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Frozen out in the Deep North - Don't be disgusting! cried Professor Takematu and stood up from the table. As she was the senior person present in the meeting, everyone else scrambled to stand up as well. - If that's galactic civilisation, we're well rid of it! So saying, the director of the Arctic ...

I contacted an independent publisher to print a sample copy. I'm not sure if the LCS provides such service, but we know that several conlangers made their own grammar books via other avenues. Which one? I've been using Lulu for years, not because their system was easy to use, but because they had t...

Something arrived in the mail today. Holding it with the hand is awesome rather than just viewing it through a screen. #AchievementUnlocked Isn't it though! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I'm pleased as punch to see the actual boo...

The Magisters “What are we going to do?” asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer. “We’ve all heard the report, even if her high majesty has not!” The First Magister shot the Chancellor a withering glare, but he rambled on anyway. “This, this strange fascination she has with that female wizard... Sure...

A Voice from the Past In that moment, several things happened all at once. The Tana warrior at last found his opportunity and he took it. As Yorval was preparing to cast a deadly hex, he stepped aside, slipping momentarily into the Other Place, and Yorval swung his wand wide, wondering at his oppon...

I kept my appointment with my cardiologist. He says in the 18 years since the operation on the artery in back of my heart I have had no heart issues and I still don’t. He also says to pay attention to all my other specialists. I feel like that’s an accomplishment! Indeed! Whether yours was open hea...

I'm not even going to ask if there's a word for it... What's the Kankonian word for "invented language easter egg"? The Kankonian for "Easter egg", in the sense of something hidden to be found, is gedzh . This is a shortening of megedzhi . According to Poparanian (an ancient civilization of Kankoni...

Battle of Crossed Hearts Shouts and yelling broke out among the older tutors and the teachers who were present. Somehow, the school was under attack! And all was chaos among the Werres as the winged warriors began their assault right away, focusing on the more powerful Werreish wizards. Though it s...

Khemehekis wrote: ↑04 Apr 2021 12:09 Speaking of Easter eggs . . .

Guzhiet Paskh!
enjoy-IMPRTV Easter
Happy Easter!

I'm not even going to ask if there's a word for it...

What's the Kankonian word for "invented language easter egg"?

eldin raigmore wrote: ↑03 Apr 2021 00:18 Crimes of Grindlewald

That's a long list! I'm going to have to review CoG again --- I either have no memory of discoflamenco battle music at all or was so seriously scarred by the event that I've completely stricken it from my mind!

Oh, everyone, I need an English equivalent for prepsith . Prepsith is a Kankonian verb meaning "to eat or drink [something] in the store, without or before paying for it". Kind of depends on the specific circumstances. Colloquially, in the US, the terms for eating a grape or bit of cauliflower from...

Cool stories, both! I like the folk interpretation in the second story, while the first definitely gives me some Richard Diamond vibes!

Why is it that in so many films’ combat scenes, the incidental music is Santa Esmeralda’s flamenco version of “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”? WoW [O.O] Dare I ask what kinds of movies you've been watching? :mrred: That was an unexpected crossover that just can't be ùnseen. (No matter how hard one ...

Interesting Times -- The Battle of Crossed Wands Loud sounds slowly penetrated his battered mind. He awoke, but remained still, listening. He wondered! The students were in the brightly lit chamber, practicing their dwimmer craft. Yet no one had kicked him awake to begin target practice. He could h...

DesEsseintes wrote: ↑31 Mar 2021 03:49 Looking at that list makes me wonder what happened to Lambuzhao and Lao Kou.

Now that you've called upon them, they'll likely make an appearance!

I have some serious catching up to do [O.O] Yeah, you're currently eighty-fifth. But then again, you joined pret-ty recently compared to most of the people in the top 50! I didn't even know we kept track! Must be some super secret office down in the subbasements that takes care of that kind of thin...

Interesting Times -- The Sacrifice The chamber was dark at last and the air was cool and still. Starlight, dim red and bright white, shimmered through the tall windows. A dull, faint clank rang out like a gong in the darkness. The Tana boy lying on the floor shifted slightly and the heavy bronze le...

WeepingElf wrote: ↑29 Mar 2021 18:48 As I understand it, -m forms are for ordinals and -iski for fractions. Khemehekis said thus clearly!

Ha! Skipped right over that bit! Thanks for pointing it out WeepingElf!

A good day to look for missing Q-words in Kankonian. deviskam : quadrillionth ( deviska , quadrillion + -am , suffix for ordinal numbers) deviskaiksi : quadrillionth ( deviska + -iksi , suffix for fractions) By the same pattern: armiskam : quintillionth armiskaiksi : quintillionth gegiskam : sextil...