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by teh_Foxx0rz
15 Jul 2014 00:34
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: North scandinavian "thick" l and West germanic "dark" l
Replies: 33
Views: 9467

Re: North scandinavian "thick" l and West germanic "dark" l

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
Oh yeah, I'm seeing the different threads of conversation now. Silly me.
by teh_Foxx0rz
14 Jul 2014 23:45
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: North scandinavian "thick" l and West germanic "dark" l
Replies: 33
Views: 9467

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...
by teh_Foxx0rz
21 Dec 2011 20:56
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317767

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...
by teh_Foxx0rz
19 Nov 2011 21:11
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Another Pro-French Craziness
Replies: 9
Views: 2296

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...
by teh_Foxx0rz
13 Nov 2011 20:05
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: what actually constitutes an 'affricate'?
Replies: 48
Views: 8030

Re: what actually constitutes an 'affricate'?

hashi wrote:
Chagen wrote:
Milyamd wrote:quay...
I have never heard this word once in my entire life ever
Really? I have a lot. It's pronounced /ki:/
It boggles my mind, but there you go.
by teh_Foxx0rz
12 Nov 2011 20:47
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: Making Fonts for Things Which Are Not Phonetic (ish)
Replies: 5
Views: 3250

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...
by teh_Foxx0rz
12 Nov 2011 12:30
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Data analysis challenge: Proto-Arve-Gadaye reduplication
Replies: 12
Views: 2261

Re: Data analysis challenge: Proto-Arve-Gadaye reduplication

Nortaneous wrote:
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/?
...Close, but not quite. Read the title.
D'oh! xD
by teh_Foxx0rz
10 Nov 2011 01:52
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What Does Your Conlang Sound Like?
Replies: 143
Views: 20034

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 ...
by teh_Foxx0rz
09 Nov 2011 01:02
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Data analysis challenge: Proto-Arve-Gadaye reduplication
Replies: 12
Views: 2261

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)...
by teh_Foxx0rz
08 Nov 2011 02:15
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: what actually constitutes an 'affricate'?
Replies: 48
Views: 8030

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...
by teh_Foxx0rz
08 Nov 2011 01:40
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Legendary Beasts
Replies: 29
Views: 8826

Re: Legendary Beasts

eldin raigmore wrote:Many good things, especially among the last several; though I personally think the "shitz" as a unit of lengths is, well, ...
"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..."

Sorry... xD
by teh_Foxx0rz
04 Nov 2011 16:00
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Micamo's Guide to Conreligions
Replies: 73
Views: 22813

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...
by teh_Foxx0rz
04 Nov 2011 10:53
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Orthographic Whining
Replies: 104
Views: 12965

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...
by teh_Foxx0rz
04 Nov 2011 10:07
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Micamo's Guide to Conreligions
Replies: 73
Views: 22813

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...
by teh_Foxx0rz
02 Nov 2011 22:07
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Orthographic Whining
Replies: 104
Views: 12965

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 ...
by teh_Foxx0rz
02 Nov 2011 20:48
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Orthographic Whining
Replies: 104
Views: 12965

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. :-|
by teh_Foxx0rz
28 Oct 2011 01:11
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Not having certain consonants in a language
Replies: 12
Views: 2432

Re: Not having certain consonants in a language

Bonoboes I hear can comprehend casually spoken language.
by teh_Foxx0rz
24 Oct 2011 16:48
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Anyone know French?
Replies: 62
Views: 9318

Re: Anyone know French?

Chagen, do you really see, say, English spelling as better?
by teh_Foxx0rz
24 Oct 2011 12:04
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Anyone know French?
Replies: 62
Views: 9318

Re: Anyone know French?

Heheh,

<wind> /wɪnd/, /waɪ̯nd/
<live> /lɪv/, /laɪ̯v/
and:
<Slough> /slʌf/, /slju/, /slau̯/

:-)
by teh_Foxx0rz
20 Oct 2011 22:28
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Funny semantic drifts
Replies: 42
Views: 9039

Re: Funny semantic drifts

Milyamd wrote:That's how faggots look.
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This is also how faggots look :mrgreen: