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Those were really helpful answers, guys. Exactly the kind of eclectic knowledge I come here for. I wonder if there could be another explanation for changing the position of the continents. I'm looking to tear a big 'ol landmass into three pieces and separate them by a good stretch in way too short o...

However, one thing I think you will encounter is when you develop some event or trend or historical personality (...) and then realize that you have to fix something from the past in order to make the present/future make sense. That's what I'm hoping to avoid by going in order. I am counting on ide...

In a story you posted about baranxi, he was alternately called the god of mischief and the god of justice. Does he personify both?

Are there any holy days?

You're using external dates and names; they're for our benefit, not names or dates your conpeoples actually used. An alternative is to pick a dominant conpeoples from the "present" and use their language and dating system. This would add flavor to your conworld, and be keeping with its similarity t...

After quite a bit of searching the internet for a good real world example of the kind of timeline I have been describing, I have found this animation which shows EXACTLY what I'm doing, except mine is a series of drawings with notes instead of an animation with notes - which, by the way, are the sam...

Actually that's some pretty good advice. I'll try to keep it in mind. As for the names of the people and places, they can by no means be static, at least over such a long period of time. In 150,000 years, the very continents themselves can come and go. So a native name becomes outdated quickly. What...

Traditionally I have done only the bare minimum when it comes to conworlding; I have always pursued conlanging like a miner pursues gold; if there was something glittery in the world of language I had to find it and make it my own. But a conworld was just the necessary showcase I felt like I had to ...

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I agree, and that's probably on par with speedtalk(1984); one little bit of static over the phone line would leave you unable to understand anything that was said.

but its probably a neat exercise in understandability. y cn ndrstnd nglsh wtht th vwls ve goaig vroan vogs gumved over ve lasi tog if you made a good bit of text that way, you could shortcut lexicon creation. No one would realise a lot of words are derived, especially if you didn't keep the meaning...

There is such a word as 'harry'

A new wrinkle on my horn, as we say in appalachia.

to beat someone up > to harry > to harass > to make a snide remark

Next word: competitor

Rodlox wrote: poison -> doses -> medicine

Nice.

next word: (to) harry.

Is that 'marry'?

Friend > of a pair(adj) > to become one of a pair(v) > to marry

Next word: competitor

You mean like this ? That thread must not exist anymore. Neither does the search function show any other threads dealing with the subject. I missed the last one, but semantic drift is a difficult area for me too, and probably others, so hopefully it's alright to bring this thread to the front. So, ...

I hereby recommend Abakwi. Very cool lang, lot of material, nice site.

Disorganization has always been the biggest bane of my connery. (that's the word I use for my constuff as a collective whole) Reminds me of...Sean Connery. I know right? Just like context makes me think of a cell phone and conpeople sounds like what a greedy and unscrupulous character would do.

Carlos wrote:In my dialect (Western American English), both are pronounced as [in].

IMD, nobody has heard of usin' this fancy schmancy "ing," whatever that is.



Appalachian English, in case anyone was wondering.

I have come up with a list of about ~28 aspects of my conculture, such as language, mythology, customs, etc each of which I plan on doing quite a bit of writing about(some of which I already have). It'll take a lot of research, and a lot of time. But I thoroughly enjoy it - what you might call a lab...

There is no reduplication in English. At least, in English English.

Apparently paralinguistic sounds suffer from regional variation as well:

gulliver wrote:tsk-or-tut as an alveolar click (actually, I think it's more dental, but that's beside the point)

IMD it is alveolar

When I told my friends I lost my virginity they asked if I had sex had sex, that is, was it just a blowjob or actual intercourse.

Hugh Laurie speaks perfect American English on the sitcom House. He has a thick British accent in real life. I thought he was American.

How is it pronounced otherwise? IMD all those words have the same vowel.

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I find the sound of the word squirrel distasteful. It has that initial sk- sound, and an <r> after a <u> sound(my dialect ignores the <i> in squirrel).
My vote for best sounding word in the 'cellar door' sense is azaleas.

My bad, "A Song of Ice and Fire" is what that post should have read.

My copy, shipped about one month after the release of the first version, is now well-worn.