It's M-O-R-A-L-E

I agree 100%. However, for many people posting here English is not their first language.

BUT, if you were born in the USA, Canada, or Great Britain there is no excuse for:

"Their are just to many of them."
"You can if you want too."
"My moral was very high." (especially when you see it spelled MORALE 50 times an an hour in-game.)
"Your not reading it right"
"If there going to do that, let them"

Please, if you are a native English speaker and you don't know how to use: to, too, two, please get lymphoma and die.

If you want to complain about spelling/grammer, thats fine. However, telling people to go die is a bit extreme I think.

Its right up there with "lol" "rofl" "stfu" "wtf"...

please get lymphoma and die.

???????????

no need for flaming

you do realize that there are not only native english guys around here? there are languages in which morale is indeed spelled moral
its really no shame to mess those words up if your native language does spell it different and if you are maybe not that familiar with english

how about you go and sit in some corner until you think about how stupid your post is
maybe later you may play with the other kids again

you do realize that there are not only native english guys around here? there are languages in which morale is indeed spelled moral its really no shame to mess those words up if your native language does spell it different and if you are maybe not that familiar with english how about you go and sit in some corner until you think about how stupid your post is maybe later you may play with the other kids again

Read my post: I excused non English-first people.

Whoa..wanting people to die because of their spelling? Who let the 14 year old kids in here. Go back to playing Counter Strike. Hope you get a ban.

There will be freaks in every game, in every culture an in every community... the good thing here is, such people are easy to ignore

I could have a much more nice time by talking/writing with someone who have a bad spelling than with others who want these peoples to die.... sad, but in fact, reality.

And, by the way. -> I`m german

And:

<<<
"Their are just to many of them." -> Ok... how it would be written correct ?
"You can if you want too." -> Same... what`s wrong, the "too"?
"Your not reading it right" -> funny, it seems to be "english for runaways" ( The germans here will understand )
"If there going to do that, let them" -> What`s wrong? Ì don`t get the point. I would say so... or is the problem, that it is "common'" speach? and not traditional oxford speaking?

Skyjack, how dare you wish lymphoma on native English speakers that massacre the language!

I was thinking about an all-American, mom & dad, apple pie kind of problem solver:

Bullets

Lymphoma would make them play and post more as their clock ticks to zero.

I can't really wait for lymphoma to run its course.

i know, i said those people are easy to ignore... but in fact, there was a strange fealing in my fingers after reading this post...

But, what shuld i do... let`s get us dancing an kissing, so we can kill us anymore

And: <<< "Their are just to many of them." -> Ok... how it would be written correct ? "You can if you want too." -> Same... what`s wrong, the "too"? "Your not reading it right" -> funny, it seems to be "english for runaways" ( The germans here will understand ) "If there going to do that, let them" -> What`s wrong? Ì don`t get the point. I would say so... or is the problem, that it is "common'" speach? and not traditional oxford speaking?

"Their are just to many of them."->There are just too many of them.
"You can if you want too."->You can if you want to.
"Your not reading it right"->You're not reading it right.
"If there going to do that, let them"->If they're going to do that, let them.

Sorry if I made any mistakes, I'm not a native speaker, but I don't do those mistakes. (Though sometimes the too,to thing is a little troubling.)

@mathboy... thx. as "not native" speaker i had my trouble wiht that... seaking this language is ok, but writing *gg* no no.

But to be fair... there are also some strange german spellings i don`t get every time

How can you type moral 27,000 times in a 500 word post about morale?

Please, kind poster, do remember that this is an oline forum. These vestiges of internet culture are not known for harboring individuals who give great attention to spelling. I've found a veritable melange of mistakes myself, but gnore these; I've realized that the content is far more important. Thus, my dear grammer devotee, do digress, and distance yourself from this disagreement. I'm certain your English projects are rife with impeccable grammer, and your e-mails, and instant messages, as well, however, there are certain individuals who do not possess the same affinity for the dark art of the detail oriented typist as you and me.

and for others: "too" is a synonym for "also," "to" is used to indicate an infinitive verb.

