Javster Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Scroll up. You'll see a bar with various tabs: Website, Store, Forum etc.The last one is "IRC chat". IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. You've effectively written Internet Relay Chat Chat by writing IRC chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vexx32 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Eeyup. We have. However, those not familiar with IRC will not know what IRC stands for, thus the additional redundant "Chat" at the end at least allows those who aren't familiar with it to have a decent idea of what it might entail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javster Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Eeyup. We have. However, those not familiar with IRC will not know what IRC stands for, thus the additional redundant "Chat" at the end at least allows those who aren't familiar with it to have a decent idea of what it might entail Personally I think putting in in brackets would make it clearer. People wouldn't go "what is this variation of chat called IRC?", they would go "What's IRC? Oh it's chat" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majorjim! Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Why not call it IR Chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javster Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Why not call it IR Chat.That works too IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbart Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Why not call it IR Chat.Because people familiar with IRC will call it IRC and there's a good chance they won't make the connect with it when it's named "IR Chat"Repetition of the last word in a abbreviation is a common thing. Yes, it's wrong, but it happens. Better get used to it I come across a lot of trailers from trucking company "NFI, inc." (one of the larger companies in town uses them a lot). What does NFI stand for? "National Freight, Inc." Same thing. It happens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmpsterMan Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I guess it is for the same reason people say "ATM Machine" it kinda just stuck.People that know what IRC stands for understand that it is a redundancy and can laugh internally about it. People that don't will understand that it is a chat service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javster Posted August 9, 2014 Author Share Posted August 9, 2014 I guess it is for the same reason people say "ATM Machine" it kinda just stuck.People that know what IRC stands for understand that it is a redundancy and can laugh internally about it. People that don't will understand that it is a chat service.To me it's a grammatical error, and no matter how many people like it, it isn't correct. You wouldn't write "forrum" would you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lajoswinkler Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Why should we care about the people who don't know what IRC stands for? If they're curious, they will click on it or search it on Wikipedia.There's no way anyone will get into IRC just because he or she found out what that is over a KSP forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javster Posted August 9, 2014 Author Share Posted August 9, 2014 Why should we care about the people who don't know what IRC stands for? If they're curious, they will click on it or search it on Wikipedia.There's no way anyone will get into IRC just because he or she found out what that is over a KSP forum.Exactly. It's like when people worry about changes affecting new players: it's hardly friendly to them in the first place: how are you meant to know you right-click to do science? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpast Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 To me it's a grammatical error, and no matter how many people like it, it isn't correct. You wouldn't write "forrum" would you?But it's not a grammatical error: for starters, repeating words in acronyms happens often enough that there's really no way to justify calling it something that's automatically an error. "IRC chat" is best read with "chat" as the noun and "IRC" as an adjective modifying "chat", not as IRC being a simple abbreviation of "Internet Relay Chat". IRC is rarely expanded ("Internet Relay Chat" would likely not be automatically recognized by everyone who uses IRC), and so it's perfectly legitimate to treat it as a word itself and not worry about redundancy.Exactly. It's like when people worry about changes affecting new players: it's hardly friendly to them in the first place: how are you meant to know you right-click to do science?Because someone who thinks "I want to chat with other players" shouldn't have to recognize "IRC=chat" to use the chat system. The link goes to a web IRC client, which requires no knowledge about IRC to use. It's not a matter of getting into IRC; you don't have to be "into IRC" to use a single channel, that you access via a web client which you were linked to, to chat with others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vexx32 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Okay, we get it, some of you don't like it. No need to argue fruitlessly over it. Its purpose is clear, and if it annoys you, just don't look at it. No point bickering about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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