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[Rhialto]

My bad, there was no typo...

Edited by Rhialto, 29 June 2018 - 12:44 PM.

[Scout Derek]

is it Enhancements? I recall it should be "Quirks Summary".

[Remover of Obstacles]

Looks like it is light a few heat sinks.

Edited by Remover of Obstacles, 28 June 2018 - 02:01 PM.

[Captain Polux]

It should be ULTRAVIOLENT

[Rhialto]

wow I thought it was an easy one...

[Rick T Dangerous]

Is it "Artemis: Standard"?

[Ronan]

Does that show 12 engine heat sinks? Might should be 10 in engine, 2 external? Unless the 300 lets you put 2 extra internal? I can't spin up the game right now.

Edited by Ronan, 29 June 2018 - 09:40 AM.

[WarHippy]

I'm sure whatever it is I am not seeing it and will probably wonder why I didn't if and when it gets pointed out.

[VonBruinwald]

Armour.

I'm British. PGI are Canadian. Neither of which drop the u; that's the American way.

Edited by VonBruinwald, 29 June 2018 - 10:59 AM.

[Juodas Varnas]

Ronan, on 29 June 2018 - 09:39 AM, said:

Does that show 12 engine heat sinks? Might should be 10 in engine, 2 external? Unless the 300 lets you put 2 extra internal? I can't spin up the game right now.

300 engine does have 2 engine slots for heatsinks.

[oneproduct]

VonBruinwald, on 29 June 2018 - 10:59 AM, said:

Armour.

I'm British. PGI are Canadian. Neither of which drop the u; that's the American way.

I'm Canadian and find -our just weird. A quick look at Wikipedia gives:

"Most words ending in an unstressed -our in British English (e.g., colour, flavour, behaviour, harbour, honour, humour, labour, neighbour, rumour, splendour) end in -or in American English (color, flavor, behavior, harbor, honor, humor, labor, neighbor, rumor, splendor). Wherever the vowel is unreduced in pronunciation, e.g., contour, velour, paramour and troubadour the spelling is consistent everywhere.

Most words of this kind came from Latin, where the ending was spelled -or. They were first adopted into English from early Old French, and the ending was spelled -or or -ur. After the Norman conquest of England, the ending became -our to match the Old French spelling."

To me it seems to make more sense to have the unstressed -our changed to -or because the words in the first group (with colour) don't sound like the words in the second group (with countour).

It's even more bizarre because apparently it was originally -or in English but then changed to -our at some point due to French influence. I'm French Canadian in particular, so it seems even more odd because when I see -our I can more readily associate it with a French pronunciation of -our where the u is not silent.

Edited by oneproduct, 29 June 2018 - 11:36 AM.

[VonBruinwald]

oneproduct, on 29 June 2018 - 11:33 AM, said:

I'm Canadian and find -our just weird. A quick look at Wikipedia gives:

"Most words ending in an unstressed -our in British English (e.g., colour, flavour, behaviour, harbour, honour, humour, labour, neighbour, rumour, splendour) end in -or in American English (color, flavor, behavior, harbor, honor, humor, labor, neighbor, rumor, splendor). Wherever the vowel is unreduced in pronunciation, e.g., contour, velour, paramour and troubadour the spelling is consistent everywhere.

Most words of this kind came from Latin, where the ending was spelled -or. They were first adopted into English from early Old French, and the ending was spelled -or or -ur. After the Norman conquest of England, the ending became -our to match the Old French spelling."

To me it seems to make more sense to have the unstressed -our changed to -or because the words in the first group (with colour) don't sound like the words in the second group (with countour).

It's even more bizarre because apparently it was originally -or in English but then changed to -our at some point due to French influence. I'm French Canadian in particular, so it seems even more odd because when I see -our I can more readily associate it with a French pronunciation of -our where the u is not silent.

General rules with a bit more focus on the Canadians as well.

[Tetatae Squawkins]

I didn't think using a different accepted spelling was considered a typo. Unless we are just talking nationalistic wankery here.

[N a p e s]

oneproduct, on 29 June 2018 - 11:33 AM, said:

I'm Canadian and find -our just weird.

Samesies

[oneproduct]

Tetatae Squawkins, on 29 June 2018 - 11:48 AM, said:

I didn't think using a different accepted spelling was considered a typo. Unless we are just talking nationalistic wankery here.

We're just goofing around. I still don't see a typo in there.

[Rhialto]

My bad, there was no typo...

[Alex Morgaine]

Hehehe

[LordNothing]

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Edited by draiocht, 30 June 2018 - 06:28 AM.
unconstructive

[draiocht]

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