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Absences (2016-11-10 22:50:52) :
I don't have any animosity toward Cev, which is why I'm going to respect his wishes by staying out, but I'd like to explain—I did what I did because I didn't think it was fair. Saturday had given several very genuine-looking pleas which were categorically ignored, and I didn't want to see him banned out of hand. I was hoping that Cev would reconsider or at least /ignore, and when he didn't I got annoyed and acted on the side of what I saw (and quite frankly, still see) as justice.
So le...
I don't have any animosity toward Cev, which is why I'm going to respect his wishes by staying out, but I'd like to explain—I did what I did because I didn't think it was fair. Saturday had given several very genuine-looking pleas which were categorically ignored, and I didn't want to see him banned out of hand. I was hoping that Cev would reconsider or at least /ignore, and when he didn't I got annoyed and acted on the side of what I saw (and quite frankly, still see) as justice.
So le...
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-11-10 22:50:52.
Quote Thread (2016-10-31 19:12:20) :
[18:10:06] <twanh> do you live off campus or
[18:10:11] <kaakitwitaasota> yeah
[18:10:16] <kaakitwitaasota> I'm in an off-campus efficiency flat
[18:10:20] <twanh> i c
[18:10:31] <H13> off-campus efficiency flat
[18:10:56] <H13> i'll put the person who came up with that name into an off-cemetery efficiency grave
[18:10:06] <twanh> do you live off campus or
[18:10:11] <kaakitwitaasota> yeah
[18:10:16] <kaakitwitaasota> I'm in an off-campus efficiency flat
[18:10:20] <twanh> i c
[18:10:31] <H13> off-campus efficiency flat
[18:10:56] <H13> i'll put the person who came up with that name into an off-cemetery efficiency grave
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-31 19:12:20.
Newtlang incubator (NP: glot-taolic theory) (2016-10-27 23:45:59) :
<twabs> numerals in maotic: âst, dék, caont, int, ue, khá, lek, teth, kel, hel
<twabs> numerals in dálx: êth, tês, hénth, inth, ús, ghés, lês, thed, hell, sél
<twabs> numerals in maotic: âst, dék, caont, int, ue, khá, lek, teth, kel, hel
<twabs> numerals in dálx: êth, tês, hénth, inth, ús, ghés, lês, thed, hell, sél
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-27 23:45:59.
Newtlang incubator (NP: glot-taolic theory) :
Read "incubator" as "scratchpad", really... I just use the title because, really, my conlangs just sort of incubate until I decide to continue developing them.
So here's a bit of a phonology sketch for an updated Elmin:
Consonants:
[tt]m n ŋ
tʰ kʰ
t k
b d g
r l[/tt]
There is probably a form of either contrastive palatalization, or iotated vowels -- I'm leaning toward the latter -- but it's not going to be especially c...
Read "incubator" as "scratchpad", really... I just use the title because, really, my conlangs just sort of incubate until I decide to continue developing them.
So here's a bit of a phonology sketch for an updated Elmin:
Consonants:
[tt]m n ŋ
tʰ kʰ
t k
b d g
r l[/tt]
There is probably a form of either contrastive palatalization, or iotated vowels -- I'm leaning toward the latter -- but it's not going to be especially c...
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-25 19:03:14.
Quote Thread (2016-10-24 22:49:39) :
[21:41:07] <twabs> what's that language with no nasals
[21:42:44] <pharazon> it's like
[21:42:45] <pharazon> in alaska?
[21:42:50] <pharazon> or BC or somehting
[21:42:52] <pharazon> i think
[21:43:15] <pharazon> oh washington and BC
[21:43:17] <pharazon> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makah_language#Consonants
[21:43:40] <pharazon> it was pretty easy to find i just looked for languages whose names started with a nasal
[21:41:07] <twabs> what's that language with no nasals
[21:42:44] <pharazon> it's like
[21:42:45] <pharazon> in alaska?
