Ryan's verbal tick of using 'ality' at the end of every word...

Ryan's verbal tick of using 'ality' at the end of every word has got to stop.

It is so f**king dumb!

He uses it every time he wants to explain an aspect of something in a game or indeed seemingly everything.

I honestly couldn't care if most or all of the words are part of the English dictionary it just sounds so dumb when it is used every time he wants to make a point about a game.

Love ya Ryan but this 'tick' drives me unreasonably crazy

@gamerpigeon said:

I have no hate towards Ryan. He's one of favourite guys on the crew. He's great and an absolute trooper. Giant Bomb would be much worse without him. BUT this ality thing is so funny to me as well as highly frustrating. Its a real love hate thing. Its dumb as hell to me personally, it makes me smile but also get frustrated as it seems to me to be shortcut to sounding intelligent.

dude ryan has fucked with the english language for YEARS.

see: shword

Yes, please make more stupid threads like this.

Ryan's ad-libbed phonological stylings elevate him far above the level of most mainstream podcasters.

I think Ryan's style of destroying modern english is hilarious and admirable. To each their own!

*shrug*

I think there are far worse things about Ryan than that, but either way, so what? Everyone is annoying in some way. Pointing it out isn't going to make you look better or make it go away.

I've been telling that to the Patrick haters for months.

I have no hate towards Ryan. He's one of favourite guys on the crew. He's great and an absolute trooper. Giant Bomb would be much worse without him. BUT this ality thing is so funny to me as well as highly frustrating. Its a real love hate thing. Its dumb as hell to me personally, it makes me smile but also get frustrated as it seems to me to be shortcut to sounding intelligent.

Can you give an example because I have actually never noticed it. Also I kind of like Ryan's weird verbal "ticks". Like when he always pronounce the W in sword.

Hmm never noticed that. I like how he says robit.

Hehheheh....robit.

Zambies

Is this thread stupidalty?

I never even noticed this. I honestly can't even think of an example.

I literally have no idea what you are talking about. I haven't noticed this at all.

I'm trying to remember the word he absolutely butchered in the first year of the podcast so I can make you understand that Ryan talks like Jackson Pollack paints. I think he said either "disregardless" or "unregardless," which caused everyone to stop him so they could laugh. This is separate from the time Leigh corrected Ryan, too, so understand that this is a regular and ridiculous thing that he does.

He does it on purpose. 
I think it's funny. Doesn't bother me in the slightest. The fact that it bothers you is why he does it- making it funnier.

Also Jeff must be stopped from wearing his blue polo in yellow stripes. This HAS TO BE STOPPED it's just a shortcut to Jeff trying to look presentable but those colors just clash TOO MUCH!

BABALITY

Nothing comes to mind, so an example would be nice.

I...what...huh?

Okay, man.

Where's that list of all his weird pronunciations?

oh my god who fucking cares

Ah, Ryanisms..

I like his overuse of "brutally rebuffed"

@Animasta said:

dude ryan has fucked with the english language for YEARS.

see: shword

Nah, it's more like "Swuard". Which, God help me, I've started saying that way too.

I don't know who I am anymore.

I mean, I know he has an interesting grasp of the english language, but the only thing that comes to mind is his clash with Will Smith.

Never noticed, if kinda funny how we or some notice tiny things or even over analyse the GB personality's how ever so small.

You're going to have to give some examples because I have no recollection.

I would listen to Ryan talk at length about pretty much anything.

@Aegon said:

Where's that list of all his weird pronunciations?

Here.

Bat-mun is my favourite Davisism.

@Snail said:

@Aegon said:

Where's that list of all his weird pronunciations?

Here.

I think this clearly shows the man is the preeminent wordsmith of our time and he can do no wrong.

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/danieljw/words-ryan-pronounces-with-a-verbal-flourish/46-15101/ <-- has this been linked yet?

no

Ever listen to yourself on a recording for any length of time? WE ALL have annoying ticks. It's far easier to notice someone else's patterns than it is your own.

Get over it for fucks sake.

Hey Mr. OP guy, I'm still waiting for you to tell me what the heck you're talking about. Give some examples or something; but even if he does do what you say, I'm willing to bet that it sure as hell isn't frequent enough to qualify as being called a 'verbal tick.' Maybe you are the one with the problem, sir.

This thread is an amuse bouche of stupidity

Don't like Bombcast?! Don't eat!

@Ravenlight

Ryan's ad-libbed phonological stylings elevate him far above the level of most mainstream podcasters.

I've always assumed that his choice to mispronounce certain words for a laugh (sWord, zambies, etc.) was a smokescreen for a crippling lack of culture and language skills. He seems like he has no idea how to pronounce any foreign words except for some Spanish. And he mispronounces or reinvents English words that really aren't that difficult. So he doubles down on the whole thing and plays it off like it's an affectation. I've come to accept this.

The bigger issue is Patrick trying to use fancy phrases that he doesn't understand. He called a visual novel a "zero-sum game", which is impossible. He meant something like "it's an all or nothing experience, and you have to commit to getting all of the endings", which is not even close to the definition of zero-sum game.

Ryan doesn't give a fuckality about your opinions of his use of language.

"Hey guys, let's over-analyze everything the staff does and then bitch about it on the forums!"

suh-ward

EDIT: Ryan Davis knows more than you do.

I want the entire staff to be boring robits with zero personality and quirks of their own. Basically Gamespot.

Im sure Ryan read your post and is going to change. That is the reason you made this stupid thread right?

Are you talking about him using the word causality in the last podcast (or maybe the one before that, I can't remember)? Because that's a real word that is used by people in a real (serious) setting fairly often. It's used fairly often when talking about philosophy or physics. It may sound like a silly word, but it's fine. Similarly, causation is a word too.

