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Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2014-03-28 03:26:12) :
[gb][g yes]Zú,[/g] [g but]ekla[/g] [g word-F.SG.Ø]tshitsa[/g] [g OWNS]lí[/g] [g make-action-N.SG.Ø]sarekíú[/g] [g OWNS]lí[/g] [g thread-F.SG.FNOM]darafí[/g] [g many]yerí[/g] [g visit-AGENT-N.PL.ACC]pamezríèní[/g] [g receive-AOR.3.PL]haitàés[/g] [g also]híéú.[/g][/gb]
True, but vocabulary generation threads get a lot of traffic too.
[gb][g yes]Zú,[/g] [g but]ekla[/g] [g word-F.SG.Ø]tshitsa[/g] [g OWNS]lí[/g] [g make-action-N.SG.Ø]sarekíú[/g] [g OWNS]lí[/g] [g thread-F.SG.FNOM]darafí[/g] [g many]yerí[/g] [g visit-AGENT-N.PL.ACC]pamezríèní[/g] [g receive-AOR.3.PL]haitàés[/g] [g also]híéú.[/g][/gb]
True, but vocabulary generation threads get a lot of traffic too.
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Obsessed with Dwarf Fortress, Send Help (2014-03-28 02:16:18) :
...it actually means "it is useless to speculate about situations incompatible with the present circumstances," but it's all the same ballpark. Wiktionary has a rather bluntly-titled page [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/if_my_aunt_had_balls,_she%27d_be_my_uncle|devoted to the adage] and similar, of which English has a number, for no readily discernible reason.
...it actually means "it is useless to speculate about situations incompatible with the present circumstances," but it's all the same ballpark. Wiktionary has a rather bluntly-titled page [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/if_my_aunt_had_balls,_she%27d_be_my_uncle|devoted to the adage] and similar, of which English has a number, for no readily discernible reason.
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Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2014-03-28 02:09:35) :
[gb][g perhaps]Robéú[/g] [g INDEF=thread-SG.N.ACC]mídaròno[/g] [g practice-place_of-ADJ]didtehelis[/g] [g require-1.PL.PRS]ílítés.[/g][/gb]
Perhaps we need a practice thread.
[gb][g perhaps]Robéú[/g] [g INDEF=thread-SG.N.ACC]mídaròno[/g] [g practice-place_of-ADJ]didtehelis[/g] [g require-1.PL.PRS]ílítés.[/g][/gb]
Perhaps we need a practice thread.
owned by Rhetorica, last edited 2014-03-28 02:11:40.
Speak in Your Premodern Conlang Thread (2014-03-27 04:12:33) :
[gb][g that.COMP-ACC-N.SG]Tsikhe[/g] [g 2-CLASS-N.SG-POSS]rinení[/g] [g oracle-NOM-F.PL]stillanivífasa[/g] [g lie-ACC-N.PL]berildtikhete[/g] [g 2-CLASS-DAT-N.SG]ruminekhe[/g] [g teach-AOR]illúbihí[/g] [g GNO]kai[/g] [g 1-NOM-F.SG]sifa[/g] [g believe-PRS]tshis.[/g]
I think your oracles teach you lies.
[gb][g this]Olí[/g] [g wither-land-NOM-F.SG]moka-trífa[/g] [g holy-be-S_COMP-F.SG]stillivíufila[/g] [g NEG-able_to_be-AOR]alezolebihí[/g] [g GNO]kai![/g][/gb]
This garbage dump cann...
[gb][g that.COMP-ACC-N.SG]Tsikhe[/g] [g 2-CLASS-N.SG-POSS]rinení[/g] [g oracle-NOM-F.PL]stillanivífasa[/g] [g lie-ACC-N.PL]berildtikhete[/g] [g 2-CLASS-DAT-N.SG]ruminekhe[/g] [g teach-AOR]illúbihí[/g] [g GNO]kai[/g] [g 1-NOM-F.SG]sifa[/g] [g believe-PRS]tshis.[/g]
I think your oracles teach you lies.
[gb][g this]Olí[/g] [g wither-land-NOM-F.SG]moka-trífa[/g] [g holy-be-S_COMP-F.SG]stillivíufila[/g] [g NEG-able_to_be-AOR]alezolebihí[/g] [g GNO]kai![/g][/gb]
This garbage dump cann...
