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by Aevas
22 Mar 2020 16:55
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Forum News discussion/feedback thread
Replies: 898
Views: 431990

Re: Forum News discussion/feedback thread

sangi39 wrote: 20 Mar 2020 14:41Also, nice change to the Boards logo [:)] Subtle, but nice.
Thanks! I thought it was about time we improved the branding a bit, since the last logo was supposed to be temporary. I also fixed new favicon, which should work for across devices [:)]
by Aevas
22 Mar 2020 16:52
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: False cognates
Replies: 902
Views: 325498

Re: False cognates

Irish: 'day'
Hawaiian: 'day'
by Aevas
16 Mar 2020 20:23
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Forum News discussion/feedback thread
Replies: 898
Views: 431990

Re: Forum News discussion/feedback thread

Ser wrote: 16 Mar 2020 18:31By the way, there are two X-SAMPA -> IPA converters on aveneca.com. The one I use is XIPA, not JEPAX, although maybe you could just copy both over to the new site.
I don't mean to ignore the rest of your post (I'm a bit short on time atm!), but is there a reason you prefer one over the other?
by Aevas
15 Mar 2020 11:43
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Forum News discussion/feedback thread
Replies: 898
Views: 431990

Re: Forum News discussion/feedback thread

Uh, I have no conscious memory of knowing about the downtime (probably because I was too busy last week to really check the board, so I missed Ossicone's notification on it), so if I mentioned it in public at some point... I guess I must have entered one of my mystic clairvoyant trances again? Damn...
by Aevas
15 Mar 2020 11:34
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Forum News Thread
Replies: 108
Views: 150953

Re: Forum News Thread

From the Admin

Ossicone is now officially a vice admin of the forum. This has been the de facto situation for a while, but the visuals finally reflect it too.
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by Aevas
11 Mar 2020 22:03
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282713

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

I'm looking for information relating to tone or pitch accent affecting diachronic vowel quality. Does anyone have any examples of this happening or have suggestions for where I might find it?
by Aevas
12 Feb 2020 19:27
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: “No yeah no” and “yeah no yeah”
Replies: 10
Views: 2514

Re: “No yeah no” and “yeah no yeah”

«Pǒrtet vìa al rósc?» - Will you take out the trash? I wanted to put this in the false cognates thread, but I couldn't verify the etymologies enough. In Finland Swedish, the word rosk is still used in the sense of 'trash' 🙂 I'd say let's put it there and let someone else do the dirty work to prove ...
by Aevas
11 Feb 2020 15:07
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: “No yeah no” and “yeah no yeah”
Replies: 10
Views: 2514

Re: “No yeah no” and “yeah no yeah”

Alessio wrote: 11 Feb 2020 09:05«Pǒrtet vìa al rósc?» - Will you take out the trash?
I wanted to put this in the false cognates thread, but I couldn't verify the etymologies enough. In Finland Swedish, the word rosk is still used in the sense of 'trash' 🙂
by Aevas
21 Jan 2020 11:08
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282713

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

According to Englebert (2015), intervocalic /g/ > /ɣ/ occurs already in "Gallo-Romance", which I take to refer to the regional variety of late VL spoken prior to 842.
by Aevas
20 Jan 2020 20:34
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282713

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

Morphologically, it is usual that the old plural form also acquires the function of the older dual. But if the word usually appears in the dual, it's very possible that it is the old dual form that generalizes. For example Swedish ögon 'eyes' is the old dual form. (If somebody comes to say it is no...
by Aevas
20 Jan 2020 13:00
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282713

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

Thanks for the answers, everyone [:D] What do you think of my theory that because the dual is inherently marginal (people are simply more likely to refer to one of something or more than two of something than just two) it is inherently unstable and prone to decline? In terms of markedness (as used ...
by Aevas
20 Jan 2020 12:55
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Curiosities in Finnish
Replies: 42
Views: 28544

Re: Curiosities in Finnish

So you have this plant that's popularized in Sweden in the 18th century; a time when present-day Finland constitutes the eastern part of its territory. In this region, Swedish speakers call the new plant p(e,ä)(:)r(u,o)n and Finnish speakers call it peruna . But you think it's more likely the Finni...
by Aevas
20 Jan 2020 12:45
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Surprising cognates
Replies: 153
Views: 106465

Re: Surprising cognates

So, according to Aszev's post in another thread, we have: :lat: cavāre 'excavate', 'hollow out', 'perforate', 'pierce' :fin: kaveri 'friend', 'buddy' As I understood it, the cognate would be the verb kaveerata , with kaveri being originally unrelated but later affecting the sense of kaveerata , shi...
by Aevas
18 Jan 2020 12:05
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: Curiosities in Finnish
Replies: 42
Views: 28544

Re: Curiosities in Finnish

This probably isn't the right thread to rant about the etymology of peruna again, but... I'll just briefly mention once again that I highly doubt that it's from Swedish päron , especially since Hungarian has burgonya and Tatar and Bashkir have бәрәңге , whose etymologies are uncertain. The sound co...
by Aevas
18 Jan 2020 11:00
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1110
Views: 282713

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

Is the dual actually productive and in common use in any modern natlangs? It seems like the dual is something languages create early on only to later abandon, but I realize this is probably a heavily biased IE-centric view. Unfortunately my linguistic knowledge is very IE-centric. [:$] In Europe, S...
by Aevas
16 Jan 2020 20:35
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Today I learned ...
Replies: 120
Views: 99974

Re: Today I learned ...

My impression is that syncretism precedes obligatory pronouns, but that it really doesn't seem to take that much to trigger this development -- certainly not a lot more than we find in pro-drop languages where there is no indication of pronouns becoming obligatory. In the Germanic languages, overt s...
by Aevas
15 Jan 2020 13:51
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Today I learned ...
Replies: 120
Views: 99974

Re: Today I learned ...

The other day I learned that it is typologically very ususual for languages to mark person on verbs while also having obligatory subject pronouns. According to Haspelmath (2001), this is over-represented in major European languages, making it seem more 'normal' than it actually is. In Europe it occu...
by Aevas
18 Dec 2019 15:37
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Forum News discussion/feedback thread
Replies: 898
Views: 431990

Re: Forum News discussion/feedback thread

The good news is that I did take a database back up before the 'snap' so the data may be recoverable eventually. However, this is also a good reminder that if you want anything saved you should not rely on an internet forum. Has there been any progress on this front? It would be nice. I noticed tha...
by Aevas
22 Sep 2019 17:14
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: The alphabet has a secret and has been found
Replies: 44
Views: 8465

Re: The alphabet has a secret and has been found

Locking this thread. Thevietguy, if you want to partake in serious discussions about linguistics, feel free to. But if your only goal is to preach about unsupported ideas while ignoring any constructive reply, then you can do so elsewhere.
by Aevas
25 Aug 2019 00:44
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Are you a hunter-gatherer or a farmer?
Replies: 36
Views: 30263

Re: Are you a hunter-gatherer or a farmer?

Myers-Briggs (MBTI) lacks any form of scientific validity, and is essentially a modern-day horoscope. Since the original topic (unwittingly or not) promotes MBTI as meaningful, I have removed the link, as I do not wish for this forum to become a platform for spreading the notion that there is anythi...