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« Reply #40 on: November 05, 2012, 07:08:21 am » |
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You're still not getting it. I thought I spelled it out easily enough but whatever.
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What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets.
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Tymathee
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« Reply #41 on: November 05, 2012, 09:05:18 am » |
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back to OP... The British are coming The British are coming.
THE BRITISH ARE HERE
World Of Tanks 8.1 update is live enjoy the real tank smiths of the 20th century
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"I want proof!"
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"Whatever, I'm still right"
Dafuq man, don't ask for proof if you'll refuse it if it's not in your favor, logic fallacy for the bloody win.
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nikomas
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« Reply #42 on: November 05, 2012, 12:17:12 pm » |
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Armoured Fighting Vehicles tend to take up a lot larger scope of vehicles (including recon vehicles, troop transports etc. A humvee i think counts as an AFV and is clearly not a tank.) and not restricted to 'tanks' alone. However those which you would classify as a 'tank' while are still classified as an Armoured Fighting Vehicle would be more specifically termed Armour.
Well I know that, what I'm saying is if you step outside English the term/name for a tank seems to be a bit longer than simply Armour/Tank, that's what I meant. |
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« Reply #43 on: November 05, 2012, 12:51:12 pm » |
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Well I know that, what I'm saying is if you step outside English the term/name for a tank seems to be a bit longer than simply Armour/Tank, that's what I meant.
well tbh "tank" is and sounds like and also is as an example a term for a container. Regarding that the early tanks (containers) were the bins on wheels. So possibly the first (very first) thoughts about tanks were things on wheels. It got developed later on to the armoured fighting vehicles we had in ww2 and also today. Many other languages dont use the simple term tank (container) but the armoured whatever vehicle/wagon. Only in the english language the tank is still popular for the armoured fighting vehicle. Possibly because of their first tries. |
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« Reply #44 on: November 05, 2012, 12:56:46 pm » |
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I think we've already asserted both the origin of the word, its use in English and its use in other languages to death at this point, with a ton of miscommunication going around to boot.
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« Reply #45 on: November 05, 2012, 01:08:17 pm » |
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Well I know that, what I'm saying is if you step outside English the term/name for a tank seems to be a bit longer than simply Armour/Tank, that's what I meant.
Problem with other languages is that you might need to check the context to make sure the word is actually what you think it means. Can get tricky. |
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nikomas
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« Reply #46 on: November 05, 2012, 01:17:31 pm » |
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Problem with other languages is that you might need to check the context to make sure the word is actually what you think it means. Can get tricky.
Well I'm swedish myself, so that's why I'm pretty sure about that one  And we all know how the germans like their long names, heh. |
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« Reply #47 on: November 05, 2012, 01:47:06 pm » |
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Well I'm swedish myself, so that's why I'm pretty sure about that one And we all know how the germans like their long names, heh. yeah and as a real german can agree on that. The smaller word for panzerkampfwagen is panzer, that way u can also often hear p4 or even panzer 4. The word "Panzer" is something with "panzerung" (armour) and in this context unfortunately not comparable with the simple container (tank) u would normally use as the english word. Why would u otherwise call it armoured fighting vehicle/wagon? Tank is not directly linked with armour still common used in the english language. |
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Mysthalin
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« Reply #48 on: November 05, 2012, 02:04:36 pm » |
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How about we agree that a "tank" is merely a fully enclosed, turreted armoured military vehicle that uses continuous tracks (as opposed to Wheels or a half-track) to move about?
Under this definition of course the original "tanks" of World War 1 would not be considered so much Tanks as they would be Assault Guns - but considering that it's these Assault Guns were conceived under a principle similar enough to Tanks designed later on it makes no matter in the context of World War 1.
Especially since the two were called the same.
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tank130
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« Reply #49 on: November 05, 2012, 02:58:46 pm » |
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Why don't we all just agree "Tank" has too much money and spare time on his hands and likes to squash young peoples dreams by using heavy moderation........
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Tymathee
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« Reply #50 on: November 05, 2012, 05:35:38 pm » |
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Sounds good
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TheIcelandicManiac
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« Reply #51 on: November 06, 2012, 11:28:14 am » |
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Why don't we all just agree "Tank" has too much money and spare time on his hands and likes to squash young peoples dreams by using heavy moderation........
Well if i were you with that amount of money i would do the most silly things i could think off. Like hiring 2 guys to follow me around, 1 carrying a bag of light bulbs and another one carrying an travel vacuum and every time someone says the word "What" one of them would trow a light bulb on the ground and the other one would clean it up as quickly as possible. |
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« Reply #52 on: November 06, 2012, 12:38:12 pm » |
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Hans, a real german? Protest!
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aeroblade56
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« Reply #53 on: November 06, 2012, 12:50:02 pm » |
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if i had that much money i would probably invest or make my own game, and free updates.
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TheIcelandicManiac
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« Reply #54 on: November 06, 2012, 03:05:29 pm » |
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if i had that much money i would probably invest or make my own game, and free updates.
Pfft, too predictable tbh. a lot more fun to do silly and cheap things instead of 1 thing thats a waste of money. |
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aeroblade56
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« Reply #55 on: November 06, 2012, 03:55:54 pm » |
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OH no thats not the fun part i would probably make a forum and then just moderate people and loved see them rage on forum.
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« Reply #56 on: November 06, 2012, 05:34:54 pm » |
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Well if i were you with that amount of money i would do the most silly things i could think off.
Like hiring 2 guys to follow me around, 1 carrying a bag of light bulbs and another one carrying an travel vacuum and every time someone says the word "What" one of them would trow a light bulb on the ground and the other one would clean it up as quickly as possible.
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Demon posession is real and it's not funny, it's the creepiest thing you will ever experience.
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TheIcelandicManiac
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« Reply #57 on: November 06, 2012, 05:43:22 pm » |
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Made me lol yea, the people i used to work with had some really wierd conversation topics like when we talked about skinning a cat, where to hide the bodys of campers if we would go kill them or as i wrote before what you would do if you would win a shitload of cash. OH no thats not the fun part i would probably make a forum and then just moderate people and loved see them rage on forum.
Well if that would be the case he could just as much apply for a job as an Bioware forum admin tbh. |
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tank130
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« Reply #58 on: November 07, 2012, 12:24:35 am » |
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Most of these post made me LOL..... then I read Icelandic's posts and I was: Like WTF is wrong with this dude?  ? I like you Ice, but sometime you post like a fucking retard....LOL |
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« Reply #59 on: November 07, 2012, 01:39:35 am » |
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I like you Ice, but sometime you post like a fucking retard....LOL
That bit, that bit right there, is worthy of being a signature. Fuck me i can't stop laughing. No offense to you ice |
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