what spam are you talking about

Jezus christ, stingbee, just read this
http://www.oddworldforums.net/showthread.php?t=9120
and this:http://www.oddworldforums.net/images.../nav_rules.gif

Ellipses:


Ellipsis:
...

Brackets:
[ ]

Parenthesis:
( )

Dino, I'm pretty sure that the plural form of "ellipsis" is "ellipses."

Actually it's both the plural form of ellipsis and the plural form of ellipse. The point of that post was to point out my annoying habit of correcting people.

Brackets:
( )

Square Brackets:
[ ]

At least that's how it works round here.


And I suppose the ellipses thing depends on pronunciation. The plural of ellipse would be pronounced ellipses but the plural of ellipsis would be pronounced ellipsees. Fat lot of good that does online.

Incorrect.

( ) = parenthesis.

[ ] = brackets.

Brackets are used inside a parenthesis, which is why they are shaped differently. It's so that you can do (this and then [mention something else here] while keeping it all seperate and less confusing).

'Bracket' is sometimes used as a loose term to describe parenthesis and brackets in general. This is an incorrect but noted usage.

In your part of the world, perhaps, but in my little part (being at a university studying multiple programming languages, all of which use ()[]{}'s) we try to be a little clearer.


Final word: all you say may be factually correct. I just don't have to give a damn.

If you don't give a damn then why do you persist?

And I've always thought that the parenthesis and bracket thing was perfectly clear.

Meh. This argument could be continued in PM. So do so.

After all, parentheses and brackets have very little to do with weird habits, unless of course, your weird habit is arguing over punctuation. :p

I don't have many weird habits.

I tend to get really itchy when I'm nervous.
If I stay up all night, I tend to get really depressed between 3-6am.
Every now and then (every few weeks) I get mood swings. Nothing brings them on but I just get very annoyed very quickly at a lot of people.
Also, I get very paranoid. When everyone in my house goes out I have to make sure they are actually gone. I check every part of every room in my house.

It seems I have more than I thought... I probably have more but I can't remember them. (Plus there's a few I don't want to say :))

well I play games all day on either my gamecube xbox ps2 and pc but when I go to bed my eye's don't stop watering

Well, I wonder why that would be. :D

I have a weird habit of talking to myself. I had to invent an imaginary friend (Quoren the Alien) to keep me from doing it!

um.......let me think *sits in chair for 15 minites*because I have been playing over 12 hours is that right:fuzgrin:

Yes, yes my wierd habit is arguing over punctuation. My wierd habit is arguing over anything irrational, illogical, or just a demonstration of pure apathy. Like someone who can't be bothered to give a simple punctuation mark it's correct name so that people who actually took the time to learn about and understand the English language don't get confused by poor terminology.

I mean, is it really that much effort to be correct? Or do you just find it more convenient to make it perpetually seem like you're an imbocile? Perhaps appearing to have been educated to the degree that you can tell the difference between a bracket and a parenthesis wouldn't give Nate the level of "street cred" that he likes to maintain? So maybe he just hides it in the hope that he doesn't come across as having too much of that intimidating intelligence.

I mean... It's fine to be wrong, find out that you are wrong, admit your mistake, and do some learning to make sure you get the correct information. That's all part of the learning process. But I just can't understand the mentality of someone who upon encountering a correction on something that they have said, just points out that they know that they're wrong, but find it easier to be incorrect. My systems just cannot compute this illogical reasoning. I don't see any advantage to being incorrect... parenthesis is only three letters longer than brackets. So what the hell is the deal?

I mean you go to the effort to define George W Bush rather than just "president". You'd say Ford or Chevy rather than "Car". So why not Parenthesis instead of "bracket"?

I don't get it.

Saying bracket saves time. Not much time, granted. But I like my time saved :).

What?

It saves .3 seconds in speech, and in typing probably about .5 seconds. Considering that you're unlikely to say bracket or parenthesis more than once in a post, that's a saving of .5 seconds every time you make a post that has the word 'bracket' instead of 'parenthesis'.

Which will give you enough time to... uhm... move a few extra centimetres in your lifetime... Or maybe type an extra word over the same period of time...

Yep, seems worth it to me, I totally take it all back. I mean, who wouldn't
sacrifice appearing reasonably educated/intelligent for a time advantage like that? :rolleyes:

can we gat back to the actual topic here

Umm, how about, no?

