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by Delthayre
Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:11 pm
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: The mistakes you've made
Replies: 115
Views: 108776

The language of dreams and scalp damage

Wow, I hadn't even noticed that this had been marked for preservation. Truth be told, I'm actually a little embarassed by the sheer silly amateurishness of my German in all of my posts. But I do now recall something from my collegiate study of German (which went only a little better than my high sch...
by Delthayre
Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:55 pm
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Welsh lessons.
Replies: 158
Views: 119534

Yn sur ef a wothfye y bos my peghadures

Isn't Cornish the bastard child of Brythoneg and Germanic languages? Did Cornish used to be spoken in Devon? I have a Cornish for beginners book and tape. Well, it certainly wasn't born out of wedlock and though there may have been speakers of Cornish or some other Southwestern British language in ...
by Delthayre
Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:42 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Proto-Eastern question
Replies: 8
Views: 3856

Warning: I... I'm not really very good at this sort of thing

so? Well, as Mr. Burke explained, /j/ (or /y/ in some transcription systems) can behave like a vowel or a consonant, it and /w/ are sort of in between the two categories. I suppose in words like <yet> /jEt/ one could contrue it as a consonant, but the examples you listed from Verdurian have /j/ in ...
by Delthayre
Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:59 pm
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Welsh lessons.
Replies: 158
Views: 119534

I once spotted the Gaelic that robbed me in a line up

Keith? Omma yw te, sos? Dynargh dhe'n ZBB! Yth esen vy owth ankevy bos les dhys adro an yethow gwrys. Dyowl! Hwythyz yw ow gorher yn tevri! :? Dre happ my re gavas an bord-ma. Rez yw dhymm gorre ow folennow a-dro dhe Saprutum arte y'n kezroezweyth, dell hevel ... Mez pyw y'n byz-ma a'm azwonn omma?...
by Delthayre
Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:28 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
Replies: 2878
Views: 719962

Diaresise stupidity is the least of my failings

For a time, on another forum, I quoted myself in my signature, but it was using my real name. That was mostly for a lark, I had been wondering how long it'd be before I gave the game up, or before someone figured it out. It actaully took rather a long time, I think I switched to Thucydides or someth...
by Delthayre
Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:09 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Verdurian Alphabets
Replies: 25
Views: 10643

Limited audiences, ONLY!

My solution is to rent, which is cheaper, less onerous, and only lacks the big-screen experience, which is itself usually negated by the truly awful audiences that swarm into modern the?ters. Sometimes small theaters (like the 19th Street The?ter back home) are exceptions on both price and noxiousne...
by Delthayre
Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:45 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Verdurian Alphabets
Replies: 25
Views: 10643

Goddamn whipper-snappers and their gratification

Sheesh, I think I'm the only person under the age of twenty five left in the world whose first instinct when he wants a piece of software is to save up and actually pay for it.
by Delthayre
Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:11 pm
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Irish Lessons - Ranganna Gaeilge
Replies: 115
Views: 100726

Terribly fortunate nonetheless

That's got to be the part that gets me most lost when looking at Irish. All of those 'little' particles bouncing around just confuse me. I can handle as many affixes jammed on to things as you like, but having so many tiny words flitting about in a sentence disorients me horribly. Sorry - I realise ...
by Delthayre
Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:52 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Your Favorite Almea Language
Replies: 65
Views: 28303

I really wish I had them in book form

I prefer Flaidish the most. It's somewhere between familiar and alien in wonderful way. However I do really like Old Skourene, which satisfied my anticipation handily.
by Delthayre
Sat Sep 24, 2005 10:40 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Flaidish and Elkar
Replies: 7
Views: 3385

7-7-7

I've seen <7> for the glottal stop in a number of academic publications, so I suppose Mr. Rosenfelder just happens to be at the bleeding edge of orthographic representation.
by Delthayre
Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:18 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Xurnash, when will it be uploaded
Replies: 38
Views: 14434

d-r-k

I'd pretty much been in eager waiting for Skourene, now that Mr. Rosenfelder's graced us with that, I feel contented.
by Delthayre
Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:02 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Lenani is up
Replies: 52
Views: 21288

Re: Capital! Just capital!

the lower-case styled but upper-case sized retroflex voiceless dental stop will take a little getting used too. What? Your mother. I guess Firefox must be having display issues, because all of the retroflexes are showing up as somewhat oversized. They're shaped like lower case letters, but with upp...
by Delthayre
Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:30 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Lenani is up
Replies: 52
Views: 21288

Capital! Just capital!

