TS4 Parentcy Challenge
UPDATE 25/09/21: Adoptions are allowed! (excluding generation 1) I realise no adoptions wasn't a very inclusive rule and have removed it to be more inclusive! Rules No Cheats No Mods that can...
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I just want to thank you all for commenting!! I'm aware that it has been ages since I've been on here - life has been very busy over the past year and a bit and the sims and this challenge fell to the back of my mind. For all of you that have asked for me to update the rules to include the new expansion packs and game packs, I'm going to jump right to it now and update it for you!! Those that have blogs dedicated to the challenge, I've got the tabs open ready to read them after I've updated the rules! Thank you all so much for your comments and I'm really glad that you're enjoying the challenge - I never thought this was going to happen and all your comments mean so much to me!! :smiley:
I also want to say a huge thank you to @Persefona711 for being such a wonderful person and for answering people's questions and for having my back in regards to the quote below, it means a great deal to me that you've been looking after this while I've been gone <3
Don't worry about reading the rest of this post, this is in reply to a comment that kinda aggravated me and I needed to respond to it.
@CalebFillion Firstly, I was young when I created this challenge. Secondly, I find you show a very stubborn and prescriptive attitude towards the English language. The English language is constantly changing; new lexis come into existence by the day - some manage to stick around and some disappear. You show an ignorant view if you believe that there is a right way of using lexis and that 'non words' as you call them are incorrect and unintelligent. All lexis were new and made up once. Do you think Shakespeare was wrong when he started using the lexis 'addicted'? That was a 'non word' when he first used it. Yes, I am aware that parentcy (a blend of 'parent' and 'legacy') isn't a masterpiece of a lexis, but it is a lexis in its own right and I find it quite frankly rude that you have called me unintelligent for using my imagination (however naive it was) to create a name for my challenge. Last but not least, I myself am an Englishwoman and an English student and I would ask that you please don't use the fact that you are an Englishman as an excuse to go around mocking others for their use of a fluid language. You did not invent the English language, you are only a speaker of it. You don't have the right to go around lecturing people and making them feel embarrassed because of their use of their own language.
I also want to say a huge thank you to @Persefona711 for being such a wonderful person and for answering people's questions and for having my back in regards to the quote below, it means a great deal to me that you've been looking after this while I've been gone <3
Don't worry about reading the rest of this post, this is in reply to a comment that kinda aggravated me and I needed to respond to it.
"CalebFillion;c-15643088" wrote:
As an Englishman I find it rather, well let's just say, wrong to make up a word and then use it like it really means anything. What is wrong with using words correctly? Parentcy is NOT a word any more than Alphbetcy is. It should read, .. parent/legacy or alphabetical legacy. It is an insult to your intelligence when you use non words as though they are words.
@CalebFillion Firstly, I was young when I created this challenge. Secondly, I find you show a very stubborn and prescriptive attitude towards the English language. The English language is constantly changing; new lexis come into existence by the day - some manage to stick around and some disappear. You show an ignorant view if you believe that there is a right way of using lexis and that 'non words' as you call them are incorrect and unintelligent. All lexis were new and made up once. Do you think Shakespeare was wrong when he started using the lexis 'addicted'? That was a 'non word' when he first used it. Yes, I am aware that parentcy (a blend of 'parent' and 'legacy') isn't a masterpiece of a lexis, but it is a lexis in its own right and I find it quite frankly rude that you have called me unintelligent for using my imagination (however naive it was) to create a name for my challenge. Last but not least, I myself am an Englishwoman and an English student and I would ask that you please don't use the fact that you are an Englishman as an excuse to go around mocking others for their use of a fluid language. You did not invent the English language, you are only a speaker of it. You don't have the right to go around lecturing people and making them feel embarrassed because of their use of their own language.
