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Thanks, LOAF. Is there a website where I can read through the whole WC history, whether complete or in short form or synopsis? This Nephilim thing sounds interesting...

Spirit: The Drayman is perfect, IMO. I took one bounty mission, with my Tarsus still, but all souped up, to get a pirate ship. It was a Drayman with 2 Talons for escort. After I got the talons, it spawned another two. Used up all my FOF missiles to get them. Then it took me about 10 minutes to destroy the Drayman. The laser turrets are a joke most of the time, but matching speed with it to get through the armor, lasers are a bit of a pain: They forced me to keep moving, which gave the Drayman time to grow back the shield. Thing is, though, I was using 4 lasers too, so it was a porcupine fight.. ;-) But as long as I didn't get close enough to be in range of his forward guns, I was doing well.

I'd say the Drayman is still pretty defenseless for the price, but much better than it was when I played remake, where I could kill a Drayman simply by matching speed with it and putting a paperweight on the spacebar.

Now capships need fixing. They are a joke to kill, if you use lasers, as their bolts can't reach you.
 
i know i exhagerated, and i did it on purpose to prove a point. the point is, where does it end? start adding this here, that there. the wish lists turn into actual implementations, and things just spiral into the ever blackening abyss. i'm not putting words in anyone's mouths, and your ability at detecting sarcasm is obviously fairly limited. look at the point, not the words. and of course you'd like the drayman with its turrets.....it makes the game easier for you :)
 
Brad...A rule of thumb I have is that sarcasm does not travel over the net. Thus, we use emoticons often.:-P

And, we keep that lack of travel in mind.
 
Bandit LOAF said:
(The other is 'Nephilium' instead of Nephilim. I don't know where that comes from.)
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Mainly because everyone in the games pronounces it as Neff-ai-lum, even though the Hebrew word, Nephilim, is prounced differently -Neff-ill-eem-, meaning, "fallen ones" or, "those who have fallen"

Which referred to a particular tribe of warlike, giantish men in the Messopotanium . . . . blaah blaah blaah
 
Hmm, I'd understand people spelling it "Nephilem" (based on the one time it's mentioned in the game)... but the prevalent "ium" ending is what's confusing me.
 
Closest guess to the misuse of Nephilim (which are the giant type people Porthos mentioned) is 'Nephelium', which is a tree native to Asia and Australia.

-thehawk
 
My guesses on the "Nephilim" misspelling: our mind remembers words by their shape, and we begin to generalize common spelling elements from word to word. Most of the time this works great. However, when we run into unfamiliar sorts of words (such as words from another language, such as Nephilim) we tend to run into trouble. We are likely to make spelling errors based on similar spellings in our native language (If I were to try to spell it in Portuguese, I might misspell it Nefailim, which makes sense given the Portuguese language).

In my experience with English, the closest thing you usually see to an "im" ending is an "ium" ending (such as the names of elemements such as Helium). So, it is understandable that native English speakers would make this sort of spelling mistake.

Furthermore, the proper pronunciation of Nephilim actually sounds more like the english "ium" than the Enlish "im," although the u sound is rather faint at the end of a hard "ee" sound." I don't recall how it is said in the game, but in spoken Hebrew there is a soft palate stop that would sound a bit to the ear like an "ee" with a very soft "u" at the end. Together with the soft palate stop, the "u" sound is partially a product of the way the "m" sound is formed in native Hebrew speakers.

For example, you can listen to the Hebrew language prayer of one of your Jewish friends. When they refer to God, they use the Hebrew term "Elohim," which of course has the same ending as "Nephilim." Even though the spelling would make us think that the sound would be an "i" or "ee," it very distinctly sounds (to the person thinking in English) like it is pronounced Ell-oh-hee-um, although the "u" sound is very brief (or to the Portruguese thinking person, we would misspell the ending as "iam").

So, this seems to be one common error that makes a lot of sense.

The "canon" and "cannon" error also makes a great deal of sense, especially for non-native or second-language English speakers. But, I won't elaborate on that.
 
I would like to offer the following you may not know about for those who English is not your native language: [ www.dictionary.com ]. If you come across a word you do not know, have a look-see at what it really means. It may be the original user is not using it correctly either, so it is not always good to rely solely on context.

I myself use it quite a bit (it has a permanent home on the end-tab in Firefox), and I do not want anyone thinking it is a pot-shot, insult, or derogatory remark of any kind directed at anyone. Because it is not.

-thehawk
 
That's a great resource, even for those who are native English speakers or who have been speaking English for decades. No offense need be taken by offering a resource. Thanks for sharing.
 
R.E.: dictionary.com, who would have thought? :D :D :D :D
Seriously, every time I NEEDED to check a dictionary I searched for "dictionary" in google and always forgot to bookmark them. Done now. In my personal bar in Firefox, too.
I looked up canon, and I had got the meaning right from context, I must say. Thank you!
 
dan_w said:
R.E.: dictionary.com, who would have thought? :D :D :D :D
Seriously, every time I NEEDED to check a dictionary I searched for "dictionary" in google and always forgot to bookmark them. Done now. In my personal bar in Firefox, too.
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It's already built into Firefox. See the google toolbar up there at the top right? Click on the "G".
 
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