Drat! Okay then... how about the little island roughly at J -7? I only need a smallish place isolated by water. A single subtropical island would do nicely.
If that's not suitable (too close to existing civs) the very little island at A -3 would be fine.
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- Sat Apr 05, 2014 3:01 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: CCC Land Grab
- Replies: 259
- Views: 64405
- Sat Apr 05, 2014 2:39 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: CCC Land Grab
- Replies: 259
- Views: 64405
Re: CCC Land Grab
Has anyone taken the island primarily in the X 7 square yet?
I'd like to claim it, if possible. I have a little surprise in mind for the surrounding cultures. (A pleasant one, I hope.)
I'd like to claim it, if possible. I have a little surprise in mind for the surrounding cultures. (A pleasant one, I hope.)
- Thu Apr 03, 2014 5:25 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Gardening Splinter Thread
- Replies: 160
- Views: 45569
Re: The Gardening Splinter Thread
We had a very long winter here, to the point that roughly a week ago we still had below-freezing weather. Not frost, mind you, but round-the-clock weather. Then, suddenly, the winds became warm and the sun came out to stay. It's been bizarre, but pleasant. Tomorrow I brave the chilly winds of Spring...
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:11 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Gardening Splinter Thread
- Replies: 160
- Views: 45569
Re: The Gardening Splinter Thread
Soon it'll be time to plant indoors the seeds that benefit from an early start.
- Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:12 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Tolkienian fantasy
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8372
Re: Tolkienian fantasy
Her family was Catholic. But after a nun told her that the prayers of her Jewish friends were not heard by God - and that they didn't make it more than knee-high from the ground - she began to look critically at the faith. She's not a Christian now. Her fictional theology (for lack of a better term)...
- Sat Feb 08, 2014 1:22 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Tolkienian fantasy
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8372
Re: Tolkienian fantasy
Diane Duane has clarified this - she is not a Christian. Her works have a few things which seem to be clear references to Christianity - I'm thinking particularly of the ceremony in Deep Wizardry - a much larger number of references to various real-world religions, and then a whole lot of reality-tr...
- Wed Feb 05, 2014 7:03 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: ancient civilizations
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11083
Re: ancient civilizations
Or the connection between Almea and Earth isn't time-stable.
- Wed Feb 05, 2014 7:00 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Non-Tolkienian fantasy
- Replies: 61
- Views: 18900
Re: Non-Tolkienian fantasy
Project Gutenberg. If it's old enough to no longer fall under copyright, there's a good chance PG has it.Xephyr wrote:This seems a decent place to ask: what's the best place to start into Dunsany?
- Fri Jan 10, 2014 3:15 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: ancient civilizations
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11083
Re: ancient civilizations
I thought reliable contact had been established between Europe and Almea. No?
- Wed Jan 08, 2014 6:35 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: ancient civilizations
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11083
Re: ancient civilizations
If Almea and Earth interact, then even if we don't assume that the Almeans will initiate any social or technological change at all (which is certainly unlikely) things will end up transferring over. I would be surprised if the developments which lead to modern archaeology on Earth didn't end up leak...
- Tue Jan 07, 2014 5:23 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Slang For Penis In Europe
- Replies: 90
- Views: 19983
Re: Slang For Penis In Europe
Seriously? Oh dear.Thry wrote:Jugar a la wii Play wii
Does the phrase "the left-handed samba" mean anything?
- Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:22 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Mouse Language?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 38223
Re: Mouse Language?
That seems very appropriate. I wonder if mice/rats can make clicking sounds? If so, they still couldn't do so while eating, which their language might find a desirable feature. Before this thread, I'd never even considered what sounds mice were capable of making. This would be a fairly plausible(ish...
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:26 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: the Old Granny thread
- Replies: 624
- Views: 189542
Re: the Old Granny thread
Can't yogurt be used as a substitute for buttermilk?
I can't even test it myself, I'm a vegetarian. Irony.
I can't even test it myself, I'm a vegetarian. Irony.
- Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:44 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Meet my angry Dravian penpal!
- Replies: 96
- Views: 32857
Re: Meet my angry Dravian penpal!
What are some of the customary cooking styles and dishes of your country? Have you been invaded by McDonalds yet?
Where did you learn to speak and write English so fluently? (I am ashamed of my own ignorance.)
Where did you learn to speak and write English so fluently? (I am ashamed of my own ignorance.)
- Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:38 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: the Old Granny thread
- Replies: 624
- Views: 189542
Re: the Old Granny thread
Almost anything is delicious deep-fried. If the best encomium you can offer for chicken is "it's fantastic when it's fried", people are right to reject your evaluation of it. Some foods are just inherently blander than others, and chicken is one of them. It can be very tasty when prepared properly -...
- Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:11 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Mouse Language?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 38223
Re: Mouse Language?
Maybe next he'll design a phonology for octopi: p t k b d g ...
- Fri Sep 27, 2013 1:55 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Mouse Language?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 38223
Re: Mouse Language?
Perhaps I missed it, but I don't see that article saying that mice can articulate consonants - only that they can modulate the sounds they make. It's entirely possible that mice can sing but not 'speak', being unable to produce anything we would recognize as a vowel or consonant You may want to look...
- Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:19 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Mouse Language?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 38223
Re: Mouse Language?
Since consonants are made by changing the way the oral cavity is shaped, I don't think mice will be able to produce any.
Perhaps they would have an hummed language, entirely tonal.
Perhaps they would have an hummed language, entirely tonal.
- Wed Sep 25, 2013 6:46 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Mouse Language?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 38223
Re: Mouse Language?
Mice are obligatory nasal breathers - they don't breathe through their mouths, although I suspect that like many similar animals they can do so if truly necessary. Their language would probably sound very nasal, and might involve changing the shape of the nasal cavity rather than the oral. Whether t...
- Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:38 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: What is this writing?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7357
Re: What is this writing?
D'ni is very loosely based on Hebrew. It's not surprising that a Semetic script would remind someone of it. But the script is CLEARLY not D'ni. I've examined some examples of Hebrew-related scripts online, and none of them quite match. Is it possible that it's the scriptual equivalent of "Loren Ipsu...
- Sat Sep 21, 2013 1:25 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Mouse Language?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 38223
Re: Mouse Language?
There's also the Mouse Guard, which is both a comic series and tabletop roleplaying game.
Great minds think alike, eh?
Great minds think alike, eh?
- Wed Sep 04, 2013 4:53 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: New Gas giant conworld
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9059
Re: New Gas giant conworld
Quite right, Torque. But before we can work out how an organism that lives at the center core of a Jovian world can live, we need to (hypothetically) accept that it does. Putting Earth-standard life within Jupiter is ridiculous. We'd need to imagine a type of life that could exist in those condition...
- Tue Sep 03, 2013 5:36 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: New Gas giant conworld
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9059
Re: New Gas giant conworld
One last note from me: Greg Egan has written a SF novel founded on a simple change: he went to the equations describing some fundamental physics and reversed a single sign. The world that follows from this change, in which his story is set, has 'plants' radiating light into the dark sky in order to ...
- Tue Sep 03, 2013 5:29 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: New Gas giant conworld
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9059
Re: New Gas giant conworld
No, not all life we know of requires water. But all life, even theoretical forms of life, require a basic, pervasive element to be used as a building block for amino acids and cellular structures. Theoretically, life does not require amino acids. Nor does it require cells. I think we're done here.
- Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:31 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: New Gas giant conworld
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9059
Re: New Gas giant conworld
You don't need to be silicon or unobtanium based to die from being exposed to water: if you evolved in low enough moisture environments, but still having *some* water, it may well be the case that water harms its skin, or too much water at one time harms its skin or entrails: like, if I were to dri...