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02/05/2005 02:01:17 AM · #1 |
I just had a voter leave this comment on my feather photo:
"Light" not "Lite" still good though...5
I am so mad about this, I just had to pm him..... something I normally don't do.
I want to share this with everybody, just in case anyone else isn't clear about this issue, either.
Here is what I sent to him:
Allow me to quote from a dictionary - an american one, no less:
light
n. electromagnetic radiation which makes vision possible; sunlight, daylight; illumination; source of illumination, lamp; something which clarifies; viewpoint; enlightenment; example, model
adj. not heavy ; gentle, not forceful; slight; of little quantity; frivolous, superficial, trivial; dizzy; graceful; cheerful; low in calories
v. set on fire; kindle; ignite; illuminate, provide with light; be ignited; be illuminated; descend (from a car, horse, etc.); land; come upon by chance
adj. illuminated, filled with light, not dark, bright; pale (of tones or colors)
Americans tend to do things differently to the rest of the world.
Altering the English language is one of those things.
America has been around for about 400 years, the English language for much longer than that.
It has only been very recently that such mutilated words as "lite", "thru" and "honor" have become tolerated and/or accepted.
Educated americans still know how to spell proper English, and everybody with internet access also has access to dictionaries.
If I am in doubt about a word's spelling or meaning, I look it up - much preferable to punishing someone else for my lack of knowledge.
Perhaps YOU would like to try that little trick sometime, too.
As you can see in the above example, the word "light" has quite a few meanings, including the one that the abbreviation "lite" refers to.
Please check your facts before you condemn someone.
Karin
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02/05/2005 02:31:24 AM · #2 |
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02/05/2005 02:38:56 AM · #3 |
yup,,,,,,he did.
Message edited by author 2005-02-05 03:01:49. |
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02/05/2005 02:40:17 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by Beetle:
I just had a voter leave this comment on my feather photo:
"Light" not "Lite" still good though...5
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If that is in fact the comment you received then that would suggest to me that it was you that spelt Light as lite.... I am assuming the comment actually read 'lite not light.' If that's the case then I'll happily join in bagging the ignorant sould who left you the comment :). |
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02/05/2005 02:42:34 AM · #5 |
Seriously,,, when one considers the criteria set forth at the onset of the challenge... it makes one wonder how something this simple could be misunderstood.
I for one had no problems at all in my interpretation of "light" as my definition is in keeping with that shown by Beetle.
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02/05/2005 02:47:16 AM · #6 |
Sam....
I used neither word in my title.
But as I said, I am one of the feather pics (not giving it away, as there are plenty of them there), and in this voters opinion, therefore my definition was "lite" (which is barely a real world), not "light" (which includes all those definitions).
So please do join me in jumping up and down and attracting some attention to the matter. |
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02/05/2005 02:57:23 AM · #7 |
In that case I'll happily join in your crusade for the preservation of the english language... the fact that a grouping of letters appears in the branding strategy of a major torch (flashlight!!!) manufacturer does not make said grouping of letters a word :).
I can just see it now - scrabble boards across the world littered with 'nites' and 'lites.' So once again, I'll join you in commiseration over the 'plite' of my native tongue. |
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02/05/2005 03:02:56 AM · #8 |
Well, what are you going to do when someone's vocabulary is so poor they're taking cues from salad dressing bottles. The grammatical errors I really dislike (and yes I know confusing 'lite' vs 'light' is far more than a simple grammatical error) are the incorrect usage of contractions and the possessive like 'you're' and 'your' and incorrect use of apostrophes in possessive vs. plural like TV's and TVs. That stuff drives me bananas.
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02/05/2005 03:14:30 AM · #9 |
Hey... as far as I can tell, the issue here isn't in variant spellings, as beetle didn't use one. In all likelihood, the commenter only used the variant "lite" in his comment to draw a distinction between the two senses of "light." So it's kind of silly to use this thread to rant on the corruption of the language, which is anyway a silly thing to do altogether, as one of the unalterable facts (the only unalterable fact) of language is that it is always evolving.
The real issue here, of course, is that a voter has apparently not read the challenge description, and is downgrading an image for using the wrong sense of "light", when of course the challenge was to depict
light" in any sense of the word.
So by all means let's rant on that aspect of it... Whoever you are, stop being such a liteweight, mr/ms commenter/voter, and read the challenge before excluding things from you perceptual framework. Eh?
Robt.
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02/05/2005 05:37:08 AM · #10 |
[quote=Beetle] I just had a voter leave this comment on my feather photo:
to be upset about a comment is not a good reason to give out clues about ure submission |
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02/05/2005 05:41:03 AM · #11 |
thats really just typical web grammer kwis
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02/05/2005 07:13:59 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by messerschmitt:
to be upset about a comment is not a good reason to give out clues about ure submission |
Do you see how many feathers there are?
It's almost like saying "my entry in the light challenge - you know, the one having to do with "not heavy things."
M
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02/05/2005 07:51:54 AM · #13 |
| He was prolly just confused. |
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02/05/2005 09:14:35 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by Beetle:
Americans tend to do things differently to the rest of the world.
Altering the English language is one of those things.
America has been around for about 400 years, the English language for much longer than that. |
Oh, do the Brittish still use the same English language that they did in Shakespear's day? Forsooth, should it then not be spelled leoht?
BTW, R u sure it was an American that left you the comment?
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02/05/2005 09:25:00 AM · #15 |
oh hell yeah -- just blame every American for one American's possible misinterpretation of a word. Obviously, it is not an AMERICAN problem as not every American voted it that way.
EDIT: plus...what are you complaining about getting a 5 for -- you sound like a whiner.
Message edited by author 2005-02-05 09:26:08.
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02/05/2005 09:38:15 AM · #16 |
Let's not even CONSIDER all the misuses of the words lay and lie!!
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02/05/2005 10:07:56 AM · #17 |
What a funny rant, with a great original post.
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02/05/2005 10:21:48 AM · #18 |
Am an American.
Deplore the use of the word spelled "lite".
"Lite" means low in calories.
Feathers are low in calories, they are also light in weight.
They are lightwight, and often light in color.
You can not see a feather if there is no light.
Therefore, picture of a feather = a lite, lightweight, lighted object.
(Kinda hard to take a picture without light....) |
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02/07/2005 11:23:48 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by KaDi:
Am an American.
Deplore the use of the word spelled "lite".
"Lite" means low in calories.
Feathers are low in calories, they are also light in weight.
They are lightwight, and often light in color.
You can not see a feather if there is no light.
Therefore, picture of a feather = a lite, lightweight, lighted object.
(Kinda hard to take a picture without light....) |
Well stated!!!
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