Comments on: Game Producer Christmas Calendar – Day 4 (Lousy Wizard Who Couldn’t Spell His Name)

By: desertdweller

desertdweller — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:44:26 +0000

“Conclusion: English sucks….? :)”
Sounds reasonable to me.

“Finnish is much easier: every letter is pronounced & said the same way… ;)”
It’s a good thing that lots of other languages are the same in that respect. That’s why I’m glad that English is my first language; I can learn all the others a lot more easily than others can learn mine. :D

I feel sorry for people learning English as a second language.

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:27:19 +0000

Conclusion: English sucks….? :)

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:05:37 +0000

People always get my surname incorrect so I always spell it. Also someone called me Jane today :-)

Actually when people spell things out to me, I often need to slow them down as I find it hard to translate the letters I hear into ones I type/write for some reason, and I’m English!

By: Andreas Åberg

Andreas Åberg — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:26:53 +0000

I also have one of those names that people never get quite right without me spelling it out. And my last name starts with a non-english character that you were told when you started school was called “A with a little circle” in English. Err… I think I’ll settle for just a plain and simple “A” thanks. :D

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:27:55 +0000

Jake: Yeh, I’m doing that but after 5th time it starts to feel crazy ;) Anyways, I don’t feel bad about it and like in game development, there’s alternative routes. For example, I can tell people that hey “how about you email me at juuso ad gameproducer botspammerswon’tcatchthis net” or send an SMS containing your email etc… so things are fine.

And no, I don’t feel bad about this :)

I just feel sorry for you who are native speakers, Finnish is much easier: every letter is pronounced & said the same way… ;)

By: Steven Egan

Steven Egan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:21:34 +0000

I find that games that make a quality joke out of the implementation limitations of the games are better. I’d rather get a chuckle out of something than frustration.

As for the spelling, don’t feel bad. It has taken me a long time to get good at spelling in English, and I’m a native speaker. I much prefer Japanese.

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:09:18 +0000

True, it’s best not to pretend but say I’m sorry can you repeat that or whatever.