Oh yeah, I'm seeing the different threads of conversation now. Silly me.Xonen wrote:The uvular /r/ thing was a different matter that I brought up; it wasn't directly related to the original topic of this thread
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- 15 Jul 2014 00:34
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: North scandinavian "thick" l and West germanic "dark" l
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9501
Re: North scandinavian "thick" l and West germanic "dark" l
- 14 Jul 2014 23:45
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: North scandinavian "thick" l and West germanic "dark" l
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9501
Re: North scandinavian "thick" l and West germanic "dark" l
As far as I'm aware, "dumb things down" doesn't imply anyone is necessarily dumb, so it's not a personal affront at all, just a description of someone using more common words to explain things. Saying someone "lacks the intellectual capacity" to work their way around phrases whic...
- 21 Dec 2011 20:56
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1321720
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
What is the vowel in Japanese frequently romanized as <ou>? I keep seeing it, like in <Mahou Shoujo> ("Magic Girl") and I'm wondering what it is. I thought Japanese had only 5 vowels--<i a e o u> but it seems that it has six <i a e o u ou>... /o:/ And you might also see <ei> sometimes, th...
- 19 Nov 2011 21:11
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Another Pro-French Craziness
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2313
Re: Another Pro-French Craziness
It's funny how the Japanese are pretty much the exact opposite; it's trendy in Japan for things to have an English-sounding name (or even French one sometimes). It's even funnier how it all still has to be adapted to fit the kana and their phonotactics...
- 13 Nov 2011 20:05
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: what actually constitutes an 'affricate'?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 8089
Re: what actually constitutes an 'affricate'?
It boggles my mind, but there you go.hashi wrote:Really? I have a lot. It's pronounced /ki:/Chagen wrote:I have never heard this word once in my entire life everMilyamd wrote:quay...
- 12 Nov 2011 20:47
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Making Fonts for Things Which Are Not Phonetic (ish)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3268
Re: Making Fonts for Things Which Are Not Phonetic (ish)
I guess if you were somehow able to create some kind of IME like Chinese uses, but I don't myself know of any software to do this...
- 12 Nov 2011 12:30
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Data analysis challenge: Proto-Arve-Gadaye reduplication
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2270
Re: Data analysis challenge: Proto-Arve-Gadaye reduplication
D'oh! xDNortaneous wrote:...Close, but not quite. Read the title.teh_Foxx0rz wrote:Though I'm no expert on diachronics, my instincts seem to be telling me that there must have been some kind of infix that came after the first (C)V or something, something like /arɪ̆/?
- 10 Nov 2011 01:52
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What Does Your Conlang Sound Like?
- Replies: 143
- Views: 20226
Re: What Does Your Conlang Sound Like?
Så rexellådd Zbediterra. Amå me servå mä ja me ama nå. Egå ammabå me molja mä aggora ja e trocigg. I'm the king of Zbediland. I love my servant but she doesn't love me. I used to love my wife but now she's boring. [sɔ reːt͡ɕɛlːɔd zʷeːdɪterːa aːmɔ me seːrʷɔ me ja me aːma nɔ eːɣɔ amːaːbɔ me molja me ...
- 09 Nov 2011 01:02
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Data analysis challenge: Proto-Arve-Gadaye reduplication
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2270
Re: Data analysis challenge: Proto-Arve-Gadaye reduplication
Though I'm no expert on diachronics, my instincts seem to be telling me that there must have been some kind of infix that came after the first (C)V or something, something like /arɪ̆/? And then it changed due to a load of crazy conditions, like assimilating to the consonant after it (tato - taːstʊ̆)...
- 08 Nov 2011 02:15
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: what actually constitutes an 'affricate'?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 8089
Re: what actually constitutes an 'affricate'?
For me at least, I know it's a cluster, because, being British, <cats> for me is pronounced /kæʔs/. But the fact that this change can take place probably suggests that in English at least it is a cluster, and not an affricate. You could probably compare it with /ks/, which exists as both an "af...
- 08 Nov 2011 01:40
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Legendary Beasts
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8906
Re: Legendary Beasts
"This pupil of mine is really out of order sometimes; he's really hard to keep in line. Give him a tzetz, he'll take a shitz..."eldin raigmore wrote:Many good things, especially among the last several; though I personally think the "shitz" as a unit of lengths is, well, ...
Sorry... xD
- 04 Nov 2011 16:00
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: Micamo's Guide to Conreligions
- Replies: 73
- Views: 22848
Re: Micamo's Guide to Conreligions
They still won't be considered the accepted theory and supporters will still often be described as pet-theorists. String Theory draws a lot of flak despite being supported by the likes of Stephen Hawking, for example. As it stands, the quantum and relativity theories it's intended to supplant are s...
- 04 Nov 2011 10:53
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Orthographic Whining
- Replies: 104
- Views: 13030
Re: Orthographic Whining
Strict IES: It is rilí ísí tu rait yúsing ínyauk spilíng. Ai zínk it is mai fifurit rífurm yit. Ispixilí bíkus sum wirds laik 'txakalit' luk asum. Attempting to reduce all 14~20 of English's vowels to just 3? That's crazy! [:O] It could really do with <e> and <o>. It is rilí ísí tu rait yúsing ínya...
- 04 Nov 2011 10:07
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: Micamo's Guide to Conreligions
- Replies: 73
- Views: 22848
Re: Micamo's Guide to Conreligions
All beliefs, "religious" or otherwise, come about as the result of an honest (if poorly performed) attempt at discovering truth. *clears throat* May I point to various people in USA who hold religious beliefs but are demonstrably DISHONEST in it? they demonstrate that they do not care abo...
- 02 Nov 2011 22:07
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Orthographic Whining
- Replies: 104
- Views: 13030
Re: Orthographic Whining
Note that it is still perfectly possible to correct someone for using "should of," so long as they are trying to use it in a community where it is ungrammatical (for example, Academic English). What doesn't make sense is trying to proclaim that it is universally unacceptable. (I wouldn't ...
- 02 Nov 2011 20:48
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Orthographic Whining
- Replies: 104
- Views: 13030
Re: Things/words unique to your accent/dialect?
So long as all relevant parties can understand eachother and take eachother seriously, it doesn't matter what certain people think about how they're using their language. :-|
- 28 Oct 2011 01:11
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Not having certain consonants in a language
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2435
Re: Not having certain consonants in a language
Bonoboes I hear can comprehend casually spoken language.
- 24 Oct 2011 16:48
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Anyone know French?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 9338
Re: Anyone know French?
Chagen, do you really see, say, English spelling as better?
- 24 Oct 2011 12:04
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Anyone know French?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 9338
Re: Anyone know French?
Heheh,
<wind> /wɪnd/, /waɪ̯nd/
<live> /lɪv/, /laɪ̯v/
and:
<Slough> /slʌf/, /slju/, /slau̯/
:-)
<wind> /wɪnd/, /waɪ̯nd/
<live> /lɪv/, /laɪ̯v/
and:
<Slough> /slʌf/, /slju/, /slau̯/
:-)
- 20 Oct 2011 22:28
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Funny semantic drifts
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9045
Re: Funny semantic drifts
Milyamd wrote:That's how faggots look.
This is also how faggots look