The CBB

Does anybody know when the next one will start? Relays tend to occur 1-2 times a year. They’re not really scheduled or anything. Usually a user just starts one. Since we just had a relay and that relay went pretty long, I imagine there won’t be another for several months, unless someone gets the bu...

I've also been planning to initiate a new speedlanging challenge but it's somewhat hard to both participate and find up the requirements. Would you like to initiate it or would you like me to? We can also coordinate and share ideas. I was planning on coming up with ideas to get easy to start in the...

Yeah ring 1 gets a lot of attention, and rightfully so! But there are some interesting shenanigans in ring 2 as well. One ist the suggestion of the guy in the beginning, which changes to an exclamation of a woman, which itself changes from being mean to friendly. "I would suggest the Chandler ...

Wow, Ring 1…wtf happened??

I’m very happy with Lexember this year. Last year my wife and I both got COVID which forced me to abruptly stop Lexember. After that I didn’t really come back to CBB until this Lexember. Even though I abandoned Yemya along the way, I’m very glad to have played, come up with more ideas for Weddisch, ...

Lexember 31 Weddisch rêst in vridde /rest ɪn vɾɪdə/ 1. rest in peace, an expression of hope of blessing that a deceased person is at peace Calque of Latin Requiscat in Pacem . Vridde is a fossilized dative form not otherwise found in everyday speech. rêste 1. (w.v.) to rest (3S present rêstes , pas...

Lexember 30 Weddisch turf (pl. túrf ) /tʊɾf/ 1. peat The following words are basically all synonyms as are their English cognates. I have this provided the translation for the closest English cognate. móer (pl. móres ) /møːɾ/ 1. moor bouech (pl. boues ~ bous ) /boʊəx/ 1. bog From Scottish Gaelic bo...

Lexember 28 Weddisch schref (pl. schrev ) /ʒɾɛf/ 1. cave lew (pl. leun ) /lɛu/ 1. rounded, solitary hill 2. cairn seylraad (pl. seylraade ) /zɛɪlɾaːd/ 1. ocean current Literally means “sail-road” and is a familiar kenning found in Beowulf (1429 b). The Weddisch are known for their maritime occupati...

Lexember 28

Weddisch
vórd (pl. vórde)
/vœɾd/
1. firth, fjord

Borrowing from Old Norse fjǫrðr. Homophonous with wórd “worth” and nearly homophonous with vóerd “fourth.”

Lexember 27 Weddisch anng /aŋː/ 1. (adj.) awkward, embarrassing, cringey, the feeling of social discomfort 2. (nn.) cringe (informal) 3. (interjection) ugh, oh no, awkward... angemóed /aŋɡəmøːd/ 1. (nn.) awkwardness, embarrassment, the feeling of social discomfort My German class and I used to alwa...

Johnathan_4 wrote: ↑25 Dec 2021 02:39 I have never done one of these but I'll give it try!

Hey! You’re welcome to do this Speedlang of course but this challenge is actually from 2020. I was planning on posting a new one this January after Lexember and major holidays are over :)

Lexember 24 Weddisch dwimmer (pl. dwimmere ) /dvɪməɾ/ 1. (uncountable, nn.) stage magic 2. (countable, nn.) magic trick 3. (countable, nn.) illusion dwimmerman (pl. dwimmermên ) /dvɪməɾman/ 1. (cn.) magician, practitioner of stage magic druy (pl. druis ) /dɾœɪ/ 1. (cn.) wizard, sorcerer Ultimately ...

So, since I’ve been back on conlanging a bit, I’ve decided to finally give the six dialects names. Below, I’m reposting the image of the dialect areas and I’ll refer to them by their colors. There are however, lots of different ways to refer to these dialects, which will require some explanation. On...

Lexember 23 Weddisch nius (uncountable) /niʊs/ 1. news tydinge (uncountable) /tɛɪdɪŋɡə/ 1. news (obsolescent) No longer used except as proper noun in a Weddisch language newspaper. krant (pl. kranten ) /kɾant/ 1. newspaper Probably a direct borrowing from Dutch, but ultimately from French courant ....

Lexember 22 Weddisch tewel /tɛvəl/ 1. board game 2. backgammon (regional) 3. chess (regional) schaak /ʒaːk/ 1. (nn.) chess Borrowing of unclear origin, could have been borrowed from Dutch, German, or Old Norse. vleagammen /vlɛːɡamən/ 1. (nn.) tiddlywinks Literally “flea-game” cf. Dutch vlooienspel ...

Lexember 21 Weddisch kwitsche ~ kwitke (pl. kwitschen ~ kwitken ) /kvɪd͡ʒə/ ~ /kvɪtkə/ 1. fairy tale 2. fable From OE cwide “story, proverb, report” plus the diminutive suffix -tsche/-ke . A popular fairy tale/fable among the Weddisch is Det Bêt ann de Fere Meden “The Bear and the Fair Maiden.” It ...

Weddisch mosschuk (pl. mosschukken ) /mɔz.ʒʊk/ [mɔʒʊk] 1. moss sprite Also known as houtschuk /hoʊt.ʃʊk/ “wood sprite” or waudschuk /vaʊd.ʒʊk/ “forest sprite.” Schuk is derived from Old English scucca (cf. English shuck) meaning “evil spirit, demon, devil” but has undergone semantic bleaching. I wa...

Lexember 20 Weddisch mosschuk (pl. mosschukken ) /mɔz.ʒʊk/ [mɔʒʊk] 1. moss sprite Also known as houtschuk /hoʊt.ʃʊk/ “wood sprite” or waudschuk /vaʊd.ʒʊk/ “forest sprite.” Schuk is derived from Old English scucca (cf. English shuck) meaning “evil spirit, demon, devil” but has undergone semantic ble...

/ʒ/ is so characteristic of Weddisch in my mind! I figure that it probably stands out in particular because /ʒ/ is uncommon in native vocabulary in most Germanic languages. I'm really glad to hear it! It's actually one of my personal favorite features of Weddisch. Lexember 19 Weddisch Laard Hauwún ...

Lexember 18

Weddisch
vlyte
/vlɛɪtə/
1. (intransitive) to argue, quarrel
(strong, 3S vlytes, past tense vlaat, past participle vlitte, auxiliary hawe)

This doesn’t keep with this week’s theme of motion but it follows the semantic theme from my two words yesterday.