All in good fun... but seriously FYI

[Luxiepoo]

I am not saying that I am perfect far from. And I also understand a bit of language barriers as this is a global game.

But just as an FYI:

SPELL CHECK AND GRAMMAR will be your best friends here. It will give everyone a better and clearer understanding of what you mean or on talking about.

This is NOT toward any one specific person. Just a general aspect.

The " I 2 can haz cheezeburger" doesn't apply here...

Have fun.

"Smile it confuses people and makes your butt tingle"

[Luxiepoo]

We are making error without knowing it. so unless someone corrected us, we will never know.
and you don't know how someone will feel about getting corrected in a forum

I used to HATE people correcting me... still kinda do. But if you ask me to clarify or say "hey do you really mean this".... I won't get upset. I misspell and have horrible grammar. And a lot of the time I am typing to fast and won't catch it till way later. Its human error. And not one person is perfect.

[ArnaudBo]

It wasn't meant as a negative or making fun of them. It was a hey you know it would make it a little bit easier if we all paid attention to the spelling and grammar that we put here. To be able to get help easier and all that. And even google translate won't provide 'perfect english'. It was meant as a we can all help each other better, if we can all understand each other. Despite language barriers, cultures, etc...

We are making error without knowing it. so unless someone corrected us, we will never know.
and you don't know how someone will feel about getting corrected in a forum

[DevilGrave]

I can haz cake?!

I do make allowances for people's bad English and grammar, after all, we can't all be English... but "any wont 80 boos", "atool boos" can be really annoying after a while!

Dont you Know.....THE CAKE IS A LIE

[Luxiepoo]

It's true that some posts are (a lot) harder to understand than others. We try to get what they're saying, either with the help of my trusted friend Google Translate, or sometimes a fellow forumer will have a good light-bulb moment on what someone might mean. Sometimes we even simply speak the post out loud as quite some people will write phonetically when English difficult/new/unknown to them.
I'll appreciate anyone's effort to try to speak a language that's not their own. Even if it is still quite difficult to understand. If I really can't read it, we can always ask them to write in their own language and then turn to google.
People can have many reasons for not being very good at English, none of which we should hold against them. And in the end, like Arnaud said: they simply want help.

It pains me that some new posters feel the need to apologize for their (often more than acceptable) English in their posts, and it makes me wonder how many people refrain from posting because they feel intimidated by, well, basically threads like these, or people making fun of their English, or, or...

So lets just embrace our cultural differences, maybe?

It wasn't meant as a negative or making fun of them. It was a hey you know it would make it a little bit easier if we all paid attention to the spelling and grammar that we put here. To be able to get help easier and all that. And even google translate won't provide 'perfect english'. It was meant as a we can all help each other better, if we can all understand each other. Despite language barriers, cultures, etc...

[EsmeWeatherwax]

It wasn't meant as a negative thing I know that there are language barriers... But with that spelling and Grammar have a lot to do with the clear understanding. At least on the forums... Ultimately just try the best you can. I am from the USA and I BUTCHER my grammar and spelling all the time... I have to have others read my papers before I turn them in. And I am in college.

but on forum, you ask a lot for many people who just try to get some help

It's true that some posts are (a lot) harder to understand than others. We try to get what they're saying, either with the help of my trusted friend Google Translate, or sometimes a fellow forumer will have a good light-bulb moment on what someone might mean. Sometimes we even simply speak the post out loud as quite some people will write phonetically when English difficult/new/unknown to them.
I'll appreciate anyone's effort to try to speak a language that's not their own. Even if it is still quite difficult to understand. If I really can't read it, we can always ask them to write in their own language and then turn to google.
People can have many reasons for not being very good at English, none of which we should hold against them. And in the end, like Arnaud said: they simply want help.

It pains me that some new posters feel the need to apologize for their (often more than acceptable) English in their posts, and it makes me wonder how many people refrain from posting because they feel intimidated by, well, basically threads like these, or people making fun of their English, or, or...

So lets just embrace our cultural differences, maybe?

[Luxiepoo]

for server, why not, as some are USA (and most of the player SHOULD be able to write correct English), but on forum, you ask a lot for many people who just try to get some help

Its not asking A LOT... its just to be mindful. Sometimes its the one that has broken english that further misspells and incorrect grammar that makes it harder for even the best of us to understand. This is not meant as a negative post. I myself as someone from the USA and english FIRST language butcher it all the time with misspelling. I know its not easy. It more of a hey ya know this could help. The more EVERYONE understands, the better we can all help eachother.

[ArnaudBo]

for server, why not, as some are USA (and most of the player SHOULD be able to write correct English), but on forum, you ask a lot for many people who just try to get some help

[Luxiepoo]

I can haz cake?!

I do make allowances for people's bad English and grammar, after all, we can't all be English... but "any wont 80 boos", "atool boos" can be really annoying after a while!

LOL finally someone gets the point of this... While a lot of it is forgivable you would think that after (specially on a US Server) that they would pick up on it after a while. I am not going for PERFECT. After all I make plenty of mistakes. Hell even in my original start post i made an error and left it and admitted it. But especially here on the forums... paying more attention to grammar and spelling can go a long way. There are a couple I have to read comments and responses to get the jist of what is being said.

I haz cookiez! You sharez your milk wif me pweez?!

[Deeelinquent]

I can haz cake?!

I do make allowances for people's bad English and grammar, after all, we can't all be English... but "any wont 80 boos", "atool boos" can be really annoying after a while!

[icesz]

does it really matter if its broken or not? as long as u understand it.................

[laba-laba]

A broken english is better than a broken non-english, have you seen them?
It's bad enough the game doesn't have google translate or even copy paste.
I rather have bad english than watching 10 languages with 500 different variations.

[Luxiepoo]

This is how it started and just exploded... I can haz cheezeburger....

http://mentalfloss.com/article/16205...as-cheezburger

[DarkMeph]

that would perhaps apply to English language countries.
But in case of European server (and perhaps Oceanic), a lot of players (in mine, Romanian seems to most common) try their best to write what they think is correct English (or hope )
what make me laugh is the players i have the most trouble to understand are English native player who use some variation (there is a Welsh in our guild, nice guy, but so hard to understand sometimes XD)

Yeah we have a lot Romanian players too some are better than other in at English. One of my friends in game English is really good it easy to forget that it is his second language and only the odd words is used on the wrong context he would say I am taking a break but break would be brake. I had a few people try speaking to me in French and Germain which I do not speak at all that can be awkward.

DarkMeph

[Luxiepoo]

It reads as "I too can have cheeseburger" for me..

It's a joke... from an internet thing featuring a fat cat...