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? dhok posts: 235
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This is a thread for angry or sad rants and complaining.

My angry rant is learning Sanskrit a-stems, half of whose forms look the same:

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And the book expects me to learn these all in one go, but can't be assed to provide enough exercises to use more than half of them. Grumble.
? Rhetorica Your Writing System Sucks
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, Kelatetía message
I see the faintest hint of Attic in some of those forms—and it troubles me so.
? kodé man of few words
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, Deacon message
Classicists don't seem to like to analyze suffixes in a helpful way. I think this maintains a shroud of obscurity that really doesn't need to be there. Also, is there any IE languages that doesn't merge most of the cases in the dual and plural?
? Nessari ?????? ?????? ????????
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, Illúbequía, Seattle, United States
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Nope, they're reconstructed for PIE that way.
? Izambri Left of the middle
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, Duke message
I'm stuck at 12 posts, which means I will always be a serf.
? Rhetorica Your Writing System Sucks
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, Kelatetía, Space
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Hmm. Nort complained of being stuck at 100; I'll see what I can do about that. (Edit: I've tentatively turned aggressive post count recalculation back on; this means any time anyone views one of your posts it will try to set the count to the correct number. I may add this to the actual posting code if I can't figure out why incrementing keeps failing.)
? Nessari ?????? ?????? ????????
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, Illúbequía, Seattle, Cascadia
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quoting Rhetorica:
Hmm. Nort complained of being stuck at 100; I'll see what I can do about that. (Edit: I've tentatively turned aggressive post count recalculation back on; this means any time anyone views one of your posts it will try to set the count to the correct number. I may add this to the actual posting code if I can't figure out why incrementing keeps failing.)

Note: when I first read his post complaining about being stuck at 100 (on the day it was posted, I believe), his postcount read as 105 to me.
? Kereb Ba'al
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, Reader message
TWO
? Nessari ?????? ?????? ????????
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, Illúbequía, Seattle, Cascadia
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SEEKS
halcyon posts: 26
, Vagrant message
can't afford the offer from the university of illinois at chicago. (i'm actually relieved. relatively prestigious institutions might expect better performance from me, when the reality of the matter is that i'm barely sane.)
? Rhetorica Your Writing System Sucks
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, Kelatetía, Terminus
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By bizarre chance I actually know a bit about the politics of UIC's humanities programs, having known someone who went through them. In a word: rejoice. Their ancient languages departments were dwindling a few years ago and are probably now completely dead, thanks to an administration that decided to focus on contemporary social studies and eschew history. Any prestige the place has is probably gone. (Also it's all done inside a single massive obelisk of mid-century Brutalist horror, so you're not exactly missing a desirable experience.)
halcyon posts: 26
, Vagrant message
I'm not a linguist. I'm an engineer. (Normally I'd say things like, "it's because their star is waning that i was counting on them to let me join. i was hoping to ride the coattails of their erstwhile prestige while its echoes linger. now those coattails will go to wealthier candidates who we can only hope are more deserving of the experience awaiting them there." or something to stay in character, but I'm actually really psyched up about all this.)
? Rhetorica Your Writing System Sucks
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, Kelatetía, Terminus
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Hmm. Okay. Can't really comment on their engineering program, alas. (But best wishes.)
halcyon posts: 26
, Vagrant message
they have working qubits in their labs (i think, and i don't think many places have those. not too sure about either of those impressions.)

(and thanks)
? Hurq posts: 47
, Novice Speaker message
quoting Rhetorica:
an administration that decided to focus on contemporary social studies and eschew history.

Another blow for freedom struck by the spirit of Social Justice!!!
? Zontas Wannabe Polymath
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, Survatetía, Maryland, United States
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You know, why am I banned from irc?
? thelettermu posts: 262
, Groovy Cat message
Maybe it's 'cause you stink.
? Nortaneous ? ?????
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, Marquis, Maryland
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were all hitler. were all big nasty hitlers and we re going too fly into youre kitchen at night and make a mess of your pots and pans. we must into lebensraum
? thelettermu posts: 262
, Groovy Cat message
quoting Nortaneous:
were all hitler. were all big nasty hitlers and we re going too fly into youre kitchen at night and make a mess of your pots and pans. we must into lebensraum

Not only Lebensraum but also Lebensküche!
? Jipí der saz ûf eime steine
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, Transition Metal, Germany
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Lebensspeisekammer!
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