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Post by thebfg on Sept 10, 2017 9:49:45 GMT
Yet you capatilise Telemachus Yes because it's someone's name. A proper noun. A fictional character (although there were plenty of subsequent Telemachuses who were real). In the case of god it is a bit confusing because the word is both a noun and a proper noun. It is like calling your dog Dog. However unbelievers such as me who will of course be punished by having to spend eternity logged in to TB, make the point that god isn't real by deliberately not capitalising it so that it becomes more "a god, believed in by fools" than "The one and only God Almighty". I guess it's just a convention but the important point is that I deliberately didn't capitalise god (really annoying, iPad keeps auto-correcting to God. Bloody American religious zealots!). It wasn't a mistake. Anyway if you have a problem with it I suggest you contact the religious police and have me extradited to Iran. I don't really care to be honest. I am not a believer. I once made a point when a lot of people were discussing those hijab things. I pointed out the Koran was a made up book by men and that fanatical followers such as hijab wearers were no different to the fanatics in american cults. The do gooders tries to shoot me down as racist but couldn't. As they had all said the bible was made up as (g)od did not create anything.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 10:20:42 GMT
My android phone does not capitalise god. I hate apple products. Apple. Just sayin'...... I don't believe in apple
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Post by Mr Stabby on Sept 10, 2017 11:56:26 GMT
I always understood that in capitalising god it was a way of recognising they existed. Not capitalising the word marks out that you dont believe they do or did. Correct. And I don't believe in the beardy sadist on a cloud who (allegedly) brings so much misery and death to his creations, so it's lower case for me! Correct use of grammar has nothing to do with theism or atheism. I do not believe that the island of Atlantis existed, however the fact that the location is mythical does not alter basic rules of grammar and it should be spelled with an uppercase letter. If referring to gods in general, such as "Greek gods", then a lowercase letter is correct. When referring to a specific god, which you clearly are by your positioning of the apostrophe, then the god in question is a proper noun and should start with an uppercase letter. Only a thicko who didn't go to a proper school would not have been taught that.
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Post by Telemachus on Sept 10, 2017 12:31:54 GMT
Correct. And I don't believe in the beardy sadist on a cloud who (allegedly) brings so much misery and death to his creations, so it's lower case for me! Correct use of grammar has nothing to do with theism or atheism. I do not believe that the island of Atlantis existed, however the fact that the location is mythical does not alter basic rules of grammar and it should be spelled with an uppercase letter. If referring to gods in general, such as "Greek gods", then a lowercase letter is correct. When referring to a specific god, which you clearly are by your positioning of the apostrophe, then the god in question is a proper noun and should start with an uppercase letter. Only a thicko who didn't go to a proper school would not have been taught that. Well then clearly you are wrong because I am not a thicko and I did go to a proper school. Have you considered applying for a job with the CWDF grammar police? Apparently Athy is recruiting. But anyway, your points about capitalisation above is wrong. A specific god in not by default capitalised, so for example, the roman god of war is Mars. Mars is capitalised because it is the name of the god. In Christianity we confuse things by calling our god by the name of God (we could of course have chosen Jehovah or any of his other names, but for some reason we decided to call our god God). But since he doesn't actiually exist, I and many others call him god. It is just our little way of making a point! Get over it!
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 10, 2017 12:47:34 GMT
Correct use of grammar has nothing to do with theism or atheism. I do not believe that the island of Atlantis existed, however the fact that the location is mythical does not alter basic rules of grammar and it should be spelled with an uppercase letter. If referring to gods in general, such as "Greek gods", then a lowercase letter is correct. When referring to a specific god, which you clearly are by your positioning of the apostrophe, then the god in question is a proper noun and should start with an uppercase letter. Only a thicko who didn't go to a proper school would not have been taught that. In Christianity we confuse things by calling our god by the name of God (we could of course have chosen Jehovah or any of his other names Harold.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 12:50:19 GMT
Test
Oh my Harold! For Harold's sake ! Harold's teeth !!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 12:51:48 GMT
In Christianity WE confuse things by calling our god by the name of God (we could of course have chosen Jehovah or any of his other names, but for some reason we decided to call our god God). But since HE doesn't actiually exist, I and many others call him god. It is just our little way of making a point! Get over it! We? He? Not in denial are you ??
