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by Aili Meilani
Thu Jul 27, 2017 3:54 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 301326

Re: Venting thread

mèþru wrote:So what's a term for being against having social genders that isn't associated with transphobia?
How about we stop making up words (yes, yes, I know where I am) and just use the one that already existed for many years: sane?
by Aili Meilani
Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:11 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Clicks in Berber
Replies: 30
Views: 9897

Re: Clicks in Berber

Holy prescriptivism, Batman!
garysk wrote:I thought the dictionary was an acceptable standard resource.
It's not. Languages don't work the way you think they do.
by Aili Meilani
Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:49 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 639822

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

linguoboy wrote:"cishet"
[junəkɚn]
by Aili Meilani
Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:28 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: A Very Brief Explanation of the British Election
Replies: 323
Views: 93292

Re: A Very Brief Explanation of the British Election

Raphael wrote:
Aili Meilani wrote:
Raphael wrote:He is a Marxist extremist
ITT: John Keynes was a marxist.
How so?
The Labour manifesto — which I'd presume Corbyn would try to implement if Labour won, even with taking the fact that "politician" is a Sanskrit word for a "lying pig" into account — is much closer to Keynes than to Marx.
by Aili Meilani
Mon Jun 19, 2017 1:56 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: A Very Brief Explanation of the British Election
Replies: 323
Views: 93292

Re: A Very Brief Explanation of the British Election

He is a Marxist extremist ITT: John Keynes was a marxist. he is a terrorist sympathiser To be fair, he is a politician, and therefore not only a sympathiser, but a terrorist himself — there's a reason most official definitions of terrorism specifically exclude actions done by terrorist organization...
by Aili Meilani
Mon Jun 19, 2017 10:57 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116194

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

Du bist so faul, dass du das auf eine Sprache geschrieben hast, die du üben nicht muss, oder? Wiem, że to może nie być oczywiste, ale nie jestem rodzimą użytkowniczką polszczyzny. I know it may not seem obvious, but I'm not a native speaker of Polish. --- rodzimą użytkowniczką polszczyzny The fuck?...
by Aili Meilani
Mon Jun 19, 2017 10:23 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116194

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

hwhatting wrote:Czy Znowu nie byłem było mnie obecnie dwa tygodnie?
Tak. Powiedziałabym nawet, że prawie trzy.
Yes. I'd say almost three, actually.
by Aili Meilani
Mon Jun 19, 2017 2:15 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The upcoming (September 24) German federal election
Replies: 101
Views: 44278

Re: The upcoming (September 24) German federal election

zompist wrote:I also think her program of austerity and the German-centered policy of the EU central bank made the recession far worse in Europe
What recession?
*laughs in Polish*
by Aili Meilani
Tue May 30, 2017 1:29 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
Replies: 2878
Views: 636856

Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread

xxx wrote:Algorithm is the new untermensh...
by Aili Meilani
Mon May 29, 2017 12:44 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Gender and (con)language phonology...
Replies: 27
Views: 7462

Re: Gender and (con)language phonology...

Genderrrrr ideology often try reengineering language, believing in linguistic relativity to erase unappropriate comportments... They think better humanity can be obtained by totalitarian way... That's madness, only willing reason can... Is Laadan design made for the wish of erasing/enforcing female...
by Aili Meilani
Sun May 21, 2017 1:44 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 301326

Re: Venting thread

- Jack's defence lawyers, however, say that there's no evidence that bullets are harmful, that the bullet just appeared inside Jill one day and isn't the one Jack fired in her direction, and that the "bullet wound" is just a naturally-occuring phenomenon resulting from a rare, never-seen-before med...
by Aili Meilani
Wed Feb 08, 2017 3:30 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Why no Verdurian font for Linux?
Replies: 7
Views: 7008

Re: Why no Verdurian font for Linux?

The main problem here being that your Verdurian fonts are TrueType fonts... for Windows . TrueType/OpenType doesn't work the way you think it does, it doesn't give a slightest fuck about your OS. Just drop them into ~/.fonts and refresh the font cache, fontconfig and FreeType will take care of the ...
by Aili Meilani
Wed Dec 14, 2016 11:03 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116194

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

hwhatting wrote:On uczestniczy w wymianie.
by Aili Meilani
Sun Dec 04, 2016 4:50 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
Replies: 2878
Views: 636856

Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread

valiums wrote:Image
by Aili Meilani
Thu Nov 10, 2016 7:25 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116194

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

hwhatting wrote:A więc jakie słowo byłoby poprawnym?
You are become Salmoneus, the destroyer of registers.
"poprawnym" sounds formal and/or pretentious here, I'd use "poprawne".
by Aili Meilani
Sun Nov 06, 2016 7:25 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Compose key programs
Replies: 3
Views: 1888

Re: Compose key programs

WinCompose?
by Aili Meilani
Fri Nov 04, 2016 4:53 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: The glebst of Gleb
Replies: 187
Views: 66428

Re: The glebst of Gleb

UberBen wrote:Seed No. 1240828333- Has /ɟ/ for no apparent reason. The syllable structure: CV, with C being a consonant That isn't /ɟ/.
That's it, you've won the thread.
by Aili Meilani
Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:32 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: An Extended Sound Change Applier
Replies: 17
Views: 14635

Re: An Extended Sound Change Applier

Please add a license. Without it, it's illegal to download and use the program.
by Aili Meilani
Tue Sep 20, 2016 1:22 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 301326

Re: Venting thread that embraces everyone without distinctio

alynnidalar wrote:There's this rather opaque tool that scans code for vulnerabilities and comes up with a report based on it.
What's the name of this tool?
by Aili Meilani
Thu Sep 15, 2016 7:12 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2
Replies: 812
Views: 203500

Re: Linguistic Quackery Thread, take 2

alynnidalar wrote:How is Quechua, a family of languages currently spoken by over 8 million people, "ancient"?
It's obvious, all 8 million speakers are five thousand years old.
by Aili Meilani
Wed Jul 27, 2016 7:35 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Help your fluency in a nifty way
Replies: 4604
Views: 1116194

Re: Help your fluency in a nifty way

hwhatting wrote:Zapomniałem poprawić jedną rzecz:
Zapomnieć takes a perfective verb.
by Aili Meilani
Wed Jul 27, 2016 6:48 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: How to design a non-European phonology
Replies: 622
Views: 166744

Re: How to design a non-European phonology

/m n ŋ/ /p b t tʼ d k kʼ ɡ q qʼ/ /s z/ /w l r j ʕ/ /a ə ɨ/ Roughly (C₁)C(C₂)V(C₂)(C₃), where C₁ is [-obstruent], C₂ is [+semivowel] and C₃ is [-ejective] 1. Absence of any phonemic POA for stops further back than velar [half mark for only one stop-POA behind velar, or for prominent allophonic stops ...
by Aili Meilani
Tue Jul 26, 2016 5:19 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: How to design a non-European phonology
Replies: 622
Views: 166744

Re: How to design a non-European phonology

Chagen wrote:Sheesh that's higher than I expected.
That's because you used the very first version of the questionnaire, which:
1. is so shit the points don't even sum up to 100
2. tends to give higher scores than the newer ones

I'd try again with the version Pogostick Man used.
by Aili Meilani
Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:59 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 301326

Re: Venting thread that embraces everyone without distinctio

I'm currently running with two separate degraded RAID 1's.

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by Aili Meilani
Sat Jul 16, 2016 9:46 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: What should be done about the word "moist"?
Replies: 69
Views: 16915

Re: What should be done about the word "moist"?

I'm not your dad, son.