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Quote Thread (2019-01-14 15:56:54) :
[no_emote]Stop quoting yourself, dammit. There are RULES. >:|
[no_emote]Stop quoting yourself, dammit. There are RULES. >:|
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2019-01-14 15:56:54.
Quote Thread (2018-12-22 15:11:44) :
<@Cev> For about 5 minutes I thought maybe I wanted to learn a language
<@Cev> Then I looked at all the available books in the pile and on amazon and saw that they're of course totally unhelpful phrasebook-type pieces of shit
<@Cev> Now my demeanor has returned to its original, correct status of wanting to hurt people.
<Slereah> "'Ghostbusters 3' With Original Cast Being Written"
<Slereah> They're resurrecting Harold Ramis
<@pharazon> ...
<@Cev> For about 5 minutes I thought maybe I wanted to learn a language
<@Cev> Then I looked at all the available books in the pile and on amazon and saw that they're of course totally unhelpful phrasebook-type pieces of shit
<@Cev> Now my demeanor has returned to its original, correct status of wanting to hurt people.
<Slereah> "'Ghostbusters 3' With Original Cast Being Written"
<Slereah> They're resurrecting Harold Ramis
<@pharazon> ...
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2018-12-22 15:11:44.
If your conlang were a natlang... (2018-11-28 17:42:30) :
Easy. Hikóómayíi is Arapahoan.
Its broader family is all over the place but contains branches that are Algonquian (containing Hikóómayíi), Iranian, Caddoan, Muskogean, Apachean, and American NWC, at least phonologically. (I also have IE [grammatically but not phonologically] and Austronesian families). Numbers from 1-10 in a few of them to illustrate:
Hikóómayíi: [b]wan hóobo háaθ híišfí ʔáaf póópóof čfí kóočfí čiθ hipá[/b]
Sida (Algonquian): [b]kɨn awə hoch iyəhpə ko...
Easy. Hikóómayíi is Arapahoan.
Its broader family is all over the place but contains branches that are Algonquian (containing Hikóómayíi), Iranian, Caddoan, Muskogean, Apachean, and American NWC, at least phonologically. (I also have IE [grammatically but not phonologically] and Austronesian families). Numbers from 1-10 in a few of them to illustrate:
Hikóómayíi: [b]wan hóobo háaθ híišfí ʔáaf póópóof čfí kóočfí čiθ hipá[/b]
Sida (Algonquian): [b]kɨn awə hoch iyəhpə ko...
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2018-11-28 17:42:30.
Quote Thread (2018-11-11 12:21:10) :
[no_emote]<@miekko> a friend of mine who has a masters degree in pharmaclogy
<@miekko> and you'd expect to grasp some basic things
<@miekko> figured that the planned transplantation of a head would finally prove whether the soul is in the heart or the brain
<@miekko> I mean, I find her ideas preposterous there
<@miekko> clearly the pancreas is the seat of the soul
<@miekko> this is why I am a p-zombie
<twabs> pancreas zombie
&...
[no_emote]<@miekko> a friend of mine who has a masters degree in pharmaclogy
<@miekko> and you'd expect to grasp some basic things
<@miekko> figured that the planned transplantation of a head would finally prove whether the soul is in the heart or the brain
<@miekko> I mean, I find her ideas preposterous there
<@miekko> clearly the pancreas is the seat of the soul
<@miekko> this is why I am a p-zombie
<twabs> pancreas zombie
&...
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2018-11-11 12:21:10.
Feasts, traditions and celebrations (2018-10-31 16:55:13) :
very spooky
very spooky
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2018-10-31 16:55:13.
Quote Thread (2018-09-22 18:51:06) :
<Slereah> So I had a great idea for a site
<Slereah> It is called
<Slereah> I spit on ur grave
<Slereah> It's just me mocking all dead people ever
<Slereah> In chronological order
<Slereah> From early humans to modern celebrities
<@Cev> "Fuck your ass, Scorpion I!"
<Slereah> Watch out Ötzi!
<@Cev> "Oetzi, you're a fukken retard!"
<@Cev> "Bite me, Cheddar Man!"
<pthag> sounds like something m...
