https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAxEJbzGqG8Travis B. wrote:I was wondering if there were tornadoes which were not violent.
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- Wed May 02, 2018 9:57 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
- Replies: 1058
- Views: 224071
Re: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
- Tue May 01, 2018 10:04 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Languages without Quantifier Hopping?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10178
Re: Languages without Quantifier Hopping?
I wonder how those four sentences with 'not' would be translated into Mandarin.
- Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:43 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Writing system, not sure which one to use.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11539
Re: Writing system, not sure which one to use.
If I'm using an abjad with Arabic based characters, even if the grammar isn't similar to Arabic at all, I am basically making a knockoff of Arabic What makes you think so? All kinds of languages have been written with Arabic-based characters: Persian, Pashto, Urdu, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese... Abug...
- Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:38 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Languages without Quantifier Hopping?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10178
Re: Languages without Quantifier Hopping?
I'm a little confused about what you're looking for. Are you saying that the ambiguity with "only" exists in Mandarin, but the ambiguity with "not" doesn't? Are you asking for a language where neither ambiguity exists because "only conlangers can write auxlangs," "conlangers can write only auxlangs,...
- Mon Apr 30, 2018 12:40 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 619782
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Hungarian has plenty of /s/ but not so much /ʒ/. EDIT: Or at least that's my impression. I'm pretty sure about the /s/ part but a bit more uncertain about /ʒ/.
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 6:44 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: What do you call...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 13787
Re: What do you call...
At least that's more mundane than a kid pinching an elephant!hwhatting wrote:Sheep biting someone is mundane to you? Where do you live, Appalachia?
- Wed Apr 25, 2018 1:10 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
- Replies: 933
- Views: 207258
Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Risla, I want to say thanks for some of your posts, especially in response to someone talking about being accused of making someone feel suicidal. It's comforting to hear from someone that it's probably not really our fault when that happens to us because I've been wondering. I wish I could figure o...
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:40 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
- Replies: 933
- Views: 207258
Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
I feel a sense of deja vu when you mention this bully. This is a person you've mentioned here before, right?
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:10 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: A sixth pronunciation for the letter "x".
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18350
Re: A sixth pronunciation for the letter "x".
I know. It was a joke.
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 7:54 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: A sixth pronunciation for the letter "x".
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18350
Re: A sixth pronunciation for the letter "x".
Of course not, the Brits are obviously going around saying "RRÉLF! RRÉLF!"
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 12:24 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: A sixth pronunciation for the letter "x".
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18350
Re: A sixth pronunciation for the letter "x".
That's just /z/ for me (but I believe your pronunciation may be common here, too. I'm sure I've heard/read of it before).
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:45 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 2878
- Views: 642078
Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
NEG sardine rain blood deer bone-thing Ék yí sí nã som kâ gõuk la'ikhõm ga màe. 1S NEG know REL.NMLZ CLASS think about RESULT-explain PROX.S EGO [ʔɛ́k jí sí nɑ̰ sɔ̄m kɑ̤ go̰k laʔɪkʰɔ̰m gɑ̄ mæ̀] I don't know what to think about this gloss. Mebbe aixe grrowrrierrr: maybe like.this/thus happy-COMP May...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:39 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Aʻatun Scratchpad: Inventory questions
- Replies: 116
- Views: 62453
Re: Altrunian Conlang Scratchpad: Inventory questions
I've never heard of any of those happening FWIW.
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 11:34 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: What do you call...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 13787
Re: What do you call...
Maybe he was talking specifically to Sal?
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:11 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
- Replies: 2639
- Views: 308464
Re: Venting thread that still excludes eddy
I never eat breakfast these days except maybe on Sundays and Mondays (= my weekends these days), and even then only around noon (or later!). before I crack it over your head. It should be "on" your head. "Over my head" there's just thin air. JAL This reminds me of two of my colleagues in grad school...
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 12:55 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Aʻatun Scratchpad: Inventory questions
- Replies: 116
- Views: 62453
Re: Altrunian Conlang Scratchpad: Inventory questions
Could it lenite to [fʲ] or something like that?
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 11:25 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Nostratic, Eurasiatic, Mitian, ...
- Replies: 217
- Views: 80338
Re: Nostratic, Eurasiatic, Mitian, ...
There are certain parts of a language that are more resistant to borrowing, like morphology, basic vocabulary and pronouns. If we see a lot of commonality in those categories, we can at least say that these languages are possibly genetically related. But even then, you'd have to take language conta...
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:17 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: A sixth pronunciation for the letter "x".
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18350
Re: A sixth pronunciation for the letter "x".
I also have /gz/ in exit. I think I also have it in execute. In general, I find this whole stress-shifting thing in English very confusing for my brain.
- Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:32 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Nostratic, Eurasiatic, Mitian, ...
- Replies: 217
- Views: 80338
Re: Nostratic, Eurasiatic, Mitian, ...
Now I'm confused because it's impossible to reconstruct any of the proposed families in the title...
- Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:25 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Paradigm-arrhea
- Replies: 36
- Views: 18606
Re: Paradigm-arrhea
I'm confused. Why would you need to have separate abbreviations for possessum vs. possessor? Isn't it clear from the rest of the gloss and the translation? E.g. child-POSS stick 'the child's stick' makes it clear that it's the possessor that's being marked. child stick-POSS 'the child's stick' makes...
- Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:18 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Aʻatun Scratchpad: Inventory questions
- Replies: 116
- Views: 62453
Re: Altrunian Conlang Scratchpad: Inventory questions
Some languages or at least language varieties have /ʂ/ and /ʃ/ without any problem, too. (Pashto and some varieties of Hindi come to mind).
- Sat Apr 21, 2018 8:25 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: A sixth pronunciation for the letter "x".
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18350
Re: A sixth pronunciation for the letter "x".
If one proper name is enough to count as a distinct pronunciation for the letter "x," then there are definitely more than six pronunciations for "x."
- Sat Apr 21, 2018 8:18 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Aʻatun Scratchpad: Inventory questions
- Replies: 116
- Views: 62453
Re: Altrunian Conlang Scratchpad: Inventory questions
I'm not sure one is more likely than the other, but I think /ʃ→ʂ/ is especially likely after a rhotic.
- Sat Apr 21, 2018 7:29 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Nostratic, Eurasiatic, Mitian, ...
- Replies: 217
- Views: 80338
Re: Nostratic, Eurasiatic, Mitian, ...
I think he honestly believes that, though.KathTheDragon wrote:What the actual fuck? Nobody said this! Moreover, I also fit that description.Vlürch wrote:Well, I'm not a scientist and am technically mentally ill, so anything I say should of course be rejected automatically.
- Sat Apr 21, 2018 7:23 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Aʻatun Scratchpad: Inventory questions
- Replies: 116
- Views: 62453
Re: Altrunian Conlang Scratchpad: Inventory questions
I can't think of an example of [ɲ] changing to [ɳ].