

"Dieing" actually means "to impress, shape, or cut with a die."

So, dieing ≠ dying ≠ dyeing, but they're all words (homophones too).  English is such a screwed up language.

Still, thank you for the correction.
Google has just told me dieing means to cease existing.

I do not trust it.

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Re: My fortress is dying
« Reply #20 on: May 21, 2012, 08:25:50 pm »

Ah phoey!  I half-ass checked to make sure "dieing" was a word, and it is, but I didn't check to make sure it meant what I thought.

"Dieing" actually means "to impress, shape, or cut with a die."

So, dieing ≠ dying ≠ dyeing, but they're all words (homophones too).  English is such a screwed up language.

Still, thank you for the correction.
Google has just told me dieing means to cease existing.

I do not trust it.
Webster's Unabridged 2nd Edition says the past tense of the verb intransitive "die", as in to cease living, is dying.  Dieing is the past tense of the transitive verb "die" meaning to mold, stamp, cut or shape with a die (noun meaning a mechanical tool, not a game device).
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