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Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37063 Posts
February 19 2012 08:48 GMT
#1
I'm utterly baffled and confused by this....

Dictionary.com definition
Dictionary.com definition #2


Let's analyze this a bit, shall we?

Link #1, clearly states that those 2 words create "a club enthusiastically devoted to a movie star or other celebrity or to a sports team."

But Link #2? That word doesn't exist.....

But what the heck is going on here?
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/index.php?show_part=56

If you look closely, it's like 75% of all fan club thread titles are titled by that singular word "fanclub," while only 25% of the other threads have the proper titling, "fan club".

I just got to know, how the heck did this happen?
I'm also not one to talk, I created SlayerS_Brown's fan club but I used the compound word "fanclub"

WTF?!

I have theories:

  • the first person to have ever created a fan club thread on TL used the word "fanclub" and no one noticed the error when they decided to create fan clubs as well
  • "fanclub" IS a word, and dictionary.com doesn't know what its talking about
  • There is a whole "Take over the American language by adding another word" rebellion going out there and soon, we will see the word "fanclub" in our freakin dreams
  • Alien invasion. Dem UFO sightings may just be true
  • It was just an honest mistake that people looked over



IMHO, I am suspecting #3 and #4 to be the most likely Errr...... #1 or #5 to be most likely.

Meh..... probably not blog worthy but thx for reading guys

Let's conclude with a poll shall we?
Poll: What do u think?

DISASTER! ALERT THE TL STAFF! THIS TRAVESTY CANNOT GO UNNOTICED! (21)
 
36%

Thx for wasting my time Seeker (12)
 
20%

Dem UFOs dude..... (7)
 
12%

Crappy blog but I'll still give u a 5/5 since I feel sorry for you (6)
 
10%

Honest Mistake (4)
 
7%

What? Fanclub IS a word. GTFO Seeker (4)
 
7%

What? Fanclub is NOT a word?!?! :( (3)
 
5%

Someone is DEFINITELY responsible for this. FIND HIM!!! (2)
 
3%

59 total votes

Your vote: What do u think?

(Vote): Honest Mistake
(Vote): Someone is DEFINITELY responsible for this. FIND HIM!!!
(Vote): Thx for wasting my time Seeker
(Vote): DISASTER! ALERT THE TL STAFF! THIS TRAVESTY CANNOT GO UNNOTICED!
(Vote): What? Fanclub is NOT a word?!?! :(
(Vote): Crappy blog but I'll still give u a 5/5 since I feel sorry for you
(Vote): What? Fanclub IS a word. GTFO Seeker
(Vote): Dem UFOs dude.....



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ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
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Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
February 19 2012 08:53 GMT
#2
Opened a Seeker blog, not sure why I expected anything different.

It's probably just people copied the first fan club ( which was the first fan club ever made btw? ) title and didn't notice the mistake.
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37063 Posts
February 19 2012 09:18 GMT
#3
On February 19 2012 17:53 Dodgin wrote:
Opened a Seeker blog, not sure why I expected anything different.

It's probably just people copied the first fan club ( which was the first fan club ever made btw? ) title and didn't notice the mistake.

What does that even mean? I suck at making blogs?
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
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ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12698 Posts
February 19 2012 09:22 GMT
#4
better to check it on oxford dictionary
I do think there is no such word as fanclub, it should be fan club
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
Rawr
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Sweden624 Posts
February 19 2012 09:23 GMT
#5
In many other languages, you can combine words in that way. Maybe, not everyone knows that "fan" and "club" should be divided. I know that, in swedish, I would write the two words as one. Such things are hard to correct when switching language.
Joo Se-Hyuk
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
February 19 2012 09:23 GMT
#6
On February 19 2012 18:18 Seeker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 19 2012 17:53 Dodgin wrote:
Opened a Seeker blog, not sure why I expected anything different.

It's probably just people copied the first fan club ( which was the first fan club ever made btw? ) title and didn't notice the mistake.

What does that even mean? I suck at making blogs?


No just that it would be about something silly.
mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-19 09:28:39
February 19 2012 09:28 GMT
#7
Did you check for the hyphenated fan-club?

Also blame the mods, they're the ones that edited the titles.
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37063 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-19 09:29:19
February 19 2012 09:29 GMT
#8
On February 19 2012 18:23 Dodgin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 19 2012 18:18 Seeker wrote:
On February 19 2012 17:53 Dodgin wrote:
Opened a Seeker blog, not sure why I expected anything different.

