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by Tanni
01 Sep 2019 11:24
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Deutscher Gesprächsthread | German Conversation Thread
Replies: 272
Views: 215704

Re: Sprechen wir Deutsch!

Offenbar nicht: Ach, was muß man oft von bösen Kindern hören oder lesen!! Wie zum Beispiel hier von diesen, Welche Max und Moritz hießen; Wilhelm Busch Max und Moritz Viele Reime dieser Bildergeschichte wie „Aber wehe, wehe, wehe! / Wenn ich auf das Ende sehe!“, „Dieses war der erste Streich, doch ...
by Tanni
31 Aug 2019 15:15
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Discussing basic vocabulary
Replies: 42
Views: 8279

Discussing basic vocabulary

This thread is inspired by the thread The Landau Core Vocabulary . I'll give the LaTeX version, because it is too much work to apply bbcodes. Feel free to copy it and compile it on your own computer. Then you'll get the number of the choosen concepts. This number might change during the discussion. ...
by Tanni
30 Aug 2019 15:42
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Deutscher Gesprächsthread | German Conversation Thread
Replies: 272
Views: 215704

Re: Sprechen wir Deutsch!

Georg "Weh" Busch sagte: "Selten wird die Frage gefragt: Lernt unsere Kinder?" Also "lernt" deines Landes Kinder jetzt? Offenbar nicht: Ach, was muß man oft von bösen Kindern hören oder lesen!! Wie zum Beispiel hier von diesen, Welche Max und Moritz hießen; Wilhelm Bus...
by Tanni
16 Aug 2019 15:12
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Octal numbering system
Replies: 6
Views: 3373

Re: Octal numbering system

Here is a little Turbo Pascal program doing decimal to octal and octal to decimal conversion: (* oct dec conversion 16.08.2019 *) TYPE numberstring = STRING[14]; FUNCTION DezOct ( v : Integer ) : numberstring ; VAR q : Integer; (* quotient *) VAR r : Integer; (* remainder *) VAR s : numberstring; BE...
by Tanni
15 Aug 2019 09:33
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Octal numbering system
Replies: 6
Views: 3373

Re: Octal numbering system

eldin raigmore wrote: 15 Aug 2019 09:08 Normally the base is written out as a word in the orthography of your meta-language.
For instance we’d say “base ten” not “base 10”.
And 10ten not 1010. ...
Never seen this anywhere. My textbooks only had 1010.
by Tanni
14 Aug 2019 09:29
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Octal numbering system
Replies: 6
Views: 3373

Re: Octal numbering system

Or number systems in general, other than decimal... Can anyone explain, or point me in the direction of a good explanation of octal numbers, please? I'm working on a language and I want it to have an octal numbering system. Thank you in advance. Are you working on a number system for a spider cultu...
by Tanni
01 Aug 2019 09:37
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: The Landau Core Vocabulary
Replies: 116
Views: 58788

Re: The Landau Core Vocabulary

Khemehekis wrote: 28 May 2019 00:57 Also, the Basic 200 list has been retweaked.
What is your definition of "basic" here?
by Tanni
15 Jul 2019 20:33
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: Are AIs alive? Do they have souls?
Replies: 21
Views: 20734

Re: Are AIs alive? Do they have souls?

Provided an AI does have a soul, what would follow from that for humans? For the human soul?
by Tanni
15 Jul 2019 20:24
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 751
Views: 455376

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

eldin raigmore wrote: 15 Jul 2019 20:16 I’m so excited, I might have to go to my medicine case and take a sedative!
The sedative case! It marks the indirect object a medicine (direct object) is given to.
by Tanni
30 Jun 2019 13:41
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1938
Views: 656130

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

What are realistic reasons for humans abandoning earth. I have an idea for a Terran diaspora, but I have been told that people wouldn't abandon earth even if it became a harsher place to live on because humans are stubborn. However, I don't want earth to be completely destroyed, and people leaving ...
by Tanni
28 May 2019 19:39
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 751
Views: 455376

