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Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2023-08-22 23:12:55) :
[quote Izambri, Duke, the Findible League]Another one about dictionaries.
In the [sc]related[/sc] section, what are we supposed to write when we have homophones and we use the [i]<!>numeral[/i] code?
For example, I have both [http://anthologi.ca/?id=267949|yr] and [http://anthologi.ca/?id=268327|–yr], but in [http://anthologi.ca/?id=267948|this entry] you can see that in [sc]related[/sc] the first one appears as «[i]yr1[/i]» if I put [i]yr<!>1[/i] there.[/quote]
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[quote Izambri, Duke, the Findible League]Another one about dictionaries.
In the [sc]related[/sc] section, what are we supposed to write when we have homophones and we use the [i]<!>numeral[/i] code?
For example, I have both [http://anthologi.ca/?id=267949|yr] and [http://anthologi.ca/?id=268327|–yr], but in [http://anthologi.ca/?id=267948|this entry] you can see that in [sc]related[/sc] the first one appears as «[i]yr1[/i]» if I put [i]yr<!>1[/i] there.[/quote]
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A language where each consonant has a meaning (2023-06-05 20:01:01) :
Looks like a good start. This is called a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_language|philosophical language]; you might be interested to see how others have approached the problems inherent in philosophical languages, like how to organize concepts, or how referring to specific objects can require really long words. Many languages of this category are designed to seek absolute, canonical names for all things, and they run into some special problems—like how to avoid cultural bias, how ...
Looks like a good start. This is called a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_language|philosophical language]; you might be interested to see how others have approached the problems inherent in philosophical languages, like how to organize concepts, or how referring to specific objects can require really long words. Many languages of this category are designed to seek absolute, canonical names for all things, and they run into some special problems—like how to avoid cultural bias, how ...
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Money Thread (2023-02-23 02:01:56) :
We can only assume you were paid in Soundland Dollars for the commission.
We can only assume you were paid in Soundland Dollars for the commission.
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Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2023-02-23 02:00:32) :
A long-overdue round of spam cleanup has been applied.
The reason why Annie still doesn't have HTTPS is a bit convoluted, but basically, as long as you don't re-use passwords, we don't really need it.
A long-overdue round of spam cleanup has been applied.
The reason why Annie still doesn't have HTTPS is a bit convoluted, but basically, as long as you don't re-use passwords, we don't really need it.
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Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2022-07-19 17:50:11) :
[b][g complete duo-N.PL.ACC]Yeñgí lentenei[/g] [g give-1.SG.PST]reberé.[/g] [g partial-CMP]Pensyera[/g] [g SG.INDEF]mí[/g] [g letter-N.PL.GEN]tshítsilí[/g] [g shape-N.SG.ACC]vekhtenú[/g] [g true.ink.product.F.SG](zeldenlekía)[/g] [g than]iv[/g] [g SG.INDEF]mí[/g] [g tongue-F.SG.GEN]sithstíaní[/g] [g variation-F.SG.ACC]anadara[/g] [g COP-1.SG.PRS]vizé;[/g] [g twist-ADV]telméú,[/g] [g M.SG.DEF+(movable_nu)]on[/g] [g Unicode-M.SG]Yúníkodo[/g] [g without=have-1.SG.PRS]gendaitizé[/g] [g GNO]kai,[/g] ...
[b][g complete duo-N.PL.ACC]Yeñgí lentenei[/g] [g give-1.SG.PST]reberé.[/g] [g partial-CMP]Pensyera[/g] [g SG.INDEF]mí[/g] [g letter-N.PL.GEN]tshítsilí[/g] [g shape-N.SG.ACC]vekhtenú[/g] [g true.ink.product.F.SG](zeldenlekía)[/g] [g than]iv[/g] [g SG.INDEF]mí[/g] [g tongue-F.SG.GEN]sithstíaní[/g] [g variation-F.SG.ACC]anadara[/g] [g COP-1.SG.PRS]vizé;[/g] [g twist-ADV]telméú,[/g] [g M.SG.DEF+(movable_nu)]on[/g] [g Unicode-M.SG]Yúníkodo[/g] [g without=have-1.SG.PRS]gendaitizé[/g] [g GNO]kai,[/g] ...
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Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2022-07-13 21:51:39) :
Dictionary, Tag, and Entry have been updated with new magic from Memory versions. Changes:
[ol][li]No more comma after headwords. I can't find a single dictionary that does this unless there's a pronunciation after. The comma is restored if there is a pronunciation.
[li]New, more efficient print mode that is less likely to blow up and looks more like a real paper dictionary. I've been looking at a lot of paper dictionaries recently.
[li]Made sure everything was [tt]utf8mb4_gener...
Dictionary, Tag, and Entry have been updated with new magic from Memory versions. Changes:
[ol][li]No more comma after headwords. I can't find a single dictionary that does this unless there's a pronunciation after. The comma is restored if there is a pronunciation.
