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by Etherman
05 May 2011 05:38
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Mixing languages
Replies: 12
Views: 2644

Re: Mixing languages

What. I concur. Anyway, the other day I started on a mix between Latin and English, called Lihtin [li:tIn]. What I do is take an English word with its nearest Latin equivalent to form a Lihtin word. The consonants come from the Latin word while the vowels/diphthongs come from the English word. I've...
by Etherman
24 Apr 2011 17:52
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: See vs. Look
Replies: 21
Views: 4556

Re: See vs. Look

I wonder how many other English verb pairs have this exact distinction. Hear/listen Receive/take Lose/discard Fall down/sit or lie down (or, more accurately, 'fall down in a deliberate and controlled manner', like in stunt acting or martial arts) Fall asleep/go to sleep (although this distinction i...
by Etherman
06 Apr 2011 16:33
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Uralic conlangs
Replies: 12
Views: 3509

Re: Uralic conlangs

I've made a couple attempts but just haven't been satisfied with them.
by Etherman
03 Apr 2011 21:43
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Brilliant!
Replies: 14
Views: 2916

Re: Brilliant!

Many years ago I came up with the idea of using nasalization to signal stress. I never used it since I hate the sound of nasalized vowels, so I give it to you all for free.
by Etherman
27 Mar 2011 21:17
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Plural
Replies: 28
Views: 4322

Re: Plural

I was reading about a language (I think it was one of the Khoisan langs but I'm not sure) where every noun has an inherent number. Number is only explicitly indicated if it is not the default. This has inspired me for a conlang I'm working on called Cwbawk /tSobok/.
by Etherman
07 Mar 2011 03:02
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: The worst sounding natlang ever
Replies: 234
Views: 51066

Re: The worst sounding natlang ever

Khmer. OTOH the script is pretty cool.
by Etherman
23 Feb 2011 01:31
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Palatalization and Labio-Velarization
Replies: 10
Views: 2957

Re: Palatalization and Labio-Velarization

For what it's worth, Proto-Sino-Tibetan is reconstructed with a contrast between stop+w and labialized stop.
by Etherman
19 Feb 2011 20:53
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Your vote for most beautiful natlang writing system.
Replies: 99
Views: 17749

Re: Your vote for most beautiful natlang writing system.

Arabic with Hangul as a close second.
by Etherman
17 Feb 2011 18:13
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Pre-Columbus Food
Replies: 68
Views: 11268

Re: Pre-Columbus Food

Those scientists are wrong. Many scientists have been wrong. Genetically, if we can procreate with eachother (without technology to help, just before someone tries to use that one), we are the same race. All Humans are Human. Humans and Neanderthals were two different races. Black people and white ...
by Etherman
17 Feb 2011 08:03
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Pre-Columbus Food
Replies: 68
Views: 11268

Re: Pre-Columbus Food

Thakowsaizmu wrote:Also, race is a myth, so there is that.
Not all scientists agree.
by Etherman
17 Feb 2011 07:16
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Pre-Columbus Food
Replies: 68
Views: 11268

Re: Pre-Columbus Food

Etherman, race is a social construct and thus your use of terms like "Mongoloid" and "Austroloid" in a debate is frankly quite offensive You think that social constructs are offensive??? Are you similarly offended when people say that Barack Obama is the first black President of...
by Etherman
17 Feb 2011 07:01
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Pre-Columbus Food
Replies: 68
Views: 11268

Re: Pre-Columbus Food

Yačay256 wrote: Furthermore, Etherman, on an actually smaller timescale than that of the population of the Americas, starting around 3,000 or so BCE, the Bantus expanded across most of Southern and Central Africa. Yet, though they originally came from Cameroon and Nigeria, one does not call the Kal...
by Etherman
13 Feb 2011 03:31
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Pre-Columbus Food
Replies: 68
Views: 11268

Re: Pre-Columbus Food

MrKrov wrote:You have to demonstrate that first.
That's already been demonstrated by the fact that Kennewick Man and other early skeletal remains in North America are Caucasoid and not Americoid. It's up to you to explain why the earliest fossils are not Americoid if they were here first.
by Etherman
13 Feb 2011 03:29
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Pre-Columbus Food
Replies: 68
Views: 11268

Re: Pre-Columbus Food

The fuck's wrong with you? Do you lack basic integrity to stand by your sources even when they disagree with you? Gloss over "recent DNA tests have not shown major genetic similarity with modern caucasian Europeans." which is übercritical to anything you've posted much? I never mentioned ...
by Etherman
13 Feb 2011 01:54
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Pre-Columbus Food
Replies: 68
Views: 11268

Re: Pre-Columbus Food

Furthermore, Etherman, on an actually smaller timescale than that of the population of the Americas, starting around 3,000 or so BCE, the Bantus expanded across most of Southern and Central Africa. Yet, though they originally came from Cameroon and Nigeria, one does not call the Kalanga (who made G...
by Etherman
12 Feb 2011 21:10
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Pre-Columbus Food
Replies: 68
Views: 11268

Re: Pre-Columbus Food

Many early investigators proposed a Caucasian ancestry,[22] although recent DNA tests have not shown major genetic similarity with modern caucasian Europeans. To further investigate the mystery of the Kennewick man and determine if the skeleton belonged to the Umatilla Native American tribe, an ext...
by Etherman
11 Feb 2011 05:06
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Pre-Columbus Food
Replies: 68
Views: 11268

Re: Pre-Columbus Food

@Etherman: Race really does not have anything to do with history (until the Occidentals constructed it in the 1600s ), as all human societies are equal in overall psychological capacity, of course. Besides, how could really you call Kennewick Man "Caucasian" if he lived over 5 millenia be...
by Etherman
09 Feb 2011 07:11
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Pre-Columbus Food
Replies: 68
Views: 11268

Re: Pre-Columbus Food

Technically Asian's discovered America they just didn't know it. Aka, the Indians. Sorry, the caucasians were here first. Specifically Jean Luc Picard. I need to know what food was present before Columbus vikings or Knight's Templar arrived. There's a hell of a lot that's edible. Acorns and other n...
by Etherman
08 Feb 2011 00:35
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Husband and Wife
Replies: 26
Views: 4414

Re: Husband and Wife

Would a hermaphrodite spouse be a husband or a wife?
by Etherman
07 Feb 2011 08:31
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Husband and Wife
Replies: 26
Views: 4414

Re: Husband and Wife

For me, "Husband" is male and "Wife" is female, with the term having no additional requirement for the other spouse's gender. If two men are married to one another then they're both each other's husband, likewise for women. Same here. 40 years old, Massachusetts. However, I have...