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- 16 Dec 2023 18:27
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Jokes
- Replies: 460
- Views: 205662
Re: Jokes
@Shemtov: has it been placed in the Hindenburgae genus?
- 16 Dec 2023 18:20
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: europidjin? euroblabla? europex?
- Replies: 109
- Views: 66024
Re: europidjin? euroblabla? europex?
Lansing cangurus is super plu hart, speciali lansing lus in a modus ke lis comme bak.
Isn’t Lansing the state Capitol of Michigan ?
- 11 Dec 2023 21:51
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: The Sú Swâŋ (Asian clicks lang's culture)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2669
Re: Aisain clicks lang but the culture
I’m assuming that the “Aisain” in your title, is a tpyo for “Asian”.
But, is it?
But, is it?
- 11 Dec 2023 21:26
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: It only snows in the north, but it rains everywhere.
- Replies: 67
- Views: 21007
Re: It only snows in the north, but it rains everywhere.
Are we translating a sentence paraphrasable as “the North is the only place it snows”?
“It snows [only in the North]”?
Or as “in the North the only form of precipitation is snow”?
“In the North it [only snows]”?
Or “It [only snows] in the North”?
Or maybe each?
“It snows [only in the North]”?
Or as “in the North the only form of precipitation is snow”?
“In the North it [only snows]”?
Or “It [only snows] in the North”?
Or maybe each?
- 11 Dec 2023 20:57
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
- Replies: 4
- Views: 399
- 10 Dec 2023 02:22
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
- Replies: 4
- Views: 399
Re: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
I believe that on Solomon Linda’s original recording it was “mbubwe”, not “awimmaway”.
- 07 Dec 2023 05:48
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Jokes
- Replies: 460
- Views: 205662
Re: Jokes
(Not original with me! You can find a version on Reddit.)
Q: How do you say “non-binary” in Spanish?
A: Either “no binario” or “no binaria”, depending on the gender of the person you’re describing or referring to.
Q: How do you say “non-binary” in Spanish?
A: Either “no binario” or “no binaria”, depending on the gender of the person you’re describing or referring to.
- 04 Dec 2023 15:57
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1734
- Views: 361238
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
So one thing I'm working with for a new project is a play on the triconsonantal roots of Semitic languages, where most verbs (and a lot of other vocab) are derived from a small collection of root consonants, and one (to two) root vowels. For instance pukw means "to write," and can be deri...
- 03 Dec 2023 16:50
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2023
- Replies: 319
- Views: 15789
Re: Lexember 2023
…. :con: Ruykkarraber deseguyna "couple" < dese "girl" + guyna "boy" […] guynakubra "boy" + "pal" and desdese "girl" + "girl." Is there any particular reason why the one for two men isn't guynaguyna? …. Or why the one for two wom...
- 03 Dec 2023 05:47
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1734
- Views: 361238
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
“Speaks this conlang” vs. “cannot speak this conlang”, maybe? ooooh, interesting You (and anyone else on the CBB!) are welcome to take it and run with it. Just don’t hinder others (e.g. me) from doing the same (although it appears I have some difficulty “running” with conlingustic things!). Anyone ...
- 03 Dec 2023 05:27
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today?
- Replies: 744
- Views: 216663
Re: What did you accomplish today?
@Arayaz: I like Ruykkarraber so far! It looks interesting!
- 30 Nov 2023 03:13
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Which conlangs are you working on and/or still plan to work on?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1655
Re: Which conlangs are you working on and/or still plan to work on?
I have never heard of a language that is both analytic and fusional.
Are you planning one of each type?
Or you just have not chosen between those types yet?
- 30 Nov 2023 03:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1734
- Views: 361238
Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Uduk has two genders without sematic cores. https://helda.helsinki.fi/items/5ba4f0ec-1c4d-4515-a2ea-200f2e387eb2 But I think a semantic core could be interesting. It should just be something else than sex or animacy. Rational vs non-rational, maybe? ‘Speaks this conlang” vs. “cannot speak this conl...
- 27 Nov 2023 15:11
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2023
- Replies: 319
- Views: 15789
Re: Lexember 2023 - Open to Weekly Theme Suggestions!
How much trouble would it be to make this a two-month game from November 1st to December 31st ?
And does anyone like (or dislike!) that idea ?
And does anyone like (or dislike!) that idea ?
- 27 Nov 2023 04:12
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Which conlangs are you working on and/or still plan to work on?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1655
Re: Which conlangs are you working on and/or still plan to work on?
I am planning to work on another Heartlang in the distant future and succeed this time. Also, another conlang that roughly has the syntax of [Aspect particle] [pronominal/proper noun subject] [Verb] [Adverbs] [Nominal Subject] [Object]. The [Nominal Subject] is supposed to be a common noun, not a p...
- 27 Nov 2023 04:05
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Step-cousin and step-step-cousin
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1017
Step-cousin and step-step-cousin
I looked up “step-cousin”, and it appears that at least some amateur genealogists have agreed that A step-cousin is any one of the following : A step-parent’s sibling’s child, or A parent’s step-sibling’s child, or A parent’s sibling’s step-child. That seems to be the consensus. There’s less agreeme...
- 24 Nov 2023 20:20
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Which conlangs are you working on and/or still plan to work on?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1655
Re: Which conlangs are you working on and/or still plan to work on?
Adpihi, my first conlang; Reptigan, a daughterlang of Adpihi; Arpien, a conlang with a complete CFG in Chomsky-Normal Form; /muakn/, a conlang with 729 genders, all phonetically-determined; And a conlang I haven’t named yet which is a huge generalization of 3Cons. …. In three cases I’ve recently bee...
- 23 Nov 2023 18:23
- Forum: Teach & Share
- Topic: petaQ, tlhIngan Hol yIghojqu'
- Replies: 102
- Views: 91164
Re: petaQ, tlhIngan Hol yIghojqu'
New words (and clarifications) from qepHom 22 in November 2023: https://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepHom2023 I noticed words for diabetes mellitus types 1 and 2 have been included! There’s no word for diabetes insipidus. Perhaps not even their medical professionals and technicians have needed such a ...
- 21 Nov 2023 09:27
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Words/forms avoided because they "look/sound" strange
- Replies: 5
- Views: 981
Re: Words/forms avoided because they "look/sound" strange
Er, don't English adjectives that end in -ly usually keep the single -ly ending as adverbs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Xb_7YDroQ "SoCal is where my mind states/But it's not my state of mind/I'm not as ugly sad as you." Definitely not usually. The use of “ugly sad” in the example yo...
- 20 Nov 2023 16:48
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Lehola Galaxy Megathread
- Replies: 53
- Views: 21547
Re: Lehola Galaxy Megathread
Isn’t 1.4 Solar masses Chandrasekhar’s limit? At that mass the star will go supernova, wouldn’t it? And, don’t smaller-mass stars survive longer than larger-mass stars, as long as we’re considering only stars massiver than brown dwarfs? Chandrasekhar's limit has nothing to do with this; it's just a...