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- Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:55 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
- Replies: 933
- Views: 212249
Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
As unfortunate as that is to hear, honestly, I think you're being a little hard on yourself. I think anyone in the same circumstance would feel roughly the same way if not worse. I mean, I probably would.
- Wed Jun 13, 2018 10:12 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Romanization challenge thread
- Replies: 3842
- Views: 868960
Re: Romanization challenge thread
/al ʕarabija/ <അൽ ങ്ഹറബിയ> /b t d tˁ dˁ g q ʔ/ <ബ് ത് ദ് ട് ഡ് ഗ് ൿ അ്> /m n/ <മ് ന്> /am an/ <അം അൻ> /ʤ/ <ജ്> /f s z sˁ ʃ θ ð ðˁ ɣ χ ħ ʕ h/ <ഫ് സ് ഴ് ശ് ഷ് ഥ് ധ് ധ്ഹ് ഘ് ഖ് ഖ്ഹ് ങ്ഹ് ഹ്> /l (ɫ) w j/ <ല് ള് വ് യ്> /al/ <അൽ> /r/ <റ്> /ar/ <അർ> /i iː u uː a aː/ <ഇ ഈ ഉ ഊ അ ആ> /maɣrib/ <മഘ്രിബ്> /misˁ...
- Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:42 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
- Replies: 933
- Views: 212249
Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
My boss thinks I should work for the UN.
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 1:59 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Words you've learned recently
- Replies: 248
- Views: 84016
Re: Words you've learned recently
തടം [t̪əˈɖəm] 'size, area, garden bad, hole/basin around tree, platform built around the foot of a tree, slope, body part, lair' തൂക്ക് [ˈt̪uːkɯ] 'abrupt slope' മധുരിപു [məˈd̪ʱuɾibu] = ജനാർദ്ദനസ്വാമി [d͡ʒɛˈnaːrd̪ɛnəsʋaːmi] = Vishnu (apparently, Adi Shankara claims that janārdana in Sanskrit literall...
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 12:46 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 766421
Re: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Wowgrrr zzzy.
I'm sleepy.
I'm sleepy.
- Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:52 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 2878
- Views: 652651
Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
KathTheDragon wrote:What do you mean, "actually"?Fooge wrote:How do you think the world would be if Santa Claus actually existed?
- Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:00 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
- Replies: 3108
- Views: 666163
Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Looks like I say it like you.
- Wed Jun 06, 2018 7:10 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
- Replies: 3108
- Views: 666163
Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
[wəz]
[wɹ̩]
[weəɹ]
[wɹ̩]
[weəɹ]
- Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:56 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
- Replies: 2639
- Views: 318983
- Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:53 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
- Replies: 2639
- Views: 318983
Re: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Btw is it okay that I'm asking you so many questions, mèþru? In general, I think that an individual British person can be more of an authority on British imperialism than an Indian, just as a Japanese person can be more of an authority on Western music than an Italian. They can but not when they don...
- Tue Jun 05, 2018 12:43 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
- Replies: 2639
- Views: 318983
Re: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Sal, as long as you don't see a problem with lecturing a person of Indian origin about British imperialism, you and I will never have a rational argument. It's really that simple. End of story. I'm seeing a therapist twice a week. Good for you! :) My problem was that I knew material well but was ter...
- Sun Jun 03, 2018 1:28 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
- Replies: 2639
- Views: 318983
Re: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
mental health may be a potential factor in the evasive behaviour of some people It is. mostly men It's not "mostly men." It's people of all kinds. He is proposing that part of the reason for a general trend among men to not disclose potentially emotionally damaging information. I don't understand t...
- Sun Jun 03, 2018 9:58 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
- Replies: 2639
- Views: 318983
Re: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
That sounds like a difficult situation to be in all right. So you're saying you're struggling to graduate from high school? Have you considered seeking professional help? Maybe online therapy? I personally have found Lantern very helpful (at least back when it could be used on desktop computers, too...
- Sun Jun 03, 2018 9:28 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 766421
Re: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Kaixe agrrr bat oogrrr! ikala pakahu This language is extremely silly. Wowgrrr grrove. Aixe hota hai jab Wowgrrr Wowgrrr grrowl, "Mek grrowl mek grrowl mek grrowl!" adult.male.mountain.lion know thus be/happen-PRES.PTCP AUX when adult.male.mountain.lion father speak make language make language make...
- Sun Jun 03, 2018 9:23 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
- Replies: 1058
- Views: 229011
Re: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
So I did have a plausible reason to think "sanitary product" might be ambiguous! Thanks, mèþru!
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 9:43 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
- Replies: 3108
- Views: 666163
Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
[ˈnowt̚bʊk̚]
[ˈlɛjŋgʷɨd͡ʒ]
[ˈhɪləɹi]
[ˈbeᵊɹ]
[ˈlɛjŋgʷɨd͡ʒ]
[ˈhɪləɹi]
[ˈbeᵊɹ]
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 9:35 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
- Replies: 1058
- Views: 229011
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 8:35 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Is German/Japanese sentence structure natural?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 34367
Re: Is German/Japanese sentence structure natural?
The fact that it's right next to Pakistan.Richard W wrote:E.g., what is it about Afghanistan that induces retroflex consonants?
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 8:18 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 766421
Re: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Kaixe agrrr bat oogrrr!
how eat/catch/grab one deer
How to catch a deer!
how eat/catch/grab one deer
How to catch a deer!
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:29 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
- Replies: 1058
- Views: 229011
Re: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
For whatever it's worth, I wasn't sure whether "sanitary product" could also mean napkins or something.
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:14 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
- Replies: 2639
- Views: 318983
Re: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
a) Saying someone is an asshole is not necessarily an extreme statement. b) You're still over-ascribing things to mental illness.
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:36 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
- Replies: 2639
- Views: 318983
Re: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
...by assuming that avoiding an awkward conversation necessarily is mental illness? The point of the post you were responding to isn't whether it's easy to have these conversations. The point is that we need to have them . Your analogy doesn't work because you're not taking into account people who d...
- Fri Jun 01, 2018 11:27 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Population numbers for languages
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12229
Re: Population numbers for languages
Anyway, I think the Chinese languages all have less than 50 m speakers Huh? Mandarin has more than ten times that many. (Also, isn't this pretty inconsistent with the vague criteria you're using for "knowing" a language?). I think it sounds incredible that there are even any speakers left, especial...
- Fri Jun 01, 2018 11:20 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
- Replies: 2639
- Views: 318983
Re: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Avoiding an awkward conversation ≠ mental illness
- Fri Jun 01, 2018 7:04 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
- Replies: 6633
- Views: 766421
Re: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Grrowrrr.
Yes.
Yes.