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by Travis B.
Sun Jul 01, 2018 8:36 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 636692

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

ally: [ˈɛːɤ̯a(ː)e̯]
human: [ˈçjʉ̯ũːmɘ̃(ː)(n)]
Hugh: [çjʉ̯u(ː)]
mackerel: [ˈmɛkʁ̩ːʁɯ(ː)]
by Travis B.
Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:31 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 636692

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

length: [ʟ̞ẽŋkθ]~[ɰẽŋkθ]
strength: [ɕtɕɻ͡ʁẽŋkθ]
by Travis B.
Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:00 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 636692

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

nightingale: [ˈnəe̯ʔn̩ːˌɡe(ː)ɯ̯]
by Travis B.
Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:46 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 299456

Re: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)

Oh that really sucks ass. Sorry to hear about that.
by Travis B.
Fri Jun 08, 2018 8:53 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 636692

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

picture: [ˈpʰɘʔkɕʁ̩(ː)]
by Travis B.
Wed Jun 06, 2018 7:18 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 636692

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

was: stressed [wʌːs] or, followed by a vowel, [wʌːz]; unstressed [(w)ɘːs] or, followed by a vowel, [(w)ɘːz]
were: stressed [wʁ̩(ː)]; unstressed [(w)ʁ̩(ː)]
where: [wɛ(ː)ʁ]
by Travis B.
Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:07 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 636692

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

notebook: [ˈnoʔpːʊʔk]
language: [ˈʟ̞ẽːŋɡwɘːtʃ]~[ˈɰẽːŋɡwɘːtʃ]
Hillary: [ˈhɘːɯ̯ʁ̩ːʁi(ː)]
bear: [pɛ(ː)ʁ]
by Travis B.
Tue May 29, 2018 7:18 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 636692

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

ˈdʒəʊ̈səf ˈstɐːɫən <snip> ˈjəʊ̈səf ˈstɐːɫən or ˈʝəʊ̈səf ˈstɐːɫən Which of these three is closest to the Russian pronunciation? Why would you think that [ˈʝəʊ̈səf ˈstɐːɫən] would potentially be closer, when Russian does not have [ʝ] (but does have [j])? Anyways, this is a thread about how you pronou...
by Travis B.
Mon May 28, 2018 5:13 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 636692

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

Then there is [wɘˈskãntsɘ̃(ː)(n)] versus [ˌwɘsˈkʰãntsɘ̃(ː)(n)] where idiolectal differences in stressing the first syllable of Wisconsin changes its syllabification and thus whether aspiration occurs or not.
by Travis B.
Sat May 26, 2018 6:11 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 636692

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

reportedly: [ʁʷəˈpʰɔʁɘːɾɰi(ː)], carefully [ʁʷiˈpʰɔʁɾɘːɾʟ̞i(ː)]
strong: [ɕtɕɻ͡ʁɒ̃(ː)ŋ]
Hannah: [ˈhɛ̃ːɾ̃ə(ː)]
by Travis B.
Fri May 25, 2018 11:03 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Creativity of the day
Replies: 1704
Views: 322061

Re: Creativity of the day

I have made some (mostly internal) improvements to Botwars:

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by Travis B.
Thu May 24, 2018 7:27 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 636692

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

Indo-European: [ˌɘ̃ːndoːˌjʁ̩ːʁəˈpʰiːɘ̃(ː)(n)]
Algonquian: [ˌɛːɤ̯ˈɡãkwɘ̃(ː)(n)]
Japonic: [tʃəˈpʰãːɾ̃ɘʔk]
Korean: [kʰʁ̩ːˈʁʷiːɘ̃(ː)(n)]
Xhosa: [ˈkʰoːzə(ː)]
Cherokee: [ˈtʃʰɛːʁəˌkʰi(ː)]
Klingon: [ˈkʰʟ̞ɘ̃ːŋã(ː)(n)]~[ˈkʰɰɘ̃ːŋã(ː)(n)]
English: [ˈɘ̃ːŋɡʟ̞ɘʃ]~[ˈɘ̃ːŋɡɰɘʃ]
by Travis B.
Wed May 23, 2018 7:28 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
Replies: 1058
Views: 220614

Re: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path

linguoboy wrote:In summary, sausages ruin relationships.
For some reason I read this in a NSFW fashion.
by Travis B.
Tue May 22, 2018 7:30 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 636692

