I have not cast my eyes towards Simslice since TS2 came out and they went pay, so, no, "all" eyes are definitely not on Steve & company at this point.

If the people on the other end of the communication online are actually affected (moodlet-wise) by what the 12s do on the computer, rather than serving as random townsperson names EA just spams up there but didn't bother to code any real gameplay-relevant link to, the moodlets spawned should all be negative. If relationships can be affected, it is possible moodlets are / could be affected also. A 12's use of the computer should decrease relationship points and increase negative moodlets among all Sims who cross online paths with said 12, and have to endure 12ly blather on the forums.

What jolrei said: this is MATY, we are often bemoaning the fact that children are posting on our forums. If there is a HIGH chance of DEATH TO 12s!, it might not be a bad idea.

I don't know this word, "hiper." Perhaps you meant "hyperactive"?

WOAH I'M TRIPPIN' BALLS DUDE

It DOES vibrate a wee bit, doesn't it?

You'll need to waggle your headpeen at the people who corrected Midwing, rufio. I haven't said anything about his / her / its posts.

Again, since you are being thick, there is a difference between an error made due to ignorance, and an error made due to a typographical error, slip of the tongue, or botched edit. It is usually evident which type of error it is. If you find that you're unsure, the next few posts from the same writer generally serve to clarify whether it is stupidity or an atypical blunder.

ETR: A very unkind comment that served no useful purpose and would serve to distract further.

When it is clear from your output that you have mastered the basic rules and guidelines, you can occasionally deviate for stylistic effect.

A single instance that underscores failure to grasp the basic rules, however, means that your "stylistic" choice to use a fragment (or whatever non-standard deviations you indulge in) will be seen as ignorance of the rules, and not a stylistic flourish.

Example: Grammar Police occasionally insert Catois or Internet memes into posts on MATY. Grammar Police have demonstrated a grasp of the rules and guidelines of grammar. Only the most dense observer assumes that the Grammar Police could not, if they so chose, rephrase the concepts and communication demonstrated by their post contents into sentences appropriate for the most eggheady applications.

Also, the art analogy again holds true: once you know the basic rules and how to properly use the materials traditionally associated with the genre of art you wish to master, you can experiment with both the basic building block rules and substitute different materials or use materials in a new way. You have to learn your basic colour wheel before you start discussing colour theory and the traditionally accepted symbolism associated with certain colour choices and combinations before announcing that your personally-developed non-standard symbolism is completely different but just as easy to "read".

To dumb it down even more, since this seems to be hard to grasp: you must learn to WALK before you RUN.

No. She said that the mechanics and rules are different from style. She even used a decent analogy.

Also: Morrissey sekrits.

Did you dump all four cache files first?

Your fireplaces are too cheap. Upgrade, and they hardly ever catch fire.

I missed the link to that one. Is it somewhere here on MATY?

"Virii" (like "penii") is correct when using The Rule Of Funny.

At any rate, if you have more than one virus, you have bigger problems than worrying about what the correct plural form of the word would be, IMHO. For one, if infected, you probably stupidly wandered over to TSR after being fully warned in advance, and probably need a minder and a HELMUT with a chinstrap.

Completely unsurprising news.


It means TSR is infecting your boxxen with unnecessary and potentially damaging crap, either deliberately or due to incompetence.


No, but most people who have been paying attention for the last few years are almost tapped out of outrage at this point. Saying "TSR sucks nards" is self-evident and stating the obvious, much like saying "Sky is usually blue during the daytime."

Well, some trolls apparently harbour strange grievances towards the French and their supposedly idiotic refusal to speak the Language Of Linguists, Anglish.

Or something. Sorry, I dozed off.

So, either way, you won.

Of course, you may have just adopted a dog.

(PRESS ONE FOR ENGLISH, PRESS 2 FOR PIKEY, PRESSOS TRES PARA GRINGOBOT HABLAR DEE ESPANOLOS.
*boop*
Wotcher. Jwerna duhg? Snahz duhg. Dun baht...mooch.)

My problem isn't so much accents as mumblers.

I have no difficulties understanding Eddie Izzard, even in French. (It helps that his French is pretty simple, and that I have heard his routines in English first.)

Trainspotting was pretty easy, becuase I'd read the book and gotten the accent "in my head" beforehand (though, yes, Spud and Begbie were the most difficult accents; Spud kind of speaks his own language, likesay, catboy).

I even understood about 90% of the Brad Pitt (invented, I assume) "pikey" accent in Snatch. Jwerna duhg? Snahz duhg! Dun baht. Gudduhg. Tekdeh duhg.

For more incomprehensibility from another land, I understood the disturbed black woman ("Soulja Girl") ranting on the MARTA train (as shown on YT). I didn't know what a "Young Jeezy" was, but that's just a cultural issue.

But mumblers are my bane. The range of my hearing, high and low, is great, but I have slight middle ear deafness ("crowd deafness") that turns mumbles to mush, especially if there is background noise. Films that play background music or noises at nearly the same freq. as the people speaking...ooh, I hate that. I suspect that adjusting to it, and having a mostly deaf grandfather and totally deaf friend, has made me better at articulating clearly (when I must, I can mumble sometimes, too) as well as at understanding accents slightly easier.

No, seriously, I recognized the bunny avatar and was stumped beyond that. No malice intended.

Who are you, again?

ATL has a number of these "traps" for the unwary, notably "Ponce de Leon" street. Say a form approximating "pawhnz del ee OHN" and you're wrong. It's "pahnce DEE LEE on". "LaVista" is not "luh VIST-uh" it is "LAH VEE-stur."

Add to that the conflict between the educated and uneducated in ATL, and you get natives saying something wrong due to ignorance or accent, and other natives eye-rolling. It's not "SMEAR-neh" it is "SMUR-nah." It's not "Kenner-SAW" it's "KEN-eh-saw." And, "MAY-retta" is REALLY wrong, it is "MAHR-ee-et-uh." You can tell, after hearing a paragraph spoken out loud, approximately where in the area the speaker lives, their annual income, their degree of interest in pro sports and beer, likelihood of the speaker having unfortunate hair, and take a good stab at guessing their actual neck color. The "dropped -LY suffix" is yet another excellent indicator. You can also tell a lot from whether the speaker clearly enunciates "you all" and "all of you"--it is rare to see anyone in ATL who hasn't given up and adopted some form of "y'all"--or if the speaker chooses to use "yawl" and "allyawl." Other tell-tale words that are more "mountain folk" than true Southern, but have been adopted widely, sometimes knowingly, sometimes not: "critter," "Bubba," "varmint" and "idjit" for creature, brother, vermin and idiot.

New Orleans has a number of these verbal traps for the non-native, and not all are due to French language pronunciations slipping in, but I'll let a Louisiana native discuss that.

You can also become a laughingstock in England if you don't figure out there are language traps like "Cholmondeley," "Leicester" and "St. John" which sound roughly like "Chumley," "Lester" and "S'n j'n." Again, will let a Brit discuss that. I'm sure s/he'd have a lot of cringe-worthy errors to report.

The winner has to be Bexar County in Texas. It's not "BECKS ar". It's "bear." IIRC, the X comes from an old cattle brand design. At any rate, it's silent. If you don't live there or happen to know, you get outed as being "not from around these parts" instantly.

Big Cat doesn't know whether to be nervous or relieved at this.

Well played, madam. Well played.

  

The "GodDaddy" and stooge were delightfully chavtastic.  Well done, witch.

I don't know. It doesn't quite have the charm of "watermelon in your head" or "X is offensive to Wiccans."