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ballin4life
Smash Hero
as long as you're ok with me pronouncing your name as "see-ah-zuh"
Morin0
Smash Lord
Is "Isai" really that hard to figure out how to pronounce? Maybe if Isai had an h that would make it easier? I once heard someone pronounce Isai "ay-sai" and thought it was hilarious. In Spanish, it would be pronounced "i-sa-i" with the I's sounding like the letter E.
TANK64
Smash Lord
BASICALLY what I was getting at lol.
BTW. Anyone seen John Carter?
Also, I had a crazy dream about smash last night xD
Sounds dirty.
Sangoku
Smash Master
kys
Smash Ace
Now that we're being more civil let me explain more clearly. Some dude, about 100 years ago, came up with the name oreo to describe the sandwich cookies that we all love. It's possible, I'll grant, that he got it from the modern usage of your Greek word. It's also possible, if you read, that it comes from the French word "or" meaning gold (I don't know anything about French; I had to google that), or the Greek word for mountain, "oros". The problem is that none of these are an exact match. We don't know the guy who came up with the name; we therefore cannot assume high context. Because it's also possible that it's a just a name he came up with, and it just happens to have pronunciation similarities to the aforementioned words.
In language, when we're trying to find the origin of a unique word (and Oreo definitely applies), you start with ancient texts, going back as far as possible. What one would want to look for is texts that talk of a banquet, or a feast or any kind of a meal, and find words that describe something along the lines of a dessert, a delicacy, or maybe a type of milk...anything that could help someone connect an ancient Greek root with the English Oreo that we have today. Then you track that usage through history and if it follows along the path and evolves into what you want, you have sufficient proof.
Language study is fickle, imprecise, and highly debatable. Translating and transliterating are 2 different things. The former can be a huge pain in the neck. Translators don't get enough love. My point is that you can't point specifically to one POSSIBLE definition and say, "Yep, that's it." It's lazy.
+1 rep points to anyone who actually reads all this.
Sangoku
Smash Master
"Or" is indeed gold in French. Hearing or seeing oreo definitely doesn't make me think of gold though. I mean I would never have thought the word "or" was used there. Maybe because it's only a two-letter word and we find it in a lot of words already.
Sempiternity
Smash Lord
oh man i only watched the first part but that is just the
Sangoku
Smash Master
Well I guess it looked good back then ^^. I hope for them at least.
Sempiternity
Smash Lord
looooooool king funk's section is an entire minute of f-throw > u-air x n > up+b/dair
i'm glad you got better, kf
i'm glad you got better, kf
malva00
Smash Master
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSGV5B6s6t4&
3:17 never knew that (too lazy to attach the time, but i guess i wasn't too lazy to type this part of my post)
3:17 never knew that (too lazy to attach the time, but i guess i wasn't too lazy to type this part of my post)
SSBPete
Smash Lord
I found this... a little bit inspirator.
Sempiternity
Smash Lord
pika u-smash is so broken
wow i forgot about these, so old.
i still had no idea how to play this game at the time
but now i miss j.
Channighan
Smash Ace
Why is Gav so hated?
Basically the title, I just wanna know, because all I ever see Gav do is put his ".". And it seems he's been getting put-on blast a lot.
Basically the title, I just wanna know, because all I ever see Gav do is put his ".". And it seems he's been getting put-on blast a lot.
The Star King
Smash Hero
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ur a trash thread
TANK64
Smash Lord
^^lol pwnd.
Gav never showed at Squail's thing, so I have a reason
almost had street cred Gav... almost.
@Malva not telling how he says his name, >_____________>
Gav never showed at Squail's thing, so I have a reason
almost had street cred Gav... almost.
@Malva not telling how he says his name, >_____________>
th3kuzinator
Smash Master
don't capitalize the m in malva
gav is often pooped on because of his attitude toward losing against players he thinks hes better than
gav is often pooped on because of his attitude toward losing against players he thinks hes better than
Channighan
Smash Ace
He'll get over it.
The Star King
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>___> that's not Australia's at all I've been doing that since I was like 12
I would do it here all the time but 10 char limit
I would do it here all the time but 10 char limit
nuh
in the long long ago there was once a player named dark
and sometimes our great server kept ****ing up because it was run off a guy called desiree's home computer. this meant occasionally what you typed would not appear on the screen until you typed something else
so dark had a an amazing idea of typing '.' whenever the server lagged
hence the '.' was born. over time '.' evolved to be useful in other situations, like after a long and awkward post
true story
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in the long long ago there was once a player named dark
and sometimes our great server kept ****ing up because it was run off a guy called desiree's home computer. this meant occasionally what you typed would not appear on the screen until you typed something else
so dark had a an amazing idea of typing '.' whenever the server lagged
hence the '.' was born. over time '.' evolved to be useful in other situations, like after a long and awkward post
true story
.
asianaussie
Smash Hero
oh wow i forgot about that guy
its fine if star king invented it
because SK = me and im australian, so australia did it first obv
its fine if star king invented it
because SK = me and im australian, so australia did it first obv
The Star King
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Nope. "." is used in certain situations where "..." doesn't quite fit. They have a very different tone (I'm being serious). "." is much more abrupt and feels more dismissive and more of an immediate reaction, while "..." is more like "I took a long hard look at what you just said and I still have no idea what to say". Or something.
Well if the non-Australian side of us does it Australia doesn't get to take credit
asianaussie
Smash Hero
well, dark is indian
so i guess asia is probably a good compromise
so i guess asia is probably a good compromise
SSBPete
Smash Lord
dark was on the other day
dsc went nuts
dsc went nuts
The Star King
Smash Hero
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That doesn't explain Gav. Pretty sure he started doing that independently.
It's not a hard thing to start doing, you see.
Maybe Gav is secretly Asian and meets nobody IRL to keep his secret!
It's not a hard thing to start doing, you see.
Maybe Gav is secretly Asian and meets nobody IRL to keep his secret!
asianaussie
Smash Hero
at least dsc tried to play properly and improve
i swear jasper is like 12yo, and his facebook pic does nothing to contradict my assumption
i swear jasper is like 12yo, and his facebook pic does nothing to contradict my assumption
asianaussie
Smash Hero
not really, you can drink freely at 16 in germany
and if he's really that old i weep for the next generation of desiree's
and if he's really that old i weep for the next generation of desiree's
oh well
i'll try to get PANCAKE MASTER to come on more, he's gotten okish from watching james and i play all the time
also, there's this nintendo game called fire electric pen. made by the japanese. it's essentially the best game in existence.
i'll try to get PANCAKE MASTER to come on more, he's gotten okish from watching james and i play all the time
also, there's this nintendo game called fire electric pen. made by the japanese. it's essentially the best game in existence.
asianaussie
Smash Hero
better than ninja baseball batman (U)?
doubtful
doubtful
nothing is as good as ninja baseball batman
but when we move out, instead of flipping a coin to decide something, it will be determined through fire electric pen
or if not a falcon ditto, because that's basically 50/50
but when we move out, instead of flipping a coin to decide something, it will be determined through fire electric pen
or if not a falcon ditto, because that's basically 50/50
TANK64
Smash Lord
I just watched Real Steel in spanish xD
Great.
Great.