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Honestly, I still prefer the 'verb' Slashdotted. So much warmer then DDOS'd.

• ozh 12y ago
  than.
  • B5geek 12y ago
    I'm going to assume you are a grammar Nazi of the American variety. thEn is a correct and acceptable spelling in Canada. ########### As I was typing this up I was looking for references to back up statement. BUT I was wrong. (damn my 4rd grade english teacher!) I was taught that the two words were grammatically the same it was just a difference in US vs 'British/Canadian' spelling. (i.e. grey vs gray) So, please ignore my indignant reply. (Which I left in for reference.) For future versions of myself who will make this mistake again: THAN = a comparison Golf balls are smaller THAN bowling balls. THEN = a statement relating to time. I went golfing THEN bowling. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/than http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/than http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/then http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/then
    • skj 12y ago
      I would never trust a 4th grade English teacher for any advice on grammar or spelling.
      • B5geek 12y ago
        Well, I must admit to the possibility that I just wasn't paying attention and this 'wrong' rule was just shit I made up. /me has disgraced the entire Canadian education system, or has just highlighted his own ignorance.
    • mikeash 12y ago
      Amusingly, "so much warmer then DDOS'd" could be used to describe what happened to this server.
    • klipt 12y ago
      Hahaha, oh wow, that's hilarious! Glad you learned something today :-) http://xkcd.com/1053/ http://xkcd.com/1053/
    • ozh 12y ago
      For the record, I'm just a non English speaker and it's really painful for us strangers to see things like this after so many years spent learning "academic" English :) Kudos on leaving your statement in full transparency anyway :)