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Grrr Thread (2014-08-29 11:36:09) :
[quote Nessari][quote Torco][quote Nessari]The pension one is rather stupid, on second glance. You can't have plausibly-funded defined-benefits retirement schemes without a constantly increasing population, which is impossible to guarantee (especially when you have any form of immigration limitation.)[/quote]
really? =/[/quote]
It [i]might[/i] work out with a perfectly stable population, ie birth rates perfectly mirror death rates [edit: or more accurately entry-into-contributi...
owned by Torco, last edited 2014-08-29 11:42:45.
Quote Thread (2014-08-29 11:29:41) :
[quote]catapults that throw handfuls of engagement rings[/quote]
what a wonderful marketing plan.
owned by Torco, last edited 2014-08-29 11:29:41.
The Historical Linguistics Thread (2014-08-29 11:05:48) :
Yeah, I first ran into it in like 1998, and the only thing that's changed since then that wasn't cosmetic so far as I could tell is the url and the [http://nuristan.info/Current.html|local situation update.]
[quote]Nort: I think what I'm recalling is that I'd been advised by several sources that I could not realistically get away with having č j as reflexes for *ḱ ǵ in an a posteriori IE language. Seems I'll have to rethink that... [/quote]
o_O do you mean people saying 'don't do th...
owned by Nessari, last edited 2014-08-29 11:07:51.
Grrr Thread (2014-08-29 10:43:01) :
[quote Morrígan]So apparently getting a legal name change (in NY) is more involved than I was lead to believe. I don't just need a petition, but also an Application for Judicial Index Number and a Request for Judicial Intervention (in triplicate). To make things worse, these forms don't make any sense, like as in I don't understand what needs to go where.
On the other hand, I took the day off, so I got to have lunch with one of my friends who I haven't really hung out with in a while. S...
owned by Nessari, last edited 2014-08-29 10:43:01.
The Historical Linguistics Thread (2014-08-29 08:55:27) :
Ah, I must have confused the two...woops. Thanks, Nessari. Also, wow, that website is an antique by now...
Nort: I think what I'm recalling is that I'd been advised by several sources that I could not realistically get away with having [i]č j[/i] as reflexes for [i]*ḱ ǵ[/i] in an a posteriori IE language. Seems I'll have to rethink that...
owned by dhok, last edited 2014-08-29 09:04:09.
Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2014-08-29 07:41:33) :
...
[b]Y hate dy verae.[/b]
I hate you forever.
[b]Y RUCE NASALEN AN DU WYSES-TE.[/b]
I SMELL NASALS AND YOU KNOW IT.
[b]Dau phrasis is ironice.[/b]
That sentence is ironic.
owned by Thry, last edited 2014-08-29 07:41:33.
The Historical Linguistics Thread (2014-08-29 03:27:49) :
[quote dhok]I had been intending to make this for a while, but I have been browsing T. Burrow's [i]The Sanskrit Language[/i] (an excellent reference work for all diachronic things Sanskrit), and stumbled upon the following intriguing passage:
[quote]
The intermediate forms [i]ś, ź, źh[/i] will explain most of the Indo-Iranian developments, as they will the Balto-Slavonic, but it is likely that before complete assibilation there was an affricate stage. Evidence of this is preserved i...
owned by Nessari, last edited 2014-08-29 03:31:06.
Romanization Thread (2014-08-29 02:28:02) :
[img]http://www.futuregov.asia/media/photologue/photos/2009/Jul/24/cache/Vietnam_flag_gallery_display.jpg[/img]
Halian: sample text!
owned by Hallow XIII, last edited 2014-08-29 02:28:02.
Romanization Thread (2014-08-29 00:31:51) :
[quote Nessari]The hell I do
Also fuck you and your digraph fetish[/quote]
λ : ƛ :: l : ł
also diacritics fuc bad return to vietnam
owned by Nortaneous, last edited 2014-08-29 00:31:51.
The Historical Linguistics Thread (2014-08-29 00:29:10) :
[quote dhok]I know many of the people I've talked to, at least, doubt there ever was a true affricate stage in the Satem development of the palatovelars[/quote]
Why?
owned by Nortaneous, last edited 2014-08-29 00:29:10.
Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2014-08-28 23:30:18) :
[quote Thry][quote Izambri][b]Ī guelh, gabaseu-gi d'avatar ar eig tarmantrem.[/b]
By the way: get an avatar or you will be prosecuted.[/quote]
[b]Ah ceme it neus bys du da polyse ow fat. [/b]
Oh come on are you the police or what. [i]Mosso de 'quadra' ;)[/i]. [/quote]
[b]Ep, tus èu tirmí sis rígols na s'aice Ancie. Ie mà eig daz man d'avatar ont eig gerai damatz tir © IsRednusiPanarcaveu[/b]
Hey, not me but aunt Ancie's rules. I you don't provide yourself with an avatar one w...
owned by Izambri, last edited 2014-08-28 23:30:18.
Grrr Thread (2014-08-28 23:19:37) :
So apparently getting a legal name change (in NY) is more involved than I was lead to believe. I don't just need a petition, but also an Application for Judicial Index Number and a Request for Judicial Intervention (in triplicate). To make things worse, these forms don't make any sense, like as in I don't understand what needs to go where.
