Don't penalise me for this but "You abuse, you loose!" in the Pinside Karma info page should read "You abuse, you lose!". Sorry for being the spelling police here but that's my thing!
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Roanoke, VA
Quoted from lukex:Don't penalise me for this but "You abuse, you loose!" in the Pinside Karma info page should read "You abuse, you lose!". Sorry for being the spelling police here but that's my thing!
Obviously not a Stern owner. Whomp..Whomp...
Also if you are in your collection area and want to put a game for sale the options are "minor repair" and then "mayor repair"
Quoted from MiSC90:Also if you are in your collection area and want to put a game for sale the options are "minor repair" and then "mayor repair"
The city I work in could use mayor repair.
Alkmaar
Quoted from robin:Thanks for the message, fixed the two typos mentioned above!
My wish is to see the "Donation's to Pinside" thread title corrected. An apostrophe does not make a word plural. "Donations" would be a better spelling.
Quoted from lukex:Don't penalise me for this but "You abuse, you loose!" in the Pinside Karma info page should read "You abuse, you lose!". Sorry for being the spelling police here but that's my thing!
I'm beginning to think that it's not always related to misspelling, rather incorrect use. I try to look the other way when I see the incorrect usage of lose/loose, but for some reason or other it drives me crazy! For the amount of times I've seen this word incorrectly used, (not just here, but everywhere) I truly believe that more people simply don't know how or when to use the correct word. Am I loosing my mind? (ha - just a joke. I know it should be losing...)
Due to this, there are many websites & blogs that are dedicated to this topic for us OCD folks.
Quoted from RobertG:My wish is to see the "Donation's to Pinside" thread title corrected. An apostrophe does not make a word plural. "Donations" would be a better spelling.
Done, let me know if it is correct.
Quoted from lukex:Don't penalise me for this but "You abuse, you loose!" in the Pinside Karma info page should read "You abuse, you lose!". Sorry for being the spelling police here but that's my thing!
Funny....Spelling police is your thing, but you misspelled 'penalize' 
Quoted from robertmee:Funny....Spelling police is your thing, but you misspelled 'penalize'
You beat me to it!
Penalize is the generally accepted spelling. Penalise, is a misspelling that I suppose has gained acceptance. If you're the spelling police, you should use the first one 
Plus, pinside, flags Penalise as misspelled, so that should be the official determination
Quoted from robertmee:Penalize is the generally accepted spelling. Penalise, is a misspelling that I suppose has gained acceptance. If you're the spelling police, you should use the first one
Plus, pinside, flags Penalise as misspelled, so that should be the official determination
You do realize this site is not just for Americans don't you?
If your going to critique the usage of language you should at least look at an individuals nationality. Sheesh.
Quoted from TaylorVA:You do realize this site is not just for Americans don't you?
If your going to critique the usage of language you should at least look at an individuals nationality. Sheesh.
Thanks.... I would have jumped on earlier to state my case but I just woke up...... In sunny Melbourne, Australia!!
Quoted from joestro78:That Stern typo shouldn't have happened though. That's just poor proofing.
That is because they use spellcheck which doesn't do context checking.
A mined is a terrible thing to waist.
Quoted from tracelifter:That is because they use spellcheck which doesn't do context checking.
A mined is a terrible thing to waist.
Yeah, should have been a peace of cake!
Bad puns are awesome
All of this started for me when I read an eBay description claiming that their machine had a very 'shinny' playfield.
Since then, I have seen that same mistake made numerous times and it gets to me as much as the first time I saw it.
I really need to get a life!
Quoted from Evets:Irregardless, you're point is literally a good one.
-Steve
Exactly (and very funny by the way).... that stuff kills me!.... and I just notised that I got a thums down on the origenal post??? I think I may have opened a "Tandoori's Box"
This has a few good ones as well.
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling
B.t.w. this tread makes me feel nervous about writing on the forum now. 
Quoted from Marten:This has a few good ones as well.
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling
B.t.w. this tread makes me feel nervous about writing on the forum now.
that sight is BRILLIANT - thanks - hahaha
Quoted from TaylorVA:You do realize this site is not just for Americans don't you?
If your going to critique the usage of language you should at least look at an individuals nationality. Sheesh.
Man, who pissed in your cornflakes? It was a bit of good humor ribbing. Did you not notice all the emoticons (smileys and winks). Pinside is getting way too serious and easily offended if that got you all riled up.
Quoted from Evets:Irregardless, you're point is literally a good one.
-Steve
lol...good one.
Me too.... I noticed a misspelling on the Welcome to Pinside FAQ page...
"Wat do the thumbs up and down buttons do?"
Of course we all know that it should read "What..."
Quoted from Evets:I also enjoy when members of the younger generation mangle old phrases. I've had students use the following: "Nip it in the butt" and "Don't take it for granite".
-Steve
I think that's a mute point.
Quoted from robertmee:Man, who pissed in your cornflakes? It was a bit of good humor ribbing. Did you not notice all the emoticons (smileys and winks). Pinside is getting way too serious and easily offended if that got you all riled up.
First of all, I don't eat cornflakes. Secondly, inflections and the Internet don't mix.
I am more interested in the spoken English then the written
like in the midwest a bag is called a Sack
or soda is called pop and even the sound of words change over the miles then the years. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialects_of_North_American_English
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