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- Thu May 30, 2013 10:18 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: One-syllable words with specific technical or rare meanings
- Replies: 313
- Views: 113854
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.
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:47 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: H.F. Nater - The Bella Coola Language. Anyone interested?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6583
Re: H.F. Nater - The Bella Coola Language. Anyone interested
Sending it to Xeph gets my vote. I mean, I'd like it too, but I'm far too lazy to scan it.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.
- Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:45 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Source for digital grammars
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4284
Re: Source for digital grammars
No, I'm in South Africa. My dad's got a 10 GB/month plan.
- Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:59 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Source for digital grammars
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4284
Re: Source for digital grammars
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- Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:21 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Suspicious
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3297
Re: Suspicious
My friend calls people scary if they get scared easily. It really confused me at first.
- Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:53 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Yet Another English Spelling Reform Thread
- Replies: 117
- Views: 25113
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...
- Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:35 pm
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: Odd natlang features thread
- Replies: 354
- Views: 148413
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.
- Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:57 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: LCK Two
- Replies: 121
- Views: 23397
Re: LCK Two
I'd buy it.Wattmann wrote:IndeedRodlox wrote:autographed?dhokarena56 wrote:You should issue a limited-edition box set of LCKs 1 and 2 plus the PCK...
- Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:57 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: LCK Two
- Replies: 121
- Views: 23397
Re: LCK Two
I'd buy it.Wattmann wrote:IndeedRodlox wrote:autographed?dhokarena56 wrote:You should issue a limited-edition box set of LCKs 1 and 2 plus the PCK...
- Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:57 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: "[H]is voice...[sounded] like two people speaking in unison"
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3955
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.
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.
- Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:45 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: "[H]is voice...[sounded] like two people speaking in unison"
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3955
"[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...
- Sun Nov 21, 2010 9:43 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Tocharian
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2039
Re: Tocharian
Well, if you've already requested it, why are you asking now?
- Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:12 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The Innovative Usage Thread
- Replies: 2452
- Views: 425687
Re: The Innovative Usage Thread
No, that's definitely not a 'regular word', but it makes sense, of course.
- Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:03 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The Innovative Usage Thread
- Replies: 2452
- Views: 425687
Re: The Innovative Usage Thread
Pitchfork?
- Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:27 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Largest Inflection table
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4463
Re: Largest Inflection table
After reading this thread, I went to the library and picked up a copy of An Introduction to Old Irish.
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:59 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: 20 Awesomely Untranslatable Words
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9801
Re: 20 Awesomely Untranslatable Words
I just say "call me so I have your number". (Or "text me so I have your number".)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'.
- Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:59 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Hurrian
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5344
Re:
Well, he's a history of doing this.Rodlox wrote:there is no Hurry an' we should be patient.
- Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:24 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Hurrian
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5344
- Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:06 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Greek help
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3316
- Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:28 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
- Replies: 812
- Views: 208797
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:26 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Allophones
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1335
- Mon Aug 16, 2010 2:48 pm
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: Most difficult aspect of your native language for foreigners
- Replies: 128
- Views: 57579
- Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:49 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Icelandic
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4727
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.
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:23 pm
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: And folks... time for Proto-Deithas
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6335
- 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: 20610
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...