On the other hand, I took the day off, so I got to have lunch with one of my friends who I haven't really hung out with in a while. So it was ok, ove...
owned by Morrígan, last edited 2014-08-28 23:19:37.
Speak in Your Conlang Thread (2014-08-28 22:26:20) :
[b]Ta śe makrenełe sèpimeze źive våde.[/b]
[ta ɕə makrənələ sɛpiməzə ʑiʋə ʋɒdə]
[g 1S.NOM]Ta[/g] [g DEF]śe[/g] [g macron.GEN.S]makrenełe[/g] [g case.LOC]sèpi[/g][g POSS.1S.LOC.S]-meze[/g] [g past]źive[/g] [g think]vå[/g][g -NOM.1S]-de.[/g]
I was wondering about the macron myself.
owned by Travis B., last edited 2014-08-28 22:26:20.
Talk in a natlang, y'all (2014-08-28 22:11:46) :
[quote Querubín][quote dhok][b]Myös, mä olen päättänyt mun kurssia Kreikkalaisen kielen eilen![/b]
[i]Also, I finished my Greek course yesterday![/i] [/quote][b]Quō librō ūsī estis in cursū?[/b]
What book did you use in your course?[/quote]
[b]Mä käyttäin [i]Alpha to Omega[/i]. On aika hyvä- sä opet lisää, kuin Athenazessa, mutta se on paljon helpompaa kuin "Greek: An Intensive Course."[/b]
[i]I used [b]Alpha to Omega.[/b] It's pretty good- you learn more than in Athenaze, b...
owned by dhok, last edited 2014-08-28 22:11:46.
The Historical Linguistics Thread :
I had been intending to make this for a while, but I have been browsing T. Burrow's [i]The Sanskrit Language[/i] (an excellent reference work for all diachronic things Sanskrit), and stumbled upon the following intriguing passage:
[quote]
The intermediate forms [i]ś, ź, źh[/i] will explain most of the Indo-Iranian developments, as they will the Balto-Slavonic, but it is likely that before complete assibilation there was an affricate stage. Evidence of this is preserved in the Kafiri...
owned by dhok, last edited 2014-08-28 21:56:40.
Romanization Thread (2014-08-28 21:51:41) :
Let's Mandaranize this shit:
Vian: (I think the endonym will be /ⁿdɿ̂wɒ̀ɴ/ <nîwòn> )
/p b t d ts dz ʈ~tʂ ɖ~dʐ tɕ dʑ k g/ <p b t d c z ch zh q j k g>
/ⁿb~m ⁿd~n ⁿdʑ~ɲ/ <m n nh>
/f s ʂ ɕ x/ <f s sh x h>
/w l j/ <w l y>
/a ɒ e ə o i u ɿ ʮ/ <a o ai e au ei ou i u>
/aɴ ɒɴ eɴ əɴ oɴ iɴ uɴ/ <an on ain en aun in un>
/m̩ n̩ ɲ̩ ŋ̩/ <m n ni ng>
Four tones: /à ā á â/
[quote]dâtâ wū tɕì jé kùɴ ʈàɴ ⁿdʑɿ̄. wɒ̀ kə̀ ...
owned by kodé, last edited 2014-08-28 21:51:41.
Sound Change Appliers (2014-08-28 21:28:52) :
I don't think it should be hard to add that functionality, but I'm not sure what is a good way to do it. Unless I do something like in regex, maybe like[code](C)(N) > $2$1[/code]Or specifying a particular metathesis rule, but the above has more general applicability.
owned by Morrígan, last edited 2014-08-28 21:32:28.
Romanization Thread (2014-08-28 19:58:53) :
Vian: (I think the endonym will be /ⁿdɿ̂wɒ̀ɴ/) ‹Nẑwạ̀n›
/p b t d ts dz ʈ~tʂ ɖ~dʐ tɕ dʑ k g/ ‹p b t d ts dz ṭ ḍ c̣ ẓ k g›
/ⁿb~m ⁿd~n ⁿdʑ~ɲ/ ‹m n ṇ›
/f s ʂ ɕ x/ ‹f s ṣ c x›
/w l j/ ‹w l j›
/a ɒ e ə o i u ɿ ʮ/ ‹a ạ e ẹ o i u z v›
/aɴ ɒɴ eɴ əɴ oɴ iɴ uɴ/ ‹an ạn en ẹn on in un›
/m̩ n̩ ɲ̩ ŋ̩/ ‹mh nh ṇh ng›
Four tones: /à ā á â/ ‹à a á â›
dâtâ wū tɕì jé kùɴ ʈàɴ ⁿdʑɿ̄. wɒ̀ kə̀ fʮ̂ tsɿ̀ jē ⁿdà. wɒ̀ tɕî wɒ̄ kə́ jē ⁿbɒ́ wɒ̄ mɒ̄ɴ. lū wɒ̄ tsɿ̀ kʮ̂ mɒ̄ɴ.
Dâtâ w...
owned by Hâlian, last edited 2014-08-28 19:58:53.
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