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Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2014-03-27 04:00:19) :
[gb][g all]yeñgí[/g] [g 1-N.PL.ACC]sèní[/g] [g DEF.F.SG]an[/g] [g star-F.SG.NOM]Atsha[/g] [g want-AOR.3.SG=GNO]ifilàé kai.[/g][/gb]
The sun wants to kill us all.
[gb][g all]yeñgí[/g] [g 1-N.PL.ACC]sèní[/g] [g DEF.F.SG]an[/g] [g star-F.SG.NOM]Atsha[/g] [g want-AOR.3.SG=GNO]ifilàé kai.[/g][/gb]
The sun wants to kill us all.
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Forumworld (2014-03-27 01:26:30) :
Well hop to it, people! If something really lousy happens we can always re-negotiate—and there are always other cities/civilizations/cultures.
How can I fix the phonology page to better represent the idea that voiced and unvoiced forms are interchangeable?
Well hop to it, people! If something really lousy happens we can always re-negotiate—and there are always other cities/civilizations/cultures.
How can I fix the phonology page to better represent the idea that voiced and unvoiced forms are interchangeable?
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Obsessed with Dwarf Fortress, Send Help (2014-03-26 01:01:21) :
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien#Politics_and_race|Thus sayeth the good book:]
[quote]Tolkien vocally opposed Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party prior to the Second World War, and was known to especially despise Nazi racist and anti-Semitic ideology. In 1938, the publishing house Rütten & Loening Verlag was preparing to release The Hobbit in Nazi Germany. To Tolkien's outrage, he was asked beforehand whether he was of Aryan origin. In a letter to his British publisher Stanley...
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien#Politics_and_race|Thus sayeth the good book:]
[quote]Tolkien vocally opposed Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party prior to the Second World War, and was known to especially despise Nazi racist and anti-Semitic ideology. In 1938, the publishing house Rütten & Loening Verlag was preparing to release The Hobbit in Nazi Germany. To Tolkien's outrage, he was asked beforehand whether he was of Aryan origin. In a letter to his British publisher Stanley...
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Obsessed with Dwarf Fortress, Send Help (2014-03-25 01:33:02) :
That... is probably the maximum amount of analysis one can do with the corpus available. I vote 'yea.'
That... is probably the maximum amount of analysis one can do with the corpus available. I vote 'yea.'
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Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2014-03-21 02:29:28) :
[gb][g sleep-NOM.F.SG]Resekía[/g] [g PL.N.DEF]'te[/g] [g coward-DAT.N.PL]snelí[/g] [g be-AOR=GNO]vàé kai![/g][/gb]
Sleep is for cowards!
:meow:
[gb][g sleep-NOM.F.SG]Resekía[/g] [g PL.N.DEF]'te[/g] [g coward-DAT.N.PL]snelí[/g] [g be-AOR=GNO]vàé kai![/g][/gb]
Sleep is for cowards!
:meow:
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Speak in Your Premodern Conlang Thread (2014-03-19 23:47:54) :
[gb][g 2-CLASS-N.SG-POSS]Rinení[/g] [g god-NOM-N.PL]stillifete[/g] [g that-ACC.N.SG]tsikhe[/g] [g 2-CLASS-NOM-N.SG]rinife[/g] [g OWNS]lí[/g] [g wilderness-ACC-F.SG]turellikha[/g] [g harm-AOR]múrihí[/g] [g require.by_law-AOR]rizilihí[/g] [g GNO]kai![/g][/gb]
Your gods require you to harm your land!
[gb][g 1-NOM-F.PL][i]Sifasa[/i][/g] [g new]surví[/g] [g god-DAT-N.PL]stillumekhete[/g] [g write-AOR]vanshueshihí[/g] [g COND]des.[/g][/gb]
[i]We[/i] would seek new gods. [Literally, "w...
[gb][g 2-CLASS-N.SG-POSS]Rinení[/g] [g god-NOM-N.PL]stillifete[/g] [g that-ACC.N.SG]tsikhe[/g] [g 2-CLASS-NOM-N.SG]rinife[/g] [g OWNS]lí[/g] [g wilderness-ACC-F.SG]turellikha[/g] [g harm-AOR]múrihí[/g] [g require.by_law-AOR]rizilihí[/g] [g GNO]kai![/g][/gb]
Your gods require you to harm your land!
[gb][g 1-NOM-F.PL][i]Sifasa[/i][/g] [g new]surví[/g] [g god-DAT-N.PL]stillumekhete[/g] [g write-AOR]vanshueshihí[/g] [g COND]des.[/g][/gb]
[i]We[/i] would seek new gods. [Literally, "w...
