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Old 08-27-2004, 04:26 PM   #1
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Sigh... Gramer and Speeling theese daiz

Even problems in paper ads are starting up...

http://hardocp.com/image.html?image=...BfMV8xX2wuanBn

A "Computer Universal Bah"... What's that supposed to be?
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Old 08-27-2004, 04:39 PM   #2
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Huh, I've seen typo's in ad's and such, but NEVER that bad! I guess they weren't kidding about the illiteracy problems nowadays.

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Old 08-27-2004, 08:00 PM   #3
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It isn't true that the whole world speaks English but they're certainly trying hard.
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Old 08-28-2004, 12:41 AM   #4
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Hmmm...looks like Engrish.

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Hmmm...looks like Engrish.

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Sad, so sad.
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Old 08-28-2004, 02:43 AM   #7
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The ad that Force Flow linked to reminded me of "All Your Base Are Belong To US".

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Old 08-28-2004, 09:59 AM   #8
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Reminds me of my Starview KVM switch where to switch systems, you use the keystroke combo of CTRL-ALT-SHIFT, except in the instructions, the F was missing in SHIFT... this could get messy.
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