Frequently Misspelled Words on the Forums

[Zatch]

The following are some commonly misspelled words on the HW2 fora:
I'll add more as I think of them or as they're suggested, please write suggestions/corrections in this thread.
Note: If you think you found an error, please look it up in a dictionary before posting. If it is a character/ship name, please check in the game. Thank you.

Weaponry
Beam (n.)
Concussion (n. / adj. {e.g. concussion bomb})
Fusion (n.) {note: a fusion bomb is much more powerful than a fission bomb}
Fission (n.) {note: modern nuclear power plants use fission}
Kinetic (adj.)
Laser (n.)
Missile/Missiles (n.)
Nuclear (adj.) -- Nuke (n.)
Projectile (n.)
Pulsar (n.)
Railgun (n.)
Torpedo/Torpedoes (n.)
Turret (n.)

Ship Classes (all nouns)
Battlecruiser
Corvette
Cruiser
Dreadnaught/Dreadnought
Frigate

Ship Parts
Engines (n.)
Module (n.)
Nacelle (n.) {engine housing}

Ships (all pronouns) {note: the gender of a ship is always female, e.g. 'her maiden voyage'}
Avatar
Naggarok
Sajuuk
Qwaar-Jet

Races
Beast
Bentusi
Hiigara (n.) -- Hiigaran (adj. singular) -- Hiigarans (adj. plural)
Garden of Kadesh (n.) -- Kadeshi (adj. singular & plural)
Progenitor
Somtaaw
Taiidan/Taiidani
Turanic (adj.) -- Turanic Raider (n.)
Vaygr (n./adj. singular & plural)

Characters
Karan S'jet
Makaan
Sajuuk-Khar

Modding Terms
Apex
Azimuth
Cursor {e.g. mouse cursor}
Gimble {note: actually spelled 'Gimbal', but Relic uses 'Gimble' in all of the *.lua files.}
Latitude
Modeler (n.)

Miscellany
Berth (n.) {a docking/anchoring space, usu. boats}
Defence/Defense
Emperor (n.)
Fora/Forums
Guard
Hangar (n.) {a docking/anchoring space, usu. aircraft}
Kamikaze (n./adj.)
Kiith (plural: Kitthid) (n.)
Magnetic (adj.)
Maneuver/Maneuverability (n.)
Nebula (n. singular) -- Nebulae (n. plural)
Wraith (n.) {a ghost}
Wrath (n.) {anger}
-overrideBigFile {a case-sensitive command line switch}

Canadian/Euro. vs. American/? Spelling {All spellings are correct, Canadian/Euro. spellings are used in game scripts.}
Colour vs. Color
Favourite vs. Favorite

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As per the Forum Guidelines, never use these...
2 in place of to/too
4 in place of for
r in place of are
u in place of you
cos/cuz in place of because
wif in place of with
enuf in place of enough
da in place of the
etc...

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Contributors
Enterprise-E
evillejedi
Moe
Jaen-ni-rin
Mr. Pete
Deionarra
Talien
DatonKallandor
Retroboy
Sastrei
Tel'Quessir
Corsix
Ghostwind1
Caesar
Elukka

[Enterprise-E]

Weaponry
Concussion
Pulsar

Races
Beast

Ships
Naggarok
Sajuuk
Qwaar-Jet
Avatar

you wouldn't believe how many times i saw the HW1 heavy cruiser's names misspelled, like Quar-Jet, Qwarr-Yet, Avitar etc.. Vanaar-Jet too but that's not canon :-)

[bokboren]

People really misspell "beam" or "engine?" Good God!

[evillejedi]

I think people misspell "can you do this for me?" and "what is this reading thing everyone talks about?"

:-p

[Moe]

Modern nuclear weapons include both fusion and fission types, Zatch. It'd probably be easier to say that a fission type weapon is similar to a nuclear power plant.

[Jaen-ni-rin]

Interesting thread.
And about Taiidan... some thoughts of Jaen:

If you refer to certain person of Taiidan origin you say Taiid.
If you refer to a group of people of Taiidan origin you say Taiidi.

If you refer to Taiidan nation you say Taiidan.
Taiid means a clan for sure, but also refers to a person of Taiidan origin.
Taiidan means, in free translation, people structured into clans.

And well, you can as well ignore it

[Unbekannte]

Man, this thread is sooo needed.

[Mr. Pete]

Yes Corvent is quite a common miss-spelling :\

Ship Classes
Corvette

[Enterprise-E]

Ship Classes
Frigate
Cruiser

you most likely have already seen "crusier" and "cruser" appear a lot of times. Though the first is most probably a typo, at least i unwillingly do it a couple of times.

I think people misspell "can you do this for me?"

Heh, nice one :-))

[Zatch]

Thanks for the suggestions, I've added them and listed the contributors (persons who catch an error or suggest an addition.)

[Jaen-ni-rin]

LOL @ Can you do this for me

And curser maybe ? It's more imaginative
And well, you could ask Ishhar for some sdvice regarding Hiigarans.
He's afterall the one after Hiigaran language.

[Deionarra]

My spelling is incredibly bad but here are a few that come to mind.

Weaponry
Torpedo/Torpedoes

Ship Classes
Dreadnaught

Ship Parts
Nacelles (eg engine nacelles)

Races
Somtaaw
Kiith (eg Kiith Somtaaw)
Progenitor

Modding Terms
Latitude
Azimuth
Gimble

Characters
Karen S'jet (Sacrilege!)
Sajuuk-Khar

Oh and:

-overrideBigFile

[Talien]

Railgun, Magnetic, Berth, and Bentusi come to mind.

