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Looking through Oxford's Classics Languages Aptitude Test from 2015, I'm annoyed by section C. Maybe I'm being thick but I feel that whether to parse this as an adjective or preposition is a contested issue and a stupid question: In the usage of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the phrase...

Off topic, but since the original question has been answered... The following media are produced in the Manx language: Radio programmes Traa dy Liooar ('Time Enough') is on Manx Radio every Monday from 5:05pm to 6.00pm. Traa dy Liooar is a magazine programme, and is hosted by Bob Carswell. Jamys Jeh...

I didn't mean to sound so pejorative, I just used the word mutilate because of cutesy-OTT-word-usage.

why does no scifi author consider the effects of island dwarfism on a global scale? Well, in my case, the conditions for island dwarfism don't apply. The space habitat population are insular, in a sense, but they are neither isolated nor lacking in resources. Plus, I think insular dwarfism require ...

That's quite a sweet explanation; might as well just leave it to omniglot.com etc though.

Make a thread for explaining conscripts in the other forum if you like; people don't talk about the histories of their conscripts enough I reckon

First, how long did paganism linger in the Lowan population? Did it survive at all as superstition alongside Christianity? Was there ever a period of "fond remembrance" sort of like with Iceland and it's views of paganism post-conversion, when a lot of the Eddas were written? Yeah, this is what I w...

I think the Persian accusative marker -rā also may only appear with a definite direct object. Persian has a marker, -i , for non-specific indefinite direct objects, while specific indefinite direct objects (e.g. 'I took a certain bowl') take both -rā and -i . Definiteness is not morphologically mark...

I'm exploring my worthless musical skills, trying to create an original piano piece that doesn't sound to terrible. For interested ears, here the current clip of 29 seconds is: http://www.mediafire.com/?m10jeo3hzty That's nice, your musical skills are not worthless. You have some nice, clear, expre...

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lls7mdCnliE Hehe, that's awesome. I watched your 'let's make Swedish beautiful' videos. They're cool. You really have the oddest accent in English I think I've ever come across though - like you've incorporated features from about ten different dialects as you ...

Unbidden wrote:@Nils
That pentagonal seal is win!

Seconded. It's gorgeous.

Wow, cool. I didn't realise when you said long you meant that long.

Forgive my inconsistent usage of 'ilii' vs. 'iliu'. I should brush up on Verdurian nouns.

This reminds me of a Brazilian article I read, about a young Indian who's taken to see a city for the first time. He gazes around at the huge buildings, seemingly not very impressed, and finally asks "Where is the mandiocal ?"-- the place where manioc is pounded? Our species has (on a historical sc...

As for gods or God, I like Neil Gaiman's observation: the universe rewards belief systems. Believe in omnipotent teddy bears, and you'll soon start finding evidence for omnipotent teddy bears. Off topic. But I could be said to believe in omniscient and omnipresent teddy bears. Or at least, I have g...

*goes off to do some research into Cantonese and Mandarin grammar and phonology* *smacks hand away* Do you want to learn Cantonese, or learn about Cantonese? You're going to use it to be understood, not to write an interesting paper, surely? You want pronunciation, not phonology; and vocabulary, no...

I suppose in the case of a velar+(anything) coarticulated plosive like this the anterior plosive would be produced via a velaric ingressive mechanism, like clicks. (AFAIK/can work out). By extension, the anterior plosive of a labial+dental 'implosive' would work on a dental ingressive airflow, which...

zompist wrote:The Wede:i didn't really think in terms of color, but appearance in general; use roko for this.

Just wondering what exactly you mean and how this works, sounds interesting...

So, the focus of "thoil" is not on the worth of the purchased item but on my feeling after purchasing the item or my need for that item? So its meaning is more like "I can't justify the purchase of it for myself"? Yes - exactly. It's whetehr you could justify it to yourself and not feel too guilty ...

Shall I post the next portion? Yes, if purely because I want to see what happens next! I went to Hungary two weeks ago touring with a choir, and the only thing I can do in Hungarian is order vegetarian food; but it's very interesting and I really wanted to read some Hungarian literature, the sense ...

Shall I post the next portion? Yes, if purely because I want to see what happens next! I went to Hungary two weeks ago touring with a choir, and the only thing I can do in Hungarian is order vegetarian food; but it's very interesting and I really wanted to read some Hungarian literature, the sense ...

faCinated, hate incorrect spelling... PS, I'm not even English speaking. ES, on a second thoght, I am. But not as a native language anyway... gAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhghghgghAAAAA! not faCinated, faSCinated! dont correct if ur incorrect! (sorry, but i hate people telling someone that theyve done it w...