[WickedWitch]

Idézet: bbence - Dátum: 2005. okt. 24., hétfõ - 19:55

It's more like an internet acronym, which stands for: as far as I know.

Thanks.  Still, I think I'll just stick to the old-fashioned way of typing out the words in full. 

[bbence]

Idézet: WickedWitch - Dátum: 2005. okt. 24., hétfõ - 19:58

Thanks.  Still, I think I'll just stick to the old-fashioned way of typing out the words in full. 

That's all right. Like, for example, I don't like to mix english and hungarian words. Some people use english words in their hungarian communication, but I'm not very fond of it.

BTW (means by the way, by the way ), if you're looking for abbreviations or acronyms, google is your friend. 

[spidey]

Idézet: bbence - Dátum: 2005. okt. 24., hétfõ - 20:06

That's all right. Like, for example, I don't like to mix english and hungarian words. Some people use english words in their hungarian communication, but I'm not very fond of it.

BTW (means by the way, by the way ), if you're looking for abbreviations or acronyms, google is your friend. 

Instead of Google, this link should be your friend for acronyms:
http://www.acronymsearch.com/

BTW: I looked at your website, and I noticed a few grammatical errors (in English)

[bbence]

Idézet: spidey - Dátum: 2005. okt. 24., hétfõ - 22:53

Instead of Google, this link should be your friend for acronyms:
http://www.acronymsearch.com/

BTW: I looked at your website, and I noticed a few grammatical errors (in English)

Please, don't hesitate to correct 'em!

[spidey]

Idézet: bbence - Dátum: 2005. okt. 24., hétfõ - 23:13

Please, don't hesitate to correct 'em!

Ok, here you go:

Favourite: Reading
Authors: Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, J. R. R. Tolkien, Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, George Orwell and others

I'd write "Favorites" in this context, especially that you have more favorites.

Lock, Stock and the Two smoking Barrels

The title is Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

but we're close to finish it

finishing it, IMO

Minor mistakes, but I thought it is worth mentioning.
What kind of game are you doing? How does it progress? You might get a sticky topic in Gameware, if it could be a popular game.

[WickedWitch]

Idézet: bbence - Dátum: 2005. okt. 24., hétfõ - 20:06

That's all right. Like, for example, I don't like to mix english and hungarian words. Some people use english words in their hungarian communication, but I'm not very fond of it.

BTW (means by the way, by the way ), if you're looking for abbreviations or acronyms, google is your friend. 

I'm not that amateur!  I've been using the net before there even was a "net". Started out writing on the bulletin boards of Prodigy (which was an online network like Compuserve and AOL, before AOL joined the WWW) with a 2800 kbps modem. Aaaah, the good 'ole days... When kids where kids and McDonalds only served one size of fries... 

Szerkesztette: WickedWitch 2005. 10. 25. 07:35 -kor

[bbence]

Idézet: spidey - Dátum: 2005. okt. 25., kedd - 0:03

Ok, here you go:

...

Minor mistakes, but I thought it is worth mentioning.
What kind of game are you doing? How does it progress? You might get a sticky topic in Gameware, if it could be a popular game.

Thanks! I'll correct them soon.
If you click on the image left to the Programming section header, you can access the page that's dealing with our game, apart from other things.

[bbence]

Idézet: WickedWitch - Dátum: 2005. okt. 25., kedd - 8:34

I'm not that amateur!  I've been using the net before there even was a "net". Started out writing on the bulletin boards of Prodigy (which was an online network like Compuserve and AOL, before AOL joined the WWW) with a 2800 kbps modem. Aaaah, the good 'ole days... When kids where kids and McDonalds only served one size of fries... 

Sorry, I didn't mean to make it sound that way.
And a nice internet past you have, too.

edit: one word too many.