<Slereah> So I had a great idea for a site
<Slereah> It is called
<Slereah> I spit on ur grave
<Slereah> It's just me mocking all dead people ever
<Slereah> In chronological order
<Slereah> From early humans to modern celebrities
<@Cev> "Fuck your ass, Scorpion I!"
<Slereah> Watch out Ötzi!
<@Cev> "Oetzi, you're a fukken retard!"
<@Cev> "Bite me, Cheddar Man!"
<pthag> sounds like something m...
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2018-09-22 18:51:06.
Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2018-07-31 14:34:37) :
[b]híháá, hinyam yočííšofíí pso[/b]
wow. really lightning-[sc]much[/sc]-[sc]weather[/sc] today
Man, it's really thundering here today!
[b]híháá, hinyam yočííšofíí pso[/b]
wow. really lightning-[sc]much[/sc]-[sc]weather[/sc] today
Man, it's really thundering here today!
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2018-07-31 14:38:52.
Quote Thread (2018-07-26 15:59:31) :
<CUM_SIURAN> I'm going kayaking this weekend with some friends
<CUM_SIURAN> should be fun
<guitarplayer_> don't sink
<@Slereah> or do, if u wish
<@Slereah> the only limit is your imagination
On Elon Musk:
<Margaret> so far his rocket adventures have been pretty successful
<Margaret> and unlike his SHITTY CAR COMPANY
<Margaret> the rocket company is actually making money
<@guitarplayer> the shitty car c...
<CUM_SIURAN> I'm going kayaking this weekend with some friends
<CUM_SIURAN> should be fun
<guitarplayer_> don't sink
<@Slereah> or do, if u wish
<@Slereah> the only limit is your imagination
On Elon Musk:
<Margaret> so far his rocket adventures have been pretty successful
<Margaret> and unlike his SHITTY CAR COMPANY
<Margaret> the rocket company is actually making money
<@guitarplayer> the shitty car c...
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2018-07-26 15:59:31.
Quote Thread (2018-03-22 22:22:06) :
[no_emote]<@guitarplayer> "Your Blog is have good look. Content of your blog is quite good but traffic stats are very bad. Check my free video for enhancing your traffic. h**p://activeterium.c*m/CcIY .Shoot me email from free Website Audit report." < it is sound very legit for comment
<Cevff> yeah that was me, sorry
<Cevff> I just wanted you to check out my video :(
<Slereah_work> chicken soup
<Slereah_work> I am told
<Slereah_work>...
[no_emote]<@guitarplayer> "Your Blog is have good look. Content of your blog is quite good but traffic stats are very bad. Check my free video for enhancing your traffic. h**p://activeterium.c*m/CcIY .Shoot me email from free Website Audit report." < it is sound very legit for comment
<Cevff> yeah that was me, sorry
<Cevff> I just wanted you to check out my video :(
<Slereah_work> chicken soup
<Slereah_work> I am told
<Slereah_work>...
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2018-03-22 22:22:06.
Quote Thread (2018-01-22 22:54:45) :
<@tiramisu> YaaliAnnarProxy idk about the claim that in Islam you don't poop in heaven
<@YaaliAnnarProxy> Lemme find the hadith then.
<@tiramisu> like that used to be the #1 Christian criticism of the Muslim concept of heaven
<@tiramisu> that in Islam you still go to the bathroom in heaven
<@pharazon> are you sure it wasn't the #2 criticism
<@tiramisu> YaaliAnnarProxy idk about the claim that in Islam you don't poop in heaven
<@YaaliAnnarProxy> Lemme find the hadith then.
<@tiramisu> like that used to be the #1 Christian criticism of the Muslim concept of heaven
<@tiramisu> that in Islam you still go to the bathroom in heaven
<@pharazon> are you sure it wasn't the #2 criticism
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2018-01-22 22:54:46.
Quote Thread (2018-01-18 21:44:19) :
<yng> Lets Share FREE North East Hi there comrades, Does anyone else find London a bit damn expensive or is it just me? Im looking for a nice person to share a big room or a studio with so we can not stress so much and both enjoy our lives more, eat more veggies and go out to cute cafes sometimes, that sort of thing. I just moved over from Australia to study circus and Im 26, and all my favourite things in approximate order are: hiking and generally natu
<yng> lol
<Whimems...
