Hi Brian, "what color was George Washington's favorite black horse?"
Best Regards, Hayden -----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Peterson Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 5:55 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Important Moderator Message (please read) In fact there's a reference to that sort of thing in Kingdom of Loathing. When you very first start the game you can visit the Altar of Literacy, where you have to type the sentence out completely correctly. This is a requirement if you ever want to use the in-game chat feature and appease the ghost of the long dead English language. We are the Knights who say...Ni! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Important Moderator Message (please read) > Hi, > Ah, well, I get that here too. Whenever I try and tell some of my > younger relatives to write in English their responce is to "get with > the times." I don't think they quite understand that when spoken via > Jaws, Window-eyes, etc it is nothing but a confusing mess of letters > and numbers. As usual the screen reader takes the blame when it wasn't > designed to read that garbage, and nor should it have to if people > would learn to type proper words and sentenses. > In fact, when you typed "2ba" I thought you were refering to the > musical instrument, "tuba," and not "to be a." That's how unreliable > that kind of short-hand can be. So it would be pretty aweful if > everyone started writing that way on list. > > > On 7/17/10, Charles Rivard <woofer...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> I've been trying to get people to quit writing that way by replying with >> something like, "What? I don't understand you. Try English?" With >> Wee1's >> grand daughter, it's beginning to sink in that if she wants a reply from >> me, >> I have to know what she's talking about. What's disgusting, though, is >> that >> her 36-year-old mom thinks that I should get with the times and learn >> what >> they're saying. Even listening to JAWS over speakers does not show her >> what >> I'm talking about, because she says that it's the screen reader, not her >> typing. I have asked her what word "2ba" is. It is supposed to be "to >> be >> a", but she types it that way to save space when texting. I still tell >> her >> to use English when typing to a blind person. >> >> --- >> Shepherds are the best beasts! > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