It's probably just people copied the first fan club ( which was the first fan club ever made btw? ) title and didn't notice the mistake.

What does that even mean? I suck at making blogs?


No just that it would be about something silly.

-__-;;

I think this could potentially be the biggest scandal in TL history, don't you?
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
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Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37063 Posts
February 19 2012 09:34 GMT
#9
On February 19 2012 18:22 ETisME wrote:
better to check it on oxford dictionary
I do think there is no such word as fanclub, it should be fan club

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/fan+club?q=fanclub

Oxford says no "fanclub" either :/
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
TL+ Member
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50641 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-19 09:37:35
February 19 2012 09:36 GMT
#10
this looks like shamelss self promotion to me seeker.

fanclub does exist in the dictionary that is the collective human brain.
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Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37063 Posts
February 19 2012 09:36 GMT
#11
On February 19 2012 18:36 BLinD-RawR wrote:
this looks like shamelss self promotion to me seeker.

Self promotion in what way exactly?
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
TL+ Member
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50641 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-19 09:40:06
February 19 2012 09:39 GMT
#12
On February 19 2012 18:36 Seeker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 19 2012 18:36 BLinD-RawR wrote:
this looks like shamelss self promotion to me seeker.

Self promotion in what way exactly?

sorry total brainfart.

for some reason I read Slayers as Seeker.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
Joni_
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany355 Posts
February 19 2012 09:56 GMT
#13
On February 19 2012 18:23 Rawr wrote:
In many other languages, you can combine words in that way. Maybe, not everyone knows that "fan" and "club" should be divided. I know that, in swedish, I would write the two words as one. Such things are hard to correct when switching language.

My thoughts exactly.
Pretty interesting tho.. I'd have expected that the high percentage of Native-Speakers among the active posters would actually prevent that. 75% seems pretty high so I guess a) the native speakers don't really know either or b) they only create very few fan clubs (which makes a lot of sense actually, since a swede is more likely to create a fan club for a swede etc. There really aren't that many British/American top tier players.. )
Dirkzor
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Denmark1944 Posts
February 19 2012 10:06 GMT
#14
In english: Fan club
In danish: Fanklub

So thats probably why people who speak other languages then english would write it as 1 word.

Get a mod to edit all fan club titles :D
"HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU ON TOP AGAIN???? HOW DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS????" -Julmust (also, thats what she said)
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37063 Posts
February 19 2012 10:07 GMT
#15
On February 19 2012 19:06 Dirkzor wrote:
In english: Fan club
In danish: Fanklub

So thats probably why people who speak other languages then english would write it as 1 word.

Get a mod to edit all fan club titles :D

I don't think 75% of TL fan club makers are Danish though

If they are, GOOD GOD! TL IS FAMOUS IN DENMARK!
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
TL+ Member
Xcobidoo
Profile Joined June 2011
Sweden1871 Posts
February 19 2012 11:54 GMT
#16
2018, they'll come from the Moon. This is just the start Seeker, just the start...
Supreme Intergalactic Commander
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
February 19 2012 12:46 GMT
#17
This guy is at fault!
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=3622
Moderatorshe/her
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Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37063 Posts
February 19 2012 12:50 GMT
#18
On February 19 2012 21:46 TehTemplar wrote:
This guy is at fault!
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=3622

That.... is freaking gold.... Oo
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
TL+ Member
cmen15
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1519 Posts
February 19 2012 13:02 GMT
#19
lololol seeker <3 I don't think i would of ever noticed something like that....ever.
Greed leads to just about all losses.
bartus88
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Netherlands491 Posts
February 19 2012 14:10 GMT
#20
Really weird, it says I've already voted in this poll, even though I'm 100% sure I didn't. Has this happened to anyone before? Maybe I should post this in website feedback, but it's only a small issue.
Random master race
DreamChaser
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
1649 Posts
February 19 2012 15:30 GMT
#21
On February 19 2012 21:50 Seeker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 19 2012 21:46 TehTemplar wrote:
This guy is at fault!
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=3622

That.... is freaking gold.... Oo


Malaysia well i dont think anybody was expecting that.
Plays against every MU with nexus first.
KiNGxXx
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
7928 Posts
February 20 2012 16:23 GMT
#22
Yes, you have an own fan-club. We got it now!
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