UPSB v3
Philosophy / Pen Spinning or Penspinning?
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Date: Fri, Nov 23 2007 08:47:59
Which is it?
Discuss. -
Date: Fri, Nov 23 2007 09:03:44
Uh.. English is not my native language, but I'd still say pen spinning.
I'm not sure whether it's a compound noun in Finnish, even.
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Date: Fri, Nov 23 2007 09:10:16
umm what difference dus it make...?
cept in NZ it might be "pin spinning or pinspinning" -
Date: Fri, Nov 23 2007 11:26:11QUOTE (BananaKetchup @ Nov 23 2007, 10:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>umm what difference dus it make...?
cept in NZ it might be "pin spinning or pinspinning"
What the hell, explain yourself please.
I always separate pen and spinning, it just seems right to me. -
Date: Fri, Nov 23 2007 11:52:31
lol this is from wikipedia:
Front vowels and the flattened 'i'
A vowel shift has occurred in New Zealand English. Front vowels, with one exception, are pronounced higher in the mouth than in England English. RP /ɪ/, the unrounded near-close near-front lax vowel, has moved to [ə] (schwa). Some non-NZ speakers mistakenly assert that, when New Zealanders say "fish and chips" they say "fush and chups". This may be asserted because of the lack of a letter for schwa. Below the latter word is how the former word may sound to the ears of a non-New Zealander:
* pan → pen
* pen → pin
* pin → pun
* pair → peer
As always when discussing accent differences, others may misinterpret the speech of New Zealanders because they pronounce their vowels differently due to their accent.
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Date: Fri, Nov 23 2007 11:59:53
TBH, the thread wasn't really about that BananaKetchup, it is the way it is written not spoken.
Unfortunately though Rorix, it is true that Kiwi's vowels sound different to the rest of the world, doesn't really matter though. -
Date: Fri, Nov 23 2007 16:05:07
its "pen spinning".
"penspinning" is not even a word. -
Date: Fri, Nov 23 2007 23:43:34
how about pen-spinning?
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Date: Sat, Nov 24 2007 00:15:09QUOTE (Eruo @ Nov 23 2007, 06:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>how about pen-spinning?
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Date: Sat, Nov 24 2007 00:56:09
There is definetely a space.
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Date: Sat, Nov 24 2007 16:38:00
I'm a fan of Pen Spinning myself. However I don't usually use it as a proper noun so it doesn't come up.
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Date: Sat, Nov 24 2007 17:45:27
I always though correct terminology was pen-spinning.
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Date: Sat, Nov 24 2007 23:09:42
It should be pen spinning, but I mostly use penspinning simply because I'm too lazy to type the space.
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Date: Sun, Nov 25 2007 17:32:08
I would say pen spinning.
My reasoning: penspinning could become either pen-spinning or pens-pinning. -
Date: Fri, Nov 30 2007 05:37:24
well.. its
Universal Pen Spinning Board - UPSB
not..
Universal Penspinning Board - UPB -
Date: Fri, Nov 30 2007 08:46:40
I was thinking the same thing, but what if you put it as PenSpinning?
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Date: Fri, Nov 30 2007 08:50:14
Haha.
I made the exact same thread on UCPSB. I said Pen Spinning to start with, with two capital letters, but now always use penspinning or pen spinning. Everyone agreed that pen-spinning with a - would be wrong grammatically though. -
Date: Fri, Nov 30 2007 09:56:10
lets just call it ps
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Date: Fri, Nov 30 2007 19:37:08
is say PenSpinning
i like it to link words just with capital letters.
look at my name =) -
Date: Sat, Dec 1 2007 04:18:25
If we're really strict about following the English language, it should be pen spinning. Penspinning (or PenSpinning) will be creating a new word. Personally, I don't really see any valid reason for writing them as one word. Laziness is not a valid reason.
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Date: Mon, Dec 3 2007 17:17:24
pen = noun
spinning = gerund verb
Ergo, two words. -
Date: Mon, Dec 3 2007 22:49:45
In this case, "pen" would be an adverb since it describes the verb "spinning."
So, pen spinning would be the acceptable term. -
Date: Wed, Dec 5 2007 14:19:25
As far as I'm concerned;
Pen Spinning would mean doing a few tricks unconciously, not so seriously, or unprofessionally. It would be nothing more than spinning a pen.
Penspinning would mean doing free styles or combos carefully, seriously, or professionally. It would be a performance or an art. -
Date: Wed, Dec 5 2007 17:05:50QUOTE (Aphsamoth @ Dec 5 2007, 09:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>As far as I'm concerned;
Pen Spinning would mean doing a few tricks unconciously, not so seriously, or unprofessionally. It would be nothing more than spinning a pen.
