General Forums Etiquette

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Nanor

Nanor

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When using the THN forums and posting up your ideas on whatever, it is important to follow a few simple rules:

Use proper spelling, punctuation and grammer!

For example: 'so i ws at dis party 1 nite nd i saw dis crazy foo eatin fire' is a No!
What you should type is: 'I was at this party one night and I saw a crazy fool eating fire!'

Do not insult other members!

Common sense really, but I just thought I would reiterate it. Making fun of anyones beliefs, religion, culture, race, colour etc. will not be tolerated. Treat others as you would expect to be treated yourself. We are all equals here.

Spam

It's a plague! If you have nothing useful to post up, please don't post up anything at all.

Reviving dead threads

Going to the very first page of a forum, and posting something is going to bring you bad reputation. However, if you post something useful, then by all means post it up.



More rules later. Feel free to add
 
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Fi$hy

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Nanor said:
What you should type is: 'I was at this party one night and I saw a crazy fool eating fire!'
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The Is operator is unneeded :p

Oh I do love to be a smart arse, if only there was a magical clause in the "terms of use" contract :p
 
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Gopha

In Cryo Sleep
Nanor said:
When using the THN forums and posting up your ideas on whatever, it is important to follow a few simple rules:

Use proper spelling, punctuation and grammer!

For example: 'so i ws at dis party 1 nite nd i saw dis crazy foo eatin fire' is a No!
What you should type is: 'I was at this party one night and I saw a crazy fool eating fire!'

Do not insult other members!

Common sense really, but I just thought I would reiterate it. Making fun of anyones beliefs, religion, culture, race, colour etc. will not be tolerated. Treat others as you would expect to be treated yourself. We are all equals here.

Spam

It's a plague! If you have nothing useful to post up, please don't post up anything at all.

Reviving dead threads

Going to the very first page of a forum, and posting something is going to bring you bad reputation. However, if you post something useful, then by all means post it up.
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Yes mum :D

But yes I agree in all respects, I believe my punctuation has inproved by far since march. And I'm proud of it

nanor said:
Common sense really, but I just thought I would reiterate it. Making fun of anyones beliefs, religion, culture, race, colour etc. will not be tolerated. Treat others as you would expect to be treated yourself. We are all equals here.
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No more taking the mick outof the scots then :(
 
Wraith

Wraith

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Gopha said:
Yes mum :D

But yes I agree in all respects, I believe my punctuation has inproved by far since march. And I'm proud of it
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Capital "M" for Mum and March, don't start sentences with "But" or "And", and you missed the full stop from the last sentence. ;)

You have improved a lot though.

Wraith
 
Nanor

Nanor

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Gopha said:
No more taking the mick outof the scots then :(
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Some friendly messing about is alright, but being serious and causing the recipient some grief, then you are causing harm and it is seriously advised you stop.
 
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Gopha

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Nanor said:
Some friendly messing about is alright, but being serious and causing the recipient some grief, then you are causing harm and it is seriously advised you stop.
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Ahhh I dont think they mind, If I do cause concern or offend anyone please tell me, Im not that horrible! Theres always been a North-South devide, dont know why though.
 
Haven

Haven

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Southern pansies :)

*waits patiently for lots of negative rep*

Everyone likes to feel part of something; i.e. to feel like they belong. And since we are so far away from events in London and hence not really feeling a part of things us Northerners simply found other ways to belog. Whether that be at a local, county or "Northern" level.

Its possible that with time and modern media the North/South divide will shorten and dissapear entirely. But I suspect it will take a couple of generations.

Having spoken to Docbot about such things we're certainly not the only country that has a North/South split.
 
T-Bone

T-Bone

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haven said:
Southern pansies :)
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Even though I'm not from the South I feel the need to call you a 'Great, Northern Bastard' for that comment, as is the default retort for such a statement. :D
 
Carth

Carth

In Cryo Sleep
Wraith said:
Capital "M" for Mum and March, don't start sentences with "But" or "And"
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Mum doesn't need a capital, and it's perfectly acceptable to start sentences with "but" or "and" in prose. :)
 
Wraith

Wraith

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T-Bone said:
I think you'll find it doesn't actually, it's not a pro-noun.
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I think it depends on the context

"His mum has fallen ill" should be lower case "m", as it is, like you say, not a pro-noun.

However when you are talking to someone and refer to them as Mum, you are substituting that title for their name, and it becomes a pro-noun. Therefore, when Gopha responded to Nanor's post with "yes mum", the word Mum, was a pro-noun and should have been capitalised.

It works the same with other wordsthat can be used as a title e.g. doctor
"Let me through I'm a doctor"
compared to
"I went to visit Doctor Docbot today"

Wraith
 
Ronin Storm

Ronin Storm

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I would have said not, but I'm not wholly clear on the matter. I believe the comparison is:

My mum is a doctor.

Mum is a doctor.

"My mum" is about role, not name.

"Mum" is her name, to you.

Anyone care to comment?
 
DocBot

DocBot

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The rule is "Names of relationships only when they are a part of or a substitute for a person's name.". So yes, usually there would be a pronoun there before the "mum" if it shouldn't be capitalized.
 
Haven

Haven

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Dont make us build another line of castles around you by speaking that rubbish ! :)
 
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