Feral Heart
Game & Forum Discussion => Game Discussion => Topic started by: LookingForAStar on June 28, 2013, 07:24:29 pm
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What I mean by this is, people can be just too literate. It's not the fact that we are stupid, it's using a bunch of words we have never heard of. I don't want to have a dictionary and a science book with me! I know quite a bit of the vocabulary people use but, they go too far sometimes. Yesterday, two people in my pack were RP fighting, and I let her read some of the posts "Kat" posted, she didn't even know some! She's 16, straight A's, and has a VERY widespread vocabulary. I mean seriously? You know that's too much. People don't get how confused we are sometimes. Then "Kat" said what she meant, and it was like two sentences. Why not just say that!? I call it "wolf literate" because they mostly use it for wolves. So, whatcha guys think about "wolf literate'?
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That sounds more like wolfspeak.
Wolfspeak isn't "literate" at all. It's using a bunch of terms that are completely unneeded or, in many cases, don't even come close to what they are referring to, hence why it's so confusing.
Having a dictionary will just be more confusing because the definitions make it that much worse. It's much better to just find people that use normal words.
There's no such thing as "too literate", really. Some people are grammar strict, some grammar loose [or grammar loose extreme], or use things like wolfspeak. Wolfspeak doesn't make them any smarter than anyone else. They're just a walking thesaurus usually.
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Ooooh, how I hate wolfspeakers. You needn't worry about those guys, they just use big, often made-up words to try and sound fancy. And the words that aren't made-up, most of the time are being used completely out of their actual context, just because it "sounds cool".
So yeah, don't pay any attention to them, they're no more literate than anyone else. XD
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Like the others have said before me, using wolfspeak does not make someone literate. There were times when I roleplayed with someone who used scientifc words to name body parts... made me think they had an anatomy book with them o_O
And there is really no such thing as being too literate, as Shusuke said. There is such thing as people trying to show off by using wolfspeak... and that's it. It would be so much easier if they didn't use wolfspeak at all. I don't know why some people think it's important to use wolfspeak. Why not just use the regular words such as "ears" "muzzle" "tail" "legs" "rump" and so on?
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Thwy can't use normal terms 'cause they likw to be "Better" than us simple players. Obviously using words nobody understands makes you awesome and VERY literate.
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I remember being in a role play and this one person was using a ton of these long, drawn out words for the wrong thing. I looked up all the words on Google xD They all were wrong in the way she put them.Also they were a mate begger for my Phantom OTO char.I guess no one reads bios? Anyways I'm getting off topic.I don't mind rping with a wolf-speak rper but It can get annoying with the extremely long posts filled with unfamilier words.It helps widen my vocabulary. ^^ ~Erik
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It can be kinda annoying when people try that...Especially when you don't even know when they're talking about it, and it could've been explained much easier...
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I just don't RP with people who use such advanced forms of literacy. Not because they're bad people, but because I can't understand 2/3 of the words they use. My argument for people who use such words; when have you ever read a book with words like that for sentences? I know I haven't.
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Dem WolfSpeakers, Always confuse me....its like what? to every single post x3 they annoy me to the curve e3e
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Urgh. Some people have an annoying habit of using what we call 'wolfspeak' in roleplay. It's basically using words that they think sound unusual and unique to describe something, when in reality, the words they use are completely out of context, making their sentence/paragraph grammatically incorrect. Which is completely against what literate roleplayers strive for in my opinion.
I don't see why they can't just use words that make sense in their posts. They obviously think it makes them look intelligent to use words that confuse people. It's not clever or cool! It's just wrong! Stop doing it!
(Going to stop ranting before I get carried away xD)
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Well, if the words she spoke really were actual words and not 'wolfspeak' as the others have said, I guess its not her fault, she's used to writing those words in her compositions and stories for exams, it probably just burned into her head. Thank god i'm not very smart, then. :D
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Wolf-speak does not make someone literate - actually, quite the opposite. Most of the words that they use do not even come close to meaning what they think they mean.