Penspinning would mean doing free styles or combos carefully, seriously, or professionally. It would be a performance or an art.
No no really... No one here (except one I think) spins (or has spun) professionally.
It's not a job, it's a hobby.
So why is there a difference? -
Date: Fri, Dec 7 2007 12:09:27
Well, I think we could say that s/he does professionally if someone spins in a TV commercial.
The latter just sounds like a technical term. -
Date: Sat, Dec 8 2007 00:52:35
It is pen spinning. Get over it, it's done lol...
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Date: Sat, Dec 8 2007 01:39:28
both are okay..my english suck...
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Date: Sun, Dec 9 2007 03:45:21
penspinning
im too lazy to press space... -
Date: Sun, Dec 9 2007 04:30:37QUOTE (P0Å–T4T0 @ Dec 8 2007, 10:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>penspinning
im too lazy to press space...
that makes no sense, if you were truly that lazy, you would just write ps all the time. -
Date: Mon, Dec 10 2007 01:17:20
i usually write ps but wen im forced too, i write penspinning
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Date: Mon, Dec 10 2007 02:01:12
Pen = noun
spinning = verb,
2 words, pen spinning. i asked my english teacher. -
Date: Mon, Dec 10 2007 11:37:28
It's not sufficient to explain it only in terms of grammar in this forum Philosophy.
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Date: Tue, Dec 11 2007 03:06:17QUOTE (Aphsamoth @ Dec 10 2007, 07:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>It's not sufficient to explain it only in terms of grammar in this forum Philosophy.
Please explain. I never understood why was this in philosophy in the 1st place. -
Date: Tue, Dec 11 2007 12:58:47QUOTE (yxTay @ Dec 10 2007, 10:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Please explain. I never understood why was this in philosophy in the 1st place.
There is actually no differences other than the blank between 'Pen' and 'Spinning'.
I think that Tim intends to ask us, if we try to distinguish Penspinning from Pen Spinning, how we define them. -
Date: Fri, Dec 14 2007 02:51:15QUOTE (taichi1082 @ Nov 23 2007, 11:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>its "pen spinning".
"penspinning" is not even a word.
nither is mx
but it is still awsomeQUOTE (WhiteFang @ Nov 30 2007, 04:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>lets just call it ps
unfortunatly someone at school said I was pms'ing when I said I was ps'ing which also sounds like piss'ing.
so I never say that
I think either works well.
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Date: Sat, Dec 15 2007 10:53:20
From a grammatical point of view it should be pen spinning
but for purposes of youtube tags or stuff like that it would be more convenient if it was penspinning am I right?
And those people who are too lazy have a point.. lol if they type penspinning at least twice everyday, they save on 29200 keystrokes in the next 40 years which can actually preserve your thumb's integrity to allow for better penspinning... -
Date: Sun, Dec 16 2007 22:33:01
this is so not philosophy.. oh yea,, it's pen spinning but you can write penspinning i dont care..
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Date: Fri, Feb 8 2008 11:09:10
"Pen spinning" is absolutely cleaner and better English when talking in English. However, because we are essenUsing the word penspinning just begs a fringe, subcultural, and isolated connotation. Spelling it in camel case "PenSpinning" is just out of date.
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Date: Sat, Feb 9 2008 15:04:28
I'm lazy. You're lazy. We're all lazy.
PSing. -
Date: Sat, Feb 9 2008 20:56:15QUOTE (Mats @ Feb 9 2008, 04:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I'm lazy. You're lazy. We're all lazy.
PSing.
no. psing
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Date: Thu, Feb 14 2008 08:12:48
There's no such word as "Penspinning"...
"Pen Spinning" should be the correct word. -
Date: Thu, Feb 14 2008 09:41:47QUOTE (AntonWebsters @ Feb 14 2008, 08:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>There's no such word as "Penspinning"...
"Pen Spinning" should be the correct word.
Words
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Date: Thu, Feb 14 2008 16:01:14
Is it not "PenSpinning" ?
In one word? -
Date: Thu, Feb 14 2008 16:31:49
lol it's simple english. pen is seperated with spinning. two different words. lol
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Date: Fri, Feb 15 2008 04:30:59
i feel that either pen spinning or penspinning would be correct. my reasoning: what do we do when we make a RSVP MX? we take one pen, and put it together with another pen, so why cant we do it with our words? i think that pen spinning would be like just having a nice rsvp and a hgg, but penspinning would be like our MX.
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Date: Fri, Feb 15 2008 05:32:20
its pen spinning not penspinning,
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Date: Fri, Feb 15 2008 07:36:20
Personally I think of it as Penspinning, I don't care how grammatically incorrect it is, but it really doesn't matter that much to me as long as the point gets across.