"Wargamming. Does it have a future?" Topic

Or will it die out as people learn to spell it properly?

How hard can it be? The bloody word is on or in just about every website, magazine and book that is relevant to the hobby. It can't be accidental, I see it repeated over and over in posts by the same people, usually.

I have other hobbies, their proponents seem to be able to spell them correctly. I don't think I've ever seen 'kenndo', 'gollf', guittar' or mottorcyccle'. Why is wargamming, sorry, wargaming, so 'special?

I always assumed wargamming was in the British tradition of adding letters. The term "whinge" always throws me for a loop. For some reason I want to pronounce the middle English "g".

BTW – When I read "wargamming", I am reminded of the 1930's slang word "gams" for ladies legs. "Wargamming" would then be this:

picture

I'm British, and I can spell it properly.

I may have mentioned this before, but when I was a youth 'gam(m)' was a slang word for oral sex. Kinda adds a whole new perspective doesn't it?

I tried wargamming once, but I kept loosing.

As long as there are Calvary charges and Rouge Traders, I suspect.

I wargam alot. Thats why kid six is due in about a week :D

Because it's popular with dyslexics.

I love it when people use "there" when they mean "their" or "to" when they mean "too"!!LOL!! Sorry, didn't mean to be OT.

Mostly I think it's people who keep loosing they're moral roles.

it'll go the way of spelling…..

It's been going for , oh 4000+ years now. I'd say it has legs.

>>> Why is wargamming, sorry, wargaming, so 'special'?

It's not. The "wargammers" are. Very "special".

Allen

What about golfing? I know lots of people who play tennis, football or basketball who would never dream of saying "I'm going tennising this week end!" (or footballing or basketballing). Perhaps it's a hobby cultural thing. Hmmm… footballing didn't come up with the red underline so it seems ok too. Maybe they DO go footballing.

Yes. it has a big futturre.

I think to get a pacific answer youl need to arks the right questions.

Heck I always thought it was two words to begin with?

VR
James Mattes

yes it will have a future. Really tired of hearing this same question year after year. I have heard it since the 1980s.

Every single Speell Chek program that I have used REFUSES to except "wargame" as a single word, in any permutation possible. This is true no matter how many times I "accept" that word or spelliong.
As an experiment, it was perfectly happy to accept "wargamming".

I think it's a conspiracy.

"Wargamming" would then be this:

Didn't see any gams in that picture.

I used my *i-ma-gi-NA-tion*.

"I tried wargamming once, but I kept loosing."

That one is becoming more and more accepted as the word "lose". It probably won't be long before the dictionary is changed to accommodate the idiots…

There is no "the dictionary".
There are a lot of dictionaries, some of which deserve to be nuked more than others.
When a "dictionary" accepts "loose" for "lose", than it is time to start refining the plutonium, and reserve space on the Shuttle.

What sort of a moron cant spell wargraming?

cry colic and lose the dogs o' wargammin' !

yes it will have a future. Really tired of hearing this same question year after year. I have heard it since the 1980s.

Hang on in there. My next thread will be 'Thread titles: does anybody bother reading past them before they jump for the keyboard and make themselves look silly?'

I think you'll like it

What about golfing? I know lots of people who play tennis, football or basketball who would never dream of saying "I'm going tennising this week end!" (or footballing or basketballing). Perhaps it's a hobby cultural thing. Hmmm… footballing didn't come up with the red underline so it seems ok too. Maybe they DO go footballing.

Because it's a compound word, and 'gaming' is perfectly valid on its own.

That wasn't the question however.

It's been going for , oh 4000+ years now. I'd say it has legs.

I can't make my mind up about this one. It's either devilishly clever. Or…

Luckily the future will be saved be by the wargrammar and warspelling (though the later will be more popular amongst fantasy gamers).

After checking:

MS Word spell check doesn't have either version and it recommends "war gaming."

Webster's recognizes wargaming, but not wargamming, but it uses the root "war-game" to define it.

Dictionary.com either treats it as two separate words or puts a hyphen between the two, and uses "gaming" but not "gamming."

The British-based Cambridge Dictionaries Online has "war game" as two separate words.

