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by eldin raigmore
01 Feb 2025 05:31
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Kalennian translation exercises
Replies: 25
Views: 3494

Re: Kalennian translation exercises

Welcome to the CBB, Cammzy !
by eldin raigmore
01 Feb 2025 05:07
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Classical, Romantic, Victorian, and Jazz Music
Replies: 6
Views: 1601

Re: Classical, Romantic, Victorian, and Jazz Music

elemtilas wrote: 22 Dec 2024 05:11 Thought this might be of interest here:

Ganz Kleine Nachtmusik - string trio, Mozart
Thank you, @elemtilas !
by eldin raigmore
27 Jan 2025 03:29
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Foxcatdog's Scratchpad
Replies: 15
Views: 2131

Re: Foxcatdog's Scratchpad

Are all of your beastfolk more than 50% human, and more than 35% some other species (probably mammal)? or more than 50% some other (probably mammal) species, and more than 35% human? For instance; are otterlings >50% human and >35% otter? Or >50% otter and >35% human? …. I’ve assumed that “beast” ac...
by eldin raigmore
27 Jan 2025 03:07
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: The CBB Makes a conlang
Replies: 131
Views: 24956

Re: The CBB Makes a conlang

…. Head-marking means that grammatical information is marked on the head of the phrase, which in the case of a sentence is the verb. That means that information such as class, case, and even number could be marked on the verb instead of the noun. …. This post is meant as a clarification or elucidat...
by eldin raigmore
27 Jan 2025 02:55
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Personality type
Replies: 23
Views: 3118

Re: Personality type

Cute! I don't fit either of those. More like "why am I being invited to dinner? Now I have to make up some excuse rather than just say I don't want to be here. And then end up saying 'okay' anyway so as not to hurt feelings; but then go home and collapse because drained." Or "Nice to...
by eldin raigmore
27 Jan 2025 02:39
Forum: Translations
Topic: I must not fear
Replies: 15
Views: 4076

Re: I must not fear

I think Yoda from Star Wars might characteristically endorse this litany against fear, or some paraphrase of it.
Maybe I’ll try to put this in Yoda-speak!
by eldin raigmore
27 Jan 2025 02:29
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Forum News discussion/feedback thread
Replies: 932
Views: 497837

Re: Forum News discussion/feedback thread

zyma wrote: 24 Jan 2025 11:32
[+1]

I also find myself wondering sometimes about users like Micamo, Lao Kou, Thrice Xandvii, and many others. I hope they're all doing well, too.
[+1]
by eldin raigmore
24 Jan 2025 00:16
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: LCC 11 - April 2025 in College Park, Maryland
Replies: 12
Views: 1236

Re: LCC 11 - April 2025 in College Park, Maryland

I won’t be able to attend. It’s too far away from Michigan. And I don’t have a car. And I need to retake a driving test.
by eldin raigmore
23 Jan 2025 23:54
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Jokes
Replies: 494
Views: 234598

Re: Jokes

(Xing started a thread in the Translations subforum on “A man walks into a bar”.
So the question below occurred to me; but I shouldn’t post jokes anywhere but “Jokes”.)


I’d like to see or hear some completions of a story that starts out
“A man walks into an X-bar theory.”
by eldin raigmore
23 Jan 2025 22:49
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: River Skasti (new grammar)
Replies: 73
Views: 20176

Re: River Skasti (new grammar)

….. ….. ….. ….. ….. Look here https://books.google.com/books/about/Number.html?id=7jc-pgAFcE0C . Something similar to your “tripartite” plural system might be attested by one or more of the languages Corbett discusses. Hey, Eldin, I was always meaning to ask, could you point me to the exact article...
by eldin raigmore
18 Jan 2025 19:32
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Conlanger stereotype poll
Replies: 155
Views: 91557

