The Burning Crusade's enduring war on spelling
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Jan 20th 2007 at 11:00PM
A friend of mine opened up a chest in the Slave Pens the other day and received some very nice blue rogue shoulders. Since I'm a rogue with Bloodfang shoulders -- not the best in the world -- I offered him 40 gold for the item, which he accepted. It was only after I equipped them that I discovered that I was now the proud owner of the "Demon Hide Spaulers."
Not a big deal, right? Spaulders isn't a very common word. That's what I thought until today, when the "Torquoise Brooch" dropped. Come on. And let's not start on the many player-created mispellings of Shattrath and Draenei.
Have you found any other ... interestingly spelled items in BC?
Filed under: The Burning Crusade
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Calhoun Jan 21st 2007 12:17AM
My favorite is the Viscous Hammer.
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=7647
Viscous? I see nothing sticky about it.
I sent GMs a "Uhhh...think it's supposed to be Vicious, guys?" and got no real response.
Who knows. Maybe it IS supposed to be poorly named.
Ben Podgorski Jan 21st 2007 4:18AM
There's a quest from Thrallmart that asks you to "kill some orcs in the surruounding(sic) area."
I guess someone should have proofread the quest text a bit more..
Hybrys Jan 21st 2007 1:16AM
My friend got a random green.... Boot. Single boot. Not boots, but boot.
http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=24606&locale=enUS;source=live
Paul Denton Jan 21st 2007 1:16AM
One quest in Falcon Watch gives a reward that may or may not include a typo of "Sunstrider."
Ekrim Jan 21st 2007 10:22AM
I haven't installed the expansion yet, and got an even more interesting bug... my new BC green shoulders grant 27 Agility, but everyone examining me sees 28 THOUSAND agility.
Tryst Jan 21st 2007 10:48PM
I seem to remember early patches noting spelling corrections in them. I guess with something this big there's bound to be errors here and there.
baloor Jan 21st 2007 10:37AM
Picked up part of the orc blood quest chain in Hellfire today. Apparently the "apethecaries" need more blood for investigation.
Phil King Jan 21st 2007 3:09AM
@2; Viscous doesn't really mean sticky. Usually talking about liquids, it means slow moving, such as syrup is a vicous substance.
Also I like the item, 'Woollies of the Prancing Minstral'
Drops off Hearthsinger in strath.
Ash Jan 21st 2007 5:25AM
After i completed the quest "Felspark Ravine" that i got in Thrallmar, i had to turn it in to a certain Sergeant Kaplunk, there IS no such person, after searching for like 15 mins i found that the name was just a "misspell" of Sergeant Shatterskull.
samownall Jan 25th 2007 12:10PM
No not yet mate but i will keep an eye out :) TBC is the bomb! I love it sooo much - its like starting again. Hope to see you in outland soon!
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Cheesehound Jan 21st 2007 7:52AM
Errr... I think there's bigger fish to fry spelling-wise. There's supposed to be seperate EU-GB and American clients so what's all this 'Honor Hold' nonsense?
gauss Mar 22nd 2007 12:04PM
last night i found an 'eivl haedres', i cant even type that accidently! I think they may have rushed release (after delaying it for 2 months)
Lori Jan 21st 2007 9:36AM
Umm.... For the Blood Elf Warlock quest to get their Voidwalker, blue stone is spelled 'red' stone. Or the stone is the wrong color.
G Jan 21st 2007 3:29PM
This is what happens when some of the quest text and many of the item names are not complete in the beta (Paladin Helmet 3984:28382, ftw!). Having three 60's*, I've come across a few quest typos in the original game as well. On one hand, when the server crashes, you reconsider priorities. On the other hand, Blizzard must have an employee or two dedicated to this, no?
* And now one 61, woot! (Crashes and queues slow things a bit.)
Joe Jan 21st 2007 7:07PM
The Exorcism of Colonel Jules at honor hold, yet you have to save "Colonial Jules"?
Unregistered Jan 21st 2007 11:13PM
LOL
Prauche Jan 22nd 2007 9:47AM
Ah, I don't much care one way or the other about it in TBC, just roll my eyes and continue.
However, the chalk board picture attached to the original post is hilarious!!
Unkle Jan 22nd 2007 5:07PM
The CORRECT SPELLING is: Armor, Honor, and Color.
Quit putting in an extra U, just because from from EU.
Moosli Jan 23rd 2007 11:17AM
@16
The CORRECT spelling is Armour Honour and Colour. It is called the ENGLISH language for a reason - correct me if im wrong but it could be that the language originates from England??
So my response to you would be stop tinkering with our language and taking out U's so you dont have to write as much!!! ;P
Kahja Jan 25th 2007 12:20PM
@17
I agree. Although I live in Canada I continue to use proper English, despite the fact that the majority of people do not. Occasionally I use the American spelling in the game just to make it easier on people that can't find the Armoury or whatever. That and having people tell me I spelled honour wrong when talking about PvP is annoying.
I've gotten several of my American counterparts to pick up the "u" and even correct me when I say "honor" or what have you in-game. It's nice to see that.