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Retrofitting, if I had to guess.

Math concepts are universal. While there will be differences in notation and numeral systems, even the most exotic aliens will agree with us on the value of pi and the Pythagorean theorem. You know, I read a website recently that suggested that we should be using 2π as our circle constant instead o...

I think I would like to use asemic writing as a proto-language and have new writing systems develop from it. The cards are zener cards. They are to test for esp. I would like to create a language that goes beyond the cards. THAT will probably need system restore points in case things go wrong with ...

äreo wrote:

Nortaneous wrote:Hmm. Are there any /dl/ or /tl/ sequences that aren't followed by an unstressed vowel? (edit: besides loanwords/names/etc. from Nahuatl)

atlantic.

Which I pronounce [ɘʔɫænɨk].

Let me see:

Hadley: [ˈhædɫi]
Hatley: [ˈhæʔɫi]
Bradley: [ˈbɹædɫi]
Brantley: [ˈbræ̃(n)ʔɫi]

I'm cot/caught merged: Los Angeles: [ˌɫɒsˈæ̃ndʒɫ̩əs]~[ˌɫɒsˈæ̃ndʒɫ̩ɨs] Las Vegas: [ˌɫɒsˈveɪɡɨs] I.e., the vowel for both "los" and "las" in Spanish-origin-but-English-language place names is that of the LOT set (which, for me, is the same as that of the THOUGHT set). yeah this is actually father-bot...

At this point, I've heard metathesis of the consonant cluster in chipotle so many times that I'm wondering if it won't eventually displace the standard pronunciation. What, as in [tʃɨˈpɘʊɫteɪ]? Possibly. I kind of find that interesting, because even though dl, tl are disallowed syllable-initial clu...

I'm cot/caught merged: Los Angeles: [ˌɫɒsˈæ̃ndʒɫ̩əs]~[ˌɫɒsˈæ̃ndʒɫ̩ɨs] Las Vegas: [ˌɫɒsˈveɪɡɨs] I.e., the vowel for both "los" and "las" in Spanish-origin-but-English-language place names is that of the LOT set (which, for me, is the same as that of the THOUGHT set). If I'm trying to pronounce them t...

Viktor77 wrote: How do Texans pronounce Killeen?

I pronounce it somewhere between [kʰɨˈɫi:n] and [kʰɫ̩ˈɫi:n]. (Lifelong resident of the state, excepting undergrad)

Risla wrote:I had a dream where my name was Eddita and I was the only liberal female in the entire South or Midwest. I need to read the ZBB less, apparently.

I'm sorry.

(in the sympathy sense of the phrase, not the apologetic sense)

Pthug wrote:whereas what 7 is supposed to mean is so deep a question that the mathematicians have left it to the philosophers

It means 6.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999........

(And what, you want I should write [si] instead of [ɕi] unless I'm comparing it with another language's [s]? I doubt it) Technically, you would be correct in doing so as that's a sufficient phonemic representation. But even in phonology one should not lose sight of articulation; if I say [desi̥ta] ...

I've always wondered if it baffles/amazes/surprises/donuts French and German L1ers how comparatively frequently English uses the preterite in casual conversation.

OP, if your interest in Sparta derives from 300 , go read some less inflammatory sources. :) The Spartans were not that different from other Greeks. The main difference wasn't that they were more devoted to war— the other Greek states warred plenty— it was that they had a professional standing army...

dhokarena56 wrote: *snip*

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*brain explodes*

"Propensity."

Okay, it turns out I can pronounce a pharyngeal fricative. Which is good, because there is one in my current project.

Canepari wrote:That was exactly what it was. Reverse Fahrenheit, 100 steps.

Good way to think about it, approximate as (100 - fahrenheit temperature)/10.

I'm pretty sure one of the waypoints was the ice and salt mixture (0 Fahrenheit), but I can't remember what the actual number of degrees for that was.

Well, one of them is basically 0 = 0 Kelvin, 100 = 100 Celsius.

...when you try to navigate by Similu, Simiru, and Simižu rather than Polaris. ...when the temperature goes lower as it gets hotter. ...when you just wish someone would throw horse dung on those annoying pundits and ideologues. ...when you've made plans for "February 29, 2005" or "February 29, 2010"...

It's probably simply from using an older textbook; that's the form I saw in it.

I detect a hint of backishness on the Almeopedia.

Canepari wrote:Boke? That's a new one. I have said bake/book/baken however.

Well, that's how it actually is in German - backen/buk/gebacken.

I suppose upon going back to the ancient Latin form of my name, Jay << Gaius (the jay bird = chatterer), I could be Šm.Thantantos tatatir to chatter < *thantantir [verb], *thantanta [noun]? Holy crap, I didn't even realize until now that the "Shm" in "Shm Jay" was the abbreviation for šriftom . :oo...