For example, 'fae' is not a name for a female wolf. The real definition of 'fae' would be:
a humanoid mystical creature that wields great power in magic and elementals, usually have anteneyes and insect like wings, and are short.
'Auds' does not mean ears. Auds actually means:
Unit of measurement/distance. (Eve of the War).
'Femora' does not mean female. A femora is actually the plural word of femur.
Femur: The bone of the thigh or upper hind limb, articulating at the hip and the knee.
Really, the list of incorrect terms could go on and on.
I wouldn't mind wolf-speakers so much if they actually used correct terms, but most of the words that they use make absolutely no sense!
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I actually Wolfspeak myself, sometimes. It's not that I like Wolfspeak, but when there are only "strict literate" roleplays on I have no choice to use those long, goofy words myself. When I'm roleplaying in public or with a normal group , I just RP like anyone else. But I think it's wrong to talk about Wolfspeakers that way. Some may not even try to sound intelligent.~ Maybe they're just comfortable with their way or RP, and it's fine by me.
I'll just go before someone attacks me. o3o
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I actually Wolfspeak myself, sometimes. It's not that I like Wolfspeak, but when there are only "strict literate" roleplays on I have no choice to use those long, goofy words myself. When I'm roleplaying in public or with a normal group , I just RP like anyone else. But I think it's wrong to talk about Wolfspeakers that way. Some may not even try to sound intelligent.~ Maybe they're just comfortable with their way or RP, and it's fine by me.
I'll just go before someone attacks me. o3o
You shouldn't be afraid that someone's going to attack you or be rude to you - after all, we're all here to give our honest opinions (and to consider everyone else's opinions). c:
I'm not sure if I came off as rude at all in my first post, really. I'm sorry if I did. ^^; I'm mainly just bother by the wolf-speakers who do think that wolfspeak = automatic literacy. I would never think someone's stupid or anything for using wolfspeak, I just don't think it's fair for them to call others illiterate when the terms that they use don't mean what they believe they do.
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Tis usually why said "WolfSpeak" People strictly prohibited people whom are not familiar with the words to join their group.However as we all know the MODS haven't seem to done anything about us which makes us clearly innocent in their view.I will use a couple of Greek words here and then maybe a few scientific definition but I am with you on the context that a single word one of them may use will take up entire paragraphs.I will not use a scientific or greek term that includes 20 letters that is just ridicules.
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And it is spelled as Auditories as Auids are often used as a shorter way for those who chose to use the shorter version.
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Wolfspeak isn't always used by wolf roleplayers, some of the clanmates in my warrior cats group actually wolfspeak, and probably the wolf/dog pack nearby. XD
Yeah, wolfspeak isn't literate AT ALL. I just think it's a bunch of words that a, pardon my language, stupid person made. It's annoying as hell, and I just think it's a widespread nonsense that show-offs use. I told someone off about their use of wolfspeak, and they told me that they can rp like that all they want, even though they were in a LITERATE roleplay. Kids these days, trying to be smart. xux
Banner: Generally a piece of cloth. So your tail is a piece of cloth?
Auditories: A unit of hearing range. Just doesn't make any actual scene for the use of ears.
Femora: Multiple femurs, which is a bone in the leg of an animal. So female characters are leg bones? The female wolf is called a -Removed by moderator-. But good luck using that word when people will mistaken you using it as the other meaning. ;)
Brute: A savagely violent person or animal. A male character is a savage? I find that kinda sexist. The male wolf is called a dog, but that will make people confuse your species.
Pillars: A tall vertical structure of stone, wood, or metal. Since when the character's legs are monuments?
Crown: Like what kings wear. How does a ANIMAL character get the crown on it's head? I get it that crowns are also a place on the forehead, but seriously?
Cranium: The part of the skull that holds the brain. Moving that will give you brain damage and possibly die.