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- Fri Aug 08, 2003 8:43 am
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: Linguistic Diversity
- Replies: 120
- Views: 104972
[quote="Rik"]1. On the culture front, I think the argument about preservation of language to preserve culture is disingenious. The British Isles are a good example: while the English language has come to dominate the landscape (often through some brutal repression), this hasn't weakened cultural div...
- Thu Aug 07, 2003 3:55 pm
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: Linguistic Diversity
- Replies: 120
- Views: 104972
Re: Linguistic Diversity
Quick question: why is the preservation of linguistic diversity important/necessary? More specifically: why is it important to preserve diversity within groups that are internally similar? (e.g. the regional languages of Italy, France, and Spain) The preservation of those regional languages is part...
- Sun Jul 27, 2003 5:58 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Elcarin writing system
- Replies: 77
- Views: 27214
http://www.miamihost.net/ims/u/epdvi/elkaril/zhompisht.JPG Is that how you'd write "zh?m-p?sht"? I got confused with "p?sht", because I didn't see a -t suffix, so I kinda just took the t- prefix's arrow and put it below the head rather than above to show that it's at the end of the word, but I thin...
- Sun Jul 27, 2003 5:19 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Elcarin writing system
- Replies: 77
- Views: 27214
- Sun Jul 27, 2003 1:00 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Elcarin writing system
- Replies: 77
- Views: 27214
- Tue Jul 22, 2003 6:48 am
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Elcari anatomy
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7196
hmmzompist wrote:Ah, her forearm is just twisted.
More interesting is the new graphic I added to the top of the Elkar?l page. It should be possible to figure out what it is...
Is it a giant?
That was a baseless guess.
I'm now looking all over the site for "green eyes."
[EDIT] Aha! Could it be an ilii?
- Sun Jul 20, 2003 9:39 am
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Flaidish ba7se 7empo
- Replies: 101
- Views: 34244
My mental picture of Almea gets contradicted all the time! Before I really read anything about them, I thought the ilii were slender. I also first imagined elkari to be taller and broader than humans. I misunderstood the discription of ktuvoki being 'half again as tall as a man,' so I imagined them ...
- Sat Jul 19, 2003 9:59 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Flaidish ba7se 7empo
- Replies: 101
- Views: 34244
- Sat Jul 19, 2003 9:16 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Flaidish ba7se 7empo
- Replies: 101
- Views: 34244
- Thu Jul 17, 2003 12:23 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Truth to Everything Almean
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6118
- Tue Jul 15, 2003 7:42 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Names of Countries and Such
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10421
Des Moines, Detroit, St Louis and Illinois are obvious examples of French words with non-French pronunciations, but there are countless lesser-known ones, like Bois d'Arc, Missouri, pronounced "bodark", and De Blieux, Fortier, and Breazale, pronounced respectively "double-you", "foshee" and "brazil...
- Tue Jul 15, 2003 10:52 am
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Names of Countries and Such
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10421
There's Baton Rouge (here in Louisiana), which means 'Red Stick' in a Native American language, thought it sounds oddly French to me...maybe it is French. I don't remember. But I don't guess that's a geographic term, unless it was maybe referring to red trees in the area.... "Baton Rouge" definitel...
- Sun Jun 01, 2003 11:28 am
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Flaidish ba7se 7empo
- Replies: 101
- Views: 34244
Speaking of the map, I notice that you can decode the names of the islands with the lexicon: Bidmory simply means 'monastery'; so I suppose there is an important one on that tiny island? Of what religion? Mellboor means 'good wine'. Nammed means 'sunset''. Mellyez means 'good story'. I'm curious as ...
- Sat Apr 12, 2003 12:02 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Origin of Almean humans
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2545
- Fri Mar 21, 2003 6:37 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: The Other Lanaguages of Almea
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4243
- Tue Mar 11, 2003 11:16 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: What's next
- Replies: 139
- Views: 44873
- Wed Feb 12, 2003 1:20 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: What's next
- Replies: 139
- Views: 44873
- Mon Feb 10, 2003 9:06 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: What's next
- Replies: 139
- Views: 44873
Re: What's next
For what it's worth, I'm most interested in the map of Arcel. I love maps, and yours are always quite nice. I second that. Ever since I came upon Almea I've wanted to know what the other continents are like. The map of Arc?l should be the next project! And the Flaidish grammar should be right after...
- Sun Feb 09, 2003 11:39 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: The Count of Years
- Replies: 167
- Views: 55751
Another major project finally finished! Time to start another!zompist wrote:The 10th and last chapter is up. Whew...
Seriously, wow, it's hard to believe it's really been 11 weeks.
- Mon Jan 27, 2003 5:56 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: The Count of Years
- Replies: 167
- Views: 55751