I cant tell what words you may talking about that so here is a list of words that have ality at the the end, tell us which one of these English words that you are talking about.

abnormality, aboriginality, accentuality, accidentality, actuality, adverbiality, aeriality, alamodality, ambisexuality, amorality, anality, animality, archiepiscopality, artificiality, asexuality, atonality, axiality, banality, bestiality, biblicality, bilaterality, bipotentiality, bisexuality, brutality, cardinality, carnality, causality, centrality, circumstantiality, classicality, coequality, coessentiality, collegiality, colloidality, comicality, commensality, commonality, communality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, conicality, conjugality, connaturality, connubiality, constitutionality, consubstantiality, conventionality, conviviality, cordiality, corporality, corporeality, correality, criminality, criticality, curiality, devotionality, dextrality, dimensionality, disproportionality, duality, effectuality, egality, electorality, elementality, emotionality, equality, equivocality, essentiality, ethereality, eventuality, exceptionality, externality, exterritoriality, extraterritoriality, extrinsicality, fantasticality, fatality, feminality, feodality, feudality, finality, finicality, formality, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, graduality, gutturality, habituality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, horizontality, hospitality, hypersexuality, ideality, illegality, illiberality, illocality, illogicality, immateriality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, imperiality, impersonality, impracticality, impunctuality, inconsequentiality, incorporality, incorporeality, individuality, ineffectuality, inequality, informality, inhospitality, inimicality, instrumentality, insubstantiality, integrality, intellectuality, intentionality, internality, intersexuality, intrinsicality, irrationality, joviality, laicality, laterality, legality, lethality, liberality, lineality, linguality, locality, logicality, magisteriality, magistrality, magnality, marginality, materiality, mentality, meridionality, modality, monosexuality, morality, mortality, municipality, mutuality, nasality, natality, nationality, naturality, neutrality, normality, notionality, occasionality, officiality, orality, orientality, originality, orthodoxality, ovality, papality, paranormality, parochiality, partiality, pedality, penality, personality, plurality, pontificality, potentiality, practicality, presentiality, preternaturality, primality, principality, probality, prodigality, propheticality, proportionality, provinciality, prudentiality, psychosexuality, punctuality, quality, quizzicality, radicality, rascality, rationality, reality, reciprocality, regality, rivality, rurality, seasonality, sectionality, seminality, sensuality, sentimentality, septentrionality, sequentiality, seriality, sesqyipedality, severality, sexuality, signality, sinistrality, sociality, sociosexuality, sodality, speciality, spirality, spirituality, subnormality, substantiality, superficiality, supernaturality, tangentiality, technicality, temporality, theatricality, thermoneutrality, tonality, topicality, totality, totipotentiality, transcendentality, triality, triliterality, tripersonality, triviality, typicality, unconditionality, unconstitutionality, unconventionality, universality, unmorality, unreality, unusuality, vegetality, venality, veniality, verbality, verticality, virtuality, vitality, vocality, whimsicality,

Also I use a bunch of stupid words just like Ryan. I say such things and Spidermins, I only found out Ryan has said similar with Spidermins. also saying "what Timiney is it?" as in "What time is it?" I even said "whats the tim?" and I get people to answere me as if I never said anything stupid.

I also play around with word just like Ryan apparently. Yeah I do such things on purpose.

@BisonHero said:

@Ravenlight

Ryan's ad-libbed phonological stylings elevate him far above the level of most mainstream podcasters.

I've always assumed that his choice to mispronounce certain words for a laugh (sWord, zambies, etc.) was a smokescreen for a crippling lack of culture and language skills. He seems like he has no idea how to pronounce any foreign words except for some Spanish. And he mispronounces or reinvents English words that really aren't that difficult. So he doubles down on the whole thing and plays it off like it's an affectation. I've come to accept this. The bigger issue is Patrick trying to use fancy phrases that he doesn't understand. He called a visual novel a "zero-sum game", which is impossible. He meant something like "it's an all or nothing experience, and you have to commit to getting all of the endings", which is not even close to the definition of zero-sum game.

Bahaha, oh yeah. Man, Patrick. I still think the overuse of 'ostensibly' is better.

Pirates - "Peer-ah-tah-ss"

Haha.

I appreciate a good tearing down of the English language, and Ryan likes to bastardize it in a lot of the same ways I do.

I'm for it.

@warxsnake said:

This thread is an amuse bouche of stupidity

Stupidality.

@Brodehouse said:

@BisonHero said:

@Ravenlight

Ryan's ad-libbed phonological stylings elevate him far above the level of most mainstream podcasters.

I've always assumed that his choice to mispronounce certain words for a laugh (sWord, zambies, etc.) was a smokescreen for a crippling lack of culture and language skills. He seems like he has no idea how to pronounce any foreign words except for some Spanish. And he mispronounces or reinvents English words that really aren't that difficult. So he doubles down on the whole thing and plays it off like it's an affectation. I've come to accept this. The bigger issue is Patrick trying to use fancy phrases that he doesn't understand. He called a visual novel a "zero-sum game", which is impossible. He meant something like "it's an all or nothing experience, and you have to commit to getting all of the endings", which is not even close to the definition of zero-sum game.

Bahaha, oh yeah. Man, Patrick. I still think the overuse of 'ostensibly' is better.

Yeah, but at least he's using it correctly. It's just that he uses it way too often, when he could also throw in the occasional "supposedly", "seemingly", or "for all intents and purposes".

Though I've noticed I have a habit of doing something similar in my own writing and speaking. If I don't consciously look out for it, I somehow end up starting like 30% of my sentences with "basically" whenever I am trying to explain or summarize a topic. I've seen it get pretty bad in some of my writing before I proofread, or if I'm giving a presentation and have to answer question off the cuff.