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| Which book do you prefer? |
| The Da Vinci Code |
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| Fahrenheit 451 |
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mith
Pitbull of Truth
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Antrax
ESL Student
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 Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 9:16 am Post subject: 2 |
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This one was easy 
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 9:16 am Post subject: 3 |
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| In spite of all the hype and anti-hype: the Da Vinci Code. |
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mith
Pitbull of Truth
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 9:22 am Post subject: 4 |
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| I haven't read either. I've read Angels and Demons, and was unimpressed. I've read like a page of 451, for some critique thing we did in English class, but I skipped the year they actually had to read it. |
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Jedo the Jedi
Paragon in Training
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 3:41 pm Post subject: 5 |
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If it was between 1984 and Farenheit 451, I might have thought a little longer because those are both about the same sort of subject. However, with this match-up...easy.
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Dmi
Daedalian Member
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject: 6 |
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| Jedo, if you like a book, maybe you should spell it correctly. |
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groza528
No Place Like Home
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 8:10 pm Post subject: 7 |
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Easy for you to say. Fahrenheit is a NAME.
um... a EUROPEAN name...
...in a language OTHER than English...
uh... anyone else can jump in at any time here... |
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Courk
Daedalian Member
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject: 8 |
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| Can we lmp h's and u's in te same category? |
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Dmi
Daedalian Member
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 8:19 pm Post subject: 9 |
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| groza528 wrote: |
Easy for you to say. Fahrenheit is a NAME.
um... a EUROPEAN name...
...in a language OTHER than English...
uh... anyone else can jump in at any time here... |
And your point is...  |
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groza528
No Place Like Home
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 8:22 pm Post subject: 10 |
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| *whoosh* |
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Dmi
Daedalian Member
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 10:37 pm Post subject: 11 |
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| groza528 wrote: |
| Easy for you to say. |
Why is it easy for me to say, but not for Jedo and you? Do you guys have a spelling handicap or something?
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| Fahrenheit is a NAME. |
Okay. I KNEW that. So? How does that tie in? And what's the deal with the capitals?
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| um... a EUROPEAN name... |
Okay. So? It still has an EnglishENGLISH equivalent, right? And how does that tie in for me having higher standards of spelling or something? I'm not European, just in case you thought so.
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| ...in a language OTHER than English... |
Um, my LAST name is in Russian. It has a direct translation in English. What about some guy with a last name of Rodrigues? I just used the guy's name's English equivalent, did I not? Or are you promoting ignorance here?
So lastly, WTF was your point? Are you trying to provide some reasoning for not knowing how to spell? Are you trying to embarrass me for knowing how to spell Fahrenheit. And what's up with the different name origin? Hell, you know how to spell burrito, don't you? That's not in ENGLISH. And usually, if you like a book, you should a tleast be able to know how to spell it, especially if its name is staring at you in the face. |
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Courk
Daedalian Member
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 11:21 pm Post subject: 12 |
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| I thought groza was being funny... |
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groza528
No Place Like Home
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:08 am Post subject: 13 |
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Indeed 
ok, ready for the token "It'sgoingtolosesomethingbecauseI'mexplainingit" explanation?
Da Vinci is a name.
An Italian name.
Italy is in Europe.
And the capitals were just for emphasis on how I was pronouncing it. |
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Dmi
Daedalian Member
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:45 pm Post subject: 14 |
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| groza528 wrote: |
| Fahrenheit is a NAME. |
You still didn't explain. Or if that was your explanation, you've just switched up the books. |
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Mackay's Brain
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:24 pm Post subject: 15 |
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| Just keep your mouth shut, Mackay. There's a good girl. |
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Long-winded person
Guest
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:24 am Post subject: 16 |
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Short answer: Groza was making a joke and Dmi failed to find it funny.
In my experience, no amount of explanation makes jokes comprehensible to people who don't "get" them without explanation.
Long answer:
In defending Jedo's God-given right to misspell "difficult" words, Groza correctly pointed out several of the factors that made it "difficult" to spell Fahrenheit, the word which Jedo misspelled. Each of these factors can also be said to describe the name Da Vinci, which appears in the title of the other book: nominative, foreign, European, etc.
Dmi, please, for all our sakes, if you suspect something might be a joke, just ask. Lashing out at people only results in lengthy arguments and eventually in long-winded anonymous rants like this one. |
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extro...
Guest
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject: 17 |
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| I didn't get that one. |
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Jedo the Jedi
Paragon in Training
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:45 pm Post subject: 18 |
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My apologies, Dmi. Though, if your comment about my spelling wasn't at least somewhat joke oriented, then I'd say it was a bit harsh. People make mistakes now and then, cut them some slack.
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Dmi
Daedalian Member
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:49 pm Post subject: 19 |
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Hey! extro and I do have something in common!
Jedo: No need to apologize. I just kinda felt irked at the time that someone should misspell a book they like. |
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mithy
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| Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 4:07 pm Post subject: 20 |
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| If it makes you feel any worse, Dmi, I don't believe either cp or dethy (the two that nominated it) spelled it correctly either. |
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dethwing
DeTheeThaw
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| Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 6:00 pm Post subject: 21 |
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| *shrug* I also called it "12 little indians" and even misremembered the first name of the Hitchhiker Series. As long as people know what you're talking about, what difference does it make? |
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