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Alex Yeoh
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 Posted: Fri 12 Nov, 2004 12:46 pm Post subject: why "myArmoury" and not "myarmo*ry"? |
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why "myArmoury" and not "myarmo*ry"? It seems like most people on this board are from North America.
Me - I'm an Australian living in Canada, so I spell armour with a "u" - but I find it interesting that a predominantly American board spells it with a "u".
just curious.
"Only a fool would go after the singing sword!" - Bugs Bunny
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Nathan Robinson
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| Posted: Fri 12 Nov, 2004 12:49 pm Post subject: Re: why "myArmoury" and not "myArmoury"? |
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| Alex Yeoh wrote: | why "myArmoury" and not "myArmoury"? It seems like most people on this board are from North America.
Me - I'm an Australian living in Canada, so I spell armour with a "u" - but I find it interesting that a predominantly American board spells it with a "u".
just curious. |
Because the domain name without the "u" in it was already taken.
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Howard Waddell
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Location: Wisconsin, USA Joined: 18 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Fri 12 Nov, 2004 1:07 pm Post subject: Re: why "myArmoury" and not "myArmoury"? |
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| Nathan Robinson wrote: | | Alex Yeoh wrote: | why "myArmoury" and not "myArmoury"? It seems like most people on this board are from North America.
Me - I'm an Australian living in Canada, so I spell armour with a "u" - but I find it interesting that a predominantly American board spells it with a "u".
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Because the domain name without the "u" in it was already taken. |
Amusingly enough, a site that sells a pop-up blocker...
myarmo*ry (dot)com (for some reason the site here keeps chaging it to add the "U")
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"MyArmo*ry was started to help Internet users get rid of the mess and start enjoying the Web again. "
I'd say "myArmoury.com" did the same thing for me...
Best,
Howy
Albion Swords Ltd
http://albion-swords.com
http://filmswords.com
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Alex Yeoh
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yeah I noticed that! I wrote "myarmo*ry" and it switched it to "myArmoury" which made my subject heading nonsensical!
"Only a fool would go after the singing sword!" - Bugs Bunny
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Nathan Robinson
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Alex Yeoh
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how did you manage to spell myArmory.com without it changing? Amazing 
"Only a fool would go after the singing sword!" - Bugs Bunny
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Markus Haider
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| Alex Yeoh wrote: | | how did you manage to spell myArmory.com without it changing? Amazing |
Admins are like small gods, they can do everything they please in their domain 
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Patrik Erik Lars Lindblom
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| Markus Haider wrote: | | Alex Yeoh wrote: | | how did you manage to spell myArmory.com without it changing? Amazing |
Admins are like small gods, they can do everything they please in their domain |
 Do you think something like this, Markus
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Markus Haider
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Heh, heh. Gladly this is posted on the Off-Topc forum - The Vandal is using an axe 
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David R. Glier
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Besides that, the online armour community has pretty much adopted (claimed!) the British spelling of the word to mean armour of the medieval variety.
Kinda grew out of trying to do websearches and coming up with tanks and bullet proof vests....
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Nathan Robinson
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| David R. Glier wrote: | Besides that, the online armour community has pretty much adopted (claimed!) the British spelling of the word to mean armour of the medieval variety.
Kinda grew out of trying to do websearches and coming up with tanks and bullet proof vests.... |
Hm. You know what? That's a very good point. It's not one I considered, in truth, when making and naming the site. As it turns out, I'm happy with the name and its spelling. It does seem more appropriate for our subject matter and luckily avoids the pitfalls that you just described.
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This is a standard topic
