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Subject: Bungie is or Bungie are?
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Posted by: DEATHPIMP72
Anyone but Foman. He smells like cheese.

Posted by: Xastabus
What I'm about to say is probably going to sound really strange. I apologize for any scrambled brains.

If you think about it in another light a company is not exactly an animate being. You cannot meet Bungie on the street, go see a movie with Bungie, sip tea with Bungie, ask Bungie what its favorite color is. Technically speaking, Bungie doesn't "do" anything. It is the people employed at Bungie who do stuff on behalf of the company.

So I would think it more appropriate to say, "The programmers at Bungie are working on Halo 3." When in doubt, it is best to avoid such confusion altogether by referring to something else.

Haha, very true, you cannot go see a movie with Bungie. Too bad -- if Bungie were a woman, I'd date her!

I see your point, but despite the ethereal quality of this thing that we call a "company," Bungie is one corporate entity. That's the way corporations work -- legally, a corporation is quite literally a "person" (in the law, a "person" and an "individual" are two different things). Bungie can enter into contracts, sell and buy things, sue and be sued, hire and terminate employees, and if it did something really bad, could even be held guilty of committing a crime. None of these actions are imputed to the individual employees, owners, or board members who drive the deal -- instead, we just say things like "Bungie hired a new employee" or "Bungie bought a new building" or "Bungie just sued Stosh for emotional trauma and pain and sufferering." We say that because it is Bungie, the corporate entity, who is responsible for the action.

For this reason, the singular form "Bungie is" remains correct.

  • 07.18.2007 9:54 AM PDT

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Haha, very true, you cannot go see a movie with Bungie. Too bad -- if Bungie were a woman, I'd date her!

If Bungie were a woman, she'd have man-parts.

  • 07.18.2007 10:28 AM PDT

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yes if Bingle were a woman, she may have man-parts, but I'd use the term is.

(Translation: Usually I use the term "is" in reference to Bungie, but at times I'm sure I probably say "are" just because... I have a tendency to be inconsistent)

Bungle....

[Edited on 07.18.2007 5:22 PM PDT]

  • 07.18.2007 5:21 PM PDT
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bungie is/are... How about that.

  • 07.18.2007 5:26 PM PDT
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Bungie is if you're referring specifically to Bungie Studios as an entity.

Bungie are if you're referring to the collective group of people that make up Bungie Studios.


e.g.

[The game developer] Bungie Studios is working on Halo 3.
[The people at] Bungie Studios are working on Halo 3.

[Edited on 07.18.2007 5:38 PM PDT]

  • 07.18.2007 5:36 PM PDT

Bungie clearly is.

  • 07.18.2007 6:03 PM PDT
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  • 07.18.2007 6:22 PM PDT


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I kinda like to use a mix, but I guess I mostly say Bungie is

  • 07.18.2007 11:00 PM PDT

I grew up playing your games Bungie, and I sure as hell am looking forward to whatever you decide to do next.

This would have worked better as a poll... but anyway, I think of Bungie as a singular being, as in one company. So I always say "Bungie is".

  • 07.19.2007 12:27 AM PDT

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I've always said "Bungie is", simply because I'm far too lazy to say "Bungie Studios is".

Even though I just did.

Whatever. Bungie is!

  • 07.19.2007 12:29 AM PDT
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It is singular as a game, but pimps are plural.

  • 07.19.2007 9:57 AM PDT
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Posted by: DEATHPIMP72
Anyone but Foman. He smells like cheese.

Posted by: Xwing 2000
This would have worked better as a poll... but anyway, I think of Bungie as a singular being, as in one company. So I always say "Bungie is".
I generally eschew polls except for very specific purposes. I did not want people to merely vote -- I wanted explanations and opinions.

Besides that, nobody ever votes in polls in the Septagon. Haha. Funny but true.

  • 07.19.2007 9:58 AM PDT

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Depends on what your definition of is is.

  • 07.19.2007 10:16 AM PDT

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Depends on what your definition of is is.

*brain explodes*

  • 07.19.2007 10:17 AM PDT

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Depends on what your definition of is is.


Thank you President Clinton.


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  • 07.19.2007 10:30 AM PDT

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