[DatonKallandor]

Karen S'jet (Sacrilege!)

its Karan (Sacrilege!)


Daton

[Deionarra]

Ah yes .. but did I spell it wrong by mistake or was that deliberate sacrilege

Or perhaps I was just testing everyone :dolt:

[Kleiner Traum]

The following are some commonly misspelled words on the HW2 fora

..fora? :sprint:

[Moe]

Fora and forums are both ok.

[gthompsn]

My spelling is incredibly bad but ...

There is a world of difference between acknowledging that spelling is something one struggles with and having a cavalier attitude that spelling does not matter. You acknowledge a difficulty, but you also recognise the importance of accuracy and have demonstrated a wry witticism in the process.

Thanks to Zatch for creating this thread and to everyone else who has contributed to it.

[Zatch]

Your Level 2 Bump receives Zatch's Level 99 Stamp of Approval.

[Inert]

If you refer to certain person of Taiidan origin you say Taiid.
If you refer to a group of people of Taiidan origin you say Taiidi.
If you refer to Taiidan nation you say Taiidan.
Taiid means a clan for sure, but also refers to a person of Taiidan origin.
Taiidan means, in free translation, people structured into clans.

I'd just like to insert my input on this one...

If you refer to a person or a group of people of Taiidani origin, you say they're Taiidani.
Taiidan is the name of the nation, like China or Russia.
Taiidani is of the Taiidan nation, like Chinese or Russian.

[FUNKST:ORUNG]

... and there is no 'n' in 'turret'.


HTH, :o

[Zatch]

@FUNKST:ORUNG -- Please read the first post before replying. I already listed Turret and it is spelled correctly.

[Retroboy]

Just wanted to note that "gimbal" is an acceptable "real" spelling of that word, but gimble is not.

The recommendation *cough* on l33t is a bit harsh.

-- Retro

[Deionarra]

Indeed, that was why I mentioned "gimble" because although it is a spelling which is specific to HW2 modding.

Well pointed out though.

[Sastrei]

What about noting that damn canadian spelling so abundant in HW2 modding?

*grumble*colour*grumble*

-Stefan-

[Zatch]

Thanks everybody, first post updated.

Also, @Sastrei: any more examples? I know I use a few of the spellings interchangeably but I can't think of them off the top of my head.

Oh and I toned down the 1337/netspeak "recommendation" a bit.

[Sastrei]

Armour and centre are two more I've found.

-Stefan-

[Tel'Quessir]

"Gattling" is one of them.

Confusing the words defence and defense (noun/verb) is another.

[Deionarra]

What about noting that damn canadian spelling so abundant in HW2 modding?

*grumble*colour*grumble*

It's called English Sastrei :naughty:

[Sastrei]

Haha. Well England can have their English!

-Stefan-

[FUNKST:ORUNG]

@FUNKST:ORUNG -- Please read the first post before replying. I already listed Turret and it is spelled correctly.

I posted this line in the hopes to make some of the veterans laugh and remember the glory old days 'back then'.

I guess it didn't. Sorry about that :bag:


HTH, :o.

[Zatch]

It's okay. It made me chuckle, easily the most frequently misspelled word on the fora.

Time 2 go put some new turrents on my uber dessy lolkthxbye!

[Inert]

*dies from overusage of internetism*

[Tel'Quessir]

Here is a more recent one - "modual" for the word "module", referring to hull-external components of HW2 ships.

[Zatch]

Thanks for the suggestions everybody, ed and stickied!

[Mikali]

Confusing the words defence and defense (noun/verb) is another.

They're both nouns; and both spellings are correct.

[Babbo]

More a grammar than a word issue, and above all, a question: A ship, e.g. a battlecruiser, what kind of gender is she/he/it?

[Zatch]

As far as I know ships are always referred to as "she," but I could be wrong, not much experience in that area...

[Corsix]

Indeed, ships are generally female.
eg. Her maiden voyage

[Aesaar]

This isn't specific to HW2, but the word Emperor (not spelled Emporer)

[Caesar]

Just recently, I've seen the word "guard" misspelled ("gaurd," "gard").

[NT78stonewobble]

Sorry If I am a little nitpicky but;

Sajuuk-Khar isn't that a term for the "holy people" or something like that.

The vaygr thought it was them but in the end it turned out to be the hiigarans?

Anyway good sticky

[DatonKallandor]

Sajuuk-Khar means "The Chosen of Sajuuk". It refers to the person who controls Sajuuk. (Karan/Makaan)


Daton

[evillejedi]

[insert proper thread topic here] spelled like "I have a question..."

[Zatch]

evillejedi, what are you getting at? I'm a bit of a dullard when it comes to interpreting hints.

[evillejedi]

thread topics that say nothing about the contents

[Paktu]

that's quite a lot of words to misspel
i hope i spelt this right

[Le Sun Tzu]

Here is another one: many people say viola!, but it's voila!.

Et voilà! (with the original accent).

[Zir]

Amen to this.

As a side note the European (it may only be British) spelling is "manoeuvre".

[Elukka]

I thought i should point out that "Taiid" or "Taiidi" are never used in the games. It's always either Taiidan or Taiidani, so i'd say Taiid and Taiidi are fanon.

The plural of Kiith is Kiithid. (source Cata manual)