The CBB

I fit very few of the stereotypes, unfortunately. 1. cis female 2. straight 3. right-handed 4. American; Michigan 5. white, or if you're feeling snarky, European mutt 6. broadly neurotypical? I flirt with seasonal depression in winter but it hasn't been bad for several years 7. mild seasonal allergi...

Same.

I was a high schooler in 2007-2008, and while I wasn't the drinking type, people generally drank what they could get their hands on--when you're reliant on what other people buy for themselves (or for you), you don't have a lot of choice in the matter. As far as I was aware people mostly drank cheap...

The Bible doesn't say that; it's a belief of some Catholics (not sure if it's an "officially-held" doctrine or not) but isn't directly present in the text. Protestants don't accept this (not sure on Eastern Christianity). What about Mormons? Not sure on that either! When it comes to speci...

I remember reading that John the Baptist's saint day is observed on his birthday instead of his heavenly birthday, for he was born free of original sin. I looked into it, and I sit corrected! This answer explains! Oh! So I see! The Bible says the original sin was taken away from him after his conce...

What are the divisions of the Southern Landrealm that is Afareia, or is it not divided, or is this considered unimportant to geagraphers? (or is it perhaps undiscovered as yet?)

Hmm. For the dalar, I imagine their definition of "life" would certainly be tied to whether or not something has amati (that is, a magic force); dalar, humans, and animals all have notable amounts of it, even if only dalar are consciously aware of it. But certainly this can't be the only m...

Weird hair colors are pretty common in manga in general. I've always heard (and it seems plausible) that a major reason is simply to make characters look more distinct--after all, most Japanese people have similar hair color, so giving your characters a variety of hair colors immediately makes them ...

Very nice! I hope you'll share the version with all the stamps as well! I'm sure it will look very cool.

There's a lot of Tirina words I'm very fond of! The whole thing was designed to be enjoyable for me to say, and even if my aesthetics have changed over time, I still quite like speaking it. Here's a couple particularly special ones to me: nor'ahi /nor.ˈʔa.hi/ - fire. This has always been one of my f...

You've mentioned the skeletal structure of their skulls, but I'm curious about the rest of their build. E.g. are they plantigrade or digitigrade? (I assume from the mention of "upper", "middle", and "lower" legs that they're digitigrade?) If you couldn't see their head ...

Ahu wunokekha.
1SG.FEM tired-FEM
I'm tired.

It'd depend on how the rest of a phonology is spelled, IMO. For example, if you didn't have /l/ then <l> would be a good way to write /ɭ/, but it wouldn't work if you had both.

Started writing up more extensive details about the dawin system on the dalar wiki . Still got quite a bit I'd like to add (about the history especially). It also uncovered a rather serious issue in the voting system... I've always said that families vote as a bloc--that is, the family submits who t...

eldin raigmore wrote: ↑18 May 2018 05:27 I never finished learning the whole alphabet. I don’t know why.

Nope! Feel free to present it however you like. Sometimes people start with an overview of their world, sometimes they start with maps, sometimes they give us short stories or other bits of prose. Anything is perfectly fine!

Have you no access to libraries? Many libraries these days also offer ebooks, so if you have a library card, you could look into getting ebooks if you don't have transportation to the library.

Oh, very cool! I hope we get to see these pictures!

I've been continuing my phonological analysis of Old Tirina, and after a lot of faffing about in a spreadsheet, here are some conclusions I've come to: Theoretically, Old Tirina has geminated consonants. Practically, there are so few words that include them that they might as well not exist. I am gi...

Unfortunately I don't have an answer for how I decide a particular word feels right for a particular meaning--I go where the spirit leads. (by which I mean, I just sorta pick one. Sometimes I'm like, yes! This is a beautiful word and my subconscious thinks it fits. Sometimes I'm just like, well, I n...