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by ayyub
Thu May 30, 2013 10:18 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: One-syllable words with specific technical or rare meanings
Replies: 313
Views: 112695

Re: One-syllable words with specific technical or rare meani

I nominate car, as used in Lisp. FMI, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAR_and_CDR.
by ayyub
Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:47 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: H.F. Nater - The Bella Coola Language. Anyone interested?
Replies: 21
Views: 6563

Re: H.F. Nater - The Bella Coola Language. Anyone interested

Xephyr wrote:Just 150 pages? Shiiiit, I'll scan that mofo. Send it to me, I'll scan it and upload the PDF for all the world to share.
Sending it to Xeph gets my vote. I mean, I'd like it too, but I'm far too lazy to scan it.
by ayyub
Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:45 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Source for digital grammars
Replies: 21
Views: 4204

Re: Source for digital grammars

No, I'm in South Africa. My dad's got a 10 GB/month plan.
by ayyub
Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:59 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Source for digital grammars
Replies: 21
Views: 4204

Re: Source for digital grammars

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by ayyub
Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:21 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Suspicious
Replies: 15
Views: 3282

Re: Suspicious

My friend calls people scary if they get scared easily. It really confused me at first.
by ayyub
Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:53 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Yet Another English Spelling Reform Thread
Replies: 117
Views: 24796

Re: Yet Another English Spelling Reform Thread

Just messing around. Two random sentences from random articles on WP: Á Daiáléktrík Wíþstænding V-l-táj Tést íz án áléktrík-l tést pìrformd an á kámponínt or pradákt ovìr á spésífaid taim dìrexn tu dítìrmín ði áféktívnís áv æn íns-l-eting mátery-l-z (si also Íns-l-etìr (Áléktrísíti)), í.é., daiálékt...
by ayyub
Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:35 pm
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Odd natlang features thread
Replies: 354
Views: 147545

Re: Odd natlang features thread

I read this on Wikipedia about Khmer and found it very interesting. The aspirated stops /p_h t_h c_h k_h/ can be analyzed as consonant clusters /ph th ch kh/ as well because Khmer has infixes that can occur "between" the stop and aspiration: phem, p-an-hem.
by ayyub
Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:57 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: LCK Two
Replies: 121
Views: 23092

Re: LCK Two

Wattmann wrote:
Rodlox wrote:
dhokarena56 wrote:You should issue a limited-edition box set of LCKs 1 and 2 plus the PCK...
autographed?
Indeed
I'd buy it.
by ayyub
Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:57 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: LCK Two
Replies: 121
Views: 23092

Re: LCK Two

Wattmann wrote:
Rodlox wrote:
dhokarena56 wrote:You should issue a limited-edition box set of LCKs 1 and 2 plus the PCK...
autographed?
Indeed
I'd buy it.
by ayyub
Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:57 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: "[H]is voice...[sounded] like two people speaking in unison"
Replies: 16
Views: 3939

Re: "[H]is voice...[sounded] like two people speaking in uni

http://www.amazon.com/The-Cabinet-Curio ... 446611239/

The authors are great researchers and don't often just make stuff up (though sometimes it's simplified for the wide audiences), but occasionally they do.
by ayyub
Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:45 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: "[H]is voice...[sounded] like two people speaking in unison"
Replies: 16
Views: 3939

"[H]is voice...[sounded] like two people speaking in unison"

I have a question for y'all, brought on by something I read in a novel: "Leng was the kind of person who stayed with you long after he was gone. And yet, you know, it was his voice I remember most. It was low, resonant, strongly accented, with the peculiar quality of sounding like two people speakin...
by ayyub
Sun Nov 21, 2010 9:43 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Tocharian
Replies: 5
Views: 2022

Re: Tocharian

Well, if you've already requested it, why are you asking now?
by ayyub
Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:12 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The Innovative Usage Thread
Replies: 2452
Views: 420423

Re: The Innovative Usage Thread

No, that's definitely not a 'regular word', but it makes sense, of course.
by ayyub
Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:03 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The Innovative Usage Thread
Replies: 2452
Views: 420423

Re: The Innovative Usage Thread

Pitchfork?

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by ayyub
Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:27 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Largest Inflection table
Replies: 21
Views: 4394

Re: Largest Inflection table

After reading this thread, I went to the library and picked up a copy of An Introduction to Old Irish.
by ayyub
Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:59 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: 20 Awesomely Untranslatable Words
Replies: 53
Views: 9642

Re: 20 Awesomely Untranslatable Words

finlay wrote:fair enough - you still have a single compound for it. I mean, it makes the thing thoroughly translatable.

I've also heard "missed call" a lot. Like 'give me a missed call'.
I just say "call me so I have your number". (Or "text me so I have your number".)
by ayyub
Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:59 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Hurrian
Replies: 24
Views: 5290

Re:

Rodlox wrote:there is no Hurry an' we should be patient.
Well, he's a history of doing this.
by ayyub
Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:24 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Hurrian
Replies: 24
Views: 5290

Soooooooooooooooo....
by ayyub
Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:06 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Greek help
Replies: 13
Views: 3277

lepis, scale.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?sea ... hmode=none
by ayyub
Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:28 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
Replies: 812
Views: 206629

Kai_DaiGoji wrote:"Give me a word, any word, and I show you how the root of that word is Greek."
"Kimono."
"Kimono, okay, let's see. I have it. Kimono comes from Greek word, Chimonas, which means, 'winter' - and what do you wear in the winter: a robe."
:D
by ayyub
Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:26 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Allophones
Replies: 2
Views: 1318

I hate being that guy, but:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_change
by ayyub
Mon Aug 16, 2010 2:48 pm
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Most difficult aspect of your native language for foreigners
Replies: 128
Views: 57297

FinalZera wrote:Also, is that supposed to be a rope around Britain's neck in the 4th panel?
It's a gold throne.
by ayyub
Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:49 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Icelandic
Replies: 20
Views: 4655

If I recall correctly, you can find both versions (the old, much more grammar focused, and the newer version mentioned above) of Teach Yourself Icelandic on uz-translations.net. If you can't find them, send me a message, I'll send them to you.
by ayyub
Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:23 pm
Forum: C&C Archive
Topic: And folks... time for Proto-Deithas
Replies: 20
Views: 6315

eodrakken wrote:What does Cartesian mean in this context?
As in a Cartesian product, producing a full table without gaps.
by ayyub
Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:57 am
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Language death (split from Beli Orao's thread in Ephemera)
Replies: 46
Views: 20483

I think part of my problem is also part of the reason I'm a fraud on this board - I'm too fascinated by English. Everytime I think I'll start conlanging (or studying Mohawk, or even Russian or Spanish for heaven's sake) I just fall in love with English again. Usually because I just started rereadin...

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