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by Mr. Z
Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:00 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: AAVE names
Replies: 131
Views: 25705

Re: AAVE names

People in Israel these days have horrible names... Akhzava (disappointment), Adolf (well...), Khalon (window), Shulkhana (table...fem?), etc. Some are disgusting and insulting, some are stupid, some don't make sense. They tried to implement naming regulations a few months ago, but I don't think it w...
by Mr. Z
Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:43 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
Replies: 812
Views: 203582

Re: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2

You will have to explain your millinylands system to me some day, you know. :P It is simple. A nyland is a unit of measurement for linguistic quackery. The standard is Edo Nyland, a crackpot who claimed that all languages were conlangs made by Basque monks or something like that. That is 1 nyland. ...
by Mr. Z
Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:59 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
Replies: 812
Views: 203582

Re: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2

Our Autonomical Government's Consejero de Educación (some politically important person who is in charge of the autonomical equivalent of the Ministry of Education, in short), said that Finns had good educational systems and that, "they learned not merely English but also Swedish, a language very si...
by Mr. Z
Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:14 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
Replies: 812
Views: 203582

Re: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2

Our Autonomical Government's Consejero de Educación (some politically important person who is in charge of the autonomical equivalent of the Ministry of Education, in short), said that Finns had good educational systems and that, "they learned not merely English but also Swedish, a language very si...
by Mr. Z
Sat Aug 25, 2012 5:18 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to?
Replies: 469
Views: 135602

Re: What are you reading, watching and listening to?

Oh my. I haven't checked on this thread since September last year.
by Mr. Z
Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:41 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Family histories
Replies: 11
Views: 4718

Re: Family histories

Apparently, one of my ancestors and his brothers were Christians in Bohemia, though from what I gather, they might have originally been Jews. Anyway, my ancestor got into a fight with the local lord and threw a piece of meat on his wife. Then they had to run away, and they came to travel around the ...
by Mr. Z
Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:23 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The dream thread
Replies: 1807
Views: 311449

Re: The dream thread

I had an interesting dream, and I managed to write it down, so I'm really happy right now. The dream itself involved me thrown back in time to the 4th grade, where I soon found out I had to crash on a particular target jumping from a supersonic kite to get back. I got the kite and found the target, ...
by Mr. Z
Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:33 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
Replies: 812
Views: 203582

Re: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2

Dr. Clyde A. Winters: The culture hero Huang Di is a direct link of Africa. His name was pronounced in old Chinese Yuhai Huandi or Hu Nak Kunte . He was supposed to have arrived in China from the west in 2282 B.C., and settled along the banks of the Loh river in Shanxi. This transliteration of Huan...
by Mr. Z
Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:50 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: What are you listening to? -- Non-English Edition
Replies: 1735
Views: 352156

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

Rockfour - האיש שראה הכול
Awesome band. I've been listening to two of their Hebrew albums - האיש שראה הכול and העולם המופלא. (I'm never going to transliterate Hebrew).
by Mr. Z
Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:47 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
Replies: 2878
Views: 637018

Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread

insert random interrogative word reference a possible exclamation using that word that references the lack of maintenance of a public sanitary facility repeat next subject you miss the funny-haha part there isn't one, was my point There was, until it was ruined. I still believe the "what" level sho...
by Mr. Z
Sat Aug 18, 2012 2:50 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
Replies: 2878
Views: 637018

Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread

I've got a system for rating public toilets ... it grades what level of horror the bathroom inspires in you based on what rhetorical question you are left with level 0 is the completely unremarkable experience we all hope we'll have when we use a public or business's toilet level 1 is a "who" facil...
by Mr. Z
Fri Aug 17, 2012 1:03 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: accents
Replies: 100
Views: 16414

Re: accents

I can do a nice Russian accent in Hebrew, I think. It used to be horrible, but studying a bit of phonetics really helped me figure out what I was missing. In English, I guess I can pull off some stereotypical British accents, but I don't think I'm as good at it as other people I know who practice it...
by Mr. Z
Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:43 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
Replies: 812
Views: 203582

