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- 08 Oct 2021 19:35
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: A One World Language
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5619
- 08 Oct 2021 03:01
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Playing with 3S Language
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3135
Re: Playing with 3S Language
Tarot. A thousand year old dream from China.
- 07 Oct 2021 04:23
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: What if Aztlan and Atlantis were cognate names?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9208
Re: What if Aztlan and Atlantis were cognate names?
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 ...
- 07 Oct 2021 03:58
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: A One World Language
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5619
Re: A One World Language
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...
- 29 Sep 2021 23:09
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Making a Music Culture?
- Replies: 92
- Views: 20467
Re: Making a Music Culture?
Dooz your conlang suggest rhythm? gkt My 3S has dialects with various vowel/consonant choices. Angelic, for instance, likes to have vowels that sing. Some work better with rhythm than others. Not all musics and not all languages are strongly rhythmic. And yet other musics and other languages are rh...
- 28 Sep 2021 22:43
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: How to choose an architectural style?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3062
- 28 Sep 2021 22:38
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Making a Music Culture?
- Replies: 92
- Views: 20467
Re: Making a Music Culture?
An identifiable tonal system does not have to be all that important. A natural music is freely associative. A psychic and sympathetic connection from one life to another is essential. By this a musician may inspire a squirrel to laughing and dancing. This is true. There is a music being played now,...
- 27 Sep 2021 03:32
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: How to choose an architectural style?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3062
Re: How to choose an architectural style?
Enjoy your life and all the best! Have a suuuuperior day! Boka B Please stop that. If you really want to attach this to every post, you can add it as a 'signature' in your profile... So, is there now a rule against manual signatures? If there's no House Rule specifically forbidding this practice, a...
- 23 Sep 2021 19:55
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: How to choose an architectural style?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3062
Re: How to choose an architectural style?
I hope so! You might be able to speak to mercentaur architecture, and millions of other architectures across your invented oecumene.
- 23 Sep 2021 03:14
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: How to choose an architectural style?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3062
Re: How to choose an architectural style?
Habitus of Body, Mind & Spirit Are any of your peoples tall and thin? Are they short or squat? Do they have wings? Are they semiaquatic or aerial? Are they half humanoid half zebroid half paravian? A race's basic shape and form will impact architecture as well. Winged people will not get along ...
- 04 Sep 2021 23:41
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1123
- Views: 292075
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Worked, wreaked, wrought. What are the similarities and differences? Which are correct and which incorrect? I think wrought is becoming a new / alternative past tense / participle of wreak. Usually we find wreak / wrought in conjunction with havoc. Both wrought and wreaked can be found with havoc; ...
- 04 Sep 2021 05:24
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Alál: 59 Circumstantials and an Antipassive
- Replies: 40
- Views: 12970
Re: Alál: Some More Stuff
Googling octagopeds turned up nothing -- they must be a Yeolan class of creatures! Are they molluscs? Indeed! The shallow seas beyond the Eastlands in particular are chock full of such creatures! It would be a marine biologist's dream! Or nightmare, depending. It's not Diznee's little mermaid down ...
- 01 Sep 2021 18:21
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Alál: 59 Circumstantials and an Antipassive
- Replies: 40
- Views: 12970
Re: Alál: Some More Stuff
'Twould be fun to think about polyhedrons as well. Truly, a conlang is not complete until one has a word for all manner of DnD dice. https://skullsinthestars.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/alldice21.jpg?w=584&h=438 ...why does this image include a d120 but not a d100. Although I have polygons from...
- 31 Aug 2021 23:24
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Alál: 59 Circumstantials and an Antipassive
- Replies: 40
- Views: 12970
Re: Alál: Some More Stuff
Canadian dollars? I did not know that. And you're welcome for the link! In the most recent word list my friend made from his corpus, "pentagon" ranks as word #4,462 (no doubt because of the military building in the U.S.), "octagon" is #20,418 (maybe articles about wrestling?), a...
- 31 Aug 2021 02:19
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Yay or Nay?
- Replies: 215
- Views: 50037
Re: Yay or Nay?
tYay. Compounds that have a more specific meaning than their components occur in many languages. Think of English blackbird - not every black bird is a blackbird. I know this is off of the subject we were discussing, but The "windows" that is "Microsoft" should be translated int...
- 31 Aug 2021 02:01
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Alál: 59 Circumstantials and an Antipassive
- Replies: 40
- Views: 12970
Re: Alál: Some More Stuff
As you'll see, I have pentagon, hexagon, octagon . . . but leave out heptagon, enneagon, decagon, hendecagon, and dodecagon as too uncommon for a core word list. I mean, when was the last time you talked about hendecagons? Well, Canadian dollars are hendecagonal, so I am certain it's a robust lexem...
- 23 Aug 2021 05:05
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: The Solliloquy of the Tart Toter
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3723
Re: The Solliloquy of the Tart Toter
And also apparently misspell Geroge Carlin, at no extra cost! [xP] Worth the price of admission to see two posts from you! Interesting to note that, in a curiously distant part of some world or other, there is an entirely inoffensive and everyday household article, a brass oil lamp in fact, known a...
- 21 Aug 2021 00:32
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Demigoddesses
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2386
Re: Demigoddesses
Does anyone know of any demigoddesses (female demigods) in mythology? Does anyone know of any demigod with a mortal father and a divine mother? The Font of All Knowledge has a nice list, too! Right off hand, I can see Achilles, Turnus, Kabundungulu, the sons of Laun Sina, Bhishma, Apo Anno, Gwydion...
- 16 Aug 2021 14:22
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: The World of Einea
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13537
Re: The World of Einea
Oo excellent! An update!
For now, all I can say is that we'll need a bigger fly swatter!
For now, all I can say is that we'll need a bigger fly swatter!
- 12 Aug 2021 04:02
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: How do you say "bee" and "wasp" in Algic languages?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5608
Re: How do you say "bee" and "wasp" in Algic languages?
Hehe!
I don't think so! Thread got hijacked by an emerald wasp.
At least I learnt that honeybees came over on the Mayflower!