[21:42:50] <pharazon> or BC or somehting
[21:42:52] <pharazon> i think
[21:43:15] <pharazon> oh washington and BC
[21:43:17] <pharazon> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makah_language#Consonants
[21:43:40] <pharazon> it was pretty easy to find i just looked for languages whose names started with a nasal
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-24 22:49:39.
Newtlang incubator (NP: NWC) (2016-10-24 19:23:19) :
Maotic is an... actually it's ok really but it needs to be better. Now that I know somewhat more things about linguistics let's try to re-derive it from first principles.
Common substantives: agróme/agró- "forest", tolet/toléith "tree", taló- "river", namó "sea", ash "ocean", cásper "warm", etkai "island", édris "mountains", elmin(-) "world", cár "land(s)", actó "rift", atlas "great", harad "plains", ablés "storms", cuerol "southern", fír/fíre- "green", alóné "eastern", tárá "far", phat...
Maotic is an... actually it's ok really but it needs to be better. Now that I know somewhat more things about linguistics let's try to re-derive it from first principles.
Common substantives: agróme/agró- "forest", tolet/toléith "tree", taló- "river", namó "sea", ash "ocean", cásper "warm", etkai "island", édris "mountains", elmin(-) "world", cár "land(s)", actó "rift", atlas "great", harad "plains", ablés "storms", cuerol "southern", fír/fíre- "green", alóné "eastern", tárá "far", phat...
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-24 21:38:50.
Quote Thread (2016-10-19 11:02:11) :
<Cernex> I have a dumb idea. Who here knows his nigiri sushi?
<@pthagnar> no slurs
<Smaug> Watch it, Cernex.
<Cernex> I meant the food.
<Smaug> I know very well what you meant.
<Cernex> https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b4/24/05/b424054e6eaca4424c151f7f1b97f13a.jpg <- if it isn't this, you didn't.
<Smaug> I'm not clicking on that.
<Cernex> ...
<Smaug> You know, if you pushed any other op the way...
<Cernex> I have a dumb idea. Who here knows his nigiri sushi?
<@pthagnar> no slurs
<Smaug> Watch it, Cernex.
<Cernex> I meant the food.
<Smaug> I know very well what you meant.
<Cernex> https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b4/24/05/b424054e6eaca4424c151f7f1b97f13a.jpg <- if it isn't this, you didn't.
<Smaug> I'm not clicking on that.
<Cernex> ...
<Smaug> You know, if you pushed any other op the way...
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-19 11:02:11.
Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2016-10-11 00:03:57) :
100% true, although I meant that in a different context when I last said it[note]and maybe you are alluding to that, or maybe not. It was a comment on how I can go to speak or sing publicly without (I think) feeling any fear, but my knees shake and I sweat. Which fact is very interesting to me.[/note]
But on the other hand, I have done that kind of thing (programming for someone else's sake, or something) before—indeed right now I am rewriting an Ancient Greek transliteration module, ju...
100% true, although I meant that in a different context when I last said it[note]and maybe you are alluding to that, or maybe not. It was a comment on how I can go to speak or sing publicly without (I think) feeling any fear, but my knees shake and I sweat. Which fact is very interesting to me.[/note]
But on the other hand, I have done that kind of thing (programming for someone else's sake, or something) before—indeed right now I am rewriting an Ancient Greek transliteration module, ju...
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-11 00:03:57.
Newtlang incubator (NP: NWC) (2016-10-04 11:58:57) :
im gay and i <3 proto-indo-european
im gay and i <3 proto-indo-european
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-04 11:58:57.
Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2016-10-03 17:33:57) :
[quote Rhetorica, Kelatetía: Dis, Major Belt 1]User profiles will now refuse to let new blog posts be made if one called 'Untitled Entry' already exists. In unrelated news, salamanders are incredibly lazy creatures.[/quote]
Up until now I was thinking "why is this [i]my[/i] fault; also your 'solution' is the laziest thing I've seen", then I realized what Annie is, viz: a wiki that simply doesn't look like one.
Which makes this behaviour make a whole lot more sense.
That [i]...
