| How to spell "sabre" | |
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JavaGuy - Student  |
S.A.B.R.E. Damnit.  _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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_cmad_ - Ex-Student 
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k i looked it up in a dictionary and it said: sabre (British English) - saber (American English) that better now?  _______________ Your friends of today, are your enemies of tomorrow. |
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Iceman - away- - Student |
Or I can use the Swedish name ljussvärd. |
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Ashyr - Student 
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What's a sabre anyway? OH, YOU MEAN SABER! _______________ Top ten reasons to get a better computer...|My fan |
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
Would anyone mind if I skip saying 'saber' or 'sabre', and just go for 'lyssværd', its Danish name? |
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Halendor - Ex-Student 
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As everyone pointed out already in several threads about spelling, it's enough if you get the message across. Please stop these threads, close 'em and say something in the rules about it  |
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n00b - Student 
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Irregardless of how you spell saber, I realise that the theatre should not be the centre of learning. heh  _______________ Gone but hopefully not forgotten... This comment was edited by n00b on Mar 14 2004 10:21pm. |
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Ashyr - Student
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sabre, sabor, sayber, saibor, sbare, crap! I give up. _______________ Top ten reasons to get a better computer...|My fan |
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JamesF1 - Student 
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Quote: The replacement of the letter "S" with "Z" IS NOT American english. See if you can find gamez or cardz in an american dictionary... I bet you $1000 for that! I wonder if you ever took an english class....IN US!  He said "tend to". That doesn't mean ALL of them are done _______________ Website |
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Ancient - Ex-Student 
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Quote: bah this is a useless thread since americans tend to use 'z' intsead of 's'. What's the problem ? You all understand what it means so stop those useless threads. If you want people to write in british english, go ahead and ask for that rule to be added. Otherwise, be quiet about the way people spell. thanks for your understanding.  Odan-Wei The replacement of the letter "S" with "Z" IS NOT American english. See if you can find gamez or cardz in an american dictionary... I bet you $1000 for that! I wonder if you ever took an english class....IN US! _______________ -THE ONE WITH THE "STAFF" -BROTHER TO FROSTY -Admitted to University of California, San Diego(UCSD). YAY! This comment was edited by Ancient on Mar 14 2004 07:04pm. |
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JamesF1 - Student
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Only messing around dude - lighten up  _______________ Website |
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Odan-Wei Belouve - Student 
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bah this is a useless thread since americans tend to use 'z' intsead of 's'. What's the problem ? You all understand what it means so stop those useless threads. If you want people to write in british english, go ahead and ask for that rule to be added. Otherwise, be quiet about the way people spell. thanks for your understanding. Odan-Wei _______________ Padawan and brother to SmilyKrazy - Adopted in the Belouve Family by Fizz and Bubu, BELOUVE ON! - Vladarion, you'll always be in my heart and memories - Spam-Padawan of Jacen Aratan - [DJ is my beloved wife!  - JA Family: Brothers:
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Halendor - Ex-Student 
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Quote: You do REALISE that you're wrong don't you? Look here. |
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Eternal_Silence - Ex-Student 
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I'm Aussie - and Aussies are always right Its Sabre Its Realise Its Regardless Its Centre Its Theatre The above words are the English spelling, THEY INVENTED THE FLIPPIN' LANGUAGE SO THEIR SPELLING IS CORRECT! Anyone who writes irregardless deserves a punch in the face. And to all of you not from Australia. Platypuses exist - but they're not platypuses they're platypi (plural) And they DO have bills and flippers like a duck, they DO have fur, they DO spend most of their time underwater, they DO live in burrows, they DO have posionous claws, they DO lay eggs, they DO have a pouch to carry babies in and they AREN'T figments of our imaginations .... unlike those shifty koalas - YEA A BEAR THAT EATS LEAVES AND CLIMBS TREES ALL DAY - REALLY PPL. Nah they exist too .... really. Nevermind the bullocks. |
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JamesF1 - Student
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Quote: You do REALISE that you're wrong don't you? _______________ Website |
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Buzz - Student 
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Theater, Theatre Centre, Center It does happen _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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JavaGuy - Student 
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Buzz: Right on. But it took many, many years for "flammable" to be accepted as a real word...essentially until it was so ingrained that there was no longer any chance of correcting it. Nowadays it seems like someone mangles a word, and almost instantly the mangled form makes it into the dictionary. English teachers tried valiantly for years to explain "inflammable." Oh, and I did a little research: U.S. Army Field Manual 22-5, Drill and Ceremonies, spells it "saber." The Army has actually been spelling it like that since around 1900, it turns out. (Once the Army commits something to writing it takes an act of God to get them to change it.) Ask anyone in an American fencing club, however, and he'll tell you it's "sabre" and always has been. So okay, I'll buy that there is an "American spelling" of it, but you won't catch me using it. _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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Mookie - Ex-Student 
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James... it's "realize". I'm European, and even I know that. Check out: http://www.dictionary.com |
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JamesF1 - Student
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Quote: Prior to the proliferation of bad Star Wars fan fiction it was "sabre" in the United States. I realize it's an easy word to misspell. Alas, I just learned that at least one dictionary has bowed to popular (mis)use and now includes both, just as many dictionaries now include "irregardless" (what people say when they confuse "regardless" and "irrespective" .Language can and should change over time, but it really rubs me the wrong way when it changes simply because of ignorance. I realize that's probably how most changes come about. For me, "irregardless" will never be a word (if it were a word, it would mean precisely the opposite of "regardless," not be a synonym), and a sabre will always be a sabre. OMG, apart fromt he fact that you cannot spell 'realise' - that was 0wnag3! _______________ Website |
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Oh yes, the silly everyone-except-americans |
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Halendor - Ex-Student
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Is this a trend? First the Punctuation thread and now this! I think (Jedi)Obi-JK and Javaguy should teach grammar at the Science and Arts departments It's not easy to misspell sabre, it just makes more sense to spell it as saber, because that's the way you pronounce it. Silly Britishes. |
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Buzz - Student
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Javaguy: Flammable and Inflammable. Enough said right there _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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It's a word. It won't hurt you. |
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JavaGuy - Student 
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Prior to the proliferation of bad Star Wars fan fiction it was "sabre" in the United States. I realize it's an easy word to misspell. Alas, I just learned that at least one dictionary has bowed to popular (mis)use and now includes both, just as many dictionaries now include "irregardless" (what people say when they confuse "regardless" and "irrespective" .Language can and should change over time, but it really rubs me the wrong way when it changes simply because of ignorance. I realize that's probably how most changes come about. For me, "irregardless" will never be a word (if it were a word, it would mean precisely the opposite of "regardless," not be a synonym), and a sabre will always be a sabre. _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student 
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I side with Cmad (which is rare) _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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_cmad_ - Ex-Student
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American-English: S.A.B.E.R British-English: S.A.B.R.E I go with 1st way, like theater over theatre and center over centre and other thing _______________ Your friends of today, are your enemies of tomorrow. |
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