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Forumworld (2014-03-19 13:18:21) :
It's... yeah, I dunno. I wanted to express that they were completely interchangeable allophones. Feel a way to suggest a better solution!
It's... yeah, I dunno. I wanted to express that they were completely interchangeable allophones. Feel a way to suggest a better solution!
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Speak in Your Premodern Conlang Thread (2014-03-18 22:44:15) :
[gb][g one]Múí[/g] [g bone-NOM-SG.F]klegifa[/g] [g plant-ACC-F.PL]lekhilerikhasa[/g] [g hundred]léyerúí[/g] [g year-TMP-F.PL]pléovutelasa[/g] [g feed-PASS-AOR]seteshihí[/g] [g POT]kin[/g] [g GNO]kai.[/g] [g you-NOM-N.PL]Rifete[/g] [g plant-ACC-F.PL]lerikhasa[/g] [g there-LOC-F.SG]élíumela[/g] [g by_nature-grow-AOR]ossezthelekhihí[/g] [g GNO]kai![/g][/gb]
One bone can feed plants for [a hundred] years. You must grow plants there!
[gb][g one]Múí[/g] [g bone-NOM-SG.F]klegifa[/g] [g plant-ACC-F.PL]lekhilerikhasa[/g] [g hundred]léyerúí[/g] [g year-TMP-F.PL]pléovutelasa[/g] [g feed-PASS-AOR]seteshihí[/g] [g POT]kin[/g] [g GNO]kai.[/g] [g you-NOM-N.PL]Rifete[/g] [g plant-ACC-F.PL]lerikhasa[/g] [g there-LOC-F.SG]élíumela[/g] [g by_nature-grow-AOR]ossezthelekhihí[/g] [g GNO]kai![/g][/gb]
One bone can feed plants for [a hundred] years. You must grow plants there!
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My gang stalking diary (2014-03-18 02:46:39) :
:sure:
:sure:
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Speak in Your Premodern Conlang Thread (2014-03-18 02:08:01) :
[gb][g all][i]Yeñgí[/i][/g] [g 2-M.SG-POSS]roní[/g] [g people-CLASS-NOM-N.PL]stinifete[/g] [g occupying]apes[/g] [g valley_of_kings-DAT-M.SG]deginelíumekho[/g] [g go-AOR]egihí[/g] [g GNO]kai[/g] [g Q]dí?[/g][/gb]
[i]All[/i] your people go into monumental crypts?
[gb][g that-NOM-N.SG]Elife[/g] [g NEG]alez[/g] [g INDEF]mí[/g] [g way-NCOM-F.SG]ikifila[/g] [g for_purpose_of.COMP-F.SG.NOM]oshifa[/g] [g fertile_black-having]lúdenlurí[/g] [g soil-ACC-F.PL]haplikhasa[/g] [g ensure-AOR]udhih...
[gb][g all][i]Yeñgí[/i][/g] [g 2-M.SG-POSS]roní[/g] [g people-CLASS-NOM-N.PL]stinifete[/g] [g occupying]apes[/g] [g valley_of_kings-DAT-M.SG]deginelíumekho[/g] [g go-AOR]egihí[/g] [g GNO]kai[/g] [g Q]dí?[/g][/gb]
[i]All[/i] your people go into monumental crypts?
[gb][g that-NOM-N.SG]Elife[/g] [g NEG]alez[/g] [g INDEF]mí[/g] [g way-NCOM-F.SG]ikifila[/g] [g for_purpose_of.COMP-F.SG.NOM]oshifa[/g] [g fertile_black-having]lúdenlurí[/g] [g soil-ACC-F.PL]haplikhasa[/g] [g ensure-AOR]udhih...
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Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2014-03-17 02:33:27) :
[gb][g maybe]Egwé,[/g] [g that-F.SG.NOM]ela[/g] [g possibility-F.SG.ACC]ropara[/g] [g be-AOR.3.SG]vezé[/g] [g INFER][i]lí...[/i][/g][/gb]
I [i]suppose[/i] that's possible...
[gb][g maybe]Egwé,[/g] [g that-F.SG.NOM]ela[/g] [g possibility-F.SG.ACC]ropara[/g] [g be-AOR.3.SG]vezé[/g] [g INFER][i]lí...[/i][/g][/gb]
I [i]suppose[/i] that's possible...
