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- Wed May 28, 2014 7:46 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Non-Tolkienian fantasy
- Replies: 61
- Views: 20431
Re: Non-Tolkienian fantasy
What is Non-Tolkienian? I mean, does it have to be non-epic, non-european, non-medieval? All at once? Because Liliana Bodoc's Saga de los Confines is based on amerindian culture, history and mithology, but it's structurally reminiscent of JRRT's work.
- Thu Aug 01, 2013 5:38 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: "it begs the question"
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2471
Re: "it begs the question"
Oh! I never got that! (just checked)zompist wrote:You should check yours, as I responded. That was why I looked it up...
- Thu Aug 01, 2013 5:01 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: "it begs the question"
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2471
Re: "it begs the question"
Hahaha, you should check your junk mail... near July 17th...zompist wrote:Off-topic, but I just noticed this:
But she didn't; it was Martin Mull, who was himself improving a quote that dates back to 1918.krinnen wrote:Laurie Anderson wrote:Writing about music is like dancing about architecture
- Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:56 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: "it begs the question"
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2471
Re: "it begs the question"
imagine if there were some sort of international network, a kind of... 'internet' if you will, or 'world wide web', through which almost any information could be accessed from almost anywhere. No, dream further - imagine that there were some kind of readily-accessible lexicon of words and sayings, ...
- Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:55 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: How Do You Stall the Progress of Civilization?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8596
Re: How Do You Stall the Progress of Civilization?
The premise doesn't sound realistic. Just a few years of advancement matter a lot. Imagine a pitched battle between Bonaparte and Edwin Rommel, for instance. Less than 150 years. Now, in 10000 years, I imagine it would be practically impossible to keep the gap small enough. The only explanation I wo...
- Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:50 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Hunter-gatherer languages
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7598
Re: Hunter-gatherer languages
I'd guess there wouldn't be a strong pressure to develop a complex counting system. I'm a bit rusty on this, but IIRC there was an amazonian language (Piraha was it?) with terms for 'one' and 'two', or 'few' and 'many' (distinguished only by tone?). Now, you could devise a counting system with terms...
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:06 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: LCK Book
- Replies: 282
- Views: 62184
Well, maybe it's like they do on the publishing end... give you huge time estimates so you're pleased when they do better than that. (Setting up the book listing is said to take up to 15 business days; it actually took about 3.) It beats getting short estimates and failing to meet them... :? That's...
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:52 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: LCK Book
- Replies: 282
- Views: 62184
Has anyone ordered the book through amazon.com from Europe? I just ordered from Rosario, Argentina. The shipping rate is U$S9.98 (standard); U$S 21.98 (expedited). I chose the former :P On other news, I just talked to Pablo Flores' brother (we belong to the same RPG community); he said he's going t...
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:50 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: LCK Book
- Replies: 282
- Views: 62184
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:30 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: LCK Book
- Replies: 282
- Views: 62184
- Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:47 pm
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Conlang Diachronics Relay II (now with schedule!)
- Replies: 352
- Views: 100490
My progress so far in this relay has been exactly 0. Why do I say this? Because I don't want it to sound as an excuse when I say the following. My fucking notebook died. I sent it today to Buenos Aires because of the warranty. Fuck. I'm begining to see it wasn't the relay, it's just me who'¡s cursed...
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:20 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Proto-Indo-European Lexicon
- Replies: 75
- Views: 18738
Words may diffuse, yes, but following the sound changes that language went through? Dude. Do you know how the word football is rendered in various languages other than English? Good way of not addressing the issue. I see you didn't get my point. Illustrate, please (EDIT: It would be so cool if you ...
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:51 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Proto-Indo-European Lexicon
- Replies: 75
- Views: 18738
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:37 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Proto-Indo-European Lexicon
- Replies: 75
- Views: 18738
- Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:52 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Fantasy and Conworlding Part II
- Replies: 118
- Views: 30337
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So you're basically saying I'll never be a good writer of scifi-fantasy lolita hentai, because those classifications are descriptive rather than prescriptive? :P Seriously, the way I see it, Eddy wants to explore fantastic themes while explotiing sci-fi conventions, i.e. using scifi as cosmetics. If...
- Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:20 pm
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Conlang Diachronics Relay II (now with schedule!)
- Replies: 352
- Views: 100490
Awesome. If you find anything unclear/missing/whatever, lemme know — I threw it up in a bit of a hurry, and there might be stuff that didn't make it out of my head and onto the page. I'm progressing very, very slowly. Not conlanging for more than a year has made this harder than I thought. I'll PM ...
- Mon Dec 07, 2009 6:32 am
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Conlang Diachronics Relay II (now with schedule!)
- Replies: 352
- Views: 100490
- Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:03 pm
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Conlang Diachronics Relay II (now with schedule!)
- Replies: 352
- Views: 100490
Kudos to nebulawindphone and 4pq1injbok: Your languages are indeed pretty cool! Also, with three Peninsular languages finished, we're finally able to start Round II in this group. Kuanye, krinnen, faiuwle, and ulan , you may start your turns! Please select one of Proto-Peninsular , Gaadràmarneš , M...
- Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:22 am
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Conlang Diachronics Relay II (now with schedule!)
- Replies: 352
- Views: 100490
Given the small lexicon, I'd say learning to use a sound change applier would be unproductive for this game... Last time I did this I did my SCs by hand. EDIT: On the other hand, I now realize I didn't answer you questions :P IPA Zounds allows you to use IPA (duh! :P ), which will make it easier tha...
- Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:48 am
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Conlang Diachronics Relay II (now with schedule!)
- Replies: 352
- Views: 100490
We're still waiting to hear from DD, but yeah, you're basically in group III now, Nortaneous. Since we still haven't heard, please feel free to choose from any of the finished descendents of Proto-Western, along with the rest of group III. (Assuming Drydic comes through, it probably has enough dire...
- Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:53 pm
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Conlang Diachronics Relay II (now with schedule!)
- Replies: 352
- Views: 100490
- Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:40 pm
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Conlang Diachronics Relay II (now with schedule!)
- Replies: 352
- Views: 100490
Question: The dates on the turns list represent the dealines or the start of the turn? :oops: In any case, I have to wait for either Nebula Wind Phone or Vortex to finish, right? (It's not that I'm in a hurry; it's just that I hadn't checked this thread for a long time and I thought maybe I was alre...
- Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:32 pm
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Conlang Diachronics Relay II (now with schedule!)
- Replies: 352
- Views: 100490
- Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:05 am
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Conlang Diachronics Relay II (now with schedule!)
- Replies: 352
- Views: 100490
- Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:09 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: A question for Zomp, and a question for you all.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3673