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by Zapcon
Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:25 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Thought Experiment Thread
Replies: 116
Views: 22768

Re: The Thought Experiment Thread

By far without both. I hate both Google and shoes and think that they are equally terrible inventions.
by Zapcon
Mon May 30, 2011 6:31 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #94: Face and Politeness)
Replies: 974
Views: 178774

Re: A Podcast about Conlangs

As Ollock knows, I have been trying to come up with an intro and outro for the show. If anyone has any ideas on genre, that would be really helpful. Also, I am just using pre-recorded garage band things and tweaking them a little, so it will probably sound familiar to those of you who use it frequen...
by Zapcon
Thu May 19, 2011 8:32 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: ZBB Census
Replies: 356
Views: 72610

Re: ZBB Census

Age: 15 Gender: Male Nationality: American Occupation: High school student Sexual Orientation: Bisexual, leaning toward homosexual Status: Single Native Language: English Secondary Languages: Español Languages I Want to Learn: Any and all Religion: Whatever I want Politics: Same Handedness: Right Wh...
by Zapcon
Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:58 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Spanish final vowel lengthening
Replies: 9
Views: 2035

Re: Spanish final vowel lengthening

My second Spanish teacher was from Andalucía and she explained her accent. And yes, she said she lengthened vowels after she deleted an /s/ that was not the first sound of a word. <los sábados> - [loː ˈsa.ba.oː] instead of [los ˈsa.ba.os].
by Zapcon
Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:33 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: What are you listening to? -- Non-English Edition
Replies: 1735
Views: 354873

Re: What are you listening to? -- Non-English Edition

I've been into Irish music lately. Mainly the melodies and the Irish language interests me! Here is a recent favorite.
by Zapcon
Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:30 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Yonagu by Nancy - vowel systems
Replies: 76
Views: 12907

Re: Yonagu by Nancy - vowel systems

I have asked many people in my classes at school, and everyone seems to think "most common" is better than "commonest" Many people don't think that "commonest" is even a word. Where I am from, Virginia, USA, to form the superlative, "-est" is added to the end of the word, unless the word is more tha...
by Zapcon
Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:24 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Font creation
Replies: 3
Views: 1426

Re: Font creation

I use ukelele for this stuff, but you could always use dead keys
by Zapcon
Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:23 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Yonagu by Nancy - vowel systems
Replies: 76
Views: 12907

Re: Yonagu by Nancy - vowel systems

... is the commonest...
I believe that that should be "is the most common"
At least, that is how I was raised to think about it.
by Zapcon
Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:38 am
Forum: C&C Archive
Topic: Privacy and modesty in world cultures
Replies: 72
Views: 36349

Re: Privacy and modesty in world cultures

jmcd wrote:. And America pretty much is European colony.
Sorry, but we won the war. We are not a European colony, we are a place where Europeans come to to live in a better country than where they were.
by Zapcon
Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:57 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Thought Experiment Thread
Replies: 116
Views: 22768

Re: The Thought Experiment Thread

Astraios wrote:If you could choose how you will die, what way would you choose?
Skydiving without parachute, by far the best way to go.

In continuation, which would you prefer, a semi-slow lethal injection, or electric chair. Both taking the same amount of time.
by Zapcon
Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:34 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Thought Experiment Thread
Replies: 116
Views: 22768

Re: The Thought Experiment Thread

If you could for one day, discover new insights about the universe, would you choose to focus on the incredibly large and distant, or the incredibly small? Incredibly big... like galaxies and star systems and stuff like that. What do you do when you discover and an endangered animal that only eats ...
by Zapcon
Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:07 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Thought Experiment Thread
Replies: 116
Views: 22768

Re: The Thought Experiment Thread

The Language Fairy offers you a native-level command of every language in the world, bar one. Which would you choose to be not fluent in? English It is time to elect the world leader, and yours is the deciding vote. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates: Candidate A: He associates w...
by Zapcon
Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:39 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Thought Experiment Thread
Replies: 116
Views: 22768

