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Poll: MacRumours or MacRumors?
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I really get tired of British people trying to push their spelling style on Americans. It really doesn't matter either way, but this is a site published in America, so why should they spell it your way?
I am not British and I am not American, I am an foreigner who learned British English but do not have the "British" accent with it.
What a half-witted thread. The site is US-based, started by someone living in the USA, and, as such, spelled correctly. Its name is absolutely nothing to do with anyone except Arn.
"American English". In that example, "American" is a proper adjective, not a noun.
Too nebulous... By the same logic, people from Great British should just call their (British English) language "British." But then there are British people from Wales who speak Welsh.
As BOTH British English and American English are really just big pots of linguistic stew I cannot really see what the fuss is all about.
I don't care either way, but being American based, @arn chose the spelling and its registered that way, so its a non-issue from that perspective.
As most computer users are not very good at spelling anyway . . .
Poor, poor thread, asleep for 15 years and forced to rise from its slumber. If @maflynn hadn't replied I doubt anyone in this thread has posted in years!
Can't we lock threads after a certain amount of time? I doubt that most info in a 15 year old thread is useful, especially on a tech forum. Old threads can be linked if they have some shred of useful goodness.
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I did look before I typed
My reply was to @richmond62 's post #82 and I thought pretty clear that I was remarking about posts 1-81 and that many of those authors had not been seen or heard from in years, maybe not all but most. Perhaps I needed to spell it out further? 🤷♂️
Also, I know there are no rules against being a necromancer but just because one can do something doesn't always mean they should. Personally I would like to see MR lock threads after X time of inactivity or if a new thread is opened for a new year... example: post pics of your car 2021, post pics of your car 2022, etc. All too often people reply in the years old thread instead of the new or current one.
So basically you're saying that even though another member resurrected an old thread, I offered my opinion on the topic hours later, you're blaming me - gotchaI did look before I typed
That's up to the admins, instead of hijacking this thread, might I recommend you stay on topic, or start a thread asking for a rule change.
So basically you're saying that even though another member resurrected an old thread, I offered my opinion on the topic hours later, you're blaming me - gotcha
That's up to the admins, instead of hijacking this thread, might I recommend you stay on topic, or start a thread asking for a rule change.
I am in no way "blaming" you for anything!
I thought I was rather clear, but perhaps not, I was directly addressing @richmond62 in my post and simply referenced you as the only "active" person in the thread. It was a snarky reply to that person, nothing more.
I don't know how much clearer I could be, a member necro'd a 15 year old thread, I commented that outside of your reply almost no one else in posts 1-81 have been seen in years.
Again, no issues with you, sorry you took it that way.
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Aha: so this thread has been bloody silly twice: the second time because of my posting.
Shamelessly 'unsorry'. Kisses to everyone.
Shamelessly 'unsorry'. Kisses to everyone.
People typing out URLs - how quaint!
I wonder how the OP found this site in the first place. Ask Jeeves?
I wonder how the OP found this site in the first place. Ask Jeeves?
Hmmm.
Is that all that matters?
Or, does the fact that much of your online audience (members) are not from the Americas matter at all?
OP deactivated their account over 14 years ago. They will never see this amusing revival.
Though, I think that all that needs to be said can be summed up with this:
Though, I think that all that needs to be said can be summed up with this:
Yes, the site is American, the company it covers is American. That is all that matters.
No, this doesn't matter at all. Rumours is spelled with a u where I live and I hope I speak for everyone outside of the Americas when I say that we're smart enough to realise that not everyone has to spell words exactly like we do. I don't expect American people to speak in a different accent for me, nor do I expect them to spell words differently for me. This is the most ridiculous thread on this site.
"This is the most ridiculous thread on this site."
Of course it is: and that is why it is so much fun.
Of course it is: and that is why it is so much fun.
I think there's many other threads that will give this a run for its money on being ridiculous
Here's a few that I found in the wasteland
Smartphones cause mutation
Apple sycophants
The Human