Comments on: Procedurally-generated British countryside

By: Beanolini

Beanolini — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:10:00 +0000

swath(e). The agricultural noun is spelt either way [...] the noun & verb meaning wrap is swathe

From Fowler's English Usage (1926), which is intended to be prescriptive.

Fighta Pilot — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:10:00 +0000

English fields are generally rectangular – I’ve not seen many (ie, any!) hexagonal fields!!

elizabethmolin — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:55:00 +0000

Only alternative because people keep using it wrong…most dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive.

Beanolini — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:16:00 +0000

swathe (plural swathes) [...] 3. Alternative spelling of swath

(Courtesy of Wiktionary)

elizabethmolin — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:27:00 +0000

Rob: Swath, not swathe, is the word you actually want.

elliott mariess — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:02:00 +0000

i just came back from filming a folk festival in Sark. it’s a very beautiful place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qECeINA2fuw

Beanolini — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:13:00 +0000

perhaps the remnants of a flooded future Britain

Hmmm…. is ‘Riddley Walker- the game’ next?

OgilvyTheAstronomer — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 21:56:00 +0000

“Everything is better with Voronoi” sounds like a vintage liquor ad.

Regarding the game, if it has a proper single-player mode I’m completely sold.

Arnulf Günther — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 21:35:00 +0000

Otherland by Tad Williams had this nightmarish part where a British soldier is trapped in an endless simulation of trench warfare of WW1.

Guess we’re not far off.

RadioSilence — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:24:00 +0000

Aw, I read it as ‘Sir, you are being haunted’.
That would be a much better game :(