[quote Rhetorica, Kelatetía: Dis, Major Belt 1]User profiles will now refuse to let new blog posts be made if one called 'Untitled Entry' already exists. In unrelated news, salamanders are incredibly lazy creatures.[/quote]
Up until now I was thinking "why is this [i]my[/i] fault; also your 'solution' is the laziest thing I've seen", then I realized what Annie is, viz: a wiki that simply doesn't look like one.
Which makes this behaviour make a whole lot more sense.
That [i]...
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-03 17:33:57.
fivetonsofflax :
ignore the above post, it's not cadre's fault
ignore the above post, it's not cadre's fault
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-03 17:29:14.
dhoklang scratchpad 2.0 (NP: Turkish but ergative) (2016-10-02 21:16:41) :
hey, syntax is hard,
hey, syntax is hard,
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-02 21:16:41.
Music and language (2016-10-02 21:16:21) :
Well yes, it was a *first* thought. For that matter, I should have said "the set of sequences of musical pitches".
Well yes, it was a *first* thought. For that matter, I should have said "the set of sequences of musical pitches".
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-02 21:16:21.
Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2016-10-02 12:24:24) :
How easy would it be to simply allow the tag to take an argument in quotes instead? Shouldn't be too hard, but it's also not at all important.
Honestly, if you provided me with the Cadre source, I'd even be willing to write it myself.
How easy would it be to simply allow the tag to take an argument in quotes instead? Shouldn't be too hard, but it's also not at all important.
Honestly, if you provided me with the Cadre source, I'd even be willing to write it myself.
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-02 12:24:24.
Talk in a natlang, y'all (2016-10-02 03:29:01) :
[quote dhok, Alkali Metal, Norman, United States][b]ἀλεθινὼς ἱστορικὸν βιβλίον περὶ τῆς γλώσσας τῆς ἑλληνικῆς, ᾧ ἥδε γλῶσσα ἔχει μανθάνεσθαι, ζήτεόν εστι. [url=https://amzn.com/0415491436]οἷον βιβλίον[/url] περὶ τῆς σανσκρίτης ἐστί, καὶ φασιν ὅτι ἀγαθὸν ᾖ, ἀλλὰ δὴ εὔωνον οὔκ ἐστι.[/b].
A book about Greek from a really historical perspective that you could learn the language with would be much-desired. Such a book exists for Sanskrit, and I've heard it's good, but it's not cheap.
[b]...
[quote dhok, Alkali Metal, Norman, United States][b]ἀλεθινὼς ἱστορικὸν βιβλίον περὶ τῆς γλώσσας τῆς ἑλληνικῆς, ᾧ ἥδε γλῶσσα ἔχει μανθάνεσθαι, ζήτεόν εστι. [url=https://amzn.com/0415491436]οἷον βιβλίον[/url] περὶ τῆς σανσκρίτης ἐστί, καὶ φασιν ὅτι ἀγαθὸν ᾖ, ἀλλὰ δὴ εὔωνον οὔκ ἐστι.[/b].
A book about Greek from a really historical perspective that you could learn the language with would be much-desired. Such a book exists for Sanskrit, and I've heard it's good, but it's not cheap.
[b]...
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-02 03:29:01.
Test thread! (2016-10-01 23:56:43) :
displays correctly:
עִבְרִי
ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܝ
ߒߞ
ࡀࡁࡄ
ހސހށ
doesn't:
𞠀𞠁𞡀
𞤀𞤁𞤅
𐠱𐠀𐠂𐠨𐠙𐠞𐠨𐠱𐠀𐠀𐠰
𐤀𐤁𐤐
𐡀𐡓𐡊
𐬀𐬳𐬢
I'm too lazy to check the others, but I think only the BMP display correctly.
displays correctly:
עִבְרִי
ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܝ
ߒߞ
ࡀࡁࡄ
ހސހށ
doesn't:
𞠀𞠁𞡀
𞤀𞤁𞤅
𐠱𐠀𐠂𐠨𐠙𐠞𐠨𐠱𐠀𐠀𐠰
𐤀𐤁𐤐
𐡀𐡓𐡊
𐬀𐬳𐬢
I'm too lazy to check the others, but I think only the BMP display correctly.
