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Its not hard people.

Fighting the good fight I see. You know you're a hopeless romantic if you think this battle can be won, right?

Not that I blame anyone for trying. 5 stars for you sir.

du·al adj.

1. Composed of two usually like or complementary parts; double: dual controls for pilot and copilot; a car with dual exhaust pipes.
2. Having a double character or purpose: a belief in the dual nature of reality.
3. Grammar. Of, relating to, or being a number category that indicates two persons or things, as in Greek, Sanskrit, and Old English.

n. Grammar

1. The dual number.
2. An inflected form of a noun, adjective, pronoun, or verb used with two items or people.





du·el n.

1. A prearranged, formal combat between two persons, usually fought to settle a point of honor.
2. A struggle for domination between two contending persons, groups, or ideas.


v. du·eled, or du·elled du·el·ing, or du·el·ling du·els or du·els
v. tr.

1. To engage (another) in or as if in formal combat.
2. To oppose actively and forcefully.



It bugs the hell out of me too. (Source, www.dictionary.com)

OWNED

another one that bugs me:

your, you're

Haha, yeah it's not hard but when you ain't concentrating and they haven't given you an edit button Then ya can make mistakes. I am sorry for my post titled with "Duel" or was that "Dual" for the love of god what trouble can one vowel do?

lol we should just call them dul pistols from now on

Dul pistols? Yeah... I'd call some of them pretty dull. ^_^

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WinterRoseASFR wrote:
Dul pistols? Yeah... I'd call some of them pretty dull. ^_^

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i was trying to stay away from that joke so they don't get jinxed into being dull

Well... as a matter of semantics, a lot of PvP'ers use pistols to duel. So I guess you could call someone wielding two for that purpose someone with Duel pistols. Though that would be Dual Duel Pistols wouldn't it?

Spelling Nazi... Okay. Sure. I'm a fascist because it's a pretty standard joke in and OUT of america that a horrific number of us don't read or spell properly. I should simply sit and watch as people in a literary forum give the rest of the world something else to point a finger at and say "Stupid freakin american.", as opposed to say... Helping out and offering a small correction.

I've noticed two types of reaction to it. The sort that say: "I was spelling that wrong? Man.. thanks a bunch." and the ones that are instantly upset and sensitive about it, yet obstinately and even defiantly persist in spelling it the incorrect way they've always spelled it. I've never got the logic in that. If you were a doctor and someone pointed out that the procedure you were performing was incorrect, and could harm the patient, would you continue doing it that way cos that's how you'd always done it in the past?

I had a pal once that did the Your/You're switch, as well as one other one. He spelled idiot, 'Itiot', and argued against all sense that it was the correct spelling. And I knew he didn't want to seem stupid. If anything he seemed to want to pursue a writing career. But I was constantly rebuffed when I tried to help him. I could never figure it out. Perhaps I'm over-analytical and fussy. Maybe I'm playing to my own strengths. While I was gods-awful at algebra and the like (MAN did I suck), I kicked butt when it came to english and grammar.

So am I a fascist? Quite the opposite I hope. Am I obsessively gifted and boorishly intelligent? Not for me to say really. I can't be THAT smart. How could I be? I still can't figure out why people will tell you to go screw yourself for offering a little help. Ahh well. Who am I kidding. No one cares. I know I'm not smart. I just let myself get irked by a flame-baiter. Was he worth the time I spent typing this? Likely not. Those were precious seconds of my life I'll never get back again. Feh!

"Well, you're proving my point, that's the problem. The whole point is about mediocrity, but as I stand here I realize, fnnk, that some of you aren't gonna get it. Moooooo-BAAaaaaaaa..."
-Bill Hicks

I like that he was making fun because you are literate. It reminds me of Farenheit 451