As a former copy editor, I do feel your pain, but sometimes it is better to just ignore it.

Errant pedants of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your sense of civility...


Sorry, I didn't think anybody had taken a Neo-Marxian spin on this original post!



Some people here even end sentences with prepositions. That is something up with which I will not put!

bit harsh telling someone to die over it.Its not the end of the world really.If you are bothered about spelling go read a book.Do you suffer from ocd or something wheeloffire

for those who critisise the spelling of english speekers, do remember that some are dyslexic/dyspraxic, we actualy can't help poor speling/grammer, we're used to typing suficient for a spell checker to recognise the word and corect it, mayhap the next update to the site will include a spellchecker.
please don't hit me beacuse i can't spell, i have enough problems else where without death threats

There are always a few grammar Gestapo on every forum, seriously lighten up forums are made up of informal responses they're not English papers.

Some people here even end sentences with prepositions. That is something up with which I will not put!

"Yes, decided. Disagree with that decision, I must." - Yoda

To the original poster, I would submit the argument that Linguistics and Cognitive Science give us a wealth of information that every member of homo sapiens is innately provided with the genius of language, semantic differentiation, and the use of semiotics. Furthermore, the work done in this field by Chomsky and so many others quite amply demonstrates that abusing other people because their use of language does not conform to your specific, and arbitrary, ideas of "correctness", "dialect", and most especially "grammar" is nothing short of bigotry. It is class warfare. It is race warfare. It is discrimination against all those who were not raised in exactly the language and culture you were. The frequency of such vitriolic attacks is on the rise in the United States, and is an alarming indicator of growing xenophobia, bigotry, and jingoism.

Here is an interesting exercise: When discussing "morale" vs. "moral", nowhere do you voice a complaint of confusion. Rather, it seems to be well and implicitly understood by all that you are actually discussing the morale game mechanic. No one gets lost and says "well is this about morality, using moral, or morale? help?". Therefore one can conclude that you all understood each other. You all understood the meaning of each other's language despite the variation in grammar and spelling that you were voicing so much protest over.

That having been said, the original poster does have a valid point when he discusses employment. Which is to say, while it is unfortunate that there is a certain rigid social and cultural expectation of behavior and language in order to be employed in many classes of society, that certainly does not obviate the salient point that if one wants to be employed in many sectors a certain degree of conformity is an absolute necessity. I think it is worth emphasizing the exacting and detail-oriented nature of engineering; meticulous and 100% consistent methodology in language, tools, and processes must be followed to ensure the construction of complex products (hardware or software). If the original poster had focused on this instead of how much he wishes the death of others, I think he would have enjoyed far more effectivity in his message.

Lol @alexofthatilk, you remind me of my nephew. He's 21 and still thinks him is spelt hem.

Seriously tho, the only REAL problem i have with a lot of posts here, is the "worth wild" one.....it's WHILE people...something is or isn't "Worth WHILE" thank you to the original post i was starting to think i was taking crazy pills

Ooo and you can't forget the people that say, "It's a mute point"
....if it's mute why are we talking about it? *cough*Moot*cough*, i don't care what language you have as a native, but yeah, poor context is poor context...

Wow, i feel better now, *skips away*

Edit: I can forgive spelling tho, since my post was literally infested with them after i read it back to myself

"Yes, decided. Disagree with that decision, I must." - Yoda

I believe that English is not Yoda's first language. . .

I just ignore the internet in all it's ridiculously uneducated glory.

I laughed out loud when I saw the subject of this thread. It's something I've thought several times when reading through the forums. I'm not one to rant about spelling errors and typos or common grammatical errors involving homophones, personally, but the moral/morale thing does jar a bit, mentally, since the two words are not pronounced the same.

Some people need to go on hyperbolic rants against poor grammar and spelling periodically so that they don't develop dangerous cardiovascular conditions. Let 'em roar, folks.

'Fuck' is spelt with a 'u'. If you want to swear at people for bad spelling, at least spell 'fuck' right.