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2014-08-06, 06:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Is there a GitP dialect?
So i watched this video by the PBS Idea Channel:
And naturally, i thought of InternetHome: Giant in the Playground.
So I ask you, do you think there is a GitP dialect?Despite everything, its still me.
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2014-08-06, 09:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Is there a GitP dialect?
So basically it is referencing a mixture of subject jargon and collectively held values?
Sure, the D&D/GitP community has a massive emphasis on legalistic interpretations, which shows up in the D&D, comic thread, and especially versus threads.
It also has jargon like RAW, RAI, Oberon Fallacy, Snowbluff Axiom, Rudisplork (newest one I think), Grod's Law, Monkday, etc. These make no sense to an outsider, and act as a barrier to entrance into the community.
Also celebrity posters exist on the forum, who act as shorthand for certain viewpoints.Last edited by Tvtyrant; 2014-08-06 at 09:40 PM.
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2014-08-06, 09:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Is there a GitP dialect?
It is a dialect with certain Jargon, but it's not exclusive to GiantITP. The jargon is shared by several websites that discuss the legal aspects of 3.5 and the like, so technically not a GiTP dialect, as it's not exclusive to GiTP.
There are a couple terms that are exclusive to GiTP, like Rudisplork, but that is not enough to constitute a whole dialect, and is more just some people making up new words as they go. Not sure if people can come to a consensus on what terms like that mean, for at least some of them.
So, a bit of gray area, but overall no dialect, I'd say, although there is potential for one to form.Last edited by Pyromancer999; 2014-08-06 at 09:47 PM.
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2014-08-06, 09:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Is there a GitP dialect?
It certainly does, though by such a measurement, I don't really possess the dialect or really am a part of the community, since I do not like legalistic interpretation or use any of that lingo myself, despite being here for some time myself. But there are exceptions to every community I guess. such things mostly come up in threads I mostly avoid.
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2014-08-06, 10:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Is there a GitP dialect?
Using blue text for sarcasm is unique to the GitP forums, as far as I know. And I don't mean that in a good way.
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2014-08-07, 03:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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2014-08-07, 04:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Is there a GitP dialect?
There is no dialect, citizen. Go back to your fun.
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2014-08-07, 04:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Is there a GitP dialect?
Most people use DM instead of GM or another specific game term to refer to the person running the game. Mostly because this is a comic based on a DND game and most of our other long discussed gaming comics are DND based.
Then of course comes the inevitable euphemisms. Mainly because of the fact that GITP forums are supposed to somehow be more kid friendly than every single other thing on the site, and most of the prominent posters who were ever that young to begin with have long since become adults.
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2014-08-07, 04:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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2014-08-07, 05:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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2014-08-07, 06:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Is there a GitP dialect?
At least in the 3.5 threads we use Swordsage'd instead of Ninja'd, mainly because a swordsage is a better ninja than a ninja.
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2014-08-07, 06:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Is there a GitP dialect?
I know, back in my hayday's on this forum, that there were lots of words and phrases used specifically in SMGB and FFRP/Town that could have counted as a dialect specific to that particular subsection of the boards.
But skimming through it, none of that has survived, really.
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2014-08-07, 08:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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2014-08-07, 08:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Heck, we even have subaccents by board. And sometimes subgroups on board. The TW crew is pretty tight-knit, though we mostly hang out on Skype these days. On the other hand, whenever I have a look into Friendly Banter (especially Random Banter) or Art, I'm quite confused.
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2014-08-07, 01:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Is there a GitP dialect?
Blue sarcasm appears to be alive and well to me.
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2014-08-07, 03:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-08-07, 04:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Is there a GitP dialect?
Like Pyromancer, I don't think I'd say there's a GITP dialect. Accent is - orange text notwithstanding* - indistinguishable, and syntax and grammar is as anywhere else where English is spoken, or at least typed.
There is some apparently unique vocabulary, but it's hardly universal, often confined to individual threads, boards or cliques, or conversely used commonly with other communities. At most there's probably more of a GITP-specific lexicon. Maybe jargon.
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The GITP dialect is subtle, but can be described as a veneer of sweetness over some of the most intense passive aggression you've ever encountered.
We have memes that are specific to the playground, but memes do not make a dialect.
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π = 4
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2014-08-08, 06:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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I fail to see the point of coloring texts when we have smileys.
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Aye, right ye are laddie mirk orange needs tae be reid wi' a British accent.
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I do my best not to make sarcasm obvious by tone of voice in speech either.
I've never been able to pin down quite what annoys me about the blue text, but I think it's at least in part because it's an obvious marker for "this is meant to be funny", which always makes anything seem less funny, somehow. And sarcasm is rarely particularly funny in the first place, especially when it's obvious sarcasm. You might as well preface it with "lol" and end it with "!!!".
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2014-08-08, 10:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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From the first word that was "Scottish" in my head which is correct... For the moment
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Then again if I said dark green should be read in an American accent what would you default to?
Texas? California? Canada*?
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