<yng> Lets Share FREE North East Hi there comrades, Does anyone else find London a bit damn expensive or is it just me? Im looking for a nice person to share a big room or a studio with so we can not stress so much and both enjoy our lives more, eat more veggies and go out to cute cafes sometimes, that sort of thing. I just moved over from Australia to study circus and Im 26, and all my favourite things in approximate order are: hiking and generally natu
<yng> lol
<Whimems...
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2018-01-18 21:44:19.
Quote Thread (2017-10-18 23:33:46) :
<@vlad> man
<@vlad> YOU KNOW WHAT'S TERRIBLE
<@vlad> mainstream australian views on aborigines
<Cev> You can probably replace "mainstream australian" with "mainstream Anglosphere"
<@vlad> does the mainstream anglosphere even know what aborigines are
<Cev> Yeah
<Cev> They sit in the desert half-naked blowing in didgeridoos and talking about the dreamtime
<@pharazon> aborigines are born 70 years old
<@vlad> man
<@vlad> YOU KNOW WHAT'S TERRIBLE
<@vlad> mainstream australian views on aborigines
<Cev> You can probably replace "mainstream australian" with "mainstream Anglosphere"
<@vlad> does the mainstream anglosphere even know what aborigines are
<Cev> Yeah
<Cev> They sit in the desert half-naked blowing in didgeridoos and talking about the dreamtime
<@pharazon> aborigines are born 70 years old
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2017-10-18 23:33:46.
Quote Thread (2017-09-12 23:45:49) :
[no_emote]
<@Legion> I remember this tagline from the "Hard-sci movie plots" twitter
<@Legion> "An alien spacecraft collides with Earth at relativistic speed; Earth is instantly destroyed."
<Cevf> I get a feeling lots of these end with "Earth is instantly destroyed"
<Cevf> "Earth is hit with a direct beam from a gamma ray burst; Earth is instantly destroyed"
<Cevf> "The frontier of quantum vacuum collapse approaches at the speed of light; Earth i...
[no_emote]
<@Legion> I remember this tagline from the "Hard-sci movie plots" twitter
<@Legion> "An alien spacecraft collides with Earth at relativistic speed; Earth is instantly destroyed."
<Cevf> I get a feeling lots of these end with "Earth is instantly destroyed"
<Cevf> "Earth is hit with a direct beam from a gamma ray burst; Earth is instantly destroyed"
<Cevf> "The frontier of quantum vacuum collapse approaches at the speed of light; Earth i...
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2017-09-12 23:46:46.
Quote Thread (2017-07-28 14:16:15) :
<@guitarplayer> i guess the authors really disliked the imbalance bewteen having a single grapheme, ß, opposing a compound grapheme, SS
<Slereah> Germany stopped using SS because those letters brought back poor memories
<@guitarplayer> i guess the authors really disliked the imbalance bewteen having a single grapheme, ß, opposing a compound grapheme, SS
<Slereah> Germany stopped using SS because those letters brought back poor memories
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2017-07-28 14:16:15.
Hikoomayii Story (2017-05-27 16:30:17) :
[h2]Background[/h2]
Hikóómayíi is a highly endangered language, spoken with full fluency by a few dozen people (all over the age of 50), plus several hundred individuals (including some adolescents) with passable competency or who are able to understand but not speak it. The form spoken by younger individuals shows a number of simplifications and features heavily influenced by the dominant language of the region, Réĝledh, and such speakers tend to code-switch between Hikóómayíi and Réĝledh (...
[h2]Background[/h2]
Hikóómayíi is a highly endangered language, spoken with full fluency by a few dozen people (all over the age of 50), plus several hundred individuals (including some adolescents) with passable competency or who are able to understand but not speak it. The form spoken by younger individuals shows a number of simplifications and features heavily influenced by the dominant language of the region, Réĝledh, and such speakers tend to code-switch between Hikóómayíi and Réĝledh (...
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2017-06-29 19:28:01.
