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[Jay]

quote:Originally posted by thvaz:
<STRONG>You are wrong, proper English should be dwarfs. Dwarves is a word coined by Tolkien.

But today it is more used to refer to the fantasy race, while dwarfs is used to refer to the small humans.</STRONG>

I don't see it being the only exception to the rule applied to wharves and every other noun ending in F...
Oh yes, yet another word to spell correctly:
Abandoned

[Keilden]

’ere is ’ow you spell:
Experience
Also
Woodworka (Yes, one word)
Axeman (For ONE)
Axemen (For multiple)
Dese two also for any word endin’ in man.
Dissector
Cellar Not sure ’ow dis one came about exactly, but...
Aquifa
Butchered
Awesome
Mason I right don’t fink it’z dat ’ard to spell...
Bedroom Again, one word.
As for Dwarvez vs Stuntyz, propa English sayz it should be Dwarvez.
But Firefox sayz Stuntyz. I’s not entirely sure who to believe.

[Lyrax]

quote:Originally posted by Vengeful Donut:
<STRONG>I don't think the -GRY comic is ironic. There really are people who think riddles like that are clever, even though all they do is leave a bad taste in your mouth.</STRONG>

Nonono, it's not that comic by itself that is ironic.

It's that he says "don't intentionally miscommunicate and then think you're clever" whereas in the other comic the whole point is "my new hobby: cleverly miscommunicating with effect and affect."

Don't you understand?  It's made of people!  I mean irony!

Also: I CAN. NOT. BELIEVE.  That this hasn't been done already in this thread:
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-L-Y
Correctly!

Do I win?

[Kagus]

quote:<STRONG>I was going to post "Correctly" but MaxVance beat me to it.
good show </STRONG>

quote:<STRONG>Also: I CAN. NOT. BELIEVE. That this hasn't been done already in this thread:
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-L-Y
Correctly!

Do I win?

</STRONG>

/facetentacle

quote:Originally posted by Kogan Loloklam:
<STRONG>SUPPL3MENT SOM3 LETT3RS FOR NUMB3RS
</STRONG>

Numbers for letters.  Unless you're one of those harcore 1337!575, of course.

It
A
Cup
Bee
Door
Writing
Possession
Assassin

Also, I am offended at the demeaning term "Gobbish".  It is a relic of a passed age of bigotry towards those of green skin, and it is a clear representation of the ignorance inherent in those who can not see past the warts.  The correct term is "Goblinesque".

Hello everybody, I'm back.

[Javis]

quote:Originally posted by jaybud4:
Axeman (For ONE)
Axemen (For multiple)
These two also for any word ending in man.
[/QB]

my pokemans. let me show you them.

[Red Jackard]

quote:Originally posted by Keilden:
<STRONG>Axeman (For ONE)
Axemen (For multiple)
Dese two also for any word endin’ in man.</STRONG>

human

[Dae]

That's something I as wondering... Which is correct, humans or humen?
The latter should be the good one, but it just doesn't look correct.

[Skyrage]

Spelling bee

[Vengeful Donut]

quote:Originally posted by Lyrax:
<STRONG>Nonono, it's not that comic by itself that is ironic.

It's that he says "don't intentionally miscommunicate and then think you're clever" whereas in the other comic the whole point is "my new hobby: cleverly miscommunicating with effect and affect."</STRONG>

1 - Hat Guy: Communicating badly then acting smug when you're misunderstood is not cleverness.

2 - MY HOBBY: Using the more obscure meanings of "affect" and "effect" to try to trip up amateur grammar nazis.

"Using the more obscure meanings of 'affect' and 'effect'" doesn't fall under "communicating badly".

[JT]

I was about the say the same thing.  In the first example ("-gry"), the first person is aggressively being ambiguous.  In the second one ("effect foreign policy"), the second person is aggressively being ignorant.

I personally use affect and effect's alternate meanings to considerable degree.  My spiky hair is an affect for girls, and I effect plans all the time.

[Deon]

Wtf 1337 haxorz. %)
Da spelling iz s@xx.

Seriously, I'm not an english speaker and I can make a lot of errors sometimes (generally in consecutio tempores), but it hurts even me if someone was too lazy to type a right word of the right length -).

And
 

quote:Dwarves I always use it, but shouldn't it technically be dwarfs...?

 

quote:You are wrong, proper English should be dwarfs. Dwarves is a word coined by Tolkien.

Shelf - shelves
Scarf - scarves

Why "dwarfs" then? Who supposed this and why?

And everyone says "elves" not "elfs" too.

[ April 18, 2008: Message edited by: Deon ]

[thvaz]

quote:Traditionally, the plural of dwarf was "dwarfs", especially when referring to actual humans with dwarfism, but ever since J. R. R. Tolkien used dwarves in his fantasy novel The Hobbit, the subsequent The Lord of the Rings (often published in three volumes), and the posthumously published The Silmarillion, the plural forms "dwarfs" has been replaced by "dwarves".  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf#Tolkien.27s_dwarves

dwarf /dwɔrf/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dwawrf] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, plural dwarfs, dwarves, adjective, verb
–noun  http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dwarf

[Red Jackard]

quote:Originally posted by Dae:
<STRONG>That's something I as wondering... Which is correct, humans or humen?
The latter should be the good one, but it just doesn't look correct.</STRONG>

I'll give you a hint: he is wrong.

[ZedEh]

Skipped the middle part of the thread, but:

Not a correction so much as a personal convention.

Dwarfish - Having characteristics of dwarves.
Dwarvish - Of the dwarves, or of dwarven creation.

So one could describe baby clothes as dwarfish because they are small, but clothes made by or possibly for dwarves are "dwarvish".

[ April 18, 2008: Message edited by: ZedEh ]

[Othob Rithol]

Wow. I was having a bit of a problem with loose bowel movements, but I read this thread and it fixed me right up.