h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Ok, guys, this is something that we learnt in primary school which i think is prbably a very good motto for what everyone else who isn't you guys want you to do, which is shut up and deal with each other. We do.

So, here's the thing:

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.

Unfortunatly that doesn't always apply in this place otherwise some people would be completely silent

The usual one is " if you can't think of a smart answer use an insult"

anyway for me personally the saying is "I refuse to have a battle of wits with anyone who is unarmed"

Yes, but that's where the new thing comes in.

"If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all"

This is the only place were we can chuck insults at other people without fear of being yelled at by HPB, this place is specifically for OOC arguments and insult chucking so I don't think holding hands and singing Kum By Ah is the thing here

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Thank you

Yeah, so, erm, get stuffed Cat...

Jesus my head hurts. Must think of better insult.

Right, coffee drunk, headache under control, heckles up.

*Puts on Sub-Ed hat*

There are NO mistakes on the Jedi Academy Hub page. The only thing that could be construed as a mistake is the use of the word 'Farce' as opposed to 'Force'. This is deliberate as this is (or used to be) a laugh. A piss-take as it were. Nobody would get into long drawn out arguments over what Dewbacks ate or what warlord meant because we didn't take it seriously.

Now, seeing as the one thing I hate is a hypocrite, I decided to Sub-Edit your Personal Space. Let's see what we found shall we?

Section - About this researcher.

"I told you i was ill" - should be a capital 'I'.
"Hope hospital - manchester." - Capital 'H', capital 'M'.
"I haven't worked in nearly a year and i'm proud of it.1 But i am a student " - Capital 'I' in I'm, and another lower case 'i' used where it shouldn't be.
"well most of my spare times spent bein a student at pendleton college" - Capital 'W' to start a sentence. 'Times' is a plural, you want the abbreviation of time is, which would be 'time's'. Being is spelt wrong, and Pendleton College needs capital letters.
"When i'm not on college" - Yet another capital 'I' needed, and surely you mean 'in' not 'on'??
"that i can drink," "irish blood" - I'd get your keyboard fixed. It doesn't seem to be able to handle capital making the letter 'I' a capital.
"You name it i got it." - Should be 'You name it, I've got it." or if it's a quote from somewhere that I needs a capital letter!
"guide entery" - Entry. If that word keeps giving you trouble, which I assume it does because I've never noticed you spell it correctly, simple switch to Brunel and you'll see it in the task bar (I don't know where it is on the other skins)!
"Well im a huge fan of the lord of the rings trilogy, but apart from that theres no way i can list all the great films ive seen." - I'm, The Lord Of The Rings, I, I've.
"now im about to get cracking on the lord of the rings" - I'm, The Lord Of The Rings.
"im studying" - I'm
"English language, and Literature." - English Language and Literature. And are you taking the Michael there?
"(plus one reply of 'sorry we dont do that course no more')" - Sorry, we don't do that course any more.
"one i see" - I. When in doubt and you're pressing the 'I' key either on its own or followed by an apostrophe, just hold shift.
"salford council" - Salford Council (technically Salford City Council's Local Education Administration, but I digress).
"time i could," "i quit" - Capital I. If your shift key isn't working then turn Caps Lock on, press the 'I' key and then turn Caps Lock off.
"Star Trek the next generation" - Star Trek: The Next Generation

Section - Journals (only ones currently visible)

"reveiwed" - Reviewed. I before E, except after C!
"child hood" - Childhood.
"love conan" - Capital C for Conan.
"Hes great. " - He's great. The apostrophe makes it the posessive as opposed to the plural as greatness is a quality you claim he has.
"i could be a charecter" - /I/ could be a character.
"soulds" - Souls.
"Robet E Howard" - Robert E. Howard.
"argueably" - Arguably.
"i stubbled across a snipit" - /I/ stumbled across a snippet.
"awhile" - A while.
"of matrix fame" - Capital M for Matrix.
"im" - I think you get the point about the capital letters and apostrophes by now. Or at least I hope you do.
"i can" - See above. Repeatedly.
"id" - What's so difficult? Huh? 'I' is the EASIEST word to spell in the language, all you have to do then is add the suffix ('d, 'm, 've) if needed. You can't even get the simple bit right! I'm going to stop pointing these out now, but there are at least 5 more in your next Journal entry!
"widescreen tele" - Either use television or the colloquial 'telly'. Don't make a bastardised hybrid.
"deep blue color" - That's colour unless you're an American. In which case may I ask you why you voted for a monkey?
"message person type" - Would that be 'massage-type person,' or 'masseuse' that you are referring to, or simply your postman?
"minitures" - Miniatures.
"theres" - There's.
"there" - You mean 'their'. This seems to give you trouble, so here's a guide. 'There' is indicating a position, ie 'over there'. 'Their' is a possessive, for example 'that's their house'. 'They're' is they are, for example 'they're taking the Michael'.
"enteries is truely stunning." - 'Entries is truly stunning.'