If people would stop arguing with me then I wouldn't be forced to continue to demonstrate my irritating habit. Unless you submit I won't ever give up, I'll carry on correcting you until I have arthritis and chronic RSI so badly that I can no longer type. So it's really not worth engaging me in an argument if you're arguing for the illogical side.

I wasn't arguing, I was just saying... *shrivels up in the corner*

If you insist on arguing so much, at least have the courtesy to take it to PMs and respect other members by not clogging up the threads. I'm surprised after your reaction to someone going slightly off topic in one of your threads that you would turn this thread into some petty debate about punctuation.

Back on topic: I discovered that I have a weird habit of constantly looking over my back as I walk through large parking garages. I always have a strangely strong feeling of being followed. Those places are so creepy...

i have a stange habit of popping my fingers...

Indeed, Dino you slammed soulstice for a similar sort of thing. Practice what you preach before you go all 'voice of reason' like.

On topic: I get paranoid and itchy when in confined spaces with other people. Also, on the way back from school on friday, I noticed that whilst standing up on the bus I couldn't keep still. It was like I couldn't stand up comfortably for more than 2 minutes.

A wallet is rarely in my pocket. I'll have to carry one once I start driving, but in the meantime, I take exact change, or a close number of bills whenever I go out somewhere. Braums has recieved many exact amounts of $1.61 over the past few months. A large vanilla frozen yogurt in a cup. Good stuff.

I also always have some form of mintyness on hand. Last year, I went with Orbit gum, until the wrappers started building up. Now, I've turned to Altoids, and am currently working on a stack of Altoid tins. Seriously, I go through the things like candy.

Also, I always feel compulsed to dip my finger in the melted wax of a candle just put out. Assuming this is one of those candles in a jar/glass/whatever.

I've got the same thing, only I don't feel like being followed, but I feel like I've dropped something every freaking second...
It drives me crazy if I don't look behind me.:banghead:

I don't like being followed either even by people I trust I feel like they are goona do something

I said that it was an irritating habit of mine, and he continued arguing with me as if to test it. I don't like being tested. If he had stopped then I would've stopped.

It is slightly contradictory but I can't help it, if I see something that's incorrect, illogical, or something that I deem "stupid" then I feel compelled to argue with it. If I don't then I always feel like something bad will happen.

I understand what you are saying, I feel the same with a lot of my peers at school. However, I don't make a strange habit of arguing with them. I'd be there all day. :p

whe we have a test in school and Im stuck on a question then I chew my pencil

yeah, when I'm taking a test in school, I don't chew my pencil, I quietly whistle the tune to Super mario bros. I'm weird and I like it.

well if you'r such a big fan of mario why did you get rid of you'r avatar anyway do you get told off by the teachers

No, i just thought it would match my name and sig. And I sometimes never get told off by teachers.

well I in science tests when we have finished tests and checked them the teacher says we can draw things on a piece of paper while we wait for other people to finish and I always draw oddworld things

My habits:

I always draw during the class. On my papers, books and table. Everywhere :S

And i keep forgetting things. Like, if i did something for 5 minutes ago, my friend tells about it, and i go all like: "Really? I can't remember that." I forget alot. Even if it's important stuff.

EDIT: 5 more posts, and i've reached 1000 posts :D

well when I tell somebody something later I tell them again they go you ve told me and I say did I:eeek:

I'm a bit like dino in that I'll argue about any stupid little detail. I've even had arguments where I realised halfway through that I actually agree with the other person but I somehow became a devil's advocate without even realising.

That might be a guy thing. I heard somewhere that the male of the species has a three month emotional cycle (as compared to a 28 day menstrual cycle). I myself have my happy times, followed by the sarcastic times and then the snappy times. I try to control myself, without much success.

Final word (hopefully): My point was that everyone I know uses the phrases (brackets), [square brackets] and {curly brackets} so if I started calling them (parenthises) and [brackets] no-one would be able to understand me.

Oh shut the **** up both of you about brackets and parenthises. No one cares.

Meh, I have that exact same problem. I doodle all over EVERYTHING I can get my hands on. Notebooks, tests, paper, notes, my binder, my shoes, my hands, my arms, my lunchbox, other people's stuff...I am surprised that I have not been expelled...

I now sleep every three days, I am worrying my parents sick....my, is it amusing to see them like this...