Dictionary.co.uk doesn't recognize anything but "war game" and only its use as a noun.

Personally, I like "wargaming," since gaming is a word and we wargamers (or are we wargammers?) illegally have created a compound word where one is not recognized.

But, hey, I'm an American and I put my quotation marks on the outside of the punctuation mark and I don't use the French occupation force's spelling of center (centre).

If you play with paper soldiers is it woragami?

VR
James Mattes

"There is no "the dictionary". "

Yeah, my mistake. The point remains, though, and your solution if it does happen sounds pretty darn good.

"If you play with paper soldiers is it woragami?"

More to the point,if some guys from your club come over for a spot of gamming is it Bukakke?

I was only just having a discussion on another forum regarding pendants flown from tank turrents…

Because it's popular with dyslexics.

Ahh the annual TMP take the out of people with learning difficulities thread. As a someone with dyslexia I do try very hard to keep my spelling and grammer upto the level required by the TMP elite. Sadly as someone pointed out spell checkers don't always work the way they're suppose to and neither does my brain. Still if it makes people feel smug and superior what the hell.

war…gamming, I wanna gamm it wid you.

After checking:

MS Word spell check doesn't have either version and it recommends "war gaming."

Webster's recognizes wargaming, but not wargamming, but it uses the root "war-game" to define it.

*sigh*

Ever regret starting something?

My original observation, that the some of you seem to have missed by a country mile, is that 'wargamming' or even bloody war-gamming is wrong. Incorrect. Not right., but (presumably) educated people are still wont to use it. Even in the face of evidence to the contrary.

And even in otherwise correctly spelled missives, which rather obviates the 'dyslexic' route. Which I never mentioned anyway.

It was, in the last analysis, a -take. Not an invitation to an intellectual discourse on the etymology of the name of our mutual hobby.

More to the point,if some guys from your club come over for a spot of gamming is it Bukakke?

Ugh. Thanks for that image. Now you've ruined wargaming for me, not to mention wargamming and possibly breakfast as well.

Well, then Connard, ol' buddy, I'd say you didn't communicate your intent very well. But, hey, you made us think!

But then again, we've all seen many a thread start off with one subject or question and wind up in hell.

Well, then Connard, ol' buddy, I'd say you didn't communicate your intent very well. But, hey, you made us think!

Yes, I can see how this may have confused some of the more challenged

Wargamming. Does it have a future? Or will it die out as people learn to spell it properly?

How hard can it be? The bloody word is on or in just about every website, magazine and book that is relevant to the hobby. It can't be accidental, I see it repeated over and over in posts by the same people, usually.

Lesson learned. I'll try to use monosyllables in future :)

And…. relax.

Connard, regardless of how wrong it went (or might still go as more pile on and either misread the title and/or not read the thread at all) it was a great topic. I thought it was funny. And sad. 8)=

Can't we just get back to talking about weapontry?

Chill, baby, chill. If you say one thing and everyone else does another either you had a failure to communicate or we all ignored you -- happens all the time.

I agree with nazrat. A very interesting topic on several levels. Just today I saw an ebay auction for 'woodern fences for wargamming'. It made me cringe. I think ebay is a good source of fuel for this topic. I used to search 'foundary' because I could always pick up some hits to explore.

I was only just having a discussion on another forum regarding pendants flown from tank turrents…

That should be pedants surely.

I tried wargamming once, but I kept loosing.

Nice one.

:D

Pedants are usually hoist by their own petard rather than flown from tank turrets. However, given a small enough pedant and a Churchill AVRE it should be entirely possible to combine the two.

Dyslexic wargaming is nuf.

No. I think it is time we all switched to 100% Warspelling. The only spelling that's 100%. And war.

Beware of other warspelling that isn't 100%. It may only be 97%, and then where would you be?

Send no money! Oh heck, who am I kidding? Send money. Send lots of money. Send it all. Send it now and keeps sending 100% of your money to me and get your 100% warspelling. The only spelling that's 100% spelled warspelling.

Must be August.

"Must be August."
Not in the Southern Hemisphere. Its January here as were 6 months behind (Greenwitch Mean Time).