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Post by Mr. Glow on Jun 6, 2010 2:43:57 GMT 1
I've always loved the sound of typewriters, they really put me in the mood for writing. So I did a quick internet search and found this pretty cool program: www.colorpilot.com/sound.html It plays typewriter noises whenever you press a key. It even has the little ding! noise for when you go to a new line. I love it.
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Post by Mister Buch on Jun 6, 2010 11:13:44 GMT 1
That's pretty neat, Glow! Although I actually think the 'ICQ' mode sounds a lot more like a typewriter than the 'typewriter' mode!
Yeah I am loving the 'ding'! Good find!
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Post by Battlechantress on Aug 24, 2010 23:39:59 GMT 1
Just finally got around to downloading this. Thanks for the link.
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Post by lieden on Aug 25, 2010 6:21:15 GMT 1
I think that's frightening! D:
Then again, I'm sometimes annoyed by the sound the macbook keys make. I'd like them to be completely quiet, if possible!
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Post by Cali on Sept 2, 2010 22:02:02 GMT 1
I actually bought a real typewriter about five days ago. It really gets me in the mood to write stuff!
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Post by Mr. Glow on Sept 2, 2010 22:15:28 GMT 1
I think typewriters are good for writing because you have to commit to something before you type it. With Notepad and MS Word, you can just delete anything you have second thoughts about. (I'm plagued by this.)
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Post by lieden on Sept 3, 2010 5:01:13 GMT 1
I'm addicted to my backspace key. I wouldn't change it for the world!
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Post by Mister Buch on Sept 4, 2010 12:42:41 GMT 1
Exactly, lieden. Exactly.
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Post by jklinders on Sept 5, 2010 2:43:15 GMT 1
Built in spell check is a godsend as well. Even if I'm stuck with US english on it.
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Post by lieden on Sept 5, 2010 5:31:42 GMT 1
Built in spell check is a godsend as well. Even if I'm stuck with US english on it. ;) In Canada you use British spelling? In which case, why don't you just download the language pack? :) Edit: Wait; you're not using OpenOffice, I guess, so you're stuck with the default language in Word?
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Post by jklinders on Sept 5, 2010 12:54:10 GMT 1
I could snap up open office, but because I mainly type in web browsers the there is not much option for other languages. I am the non writing slacker in this writer's forum Officially we use the British English system, but we are losing our ability to use u's and re's due to our proximity to the US. Even our english teachers are marking kids wrong in spelling if they use British english because of the insidious evil that is spell check. For all I know there was some official change when I wasn't looking. But to me it is still labour, not labor, centre, not center. I'm just sick of the little red lines telling me I'm wrong so I just go with the flow.
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Post by lieden on Sept 5, 2010 14:27:31 GMT 1
You could appeal to the Queen. ;)
I know the thing with the differences in spelling. But being a non-native speaker, it is kinda jumbled up for me. I learned English using British spelling, but have been exposed to vast amounts of text with American spelling. So, as a result: 'Color', 'labor' etc. look very weird when I (have to) write them, but I never think about it twice when I read them as such. On the other hand, sometimes the '-ise' (vs. '-ize') ending looks a little strange, too. Not consistently, either: 'realise' is all natural. 'Conceptualise', less so. My brain is messed up!
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Post by jklinders on Sept 5, 2010 15:13:54 GMT 1
You've mentioned Athens a couple of times. Is your first language Greek? If so that is one hell of a leap to learn any kind of English. I have respect for any non-native English speaker who can pick up this bloated non-nonsensical monstrosity that is English. Times have changed. once was you needed to know Greek and Latin to be considered educated. Now if you don't know English you are kind of screwed since it is the language of commerce and all.
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Post by lieden on Sept 5, 2010 17:58:13 GMT 1
My first language is Greek, yes. But it's not too great a leap to learn English if your first language is also Indo-European. Scandinavians and Dutch pick up English rapidly, because they all (along with English) belong to the same sub-group. And in general going from a highly inflective language (e.g. Greek, Polish, German: lots of different word endings according to tense, number, case etc.) to one with little inflection (such as English, which basically differentiates just in number: -/-s in nouns, vice-versa in 3rd person verbs), is quite easy. It's having to learn and memorise all the different word endings that's a bastard. Vocabulary and grammar is comparatively easy to grasp.
Then the difficulty lies in grasping a good and 'native-sounding' diction. That requires lots of exposure and training. And again, in our English language-dominated world that's not hard to get. ;)
Sorry about unloading all that linguistic mumbo-jumbo!
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Post by jklinders on Sept 6, 2010 1:25:59 GMT 1
No worries. I just regret not picking up french when it was freely offered in school. Not knowing french slams a lot of doors in your face in this country.
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