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-01 23:56:43.
Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2016-10-01 23:35:17) :
also, evidently, it does not handle quote blocks correctly if there is a ] in the quote source?
[quote metaphysical questions]what is god[/quote]
[quote [metaphysical questions]]husserl doesn't care[/quote]
also, evidently, it does not handle quote blocks correctly if there is a ] in the quote source?
[quote metaphysical questions]what is god[/quote]
[quote [metaphysical questions]]husserl doesn't care[/quote]
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-01 23:35:17.
Bugs, Requests, and Changes (2016-10-01 23:28:46) :
[quote twabs, Conversational Speaker, [ˈaɪwə]][b]𐠃𐠳𐠤𐠰𐠥𐠊𐠄𐠲𐠥𐠪𐠮𐠣𐠩𐠊𐠣𐠞𐠫𐠵𐠊𐠱𐠀𐠂𐠨𐠙𐠞𐠨𐠱𐠀𐠀𐠰𐠒𐠌𐠊[/b]
o we re to ri ka u wa ri si te ra se ka ra pa so wo ka tu a i sa na pa sa tu a a to lo ki ka
ὦ Ϝρητορικά, ὐϝαριστέρας γραφᾶς ὀϝ κατὺ αἶσαν ἄψατυ ἀ Ἀνθολογικά.
Rhetorica, Anthologica does not handle right-to-left writing correctly.[/quote]...
[quote twabs, Conversational Speaker, [ˈaɪwə]][b]𐠃𐠳𐠤𐠰𐠥𐠊𐠄𐠲𐠥𐠪𐠮𐠣𐠩𐠊𐠣𐠞𐠫𐠵𐠊𐠱𐠀𐠂𐠨𐠙𐠞𐠨𐠱𐠀𐠀𐠰𐠒𐠌𐠊[/b]
o we re to ri ka u wa ri si te ra se ka ra pa so wo ka tu a i sa na pa sa tu a a to lo ki ka
ὦ Ϝρητορικά, ὐϝαριστέρας γραφᾶς ὀϝ κατὺ αἶσαν ἄψατυ ἀ Ἀνθολογικά.
Rhetorica, Anthologica does not handle right-to-left writing correctly.[/quote]...
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-01 23:28:46.
Talk in a natlang, y'all (2016-10-01 23:25:56) :
[b]𐠃𐠳𐠤𐠰𐠥𐠊𐠄𐠲𐠥𐠪𐠮𐠣𐠩𐠊𐠣𐠞𐠫𐠵𐠊𐠱𐠀𐠂𐠨𐠙𐠞𐠨𐠱𐠀𐠀𐠰𐠒𐠌𐠊[/b]
o we re to ri ka u wa ri si te ra se ka ra pa so wo ka tu a i sa na pa sa tu a a to lo ki ka
ὦ Ϝρητορικά, ὐϝαριστέρας γραφᾶς ὀϝ κατὺ αἶσαν ἄψατυ ἀ Ἀνθολογικά.
Rhetorica, Anthologica does not handle right-to-left writing correctly.
[b]𐠃𐠳𐠤𐠰𐠥𐠊𐠄𐠲𐠥𐠪𐠮𐠣𐠩𐠊𐠣𐠞𐠫𐠵𐠊𐠱𐠀𐠂𐠨𐠙𐠞𐠨𐠱𐠀𐠀𐠰𐠒𐠌𐠊[/b]
o we re to ri ka u wa ri si te ra se ka ra pa so wo ka tu a i sa na pa sa tu a a to lo ki ka
ὦ Ϝρητορικά, ὐϝαριστέρας γραφᾶς ὀϝ κατὺ αἶσαν ἄψατυ ἀ Ἀνθολογικά.
Rhetorica, Anthologica does not handle right-to-left writing correctly.
owned by twabs, last edited 2016-10-01 23:25:56.
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