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

1. Gender, cismale maybe I should follow opipik’s example. Following opipik’s example, maybe I should say: Gender (grammatical): roundish, squishy, and animate. Gender (psychosocial): In lieu of “cis”, maybe I should say: “I am both certain of my sex, and happy with it.” Sex (biological): Male 2. Se...
by eldin raigmore
17 Jan 2025 16:26
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Philosophy Thread
Replies: 40
Views: 6390

Re: Philosophy Thread

…. Some people …. can actually rotate an object in their mind and see how it looks. They can picture the skeletons of a dinosaur moving and imagine how the dinosaur walked just by looking at each bone and the angles at which they're connected, for instance. …. Although I think I can visualize three...
by eldin raigmore
16 Jan 2025 06:07
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Philosophy Thread
Replies: 40
Views: 6390

Re: Philosophy Thread

Khemehekis wrote: 14 Jan 2025 01:46 And at the other end of the spectrum is aphantasia. Aphantastics think entirely in words, not in pictures.
I’ve heard of them! And might there not be other types as well ?
by eldin raigmore
14 Jan 2025 01:25
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Soran
Replies: 32
Views: 5656

Re: Soran

Agnostics are those who chose not to worship deities. Terrism is an agnostic religion that relies on mortal magic. They believe that all deities are evil or indifferent and any contact with other realms is too dangerous. They live a life of isolation and abstinence as monks. They often do missionar...
by eldin raigmore
10 Jan 2025 19:50
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Philosophy Thread
Replies: 40
Views: 6390

Re: Philosophy Thread

Khemehekis wrote: 20 Nov 2024 05:31
HolyHandGrenade! wrote: 20 Nov 2024 00:49
eldin raigmore wrote: 20 Nov 2024 00:45
lsd wrote: 10 Nov 2024 09:04 reality …(snipped to save space)
No. Some people think entirely in pictures, not words.
Citation please???
Maybe Eldin's thinking about people like Temple Grandin?
Exactly, @Khemehekis!

(Also @HolyHandGrenade.)
by eldin raigmore
09 Jan 2025 22:01
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Conlanger stereotype poll
Replies: 155
Views: 91557

Re: Conlanger stereotype poll

1. Gender, cismale maybe I should follow opipik’s example. Following opipik’s example, maybe I should say: Gender (grammatical): roundish, squishy, and animate. Gender (psychosocial): In lieu of “cis”, maybe I should say: “I am both certain of my sex, and happy with it.” Sex (biological): Male 2. S...
by eldin raigmore
08 Jan 2025 17:59
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Triple-Barreled Clan Names in Adpihi and Reptigan
Replies: 2
Views: 890

Re: Triple-Barreled Clan Names in Adpihi and Reptigan

Other Ways to Systematically Give People Unique Individual Personal Names Another way to give people systematically unique personal individual names, is used or has been used, in eastern Catholic countries in Europe. Or, at least, so I have been given to understand. Nearly every day of the year is ...
by eldin raigmore
06 Jan 2025 21:32
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Jokes
Replies: 494
Views: 234598

Re: Jokes

[:D] The "Persephone", "stirring", and "missile tow" jokes were superb! I also, like you, endorse “stirring” and “missile tow”. And I really appreciate finding out somebody liked my “Persephone” question”! _____ I think the jokes you’ve submitted, and the jokes about y...
by eldin raigmore
04 Jan 2025 22:32
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Triple-Barreled Clan Names in Adpihi and Reptigan
Replies: 2
Views: 890

Re: Triple-Barreled Clan Names in Adpihi and Reptigan

Patronymics and Matronymics Not exactly related to the main topic, but sort of adjacent to it. A patronymic is a part of one’s name that tells who one’s father is/was. Or, rather, what his individual personal name is. A matronymic is a part of one’s name that tells who one’s mother is/was. Or, rath...
by eldin raigmore
04 Jan 2025 21:20
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1301
Views: 404587

Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

If analytic means analytic and isolating here, I have to say that I do not know of a single language that has neither compounding, nor affixation, nor some kind of tonal/mutation morphology. I don’t think mutation of consonants or vowels, nor mutation of the tones, violates analytic-and-isolating. ...