Szerkesztette: bbence 2005. 10. 25. 10:08 -kor

[WickedWitch]

Idézet: bbence - Dátum: 2005. okt. 25., kedd - 11:08

Sorry, I didn't mean to make it sound that way.
And a nice internet past you have, too.

edit: one word too many.

Yeah, and a nice typo I have too, (where - were). Gonna go see if I can still edit it... Happened in college all the time. Even if I ran the spellcheck through there were always other typos not picked up by it. Once the teacher returned it saying, that it will be an A as soon as I correct all the typos. 

Szerkesztette: WickedWitch 2005. 10. 25. 10:15 -kor

[WickedWitch]

Idézet: bbence - Dátum: 2005. okt. 25., kedd - 11:05

Thanks! I'll correct them soon.
If you click on the image left to the Programming section header, you can access the page that's dealing with our game, apart from other things.

It's "next to" and "left of" something.    Sorry...

[bbence]

Idézet: WickedWitch - Dátum: 2005. okt. 25., kedd - 11:15

It's "next to" and "left of" something.    Sorry...

Right. First I wanted to write next to, but then I thought I'd make it a little clearer by stating the relative position (this being "left" of course), but it seems the "to" word was left there by mistake. Thanks for correcting.

[WickedWitch]

Idézet: bbence - Dátum: 2005. okt. 25., kedd - 11:26

Right. First I wanted to write next to, but then I thought I'd make it a little clearer by stating the relative position (this being "left" of course), but it seems the "to" word was left there by mistake. Thanks for correcting.

You can always count on me to butt in. 

BTW,  have you discovered the wonderful world of Pratchett?

[bbence]

Idézet: WickedWitch - Dátum: 2005. okt. 25., kedd - 11:41

You can always count on me to butt in. 

BTW,  have you discovered the wonderful world of Pratchett?

Tried to, several times. But I never got the hang of it. Maybe I was too young at the time. So I might give it a shot again.
Right now the only fantasy for me is Lord of the Rings. And in terms of comedy, the Hitcheiker's Guide to the Galaxy (it's not a fantasy I know, but still). The latter I like in almost every form. Almost. The film wasn't that bad, but neither was it very neatly directed in my opionion. On the other hand, the BBC radio show is just hilarious. You gotta hear it to believe it. In fact, you can do just that: http://greylodge.org/gpc/?p=53. On this webpage are the original series, but also the new ones, which cover the whole story.

[bepe_79]

Idézet: Papesz - Dátum: 2005. okt. 23., vasárnap - 18:28

Anyway I still don't understand why he should use Simple Past expressing that. Can you or someone else explain it grammatically?

In my opinion Simple Present is used to express repeated actions or habits. If someone comes to see the hottest threads everyday it is the tense that should be used.

(You're right, it isn't an argument. I'm just wondering.)

sry for my bad english i just learnin it: the man under the nick Cavetown said he from usa ca. i think so
he has got only a few post in the gameware section but i dunno why registered fellas himself
anyway and then comin Gazdi and said he is not an english man cuz hes got a very wrong english and tell many other thing
i dunno who ve got right but i didnt see yesterday and today Cavetown in the gameware section

gonna go fellas l8r cuz im tired 

Szerkesztette: bepe_79 2005. 10. 27. 00:03 -kor

[WickedWitch]

Idézet: bepe_79 - Dátum: 2005. okt. 27., csütörtök - 1:02

sry for my bad english i just learnin it: the man under the nick Cavetown said he from usa ca. i think so
he has got only a few post in the gameware section but i dunno why registered fellas himself
anyway and then comin Gazdi and said he is not an english man cuz hes got a very wrong english and tell many other thing
i dunno who ve got right but i didnt see yesterday and today Cavetown in the gameware section

gonna go fellas l8r cuz im tired 

In all honesty, I think Gazdi is a better judge than you in these matters, and I think he's right. So if the guy left the forum out of shame then it serves him right for making up stories.