Re: The Thought Experiment Thread

Do I have time? Am I in danger of hypothermia or something? Are the rescuers in a hurry? Where are the other five people? In the water? Still on the plane? Is the plane on fire? How much less healthy are they? Can they at least move on their own? Or are they unconscious? Is their English rhotic? :P...
by Zapcon
Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:13 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Thought Experiment Thread
Replies: 116
Views: 22768

Re: The Thought Experiment Thread

Here is where I got that from. And you forgot to give a next scenario.
by Zapcon
Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:18 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Thought Experiment Thread
Replies: 116
Views: 22768

Re: The Thought Experiment Trread

Count Iblis wrote: Kill one:

Baby Hitler
Bambi's mom
Bambi's mom

Again, i'll ask:
You are in a plane crash in fridged water, there are 6 of you. All of the others are less healthy than you. Do you risk your life to help them get to a rescue helicopter or do you take the next basket that is lowered to you?
by Zapcon
Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:24 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - now phonology parsing is faster
Replies: 355
Views: 83012

Re: ConlangDictionary - Version 0.2 [Minor Windows Fix 1/20/

Thanks!! That works just fine, a little slower than I would like... but it works!
by Zapcon
Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:31 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Thought Experiment Thread
Replies: 116
Views: 22768

Re: The Thought Experiment Thread

You're a military officer in Afghanistan, and you're ordered into a village to size up the area and determine whether or not insurgents are working with the villagers. The outlying areas are decomissioned soviet minefields, and people's herds constantly go into the area and graze--the herders ignor...
by Zapcon
Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:04 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - now phonology parsing is faster
Replies: 355
Views: 83012

Re: ConlangDictionary - Version 0.2 [Minor Windows Fix 1/20/

If i have the IPA Palette up, i click on the character i want to enter, but it doesn't work. i don't know where the problem is. i changed the font to a Unicode font and everything, it just doesn't work.
by Zapcon
Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:55 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - now phonology parsing is faster
Replies: 355
Views: 83012

Re: ConlangDictionary - Version 0.2 [Minor Windows Fix 1/20/

Thanks! and is there a reason that adding input from IPA Palette doesn't work? I tried but it wont work
by Zapcon
Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:59 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - now phonology parsing is faster
Replies: 355
Views: 83012

Re: ConlangDictionary - Version 0.2 [Minor Windows Fix 1/20/

I downloaded that Qt thingy and IT WORKS NOW!!

thanks so much!

questions though: what are these buttons supposed to say?
by Zapcon
Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:35 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Cultural Rhymes
Replies: 1
Views: 1026

Re: Cultural Rhymes

From Costa Rica: Los pollitos dicen pío, pío, pío cuando tienen hambre cuando tienen frío. La gallina busca el maíz y el trigo les da la comida y les presta abrigo. Bajo de sus alas, acurrucaditos ¡duermen los pollitos hasta el otro día! Its not my culture, but its my favorite place in the world. I ...
by Zapcon
Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:13 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - now phonology parsing is faster
Replies: 355
Views: 83012

Re: ConlangDictionary - Version 0.2 (5/24/10) [Now for Mac!]

Process: ConlangDictionary-src [27513] Path: /Users/_____/Downloads/ConlangDictionary-src 7.app/Contents/MacOS/ConlangDictionary-src Identifier: com.yourcompany.ConlangDictionary-src Version: ??? (???) Code Type: X86 (Native) Parent Process: launchd [153] Date/Time: 2011-01-20 20:08:17.757 -0500 OS...
by Zapcon
Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:50 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - now phonology parsing is faster
Replies: 355
Views: 83012

Re: ConlangDictionary - Version 0.2 (5/24/10) [Now for Mac!]

This is a screen shot of what pops up every time I try to open it. I'll just PM him and ask whats going on.
by Zapcon
Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:33 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - now phonology parsing is faster
Replies: 355
Views: 83012

Re: ConlangDictionary - Version 0.2 (5/24/10) [Now for Mac!]

This doesn't work on my MacBook Pro running OS X v. 10.6.6. Am i doing something wrong, or does it not work on this system for everyone?
by Zapcon
Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:06 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The Innovative Usage Thread
Replies: 2452
Views: 417229

Re: The Innovative Usage Thread

well he was going for a harder attack, not a lower note, so it didn't really make sense to me