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[Scytale]

Skadi, on 12 August 2012 - 04:53 PM, said:

you seriously took this thread... serious?

I think he seriously did.

[Monolith]

Kaiser R Metzger, on 01 August 2012 - 09:18 PM, said:

Why do I crave chocolate when I say Jennai?

Why do I think that Jennai is a p-o-r-n star name?

Edited by Monolith, 12 August 2012 - 05:02 PM.

[Scytale]

Monolith, on 12 August 2012 - 05:01 PM, said:

Why do I think that Jennai is a p-o-r-n star name?

It has that ring to it doesn't it?
A google search on "jennai" yields "HOT BABE JENNAI" as the third result from top.

[Skadi]

Scytale, on 12 August 2012 - 05:05 PM, said:

It has that ring to it doesn't it?
A google search on "jennai" yields "HOT BABE JENNAI" as the third result from top.

I think thats proof enough that Jennai should be the preffered termonology.

[Scytale]

Skadi, on 12 August 2012 - 05:07 PM, said:

I think thats proof enough that Jennai should be the preffered termonology.

WELLBARGAINEDANDDONE

[Monolith]

Skadi, on 12 August 2012 - 05:07 PM, said:

I think thats proof enough that Jennai should be the preffered termonology.

Holy crap-tastic crap, Batman! I have bolstered a movement!

[Emery Radick]

[Gingo]

Atli.

Europeans with class use Latin.

Only Americans would ever call something as beautiful as an Atlas something as crude as Atlases.

[Scytale]

Gingo, on 12 August 2012 - 05:24 PM, said:

Atli.

Europeans with class use Latin.

Only Americans would ever call something as beautiful as an Atlas something as crude as Atlases.

Joking aside, is this... is this actually a case of someone implying that Americans are correct in their language usage? Ha. Seriously, I've never seen that before.

[Gingo]

Nah, I actually do prefer Atli or Atlii.

It just sounds more elegant than the other options.

[Scytale]

Gingo, on 12 August 2012 - 05:38 PM, said:

Nah, I actually do prefer Atli or Atlii.

It just sounds more elegant than the other options.

Hmmmmmmm does elegance trump correctness? Personally I think Atlantes is the coolest, but there's no way I'd be able to say that in a match with any semblance of a straight f... er, cockpit.

[Alexander Morgan]

See, I think Atlai sounds too majestic and elegant to be considered. We're talking about multiple clumsy battlemechs, not a pair of graceful birds dancing in the wind. This is a crude, brutal piece of battlefield tech, and I want a crude word to accompany it.

My two cents.

[Insidious Johnson]

Atlai? No, spell it for the spelling impaired: Atlay.

[Scytale]

Insidious Johnson, on 12 August 2012 - 05:57 PM, said:

Atlai? No, spell it for the spelling impaired: Atlay.

Atlay: The Layman's Atlai.

I dunno man, I think it needs some work.

[Insidious Johnson]

I think you are right. I think the plural should indicate the power of it. How about combining the plural and the past tense verb form? For example "We just Atlaid that whole team!"

[Remorce]

I have been yelling Atlai since I got into beta. IT IS ATLAI

It is far more enjoyable to say

Edited by Remorce, 12 August 2012 - 06:22 PM.

[Skadi]

Ninja Thor, on 12 August 2012 - 05:24 PM, said:

Oh look, this is the original thread /clap

Gingo, on 12 August 2012 - 05:24 PM, said:

Atli.

Europeans with class use Latin.

Only Americans would ever call something as beautiful as an Atlas something as crude as Atlases.

<-- is american and prefers atlai

Edited by Skadi, 12 August 2012 - 07:38 PM.

[Scytale]

Skadi, on 12 August 2012 - 07:36 PM, said:

Oh look, this is the original thread /clap

<-- is american and prefers atlai

Not to be a spoilsport, but the first time I came across the debate was http://mwomercs.com/...atlas-two-atli/ from someone advocating "Atli" under SRS BSNS. I think there were one or two others, but this one holds the length record (I believe)

[Lambda Knight]

Interestingly enough, Atlai is incorrect in absolutely every way possible. It isn't the correct English plural, nor is it the correct Greek plural. If we are talking about the English plural, it is Atlases. If we are talking about the Greek plural, it's Atlantes (Ἄτλαντες).

[Scytale]

Lambda Knight, on 12 August 2012 - 08:22 PM, said:

Interestingly enough, Atlai is incorrect in absolutely every way possible. It isn't the correct English plural, nor is it the correct Greek plural. If we are talking about the English plural, it is Atlases. If we are talking about the Greek plural, it's Atlantes (Ἄτλαντες).

Really? Are you serious? Have we been wrong all along?