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Bugs and missing features (2014-03-17 01:54:49) :
I [i]sort[/i] of have plans for a pronunciation thing, but it would be auto-generated by sound changer rules, and permit manual overrides for irregularity just like the inflection tables. (The feature creep factor is strong with this one, oh yes.)
As Ness said, the table tags are derived directly from their HTML counterparts. The letter "d" as an abbreviation for "data" is typical of the jargon used in the HTML standards. (There's another tag, <dd>, which means definition data, fo...
I [i]sort[/i] of have plans for a pronunciation thing, but it would be auto-generated by sound changer rules, and permit manual overrides for irregularity just like the inflection tables. (The feature creep factor is strong with this one, oh yes.)
As Ness said, the table tags are derived directly from their HTML counterparts. The letter "d" as an abbreviation for "data" is typical of the jargon used in the HTML standards. (There's another tag, <dd>, which means definition data, fo...
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Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2014-03-17 01:48:41) :
[gb][g hey!]Íà![/g] [g permission]Rísarí[/g] [g paper-M.SG.ACC]krôn[/g] [g that-NF.SG.DAT]elíké[/g] [g NEG.adv]aly'[/g] [g have-PST.2.SG]íridré![/g][/gb]
Hey! You don't have a licence for that!
[gb][g hey!]Íà![/g] [g permission]Rísarí[/g] [g paper-M.SG.ACC]krôn[/g] [g that-NF.SG.DAT]elíké[/g] [g NEG.adv]aly'[/g] [g have-PST.2.SG]íridré![/g][/gb]
Hey! You don't have a licence for that!
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Forumworld (2014-03-17 00:56:07) :
Well... phonology is not my forté, but we can start with the letters people have used so far. So... [http://anthologi.ca/?id=114021|go take a look!] (Suggestions and complaints welcome.)
(Yes, it's white bread levels of plain. I'm serious about the suggestions and complaints.)
Well... phonology is not my forté, but we can start with the letters people have used so far. So... [http://anthologi.ca/?id=114021|go take a look!] (Suggestions and complaints welcome.)
(Yes, it's white bread levels of plain. I'm serious about the suggestions and complaints.)
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A Minimal Model for Human and Nature Interaction :
A recent story on Slashdot pointed out [http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~ekalnay/pubs/handy-paper-for-submission-2.pdf|a paper that looks at human population cycles in terms of environmental availability] as a predator-prey relationship. [i]Supposedly[/i] it was meant as a commentary on the present economic climate, but it is... uniformly lacking in that department. It's missing a lot of important parameters and assumes constant values for things that fluctuate all the time. (Watch out for section 5.3,...
A recent story on Slashdot pointed out [http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~ekalnay/pubs/handy-paper-for-submission-2.pdf|a paper that looks at human population cycles in terms of environmental availability] as a predator-prey relationship. [i]Supposedly[/i] it was meant as a commentary on the present economic climate, but it is... uniformly lacking in that department. It's missing a lot of important parameters and assumes constant values for things that fluctuate all the time. (Watch out for section 5.3,...
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Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2014-03-16 02:14:45) :
[gb][g that-N.SG.NOM]Elú[/g] [g that_COMP-N.SG.ACC]tsènú[/g] [g 3-N.PL.NOM]lai[/g] [g that_COMP-N.SG.NOM]tsènú[/g] [g imaginary]berilí[/g] [g Europe-F.PL.NOM]Yuropai[/g] [g be-PROPH.3.PL]vokein[/g] [g say-PST.3.PL]ethelles[/g] [g be-AOR.3.SG]vàé[/g] [g GNO]kai![/g][/gb]
That is what they said about the imaginary Europes!
[literally: That is what they said that the imaginary Europes would be!]
(Also, holy crap, I actually got to use the prophetic tense in a real sentence.)...
[gb][g that-N.SG.NOM]Elú[/g] [g that_COMP-N.SG.ACC]tsènú[/g] [g 3-N.PL.NOM]lai[/g] [g that_COMP-N.SG.NOM]tsènú[/g] [g imaginary]berilí[/g] [g Europe-F.PL.NOM]Yuropai[/g] [g be-PROPH.3.PL]vokein[/g] [g say-PST.3.PL]ethelles[/g] [g be-AOR.3.SG]vàé[/g] [g GNO]kai![/g][/gb]
That is what they said about the imaginary Europes!
[literally: That is what they said that the imaginary Europes would be!]
(Also, holy crap, I actually got to use the prophetic tense in a real sentence.)...
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