[WickedWitch]

Idézet: bbence - Dátum: 2005. okt. 25., kedd - 12:06

Tried to, several times. But I never got the hang of it. Maybe I was too young at the time. So I might give it a shot again.
Right now the only fantasy for me is Lord of the Rings. And in terms of comedy, the Hitcheiker's Guide to the Galaxy (it's not a fantasy I know, but still). The latter I like in almost every form. Almost. The film wasn't that bad, but neither was it very neatly directed in my opionion. On the other hand, the BBC radio show is just hilarious. You gotta hear it to believe it. In fact, you can do just that: http://greylodge.org/gpc/?p=53. On this webpage are the original series, but also the new ones, which cover the whole story.

You have to be patients with Pratchett. The first two books in the series I didn't like much, but the rest were a blast.  But you have to have a healthy dose of cynicism, a touch of morbid humor, and be able to deal with a lot of silliness. And you have to have a solid background in world history, literature and religion. Otherwise you won't understand the subtle humor.

Pratchett rules! 

I tried to get throu LOTR, but never made it past half of the first book. Read the Hobbit though.

I read Hitchhiker's guid, but never got through Restaurant at the End of the Universe or any of the subsequent novels. Somehow it's just not my kind of humor. It could be, but it isn't.

[gazdi]

Idézet: WickedWitch - Dátum: 2005. okt. 27., csütörtök - 9:05

In all honesty, I think Gazdi is a better judge than you in these matters, and I think he's right. So if the guy left the forum out of shame then it serves him right for making up stories.

Geez, one gets appreciation from whom he doesn't count on it. Thanks, WW.
BTW, it's gazdi, not Gazdi. This is not a name but a nickname only, and it looks much better in small caps for me.

edit: back to on-topic, what I've read recently in English are Asimov's Foundation books. They are great and still very easy to understand, even for me with not much more than shallow English knowledge. I'm sure I've missed some details, but am pretty familiar with the main storyline and most of the side threads. I enjoyed it, really.

Szerkesztette: gazdi 2005. 10. 27. 09:14 -kor

[Carmaged]

Idézet: bepe_79 - Dátum: 2005. okt. 27., csütörtök - 1:02

sry for my bad english i just learnin it: the man under the nick Cavetown said he from usa ca. i think so
he has got only a few post in the gameware section but i dunno why registered fellas himself
anyway and then comin Gazdi and said he is not an english man cuz hes got a very wrong english and tell many other thing
i dunno who ve got right but i didnt see yesterday and today Cavetown in the gameware section

gonna go fellas l8r cuz im tired 

We simply forgive you.

I know you play internet games a lot... that's why you learn these incorrect phrases like "dunno" (don't know) and so on. These "english-speaking" servers are extremely not recommended for language learning. Just have a look at Hungarian servers! Sometimes I can hardly understand what some people want... but I'm Hungarian, believe!

[Carmaged]

Idézet: WickedWitch - Dátum: 2005. okt. 25., kedd - 8:34

I'm not that amateur!  I've been using the net before there even was a "net". Started out writing on the bulletin boards of Prodigy (which was an online network like Compuserve and AOL, before AOL joined the WWW) with a 2800 kbps modem. Aaaah, the good 'ole days... When kids where kids and McDonalds only served one size of fries... 

Jesus, I have only 512kbps internet access.

Forgive me for picking at you.

[gazdi]

Idézet: Carmaged - Dátum: 2005. okt. 27., csütörtök - 10:17

We simply forgive you.

I know you play internet games a lot... that's why you learn these incorrect phrases like "dunno" (don't know) and so on. These "english-speaking" servers are extremely not recommended for language learning. Just have a look at Hungarian servers! Sometimes I can hardly understand what some people want... but I'm Hungarian, believe!

We all know you're right, but we all know also that this won't change the way this society changes. While proper spelling is "l00za" and being another brick in the wall is a must for kids, we will just look with eyes wide open and don't try to understand. Are we this old?