I've been waiting for this for some time. I'm quite fond of the Skourenes and I've been curious about their language for a while. I've only read a little, but it seems to promise some intriguing substance. I like the natural gender with a four-way distinction. The retroflexes are displaying for me (...
by Delthayre
Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:21 am
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Welsh lessons.
Replies: 158
Views: 119534

Re: Welsh lessons.

alieneye wrote:
Dewrad wrote:Also known as "Dewrad comes through on his campaign promises".
I considered the promise still unfulfilled. :)

Seriously, will the thread go on?
When he has time.
by Delthayre
Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:18 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Public Restrooms in Me?aic Realms...
Replies: 20
Views: 7162

Tests of things that no one cares about anymore

I've often imagined that a considerable number of people on this board would have been counted as Ewemi. I would certainly not be suited to the traditional role of an Ezičimi man. The rough comparison of Ewemi to nerds (dorks, geeks, et cetera) certainly seems to fit. Modern society certainly seems ...
by Delthayre
Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:02 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Europe - Erel?e correspondences
Replies: 64
Views: 22971

For what it's worth ($0.04)

They Skourenes usually suggest the Greeks to me.
by Delthayre
Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:55 pm
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: An introduction to Catalan
Replies: 149
Views: 160429

I love them funny-talkin' sorts

This is very interesting stuff Izopiru. I especially appreciate the attention paid to dialects.
by Delthayre
Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:34 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: OTTER
Replies: 1013
Views: 443814

*YES MASTERRRRRRRR*

His visage is, in its own way, hypnotic.
by Delthayre
Sun Dec 12, 2004 9:48 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: OTTER
Replies: 1013
Views: 443814

About as harmless as an otter

Image

LLOYD BENTSEN
by Delthayre
Sun Nov 14, 2004 12:44 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: OTTER
Replies: 1013
Views: 443814

Meep

Attractive. Now that is truly weird. :? Yes. I mean I thought the bald women fetish was weird, but voluptuous semi-animals?? You've been on the Internet for more than a few days and you've never heard of furries? *sigh* Kids these days, so sheltered... http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1671/sailor.jpg...
by Delthayre
Tue Nov 02, 2004 3:58 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Obenzayet and Sarroc
Replies: 6
Views: 3047

It was mildly amusing in my head

blackhand wrote::feverishly awaits the Sarroc grammar:
Oh dear, it looks like we'll need those flu vaccines after all.
by Delthayre
Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:42 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Meshaism
Replies: 26
Views: 10872

Toby Radloff wants to talk to you...

I suppose I'm late in the compliment game, Zompist, but Meshaism is a fascinating creation.

Asexual nerds as a distinct gender! I love it.
by Delthayre
Tue Sep 21, 2004 12:03 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: What's next
Replies: 139
Views: 44872

I don't like to agitate...

I tend to prefer, "Zompist," or, "Mister Rosenfelder," but it takes extended direct contact for me to break down and be casual, even on a deucing message board.

Now, I wait humbly and quietly patient for the grammar of Old Skourene.
by Delthayre
Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:10 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Nitpic
Replies: 17
Views: 5958

Wriggle through the context

Why did this discussion come to be about Binghampton? Maknas and me are contrasting our dialects. Mine assimilates nasals before /t/ by adding a /p/, whereas his does not. Binghamton came up as a point of comparison. The town's name and the apparent preferred pronounciation of the natives, and Maka...
by Delthayre
Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:27 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Nitpic
Replies: 17
Views: 5958

Re: Where I get off of the Bus

It's a pain to say, "Binghamton," correctly too. Um, how is it supposed to be pronounced? If I just say it, I'd say [bIN{mtn=] (no [p] or [h] there for me)... It's supposed to be pronounced about as you say it, but I try to put a /p/ in there that shouldn't be (some locals are jestingly vehement ab...