Posted May 24, 2018 I know, this isn't an error or bug per se, but I just thought I'd report the improper grammar surrounding marble oriels. It seems that all messages involving these oriels comes out something like this: [20:28:44] You see a oriel wall. These messages should, of course, say "an oriel wall". I'd also like to take the opportunity to re-mention the issue with some larders and quick snowball and food decay within that I had posted on previously. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 25, 2018 (edited) Usually what they do with those is change the a/an to "the" as that way they do not need to add a mazework of grammar rules into the code to decide whether you are leading "a old horse" or "an old horse" Thus "You see the oriel wall" sidesteps the whole question of whether a noun begins with a vowel or consonant -- especially since the rule is not whether the word is spelled with a vowel/consonant, but rather whether it is pronounced that way. Which would require the code to not only check for actual spelling (fairly easy) but also to memorize how every possible word is pronounced (a nightmare, since English is more than a little chaotic in that matter). Edited May 25, 2018 by Brash_Endeavors 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted May 29, 2018 Added to the list, thanks for the report. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 14, 2018 Fixed with today's update: https://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/163504-patch-notes-14jun18/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