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

Joseph Stalin : [ˈtʃosəf ˈsʲtʲaːɯ̯ɘ̃(ː)(n)] Wilhelm Röntgen : [ˈwɘɯ̯ˌhɜːɤ̯m ˈʁʷɜ̃ʔkːɘ̃(ː)(n)] Marie Skłodowska-Curie : [mʁ̩ːˈʁʷi kʰj̊ʁ̩ːˈʁʷi(ː)] Niels Bohr : [ˈniːɯ̯s ˈpɔ(ː)ʁ] Erwin Schrödinger : [ˈʁ̩ːwɘ̃n ˈʃɻ͡ʁeːɾɘ̃ːŋʁ̩(ː)] Gerard 't Hooft : [tɕʁ̩ːˈʁʷɑːʁt tʰəˈhuft] Stanisław Ulam : [ˌsʲtʲɛ̃ːnɘˈsɰa...
by Travis B.
Sun May 20, 2018 8:41 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 721087

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Bbõuk gǒt kâ.
P-human stupid DED
[ɓːo̰k ɠɔ̀ə̯t kɑ́ə̯]
People are stupid.
by Travis B.
Sat May 19, 2018 6:30 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Tshyak-family scratchpad
Replies: 16
Views: 8472

Re: Tshyak-family scratchpad

I have a much-updated page on Proto- rəgyam at https://travisb.neocities.org/conlanging/proto-rgyam/index.html . As Proto- rəgyam has started to solidify, that makes me think about what I should do with Proto- rəgyam daughter languages. Potential changes I could make include: I could make reduplicat...
by Travis B.
Fri May 18, 2018 8:28 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Aʻatun Scratchpad: Inventory questions
Replies: 116
Views: 61078

Re: Altrunian Conlang Scratchpad: Inventory questions

I should also state that often changes that are implausible as single steps are often plausible when broken up into a chain of intermediate steps which are each plausible.
by Travis B.
Thu May 17, 2018 5:15 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Replies: 933
Views: 203731

Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread

I'm still wondering what g*** is.
by Travis B.
Tue May 15, 2018 10:47 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 299456

Re: Venting thread that still excludes eddy

You speak as if it were the Palestinians' and not the IDF's fault that so many were massacred by the IDF, that somehow throwing rocks is equivalent with firing bullets...
by Travis B.
Tue May 15, 2018 9:30 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 721087

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Ga som mà niblẽ ũ Jin Raei.
PROX.S CLASS INST ACT-remember POSS.3S Gene Ray
[gɑ̄ sɔ̄m mɑ̀ nɪˈblɛ̰ ʔṵ ɟīn ɾǣi]
This is in memory of Gene Ray.
by Travis B.
Tue May 15, 2018 7:48 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 721087

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Ubâ nô díu leeu màe júk lae ék cha thè ninẽot malẽik ubâ.
time much PST.IPFV exist EGO before COMP 1S PST.PFV hear ACT-refer box time.
[ʔʊˈbɑ̤ nɔ̤ dɨ́ lɘ̄ɘ mæ̀ ɟúk lǣ ʔɛ́k cʰɑ̄ tʰɛ̀ nɪˈnɜ̰t mɐˈlḛk ʔʊˈbɑ̤]
It's been a while since I've heard a Time Cube reference.
by Travis B.
Tue May 15, 2018 7:27 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 636692

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

To me though I can pronounce a clear [l] perfectly fine; e.g. when speaking German. Likewise I have no problem with Japanese [ɺ]. However, clear [l] feels overly careful, formal, or foreign to me in English, i.e. it is not part of my English dialect even though I can pronounce it without a problem, ...
by Travis B.
Mon May 14, 2018 6:22 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 721087

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Ék jéo miunyêen niróot ab'âi màe.
1S use PAT-push ACT-change simple EGO
[ʔɛ́k ɟɜ́ mɨˈɲɛ̤ɛn nɪˈɾɔ́ɔt ʔɐˈɓɑ̤i mæ̀]
I simply use the edit button.
by Travis B.
Sun May 13, 2018 10:08 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Romanization challenge thread
Replies: 3842
Views: 838140

Re: Romanization challenge thread

Here is my supremely uncreative take on this: /pʰ tʰ tʷʰ cʰ kʰ kʷʰ/ ⟨ph th twh ch kh kwh⟩ /p t tʷ c k kʷ/ ⟨p t tw c k kw⟩ /ʔb ʔd ʔdʷ ʔɟ ʔg ʔgʷ ʔ/ ⟨'b 'd 'dw 'j 'g 'gw '⟩ /ⁿb ⁿd ⁿdʷ ⁿɟ ⁿg ⁿgʷ/ ⟨b d dw j g gw⟩ /s sʷ x xʷ h/ ⟨s sw x xw h⟩ /ⁿz ⁿzʷ/ ⟨z zw⟩ /l lʷ r rʷ j w/ ⟨l lw r rw y w⟩ (/j w/ are ⟨i u⟩...
by Travis B.
Sun May 13, 2018 8:28 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 636692

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

salty: [ˈsɒo̯ti(ː)]
suit: [sʲʉ̯uʔ]