-=VIB=- Wang Posted May 8, 2002 Share Posted May 8, 2002 Duel - A prearranged, formal combat between two persons, usually fought to settle a point of honor. Dual - Composed of two usually like or complementary parts; double If you still don't understand, here is a sentence for each! He pulled out his sword, I pulled out mine, and we proceeded to DUEL! When Anakin picks up DUAL lightsabers in Attack of the Clones, that was definitely my favorite part. If you still don't get it, well, you are SOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=VIB=- Wang Posted May 8, 2002 Author Share Posted May 8, 2002 it's spelled - spelled not spelle! Yeah, I caught my typo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=VIB=- Wang Posted May 8, 2002 Author Share Posted May 8, 2002 And I caught it before any of you could flame me about it!! MWUUAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abom|nation Posted May 8, 2002 Share Posted May 8, 2002 I could complain about the fact you forgot your u's in honour and favourite, but I won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=VIB=- Wang Posted May 8, 2002 Author Share Posted May 8, 2002 Originally posted by Abom|nation I could complain about the fact you forgot your u's in honour and favourite, but I won't. Good that you didn't complain, b/c I live in America, not England. Here it's spelled H-O-N-O-R and F-A-V-O-R-I-T-E Kinda like C-O-L-O-R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abom|nation Posted May 8, 2002 Share Posted May 8, 2002 Which is the silly way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patton Posted May 8, 2002 Share Posted May 8, 2002 I won't completely obliterate all of Europe once again with mere words, but I will say this: color and favorite makes much more sense than colour and favourite, from a linguistic standpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=VIB=- Wang Posted May 8, 2002 Author Share Posted May 8, 2002 Oh, of course! I have always wondered why that was different, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuroshi Posted May 8, 2002 Share Posted May 8, 2002 I'd like to make a motion to create a new country in which the word 'Duel' shall be spelled 'Dual'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leagle Posted May 8, 2002 Share Posted May 8, 2002 Originally posted by Patton I won't completely obliterate all of Europe once again with mere words, but I will say this: color and favorite makes much more sense than colour and favourite, from a linguistic standpoint. Not if you have compulsory french from the age of 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=VIB=- Wang Posted May 8, 2002 Author Share Posted May 8, 2002 Originally posted by Kuroshi I'd like to make a motion to create a new country in which the word 'Duel' shall be spelled 'Dual'. But then you would have sentences like - I used dual lightsabers in my dual! Or, if you had 2 duels, you would say somehting like - I had dual duals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leagle Posted May 8, 2002 Share Posted May 8, 2002 Originally posted by -=VIB=- Wang I live in America Which bit? You spelt your location wrong, btw. It should be :Some American place. Not : . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekken Posted May 8, 2002 Share Posted May 8, 2002 Originally posted by -=VIB=- Wang Or, if you had 2 duels, you would say somehting like - I had dual duals. Dual duals? Jar-Jar, is that you? Actually, a dual dual implies that you had simultaneous duals, as opposed to what you really meant, which was two duals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDOX Posted May 8, 2002 Share Posted May 8, 2002 Originally posted by Kuroshi I'd like to make a motion to create a new country in which the word 'Duel' shall be spelled 'Dual'. I Second that motion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lime-Light Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 I hereby found the country of Akimbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambers Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 Originally posted by Patton I won't completely obliterate all of Europe once again with mere words, but I will say this: color and favorite makes much more sense than colour and favourite, from a linguistic standpoint. Actually color makes no languistic sense as its pronounced colour (compare with flour) .. unless americans spell flour as flor. I wouldn't mind seeing dual light sabers in jk2 though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyJedi Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 Originally posted by Bambers Actually color makes no languistic sense as its pronounced colour (compare with flour) .. unless americans spell flour as flor. I wouldn't mind seeing dual light sabers in jk2 though In America, flour is pronounced with like flower, so your example doesn't quite follow. I do however, wonder how we Americans began spelling differently and speaking differently than the Brits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 In the US it's color, not colour, saber, not sabre, blah blah blah, and its pronounced exactly the same way as far as I can tell, we know! And we drive on a different side of the road than Brits (and the steering wheel is on the opposite side IN the car), and we don't use the meteric system (well, not as much, officially). And the rest of the world plays "football" what we call "soccer" and we have our own version of football that's quite different. But who cares.... As long as we're complaining, it's "Loser" (as in, "what a sore Loser") not "looser" (as in, my bowels were looser after ingesting the bottle of ex-lax). And it's "Strong Stance" (or Style), not "Heavy." ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tozier Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 DUALDUALDUALDUALDUALDUALDUALDUALDUALDUALDUALDUALDUALDUAl!!!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAA DUALDUALDUALDUALDUALDUALDUALDUALDUAL!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi-Bert Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 actualy in the 70's an act was passed in congress that made the Liter and Gram official standards in the United States, but no one seems to have noticed, were still on imperial measurements for linear values while we're on spelling, its Through, not Thru and they're not Donuts, they are Doughnaughts! if you complain about my capitalization or punctuation (or lack thereof), well, e.e. cummings didnt either =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestril Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 You know I'm a Canadian who lives in the States, so I kind of change depending on the time of day, but you know what doesn't make sense? The English pronunciation of the word lieutenant--where exactly does THAT come from? (pronounced like leftenant for those who don't know...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacky_Baccy Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 Originally posted by GreyJedi I do however, wonder how we Americans began spelling differently and speaking differently than the Brits. Natural evolution and diversification of methods of communication, dear fellow (I'll write something serious if you're really interested, but not until later today - it's nearly 2am here ) BTW, why do you spell your 'nick the British way? ('Grey') [Edit] Oh God, don't get me started on theorising why we say that word like we do... I hate "leftenant" myself - it seems like an insult to the French... Maybe that's just me I do have a theory, if anyone's interested... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tozier Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 Originally posted by Jedi-Bert and they're not Donuts, they are Doughnaughts! Oh...... my....... god........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tozier Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 Originally posted by Leagle Which bit? You spelt your location wrong, btw. It should be :Some American place. Not : . SpelT? Is that correct in Britain? It's nice to know some brits still speek like Tolkien, though he was South African.... And I always spell it grEy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan-o2 Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 Speek? Hah. Pwned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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