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GTA V has been subdued. AC IV steps into the ring.

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@ei8htbit said:

There's bigger things to worry about, like the fact that Alexa Ray Corriea of Polygon, an English Major and official reporter of news for that site, insists on pronouncing the word cache (in the context of website archives) as "cash-ay" in Friday's Speed Run segment. I thought it was just a stream of conscious mistake, however she took it one step further and used the term in the past tense as "cash-ay-ed" a word that actually does not even exist, like at all....ever. Now thousands of impressionable young duders who no longer make the effort to read articles but instead make the minimal effort to keep their eyes open while words are read to their ears in video format will assume that is the correct pronunciation and before you know it the word kashayedwill appear in American dictionaries as the proper spelling (the original and proper spelling would probably just be cached (read: cash-ed) somewhere) and some other annoying Canadian (like yours truly) will be all up in the threads making frivolous Internet grammar complaints while eating Lay's Ketchup chips, drinking Mott's Clamato Juice Caesars, and mourning the demise of the eternally useful and eco-friendly milk bag. We did give the world Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon so not all will have been in vain....

If the way a women on Polygon chooses to pronounce a particular word (or non-word as the case may be) ends up changing the dictionary spelling of said word, I'd say we'd have much more important things to worry about than the supposed decay of the English language.

Like, OH GOD WHO IS THIS WOMAN AND HOW IS SHE DOING THIS.

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@ichthy said:

Here in the west coast of Canada we use cartons, unlike you savages in Ontario.

We are not savages, sir. We're just very cheap and very lazy.

And while I've got the mike, I'll say that the way I spell this word or that word is largely determined by the spellcheck settings of the word processor I'm using. "Color" and "colour" mean the same goddamn thing, and I don't think anyone is going to be confused if and when I choose one or the other.

Also, Loonies are awesome.

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#3  Edited By Shimmy

No, but then I don't feel I live a beardy sort of life.

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#4  Edited By Shimmy

Don't ask the mob to validate your deviant behaviour.

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#5  Edited By Shimmy

This for the Space Invaders page.

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When you get the chance I think this would make a good header for the Asteroids page. Keepin' it simple, no?

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@Fungiefips said:

Hey cool, more Kotaku-level clickbait bullshit from Klepek. About a subject that was slightly crass, definitely out-of-touch, and a shade misogynistic, yet "DONT CALL HIM GABEN - Patrick Tricky Scoops Kleptok" decided it was worth posting another one of his "look at me I'm so advanced with my views about the patriarchy". This shit should have been a complete non-issue, yet Klepek continues to muddle up the front page with this bullshit. But I guess it got a reaction, and since Klepek's only possible value is to push bullshit like this to get page views, I'll have to grow accustomed to seeing more of this shit.

Glad to see you've chosen to take the high road.

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@TheQuotedNegro said:

If you want to see a western movie that stars a great black lead character that is strong, smart, likable, looks racism and hate in the face without flinching, a movie with a great plot, great soundtrack, fantastic supporting cast, interesting love story....Go see Wild Wild West. I think its on netflix. There, I just saved you 14 bucks.

Spike Lee, is that you?

Quoted for truth.

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#9  Edited By Shimmy

So a friend and I were talking recently, and it became clear that he and I would not know each other nearly as well were it not for the fact that one day I decided to wear my 2010 member's shirt and he recognized me as a fellow duder. Any other GB connections out there?

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@Draugen said:

Superman 3. When that lady gets absorbed by the computer. Scarred me for life.

Hell and damn yes.