Aja on 30/4/2006 at 09:38
Quote Posted by Gingerbread Man
No, it isn't. "Err" is a verb.
Fuck.. I ought to drop out of English and enroll in the Devry Institute :o
At least I still have three more years to get this whole noun/verb thing down :p
OrbWeaver on 30/4/2006 at 11:14
The distinction between "err" and "error" is fairly blurred when uttered in the accent of a typical Thief guard.
I agree that GBM's interpretation is probably correct, but "I'll forgive your errors of ways" is perfectly grammatical and semantically valid.
Solabusca on 30/4/2006 at 13:16
Quote Posted by OrbWeaver
The distinction between "err" and "error" is fairly blurred when uttered in the accent of a typical Thief guard.
I agree that GBM's interpretation is probably correct, but "I'll forgive your errors of ways" is perfectly grammatical and semantically valid.
Actually, it would be more valid if you stated that you forgave errors in ways (and added a descriptor of them). Errs, on the other hand, is not a valid contraction or substitute for error.
"I'll forgive your errors in ways of subterfuge", for instance, works.
Once again, when one ERRS, one makes ERRORS. One cannot make an err.
.j.
Dia on 30/4/2006 at 13:43
Oh where's Zylon Bane when you really need him? ;)
Though I think Solabusca pretty much nailed it.
To err is human, to forgive divine.
OrbWeaver on 30/4/2006 at 15:52
Quote Posted by Solabusca
Actually, it would be more valid if you stated that you forgave errors in ways (and added a descriptor of them). Errs, on the other hand, is not a valid contraction or substitute for error.
There is no such thing as a "valid contraction". A contraction is merely an artifact of pronounciation with a certain dialect, and when the particular dialect is the "pirate style" of Thief guards, "error" and "err" sound very similar (especially when elided into the following word).
Maybe it only works this way for British English speakers, who knows.
Soul Shaker on 1/5/2006 at 03:31
Think of it in the common abbreviations used around that time. I would say it has something in common with the constantly used o' and the fact that almost every word with 2 syllables or more could probably be abbreviated. Since the English language has evolved, we lose and gain words and ways of writing and speaking.
Stony on 10/5/2006 at 03:10
Funny, I'd always heard it as, "Sutter, I've put up with your airs a ways..." To put on airs is act superior, and "a ways" is an old fashioned way of saying for a while, or for some distance. He's saying, "Sutter, I've put up with your arrogance for a while..." It's a not-very-friendly warning that Sutter's superior attitude has been getting on his nerves, in my opinion.
Stony
Scots Taffer on 10/5/2006 at 05:53
Jesus, semantics and dictionary freaks... I don't remember the line between CommChat and ThiefGen being so blurry.
THE BOUNDARY IS WEAKENING
also 'sup all, I'm reading thiefgen again 'cos I'm getting around to replaying them all :cool:
Dia on 10/5/2006 at 15:17
Welcome back to the 'lighter' side of life, Scots! ;)
You realize you'll probably catch seven kinds of hell from the guys in CC when they find out where you've been, right? :cheeky:
hopper on 11/5/2006 at 08:24
Sup dudes, I hear there's gratuitous aggression itt confirm/deny?