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

Do you specifically need/want your characters all to be white? Actually, no! But the character is a fox who is captain of a sailing ship. There's quite a few Franco-African surnames with diacritics. Dembélé , for instance*. Less commonly, Kéréku (as in the president). Or you could go the whole hog ...
by Tanni
13 May 2019 12:01
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 751
Views: 455376

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

Thanks sangi39 and shimobaatar! In Wiktionary, the results I got showed very few accents. Maybe I got results for French names in German. Ménétries -- you mean Ménétrier? -- would be quite good, it just means "fiddler" (A witch fiddling around with magic?) Côté -- would be perfect, but is ...
by Tanni
12 May 2019 14:52
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 751
Views: 455376

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

I'm searching for a French family name to name a character (a capitain of a sailing ship) in a short story. The name is required to have one or two (or even more) french accents (acute, grave, circumflex, cedille). I searched in naming sites, but the names given only seldomly carried accents, even w...
by Tanni
01 Feb 2019 09:13
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: underused settings in world building
Replies: 49
Views: 14447

Re: underused settings in world building

fruityloops wrote: 31 Jan 2019 14:45 not gonna state my thoughts about this one. just wanted to ask you guys what ideas or settings are underrated in fantasy.
Giant spiders playing a positive role or having a positive attitude towards humans and vice verca.
by Tanni
12 Nov 2018 10:36
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 751
Views: 455376

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

I don't know if this belongs here but I wanna ask, in my world, the main races are mainly humanoid arthropods of different kinds and a few of them can produce silk. what impact would this have on society? Depends on how much silk they produce. If it is much, then they also need much to eat. As far ...
by Tanni
23 Sep 2018 17:14
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2020]
Replies: 11605
Views: 2043761

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

Judging by Wiktionary, the vowels in göttlich and Öl have an un-trilled /r/ tagged onto the end in Standard German. Having fronted [o→ø], does Dyoan need the trilled /r/ in words similar to ᴀʟꜱɪɴᴅᴏᴇʀ? Although I don't hear anything rhotic in " göttlich ", the audio Wiktionary gives for &q...
by Tanni
09 Sep 2018 15:24
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: British Romance Language Collablang
Replies: 522
Views: 156349

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

gokupwned5 wrote: 09 Sep 2018 04:00
78) What should be the fate of /y/?
c) It should stay /y/.

79) Should Middle Brettaniot retain Old Brettaniot noun cases?
a) Yes.

81) What should be the fate of /ɲ/ and /ʎ/?
b) /ɲ ʎ/ > /nj lj/
by Tanni
02 Sep 2018 13:34
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: British Romance Language Collablang
Replies: 522
Views: 156349

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

74) It is 1066 CE, and the Normans have successfully invaded Lundein, Dygnunia, and Gwynedd. How will this territory be divided? a) It will all be unified under the rule of William I (Guigleum I in Old Brettaniot) as a single kingdom. 75) Should /f θ s/ become voiced between vowels? b) No. 76) This...
by Tanni
17 Aug 2018 09:13
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: British Romance Language Collablang
Replies: 522
Views: 156349

Re: British Romance Language Collablang

52) What should happen to the noun cases of Old Brettaniot? a) All 3 cases will be retained. 53) What should be the fate of /y/? b) It should become /ɨ/. 54) What should happen to unstressed /u/? a) /u/ > [ə] 55) It is 850 CE, and the Vikings have established the Danelaw (Dane Leie in Proto-Brettan...
by Tanni
16 Aug 2018 21:09
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: New Weekly Indo European Collablang
Replies: 182
Views: 35390

Re: New Weekly Indo European Collablang

71. How should we derive a medial connective conjunction? a. From PIE *h₂énti (Like English "and") 72. Wh-fronting a. Obligatory for all such words 73. Inflection with numbers a. Nouns are still inflected for case and number when modified by a number 74. Develop words for "yes" ...