[li]New, more efficient print mode that is less likely to blow up and looks more like a real paper dictionary. I've been looking at a lot of paper dictionaries recently.
[li]Made sure everything was [tt]utf8mb4_gener...
owned by Rhetorica, last edited 2022-07-13 21:53:15.
What are you listening to? (2022-06-23 14:22:31) :
[quote Izambri, Duke, the Findible League][b]Vertical Mode - Seven Gates[/b][/quote]
Slightly ruined by the Mario noises, but otherwise quite robust!
[center][b]StyleGAN Begins To Shine[/b] (B.E.R. - The Night Begins To Shine [i]vocals isolated[/i])[/center]
[youtube:NVf0K8Aos6o]
[quote Izambri, Duke, the Findible League][b]Vertical Mode - Seven Gates[/b][/quote]
Slightly ruined by the Mario noises, but otherwise quite robust!
[center][b]StyleGAN Begins To Shine[/b] (B.E.R. - The Night Begins To Shine [i]vocals isolated[/i])[/center]
[youtube:NVf0K8Aos6o]
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Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2022-06-17 19:19:46) :
[b]Adīhakárē sha, lŷris sûne olebárē.[/b]
Breathe, while you can.
[b]Olī tshītekhī survī laikedobīvárī kē. Zhīogánlī nî hoves dēmánesi.[/b]
These new inflections are [i]terrible[/i]. I return to the planning table.
[b]Adīhakárē sha, lŷris sûne olebárē.[/b]
Breathe, while you can.
[b]Olī tshītekhī survī laikedobīvárī kē. Zhīogánlī nî hoves dēmánesi.[/b]
These new inflections are [i]terrible[/i]. I return to the planning table.
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Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2022-06-13 15:02:00) :
[b]Rísto, Hwattiñgó. Katémaqra ayísa. Bízekhtíéne nosarhísa. Khé ro kwedzin?[/b]
Hi, Hwhatting. I'm alright. Keeping busy. And how are you?
[b]Rísto, Hwattiñgó. Katémaqra ayísa. Bízekhtíéne nosarhísa. Khé ro kwedzin?[/b]
Hi, Hwhatting. I'm alright. Keeping busy. And how are you?
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Featured Articles (Nominations, etc.) (2022-06-12 01:18:55) :
Since it's been a while, I'd like to nominate Emily's work on [http://anthologi.ca/?id=267594|Feelyat] for the next con-object of promotion. Feelyat appears to be a spurious Western Germanic language invented for a skit on a Canadian sketch comedy show from 1994, which is [i]close[/i] to the most implausible-sounding thing I've ever heard in the realm of pre-Internet conlanging, but her efforts in deciphering this incredibly elaborate throw-away clong are excellently matched with its own status ...
Since it's been a while, I'd like to nominate Emily's work on [http://anthologi.ca/?id=267594|Feelyat] for the next con-object of promotion. Feelyat appears to be a spurious Western Germanic language invented for a skit on a Canadian sketch comedy show from 1994, which is [i]close[/i] to the most implausible-sounding thing I've ever heard in the realm of pre-Internet conlanging, but her efforts in deciphering this incredibly elaborate throw-away clong are excellently matched with its own status ...
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Bad Conlanging Ideas (2022-06-11 03:50:29) :
In a non–bad-conlanging-ideas context, I would expect that forcing the "within" infix on a one-syllable word either a) triggers an obligatory morphemic stump to be added at the end (e.g. vir –› vir-prao-us) or b) triggers some form of reduplication (vi-prao-vir, vir-prao-ir) or vowel splitting (vi-prao-ir), possibly with splitting of quantity (vīr -> vi-prao-ir).
...But [i]within[/i] a bad-conlanging-ideas context, either single-syllable words should be reserved for non-within-able p...
In a non–bad-conlanging-ideas context, I would expect that forcing the "within" infix on a one-syllable word either a) triggers an obligatory morphemic stump to be added at the end (e.g. vir –› vir-prao-us) or b) triggers some form of reduplication (vi-prao-vir, vir-prao-ir) or vowel splitting (vi-prao-ir), possibly with splitting of quantity (vīr -> vi-prao-ir).
...But [i]within[/i] a bad-conlanging-ideas context, either single-syllable words should be reserved for non-within-able p...
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Money Thread (2022-06-11 03:42:51) :
It just occurred to me—Telemor is a federal republic, yes? A lot of those faces look pretty young to be accomplished politicians from a representative democracy.
It just occurred to me—Telemor is a federal republic, yes? A lot of those faces look pretty young to be accomplished politicians from a representative democracy.
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Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2022-06-11 03:37:01) :
[b]Ktú![/b]
[g SPOOK-EXCL]kcɹ̝̊uː[/g]
Boo!
[b]Ktú![/b]
[g SPOOK-EXCL]kcɹ̝̊uː[/g]
Boo!
