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Sheumais ⇒ Hamish [O.O] Lenition out the wazoo Backdoor Fortition Y U do dat, Gaeliclangs?! Ghaeliclangs An amazing, amazing mazazing, druidically enchanting group 'o' tongues are they, the whole Ghoidelic Bunch :!: And toss a caber my way if I'm wrong!!! saya terima cabaran itu! nitfocichur in gab...

Salmoneus wrote: ↑08 Feb 2022 21:22 There used to be some over on the ZBB (certainly linguoboy).

[sadly my own knowledge is rudimentary.]

I wish mine were that good! Anyway, thanks! Will check ZBB as well.

Do we have any (proficient / (near) native language level) Irish Gaelic speakers hereabouts? I'd really appreciate some help with a few short Google Translate results. Kindly PM if you exist!

Gaelic baffles me.

Old Irish, much easier!

Several years ago (I believe this was before I quit the ZBB), a thread was posted asking about psychedelics in our conworlds. I discussed the many drugs of the Lehola Galaxy, and somebody else had a hallucinogen called moonroot. Someone mentioned that drug use was an aspect of conworlds that people...

Titus Flavius wrote: ↑06 Nov 2021 11:15 Vikingur Olafsson - Bach's Organ Sonata No. 4, Andante

Fellow at the beginning looks a lot like P.D.Q. Bach's great great great grandson or Peter Schickele.

When is Sepctober? Some philosophers, in particular Diemme of Mensis, hold that this particular month never comes, because it does not exist. Having carefully researched the great Book of Days and cross checked with all known calendrical systems, they declare that Sepctober is a foolish aberration ...

Hopefully you won't skimp on the worldbuilding posts here, either! Your descriptions sound delicious! I plan to eventually post some sketches of some of my conlangs, once some early drafts are ready to be shared, I'll make sure and write about the cultures they are from as well! And the food, of co...

Conlanging has become a big part of both projects, and my relatively lack of expertise in the subject is what led me to this forum. I hope to get advice and feedback on my conlanging projects, and to eventually become knowledgeable enough to help others! Hopefully you won't skimp on the worldbuildi...

BarnacleHeretic wrote: ↑18 Oct 2021 01:50 I hope it isn't too necro to reply to this.

Hereabouts, there's no such thing as too necro!

I think this thread has veered off topic a fair bit (although, again, I'm still not sure what the original topic was supposed to actually be), so, if possible, would people mind getting back on topic, or it might be worth locking the thread Sometimes a thread just doesn't have a strongly focused or...

I think the answer here is that I'd call such a person "potential mate". Especially if she's smart & cute. She has no blood / genetic relationship (probably); and I tend to lose track of "family" relationships at about "parent's parent's sibling". If I met my grandm...

tikoo wrote: ↑12 Oct 2021 21:23 What is cheeseburger?

yes, that

tikoo wrote: ↑11 Oct 2021 21:08 Right. How to ask for a cheeseburger? That is the exam.

So, sweetie, what do you want to eat?
I eat this thing relation to love.
This?
Yes.

Hmmg. I think I'll just stick with the cheeseburger, thanks.

tikoo wrote: ↑10 Oct 2021 20:58 Ido Bar & Grill

I'll be sure to enquire about their cheeseburger and exam prep course!

What are all the notes, exactly? A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G# Those are the twelve tones of western music, of which all western music is comprised in all genres and time periods. If you used this method you could “translate” classical pieces backwards or write a pop melody that encodes a...

tikoo wrote: ↑09 Oct 2021 18:50

elemtilas wrote: ↑08 Oct 2021 19:35

tikoo wrote: ↑07 Oct 2021 20:39 A universal language need be easy to learn.
Free of homophones.
With simpl cahnsistent fo'netik repre'senta'shun.
Can tell an absurdly funny joke.

An Idist, a Poliepsist and an Esperantist walk into a bar.

They each take the bar exam.

I really hate having to explain jokes.

tikoo wrote: ↑07 Oct 2021 20:39 A universal language need be easy to learn.
Free of homophones.
With simpl cahnsistent fo'netik repre'senta'shun.
Can tell an absurdly funny joke.

An Idist, a Poliepsist and an Esperantist walk into a bar.

Tarot. A thousand year old dream from China.

orichalcum (an imaginary metal) Actually I've heard a theory that orichalcum may be: A. An otherwise unattested dialectal word for "electrum", that became known as a mythical metal by Plato's time or B. If the story has non-Greek sources, one may have described electrum as "mountain ...

There's a religious language from Africa referred to as The Royal Language. I first heard it from a singer and kora player who had learned it in the South Georgia Sea Islands (USA). He sang with the sound of baby babble. I think the story of that area is a slave ship grounded there, and so that's w...