Topic: Time Flies..Wait no it doesn't..

[Hexx]

Missed a day or two on AOTK2 and haven't been paying much attention.
When (Dear God let it be soon) is it going to be 2268?
This weekend or next week?

[FPF-DieHard]

Each game year is 36 real hours.

Do they teach Math in Canadia?

Edited for Spelling.  Fricking NJ public schools . . .

[KBFLordKrueg]

Each game year is 36 real hours.

Do they teach Match in Canadia?

How to start fires...? 

[el-Karnak]

Each game year is 36 real hours.

Do they teach Match in Canadia?

How to start fires...? 

Hexx is too short to light the lowest tree branch, so there's nothing worry about.

[Hexx]

Each game year is 36 real hours.

Do they teach Math in Canadia?

Edited for Spelling.  Fricking NJ public schools . . .

<grr> OK so the game started in 63,Saturday @4pm, so Sunday @ 4 pm it would be, no wait that will make it difficult,
Uhmm Monday at..no that doesn't wotk either, letsee,
let x=the number of years, so x=36, no that's not right
uhmm what if x=
Ok so 2 game years would take 72 "real" hours , which would be @3 "real?" days.
So One day would be Sunday, two Monday, three Tuesday.
So 2 years should have taken us to Tuesday @4pm
so it was 65 Tuesday, I want to get to 68 though
so thats 3x36 or 108 "real" hours from Tuesday so, uhmm 108/24 is
like 4.5 (ish) so 4.5 days from Tuesday is, W/Th/F/Sat + half a day, form 4pm so 4AMisah on Sunday

So Sunday at 4Am I should (finally) be able to get a CWLPp

Assuming DH actually isn't trying to screw the Lyrans over by using incorrect FYA's



Enjoy your time children
As of 4AM (ish) (Actually I won't be up until 11) you have free reign
After that Hexx is taking on any and all challengers to demonstrate in
three easy steps why you're useless in PVP.

[FPF-DieHard]

Ahh,  "screw the Lyrans." 

One more for the "to do" list.   

[Hexx]

Ahh,  "screw the Lyrans." 

One more for the "to do" list.   

Right below "learn to dodge speed 16 drones" ?

[Dfly]

Each game year is 36 real hours.

Do they teach Math in Canadia?

Edited for Spelling.  Fricking NJ public schools . . .

perhaps not, but we can actually spell our country properly 

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

Each game year is 36 real hours.

Do they teach Math in Canadia?

Edited for Spelling.  Fricking NJ public schools . . .

perhaps not, but we can actually spell our country properly 

Canadia is the proper spelling for a country where the people call themselves "Canadians". If the country's name was spelled "Canada," then the people there would call themselves "Canadans." Since they call themselves "Canadians", it's only reasonable to spell the name of their country "Canadia." After all, people from Germany don't call themselves "Germanians" do they? 

[Hexx]

It's hard to argue with a United States Of American

[Capt_Bearslayer_XC]

It's hard to argue with a United States Of American

--Hexx

"A United States of American?"

They don't teach grammar up there either, do they?

How about 'AN United States Of American'?   

[Hexx]

It's hard to argue with a United States Of American

--Hexx

"A United States of American?"

They don't teach grammar up there either, do they?

How about 'AN United States Of American'?   

Actually I got to wondering if it would be an United Statesian Of American

Maybe we'll just have to invade again and make you all Canucks

[Capt_Bearslayer_XC]

You guys would get lost... the signs are not in English AND French.

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

You guys would get lost... the signs are not in English AND French.

<Snicker>

[Mog]

It's hard to argue with a United States Of American

--Hexx

"A United States of American?"

They don't teach grammar up there either, do they?

How about 'AN United States Of American'?   

"A United ..." is grammatically correct, e.g. "they presented a united front"

[CaptJosh]

You apparently don't have any Brit friends. Ask a Brit about that. He or shee will tell you "An united front" is actually correct. Along with "an hour", "an honor", and "an hotel".

[FPF-Tobin Dax]

..because they can't pronounce an H?

[FPF-SCM_TraceyG_XC]

Mog is correct.

The modification of the indefinite article 'a' to 'an' became a part of english grammar when the word follwing it began with a vowel phoneme.

eg. "He has an ulcer in his stomach" is grammattically correct.

Some vowel like phonemes optionally have this modification, but both forms are accepted in different parts of the world.

eg. "This scenario is an historically correct one", "This scenario is a historically correct one" are both correct. I prefer the latter myself.

"This is an house belonging to Jack" is not correct. Nor is "They fought hard for an united decelaration of independance".

The word "united" does not begin with a vowel phoneme but is prounouced "yoo-nyt-ed".

Try saying it out aloud and see which flows better.

[FPF-SCM_TraceyG_XC]

You apparently don't have any Brit friends. Ask a Brit about that. He or shee will tell you "An united front" is actually correct. Along with "an hour", "an honor", and "an hotel".

Hour, honour and hotel all begin with vowel phonemes. United does not.