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General Language links (2022-06-11 03:26:04) :
[quote Izambri, Duke, the Findible League][quote Rhetorica, Kelatetía][http://www.kokogiak.com/logolepsy/|Luciferous Logolepsy]
"[i][A] collection of over 9,000 obscure English words.[/i]"
Very much in the same vein as Phrontistery, this also emphasizes obscuranda.[/quote]
Sadly, the domain expired. A charitable soul, though, has recollected many words from the site [https://arcane.org/luciferous-logolepsy/|here].[/quote]
Considering that [https://web.archive.org/web/2016111...
[quote Izambri, Duke, the Findible League][quote Rhetorica, Kelatetía][http://www.kokogiak.com/logolepsy/|Luciferous Logolepsy]
"[i][A] collection of over 9,000 obscure English words.[/i]"
Very much in the same vein as Phrontistery, this also emphasizes obscuranda.[/quote]
Sadly, the domain expired. A charitable soul, though, has recollected many words from the site [https://arcane.org/luciferous-logolepsy/|here].[/quote]
Considering that [https://web.archive.org/web/2016111...
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Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2022-06-11 02:38:29) :
...This is of course [i]way[/i] too late, but when you use [tt][!td| ... ][/tt] in WF, the [tt]...[/tt] can be any attributes that would normally go on a [tt]<td>[/tt] tag. So [tt][!td|rowspan=2 colspan=2 style="border: 5px red solid; background: blue; color: black"][/tt] is totally viable. Just remember to set both background and foreground colours, so it looks OK on both light and dark themes of the site. (Also remember for borders in tables you may need to argue with [tt][https://www.w3...
...This is of course [i]way[/i] too late, but when you use [tt][!td| ... ][/tt] in WF, the [tt]...[/tt] can be any attributes that would normally go on a [tt]<td>[/tt] tag. So [tt][!td|rowspan=2 colspan=2 style="border: 5px red solid; background: blue; color: black"][/tt] is totally viable. Just remember to set both background and foreground colours, so it looks OK on both light and dark themes of the site. (Also remember for borders in tables you may need to argue with [tt][https://www.w3...
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Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2021-11-22 23:51:07) :
Sorry, do you mean to say the word starts with the character LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE, or literally LESS-THAN SIGN? The former does indeed sound like a mess, but the latter might be deliberately mutilated (or amputated) as part of how the dictionary templates manage homonyms—typically in the format [tt][i]headword[/i]<!>[i]integer[/i][/tt].
EDIT: You were not talking about the stupid thing and were, in fact, talking about words that start with ñ. There's nothing specific in...
Sorry, do you mean to say the word starts with the character LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE, or literally LESS-THAN SIGN? The former does indeed sound like a mess, but the latter might be deliberately mutilated (or amputated) as part of how the dictionary templates manage homonyms—typically in the format [tt][i]headword[/i]<!>[i]integer[/i][/tt].
EDIT: You were not talking about the stupid thing and were, in fact, talking about words that start with ñ. There's nothing specific in...
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Bad Conlanging Ideas (2021-11-22 23:53:55) :
WHORF ALARM! Behind should be the prefixed form and before should be the suffixed form. Anything else is cultural imperialism.
WHORF ALARM! Behind should be the prefixed form and before should be the suffixed form. Anything else is cultural imperialism.
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Quote Thread (2021-11-22 23:29:47) :
[[i]Editorial Note[/i]: Yes, there are two human cultures in my conworld setting that are monogendered, but they're both female-only. In one case, the males were killed by alien captors who saw them as competition; the core of their society collapsed after exposure to other humans. In the other, the convergence of eugenics and intellectual property law made it possible to inherit copyrights matrilineally and obtain royalties from citations indefinitely; those who objected left to form their own ...
[[i]Editorial Note[/i]: Yes, there are two human cultures in my conworld setting that are monogendered, but they're both female-only. In one case, the males were killed by alien captors who saw them as competition; the core of their society collapsed after exposure to other humans. In the other, the convergence of eugenics and intellectual property law made it possible to inherit copyrights matrilineally and obtain royalties from citations indefinitely; those who objected left to form their own ...
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Dun dun dun. :
Avatars and thumbnails are now [b]fixed[/b]. Some Ctrl-F5ing may be needed to forcibly clear your browser's cache before thumbnails will appear properly.
Caveat post scripti: Gravatars are dead.
Avatars and thumbnails are now [b]fixed[/b]. Some Ctrl-F5ing may be needed to forcibly clear your browser's cache before thumbnails will appear properly.
Caveat post scripti: Gravatars are dead.
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Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2020-05-15 15:37:00) :
I'm aware of this issue, but sorting it out means triggering a whole bunch of cascading updates, a little like pulling a Jenga block out of the bottom of a very tall and precarious tower. The lesson: [b][i]never[/i] install OpenSuse[/b] for any reason.
I'm aware of this issue, but sorting it out means triggering a whole bunch of cascading updates, a little like pulling a Jenga block out of the bottom of a very tall and precarious tower. The lesson: [b][i]never[/i] install OpenSuse[/b] for any reason.
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