Quote Thread (2017-06-17 21:03:41) :
<twabs> my conlang has an activist-statist system
<twabs> it's pretty brutal
<twabs> instead of pronouns I have protests
<twabs> and the secret police take away any nouns that don't conform to the regular patterns of inflection
<twabs> my conlang has an activist-statist system
<twabs> it's pretty brutal
<twabs> instead of pronouns I have protests
<twabs> and the secret police take away any nouns that don't conform to the regular patterns of inflection
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2017-06-17 21:03:41.
Hikoomayii Story (NOW WITH COMMENTARY!) (2017-06-10 17:04:21) :
[h2]Very Brief Ethnographic Commentary[/h2]
Mosquito ([i]Wíixšííʔasay[/i], lit. "little wailing creature") is the Hkóoł trickster character, and as such is vain, narcissistic, immature, and never learns lessons. This is obviously a standard Trickster story, and like any good Trickster story, while it's told partly for amusement there's a clear lesson -- namely to not do whatever it is the Trickster did.
The main polemic involves the proper conduct in guest-host relations, as we...
[h2]Very Brief Ethnographic Commentary[/h2]
Mosquito ([i]Wíixšííʔasay[/i], lit. "little wailing creature") is the Hkóoł trickster character, and as such is vain, narcissistic, immature, and never learns lessons. This is obviously a standard Trickster story, and like any good Trickster story, while it's told partly for amusement there's a clear lesson -- namely to not do whatever it is the Trickster did.
The main polemic involves the proper conduct in guest-host relations, as we...
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2017-06-10 17:15:06.
Hikoomayii Story (NOW WITH COMMENTARY!) (2017-06-10 16:30:04) :
Thank you! I was actually kind of worried it was unclear, so glad you found it reasonable.
Thank you! I was actually kind of worried it was unclear, so glad you found it reasonable.
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2017-06-10 16:30:04.
Hikoomayii Story (NOW WITH COMMENTARY!) (2017-06-08 01:21:10) :
[h2]Clause Combining[/h2]
The primary means for linking clauses is through the [b][u]switch-reference (SR)[/u][/b] enclitics. This enclitic marks whether the subject of its clause is the same as ([b][u]SS = same subject[/u][/b]) or different from ([b][u]DS = different subject[/u][/b]) the subject of another clause, as well as some indication of the semantic link between the two clauses, although a fair amount is left to context to disambiguate.
Clauses can thus be divided into ...
[h2]Clause Combining[/h2]
The primary means for linking clauses is through the [b][u]switch-reference (SR)[/u][/b] enclitics. This enclitic marks whether the subject of its clause is the same as ([b][u]SS = same subject[/u][/b]) or different from ([b][u]DS = different subject[/u][/b]) the subject of another clause, as well as some indication of the semantic link between the two clauses, although a fair amount is left to context to disambiguate.
Clauses can thus be divided into ...
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2017-06-10 16:19:13.
Hikoomayii Story (NOW WITH COMMENTARY!) (2017-05-31 22:23:26) :
[h3]Levels of Inflection[/h3]
In most contexts, Hikóómayíi verbs must be [b][u]fully inflected[/u][/b], meaning they include a person/number/TAM suffix in suffix slot 1 (see below), and can optionally include a following aspectual suffix (slot 2) or evidential suffix (slot 3). By contrast, [b][u]partially-inflected[/u][/b] verbs have restrictions on suffixes. These include:
[ul][li]Conditional/Temporal verbs (which take the switch-reference (SR) enclitics [b]=drá[/b] [sc]ss[/sc] or [b]=č...
[h3]Levels of Inflection[/h3]
In most contexts, Hikóómayíi verbs must be [b][u]fully inflected[/u][/b], meaning they include a person/number/TAM suffix in suffix slot 1 (see below), and can optionally include a following aspectual suffix (slot 2) or evidential suffix (slot 3). By contrast, [b][u]partially-inflected[/u][/b] verbs have restrictions on suffixes. These include:
[ul][li]Conditional/Temporal verbs (which take the switch-reference (SR) enclitics [b]=drá[/b] [sc]ss[/sc] or [b]=č...
owned by Whimemsz, last edited 2017-06-04 13:34:37.
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