[KHH Jakle]

I have a BA in English, and I never learned any of that crap....

I just go with "does it sound right" and trust my none North Eastern, non-ebonic based, English linguistic upbringing...

Damn grammarians....

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

Hour, honour and hotel all begin with vowel phonemes. United does not.

I prefer "honor" over "honour"   

[Hexx]

Hour, honour and hotel all begin with vowel phonemes. United does not.

I prefer "honor" over "honour"   

You would

Honour all the way.

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

Hour, honour and hotel all begin with vowel phonemes. United does not.

I prefer "honor" over "honour"   

You would

Honour all the way.

standing on an unneccessary vowel wont make you any taller

[Hexx]

<sigh>
We've really got to have a U.S. Vs- The World server someday.

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

<sigh>
We've really got to have a U.S. Vs- The World server someday.

Be interesting, I guess the Canadians would get less value for their PP dollars in the shipyards though 

[Hexx]

Yeah, but your shipyards would all be relocating to other empires soo..

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

You know it could be cool with the US being represented on the map with as close an outline as possible to the actual shape of the United States, do that and we might let you invade California unopposed 

[Hexx]

It'd be fun
It'll have to wait of course, I'm supposed to go down and visit a friend in NY sometime
before Xmas.
I'd hate to get jumped by a bunch of middle-aged SFCers bent on revenge.
Smacking the lot of you around in RL would be even more depressing than it is online..

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

You could actually use different races for the World with Canadians, Brits, Aussies, etc having their own color.

[Hexx]

And of course we'd be allowed to move anywhere without mandatories as everyone likes us...
hmmm

[FPF-Tobin Dax]

<sigh>
We've really got to have a U.S. Vs- The World server someday.

Be interesting, I guess the Canadians would get less value for their PP dollars in the shipyards though 

It should be a sliding scale then over the years of the server. Florida, 1975. Young Canadian TobinDax in Florida being refused the proper exchange rate for the higher in value Canadian dollar. That's right folks. Just think of the interest on every nickel over 30 years...hmmm...J'inn!!!

[FPF-Tobin Dax]

You could actually use different races for the World with Canadians, Brits, Aussies, etc having their own color.

there would be American identity problems as CNN reported recently that Ameicans are masquerading abroad as Canadians. There was a company in the story selling "kits" with Canadian flags etc.

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

You could actually use different races for the World with Canadians, Brits, Aussies, etc having their own color.

there would be American identity problems as CNN reported recently that Ameicans are masquerading abroad as Canadians. There was a company in the story selling "kits" with Canadian flags etc.

I like it, American ships showing with Canadian icons.......Oh the deepstrike potentials.....<Drools>

[Mog]

You apparently don't have any Brit friends. Ask a Brit about that. He or shee will tell you "An united front" is actually correct. Along with "an hour", "an honor", and "an hotel".

LMAO. I'm guessing you're about the only one in this forum that doesn't know I'm English, not to mention a highly educated Englishman at that. Pffft.

PS, it's "a hotel". At least you got "an hour" right (and no comment on "honor", though I wonder why the "u" hasn't been dropped from "hour" ).

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

You apparently don't have any Brit friends. Ask a Brit about that. He or shee will tell you "An united front" is actually correct. Along with "an hour", "an honor", and "an hotel".

LMAO. I'm guessing you're about the only one in this forum that doesn't know I'm English, not to mention a highly educated Englishman at that. Pffft.

PS, it's "a hotel". At least you got "an hour" right (and no comment on "honor", though I wonder why the "u" hasn't been dropped from "hour" ).

funny, I was wondering why the English didn't put an extra "u" in "stupor"   

A serious question though Moggy,  I know you use "valour" and "splendour" but do you really use "candour" instead of "candor"? 

[Mog]

I can't recall the last time I ever used the word, but yes, candour is a valid spelling here.

It's quite funny how many times you and I have this kind of discussion

[CaptJosh]

We can't drop the u in hour. It would change the pronunciation.

[FPF-DieHard]

And of course we'd be allowed to move anywhere without mandatories as everyone likes us...
hmmm

You keep mixing up "bug" with "feature."   

[el-Karnak]

And of course we'd be allowed to move anywhere without mandatories as everyone likes us...
hmmm

Yeah, but the US has NASA and only US citizens can work at NASA.That's gotta count for something . . .like the US ships are perenially grounded, and the ship probes don't send back sensory data cuz some programmer misplaced a few bytes of code in the probes AI, and the ship deep scan sensors don't work that well w/o a complete overhaul of the initial telescope deployment into space, and...

U know the US gov't. could really be a bug and not a feature for the US side.

Karnak => annoyed and irritated US taxpayer. 

[762_XC]

You apparently don't have any Brit friends. Ask a Brit about that. He or shee will tell you "An united front" is actually correct. Along with "an hour", "an honor", and "an hotel".

Hour, honour and hotel all begin with vowel phonemes. United does not.

What about ho boots?