Re: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2

You're missing the part where all the replies agree with him. :?
by Mr. Z
Mon Jul 16, 2012 4:29 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: التلفون المتعدد اللغات ١٦ (Polyglottal Telephone XVI)
Replies: 157
Views: 26902

Re: التلفون المتعدد اللغات ١٦ (Polyglottal Telephone XVI)

Ulrike Meinhof wrote:It didn't even occur to me that "fabelaktig" was meant to be "fabulous" and not "like a fable", and that "tappe" was "tap" and not "drop", heh.
That is because I don't really know any Norwegian :D
by Mr. Z
Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:13 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726306

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Casi figésa 'ndio vé *atirésamo yé prisia where-be located-this-in-[* internet]-not-I can find[/i] link to your conlang is dead http://www.incatena.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=39557 Oru sarè ølínkø der^ http://www.incatena.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=39557 That's the new link^ By the way, Athonian is not t...
by Mr. Z
Sun Jul 08, 2012 2:11 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726306

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Eandil wrote:La melyor defensa es un bon attac. (dictad popular)
The best defense is a good attack. (saying)
Su. Fauznsi thutici fauznsn thutum.
/su pʰauzn̩si tʰutixi pʰauzn̩sn̩ tʰutum/
[su ɸaɰrn̩ʃe θuʔeçe ɸaɰrn̩ʔn̩ θuʔom]
No. The best defense is a good defense.


^Very random new conlang.
by Mr. Z
Fri Jul 06, 2012 4:23 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Scandinavian/Nordic
Replies: 26
Views: 6531

Re: Scandinavian/Nordic

Whimemsz wrote:THIS is the thread that makes you nostalgic for the ZBB? Shit, man...
Well, I happened to read it... Unlike other threads. And it is kinda... ZBBish.
by Mr. Z
Mon Jul 02, 2012 1:15 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Scandinavian/Nordic
Replies: 26
Views: 6531

Re: Scandinavian/Nordic

Oh my god, I really have been away for too long... I gotta get back to the ZBB.
by Mr. Z
Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:09 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: التلفون المتعدد اللغات ١٦ (Polyglottal Telephone XVI)
Replies: 157
Views: 26902

Re: التلفون المتعدد اللغات ١٦ (Polyglottal Telephone XVI)

Wait... So my translation wasn't an utter abomination? :)
Team Strange got the best award :P
by Mr. Z
Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:36 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: التلفون المتعدد اللغات ١٦ (Polyglottal Telephone XVI)
Replies: 157
Views: 26902

Re: التلفون المتعدد اللغات ١٦ (Polyglottal Telephone XVI)

Finally sent it. By the way, I didn't realize Sinjana was Serafín; I thought it was a random newbie XD... And I named a town in my NaNo novel after him. Using the pronunciation /sinjana/.
by Mr. Z
Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:20 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: التلفون المتعدد اللغات ١٦ (Polyglottal Telephone XVI)
Replies: 157
Views: 26902

Re: التلفون المتعدد اللغات ١٦ (Polyglottal Telephone XVI)

Ulrike Meinhof wrote:
Mr. Z wrote:My translation does, indeed, suck. It's extremely funny though. Kinda interesting. If only I could really understand what's it all about...
Just send it already!
It's not finished. I'm halfway through, and I'm going to send it today.
by Mr. Z
Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:59 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: التلفون المتعدد اللغات ١٦ (Polyglottal Telephone XVI)
Replies: 157
Views: 26902

Re: التلفون المتعدد اللغات ١٦ (Polyglottal Telephone XVI)

My translation does, indeed, suck. It's extremely funny though. Kinda interesting. If only I could really understand what's it all about...
by Mr. Z
Thu May 31, 2012 2:15 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: التلفون المتعدد اللغات ١٦ (Polyglottal Telephone XVI)
Replies: 157
Views: 26902

Re: التلفون المتعدد اللغات ١٦ (Polyglottal Telephone XVI)

Ugh, sorry it's taking me so long. I wasn't around, so I couldn't do it. Hopefully I can finish the translation tomorrow.