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Post by Telemachus on Sept 10, 2017 13:23:29 GMT
In Christianity WE confuse things by calling our god by the name of God (we could of course have chosen Jehovah or any of his other names, but for some reason we decided to call our god God). But since HE doesn't actiually exist, I and many others call him god. It is just our little way of making a point! Get over it! We? He? Not in denial are you ?? No, too many crocodiles.
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Post by kris on Sept 10, 2017 14:28:04 GMT
Most of the crashing I have seen is with old working boats not being able to wind the throttle back fast enough on those wheel things. Think it's more that the old diesel donkeys fitted in them ain't as revvy or responsive as all this new fangled jap shite that boats are fitted with nowadays. A combination of the engines and the controls on old boats I would think. It's amazing how many modern boat owners, whose own boats will stop in their own length pretty much. Have no idea that older boats might not be able to do the same, especially the bigger old working boats on northern waters.
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Post by kris on Sept 10, 2017 14:34:47 GMT
Correct use of grammar has nothing to do with theism or atheism. I do not believe that the island of Atlantis existed, however the fact that the location is mythical does not alter basic rules of grammar and it should be spelled with an uppercase letter. If referring to gods in general, such as "Greek gods", then a lowercase letter is correct. When referring to a specific god, which you clearly are by your positioning of the apostrophe, then the god in question is a proper noun and should start with an uppercase letter. Only a thicko who didn't go to a proper school would not have been taught that. Well then clearly you are wrong because I am not a thicko and I did go to a proper school. Have you considered applying for a job with the CWDF grammar police? Apparently Athy is recruiting. Who gives a fuck about the correct use of grammar? Obviously you do,So I would have thought you would be the ideal candidate if in fact athy is recruiting.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 14:47:08 GMT
Think it's more that the old diesel donkeys fitted in them ain't as revvy or responsive as all this new fangled jap shite that boats are fitted with nowadays. A combination of the engines and the controls on old boats I would think. It's amazing how many modern boat owners, whose own boats will stop in their own length pretty much. Have no idea that older boats might not be able to do the same, especially the bigger old working boats on northern waters. The topic was about a narrow boat (ex GUCCI "Corona". Do the bigger working boats on northern waters crash into lock gates? I think not. Regardless of the size of boat it is possible to avoid hitting infrastucture unless there is either some sort of mechanical problem with the boat or the steerer. Some people choose to deliberately hit infrastructure. Other people object to this. The joy of boating.
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Post by kris on Sept 10, 2017 14:49:18 GMT
A combination of the engines and the controls on old boats I would think. It's amazing how many modern boat owners, whose own boats will stop in their own length pretty much. Have no idea that older boats might not be able to do the same, especially the bigger old working boats on northern waters. The topic was about a narrow boat (ex GUCCI "Corona". Do the bigger working boats on northern waters crash into lock gates? I think not. So now we have to stay on topic do we? I wasn't aware that there are content police as well as grammar police on thunderboat.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 14:52:05 GMT
Yes.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Sept 10, 2017 14:55:07 GMT
Correct use of grammar has nothing to do with theism or atheism. I do not believe that the island of Atlantis existed, however the fact that the location is mythical does not alter basic rules of grammar and it should be spelled with an uppercase letter. If referring to gods in general, such as "Greek gods", then a lowercase letter is correct. When referring to a specific god, which you clearly are by your positioning of the apostrophe, then the god in question is a proper noun and should start with an uppercase letter. Only a thicko who didn't go to a proper school would not have been taught that. Well then clearly you are wrong because I am not a thicko and I did go to a proper school. You obviously are a thicko and you obviously didn't go to a proper school if you believe that proper nouns should not be capitalised where the object or entity in question is fictional, otherwise Sherlock Holmes would be spelled with lowercase letters.
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Post by kris on Sept 10, 2017 14:55:39 GMT
Most of the crashing I have seen is with old working boats not being able to wind the throttle back fast enough on those wheel things, I have had a go on one a few years ago and I struggled with it it, I suppose with practice I would be ok but they arnt for me Magnet man andys post that I quoted and replied to was a reply to this post by Peter. Maybe you can understand now.
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