JBRAA Posted February 6, 2002 Posted February 6, 2002 I found this little easter-egg on Mixnmojo.com here's a hint... "LF Net has more than meets the eye" here's a spoiler... This pic will after 100 seconds show LucasArts' president Simon Jeffery making a funny face. Was I the first who discovered this? And who is the creator of this neat little thing?
Spaff Posted February 7, 2002 Posted February 7, 2002 i can't believe simon wouldn't make the noise when i asked him!! http://animutation.mixnmojo.com/mp3/Simon.mp3
QueZTone Posted February 7, 2002 Posted February 7, 2002 hehehe, importing the gif into flash did wonders i was quite...unpatiently so i didnt want to sit around a wait for such a while
Gabez Posted February 7, 2002 Posted February 7, 2002 Heh, I can remember seeing that "secret" shortly after Mojo re-opened. It was pure luck, and I didn't realise at the time that it was so rare to see it. But anyway, about that Simon.mp3... Is it just me, or does Simon sound British!? I thought he was American! It might've just been my dodgy computer which makes everyone sound the same, though.
Trapezoid Posted February 8, 2002 Posted February 8, 2002 My little Simon creature is an word famous icon, he is.
Darnn Posted February 9, 2002 Posted February 9, 2002 Alright, now, you obviously did this on purpose, so please explain it to me... What sense does "an word famous" make, assuming that the second word is 'world'? I mean, sure, I missed the lesson in school about 'a' and 'an', and never bothered making it up, but that's because I knew everything there was to know... 'A' before a consonant, 'an' before a vowel. Am I wrong here?
Trapezoid Posted February 10, 2002 Posted February 10, 2002 *punches Darnn in the face* I meant "a world" and you know it!
Meksilon Posted February 10, 2002 Posted February 10, 2002 Originally posted by Darnn 'A' before a consonant, 'an' before a vowel. Am I wrong here? Yes, you forgot H! IE: an historic moment. Of course H dosen't always use an, sometimes it uses a. =mek=
Trapezoid Posted February 10, 2002 Posted February 10, 2002 Originally posted by Meksilon Yes, you forgot H! IE: an historic moment. Of course H dosen't always use an, sometimes it uses a. =mek= "Historic" doesn't sound right with a silent H. "Istoric"... "Herb" sounds fine with the silent H though. "An herb!"
Meksilon Posted February 10, 2002 Posted February 10, 2002 Trap, that example came straight out of the dictionary!! =mek=
Metallus Posted February 10, 2002 Posted February 10, 2002 Ah, looks like we've found an example of something changing depending on a regional accent. "An Historic" wouldn't sound right in America, but add an Australian accent to it.
Trapezoid Posted February 10, 2002 Posted February 10, 2002 Oh yeah-- I guess the American accent pronounces the H a little more consistantly than English and Australian accents. What the deal with the "'erb / herb" thing, though? Maybe that's just personal preference, I think I've heard Americans pronounce the H.
Prinity Posted February 10, 2002 Posted February 10, 2002 Originally posted by Trapezoid Oh yeah-- I guess the American accent pronounces the H a little more consistantly than English and Australian accents. What the deal with the "'erb / herb" thing, though? Maybe that's just personal preference, I think I've heard Americans pronounce the H. Yeah, and it's wrong. I don't know why, though. And I've heard people pronounce 'h' as 'y', as in yuman. Very weird.
Darnn Posted February 10, 2002 Posted February 10, 2002 Originally posted by Trapezoid *punches Darnn in the face* I meant "a world" and you know it! Actually, I honestly didn't. I've seen people do these seemingly random things for so long, I've begun wondering... I just, erm, took it out on you, or something. (This has no relevance whatsoever.)
MeddlingMonk Posted February 10, 2002 Posted February 10, 2002 Originally posted by Prinity Yeah, and it's wrong. I don't know why, though. And I've heard people pronounce 'h' as 'y', as in yuman. Very weird. You want weird? Try the people who say 'warsh' and 'Warshington' rather than 'wash' and 'Washington'. Where's the sense in that?
Huz Posted February 10, 2002 Posted February 10, 2002 And what about those crazies who say "Morse-cow" for Moscow? It all sounds like some kind of strange American conspiracy to say things as wrongly as they write them to me...
Prinity Posted February 10, 2002 Posted February 10, 2002 Originally posted by MeddlingMonk You want weird? Try the people who say 'warsh' and 'Warshington' rather than 'wash' and 'Washington'. Where's the sense in that? And "The car needs warshed," "Let it alone," "Leave it go," and using "whenever" instead of "when". That drives me nuts.
Trapezoid Posted February 10, 2002 Posted February 10, 2002 Maybe it's Canada. They pronounce tons of stuff wrong.
ptdc Posted February 10, 2002 Posted February 10, 2002 I blame people like loyd grossman (note wrongly spelt lloyd!)
raVen_image Posted February 13, 2002 Posted February 13, 2002 Originally posted by Metallus Ah, looks like we've found an example of something changing depending on a regional accent. "An Historic" wouldn't sound right in America, but add an Australian accent to it. Native Californian--> I've always said "an historic" rather than "a historic", but I think that either is acceptable in English. It gets tricky when dealing with acronyms: You would say, "A Monkey Island Game"... but you would also say, "An MI game"... because the pronunciation of the letter "M" is "EM", howerver, if you type "An MI game", I think it's incorrect. It should appear in text as "A MI game"... ...but I'm not sure of this
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