I can't be mithered doing the other three Journal entries, generally because the sheer level of spelling, grammar and punctuation mistakes made by an English Language student has prompted me to write a letter to the government about the standard of education at Pendleton College.

So what have you learnt today? People in glass houses shouldn't throw bricks. Everyone makes the odd typo, some people have dyslexia or other difficulties, but if you manage to have 15+ mistakes in your own personal introduction, you shouldn't be telling other people to check their own entries for mistakes.

(And Reef, that was a putdown without having to resort to swearing once. Bet you're proud of me! )

I am very proud of you Psyc and I join you in saying Get Stuffed Cat this is the only place Psyc and I can insult eachother without feeling guilty about upsetting anyone else as for pedantic grammer watching I admit my spelling and punctuation is not great the last thing I need is to be made to feel like I'm back at school again, that and the fact my keyboard's knackered, also be aware of people who do have genuine problems, My BF Excelsior has real problems with his spelling,I help him as much as I can, I did write his PS for him but he'll never survive someting like Peer Review those people and be really nasty I know I've been on the recieving end of it

I'm not pedantic unless I'm in a mood or I'm prompted. Sometimes I have to read Anthea's posts 5 or 6 times to work out what she means (usually at 3am on a Saturday morning though, every other time 2 reads suffice) but I don't ever correct her unless I'm winding her up. That's because she doesn't try and correct other people.

*waits for AD's response*

I'll give you people a few odds if you like:
evens on *sigh, rolls eyes*
3-1 on 'i dont care'
1000-1 on 'Oops, it appears that I am actually wrong. Sorry for being such a hypocrite HPB, and thankyou Psyc. I shall correct my PS right away.'

I never said it had to be this thread. If you really want to complain / b*tch / bag the sh*t out of each THAT MUCH, go ahead. Just do it here, cause when you all do it everywhere else, it's REALLY annoying and incrediably pointless.

And, hey, have you ever heard of dealing with everyone else? Not trying to insult them at every opportunity? Accepting that you and them don't get on, you're all always right, everything you say is right and everything they say is wrong, and moving on?

I dunno, just a few suggestions.

Bloody hell Psyc do you realise a few posts ago we actually argeed on something

Woohoo

for Psyc and for me

Bah you call your self an english language student! For shame!

As you will know having looked at etymology in your two years that the english language is an evolving language. This is like all languages and cannot be stopped (the germans and french are trying, but the germans have given up. There were laws introduced). One aspect of this is mispellings. A mispelling here and there can cause mass changes to the english language.

As you will also know only standard english has set grammar rules. If i choose non standard english then i can pick and choose what i wish. Whether others understand it or not. Such is the glory of our language.

Theres mistakes across the academy pages, and i have pointed these out before. If there ignored there ignored i just thought that as the game is used by many people that tony would choose standard english as it is the most commonly understood.

What were the odds on this response Psyc

I thought it was a pretty high chance.

Hiya Cat How are you doing? been a while since we've spoke.

You're on! I'm sposed to be training you in the magician's guild! Get you *ss over there!

Before you try and (incorrectly) quote your syllabus, I need to point out something.

More than one person making a series of mistakes is a dialect.
One illiterate fool trying to claim his illiteracy is a dialect is a dickhead. Hence there being marks for spelling punctuation and grammar on the exam. Had you been intelligent enough to turn up for your A-Levels, you'd know that.

now now,
Isn't that just a little bellow the belt?
amazingly I studied english for sixth form studies.
The basic english equivelent of an A level and suprisingly I was told that technical inacuracies dident mater as much at that leval. It was more to do with the quality of what was written. However since this seems to be some sort of heckeling match and contains no value what so ever i think you should both loose marks for your english and stop complaining about it both of you.

"Before you try and (incorrectly) quote your syllabus"
"One illiterate fool trying to claim his illiteracy is a dialect is a d*ckhead."
Have you worked out the difference between illiterative and illiterate yet, something covered in the first term or AS levels? When you know the difference, use illiterate all you want sunshine. Just because it isnt on dictionary.com doesnt mean it doesnt exist.
And watch the language its getting irritating.

"Hence there being marks for spelling punctuation and grammar on the exam."
Yes, i seem to remember the total marks for spelling being 5% for each paper. I cant spell, basic fact. As for grammar im fully aware of it; it was part of my frame work for the analysis. But hey, i care?
As you will know from language change spelling has evolved, is evolving, and always will evolved. TXT/net speak for instance is widely understood, yet is miles away from standard english (including the wonderful icons for emotions e.g. ).
Im sure you can remember the mispelling that formed Rimmers parents religion in Red Dwarf...

Now go away before i taunt you a second time

Ok god "Return of the Quotes"

Run Away, Run Away!!!!!!!!!!

Surely to taunt me a second time, you'd have to taunt me a first! If smileys are now part of the English language, then I'll submit to your argument, but suggest you lay off the Acid. It does bad things to you.

Now has anyone else noticed that without Norway involved, the picture of Scandinavia on a 1 Euro coin looks quite a lot like a dong?