Test of literacy into Cantr

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Postby SekoETC » Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:18 am

Wow, I was so sure you're all going to jump on me screaming "damn you grammar nazi, you're scaring the kids, shut up!" Thank you for the support.

And... once I asked Dee if Arabic has difference between capital and lowercase letters and she said there isn't so we can't say every language would start sentences with a capital letter, but when Americans are doing it, there's no excuse but laziness. And maybe we can blame commercials and book titles, where you sometimes see all lowercase just for style. The plague is spreading. :shock:

Imagine if we had literate islands, then when we'd sail on the other islands there would be these savages who don't even speak human language but some odd babble with expressions like "lol d00d". :roll:
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Postby Jos Elkink » Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:28 am

Moved this to rejected ... A test of literacy is insulting and unnecessary, in my opinion.

We could perhaps suggest to people that do not write properly that they should change that - I personally hate reading crappy written / capitalized text - but I really don't think a test should be a prerequisite to join. It will irritate people and keep them from joining, and it will look patronizing.
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Postby SekoETC » Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:20 am

Aww sheesh... Well it ain't required for joining in KoL either, it just grants access into more areas.
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Postby Pie » Mon Aug 01, 2005 3:27 pm

YES! THANK YOU!
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Postby wichita » Tue Aug 02, 2005 7:19 am

I am sorry to see this landed in the rejected ideas forum. :( I loved the Ghost of the English Language in KoL...absolutely brilliant. :lol:

But then again, there would still be people like me who will mispell and use poor grammar on purpose as a character trait anyway. Willy Willis :D
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Re: Test of literacy into Cantr

Postby chadpants » Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:46 pm

SekoETC wrote: Those of you who play [url="http://www.kingdomofloathing.com"]KoL[/url] know that for unlocking chat channels other than the newbie channel, you need to pass a test of literacy. The Ghost of English literature says: "Go, revenge my death!"


Shouldn't the Ghost say "Go, avenge my death!"?
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Re: Test of literacy into Cantr

Postby Pie » Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:53 pm

chadpants wrote:
SekoETC wrote: Those of you who play [url="http://www.kingdomofloathing.com"]KoL[/url] know that for unlocking chat channels other than the newbie channel, you need to pass a test of literacy. The Ghost of English literature says: "Go, revenge my death!"


Shouldn't the Ghost say "Go, avenge my death!"?


SEE! The English goast is WAY to complicated EVEN for somone older than me.
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Postby SekoETC » Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:47 pm

Well, *smiling a bit too sugarily* I happen to be a non-native speaker meself so I wouldn't know all the finest differences, and naturally I'm too lazy to go there for an exact quote. Thank you kindly for correcting though. *scribbles the name of chadpants on her black list*
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Postby Pie » Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:56 pm

scribbles the name of chadpants on her black list


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Postby chadpants » Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:48 pm

Ohhhhh...

I thought it was the actual Ghost that said that, which I thought would have been deliciously ironic. The intent was not to criticize you, Seko.

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