Search found 1205 matches

by Radius Solis
Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:24 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: the Old Granny thread
Replies: 624
Views: 188375

Re: the Old Granny thread

A lot of my initial reaction came from real life experience, in which pharazon - years ago - told me he doesn't like chicken very much because it's too bland and boring. And for years now I've nevertheless fed it to him several times a week, on average, and with all the various things I do to it he ...
by Radius Solis
Fri Oct 04, 2013 12:21 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
Replies: 2878
Views: 637206

Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread

Drydic wrote: Yes you can...
Your post unfortunate seems to suggest that we can postpose adjectives just any old anywhere as though it were speech normal. Hopefully I have shown this to be a misconception serious.
by Radius Solis
Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:43 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: the Old Granny thread
Replies: 624
Views: 188375

Re: the Old Granny thread

As I say, though, I'm a philistine, and clearly less of a refined gourmet than yourself (and, judging by some of your ingredients, I have to fear rather less wealthy, also). Wealthy! Ha. Ha. I cook dinners of the sort I mentioned all the time, for an average between $3 and $4 per day per person. Fo...
by Radius Solis
Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:27 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: the Old Granny thread
Replies: 624
Views: 188375

Re: the Old Granny thread

It may be bland on its own, but chicken is a) the healthiest of the meats, after fish and b) extremely versatile. I use a lot of chicken because it keeps the protein content of my meals up and their glycemic index down (which is important for 2/3 of the people in this house), without having to worry...
by Radius Solis
Wed Oct 02, 2013 3:06 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: the Old Granny thread
Replies: 624
Views: 188375

Re: the Old Granny thread

Maybe I would can the post, but frankly, I don't really want to eat it later - and I'm a bit tired from having just sat down from, you guessed it, canning something. Salsa, as it happens. granny thread that shit Okay. But what I did is not safe to store at room temperature - i.e. it's not proper ca...
by Radius Solis
Sat Sep 28, 2013 6:27 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: SCA2 questions
Replies: 87
Views: 29478

Re: SCA2 question

If you are still working on the SCA2, and retain the bug report I PM'd you last December, perhaps this would be a good time re-draw your attention to it; I can re-send if needed. Assuming you haven't already done something - even if only an explanatory note in the helpfile. (If you did, you didn't s...
by Radius Solis
Tue Sep 10, 2013 4:32 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The Innovative Usage Thread
Replies: 2452
Views: 413768

Re: The Innovative Usage Thread

Heard in the wild, just last night: Tomorrow we might gonna want to open some windows. When queried afterwards, she didn't understand what would be wrong with it. Of course this is someone who messes up grammatical things all the time, but normally she recognizes them as errors on her own or as soon...
by Radius Solis
Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:32 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Need help
Replies: 5
Views: 1838

Re: Need help

True enough, click, but seeing as he's new it would have been polite to answer him too. The short answer is: yes, it is entirely reasonable for that to happen within a thousand years' time. There is nothing wrong with it. It's somewhat unusual for a final consonant to gain voicing - it's much more c...
by Radius Solis
Fri Sep 06, 2013 5:11 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: the Old Granny thread
Replies: 624
Views: 188375

Re: the Old Granny thread

Mega-Garlic Parmesan Pasta Simple, strong, and divine. For a meal for one, or side dish for two: 1. Boil 1/2 pound of your choice of pasta according to package instructions. Noodle and macaroni types work equally well. Drain, but do not rinse, and set aside for a moment (in the strainer or in a sepa...
by Radius Solis
Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:37 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Looking for list of non-core grammatical cases
Replies: 9
Views: 2891

Re: Looking for list of non-core grammatical cases

2+3 clusivity wrote: Come to think of it, I had simply wanted a list of English prepositions to mentally channel surf through.
Did you try typing the obvious into a wikipedia address?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_En ... epositions
by Radius Solis
Tue Aug 27, 2013 1:42 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: English definition of "song"
Replies: 14
Views: 3260

Re: English definition of "song"

Songs can definitely be shorter than 2-4 minutes; otherwise I'd agree with that. Tracks in excess of 10 minutes are pretty much out, though I can think of one or two I'd still count as songs. On the other hand, you can reasonably get through the lullaby "rock-a-bye baby" in ten seconds, and I'd stil...
by Radius Solis
Fri Aug 23, 2013 10:20 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Ergative, accusative and Austronesian do not exist?
Replies: 106
Views: 20806

Re: Ergative, accusative and Austronesian do not exist?

The basic objection he raises seems valid enough to me. Assuming still that both are given in isolation, how exactly is "this book was written" any more anomalous than "he put it on the table"?
by Radius Solis
Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:22 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Isolating CV languages?
Replies: 19
Views: 4694

Re: Isolating CV languages?

I assumed that CV and CVC mentioned in the OP included things like (C)V and (C)V(C). Is there any language that is always CVC in every syllable? All languages permit open syllables, with the only exception I've ever heard claimed being for Arrernte which supposedly has VC(C) as its only syllable pa...
by Radius Solis
Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:14 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Creativity of the day
Replies: 1704
Views: 323592

Re: Creativity of the day

It doesn't look fetching, it looks like slightly wack eye-dialect for Southern US English.
by Radius Solis
Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:53 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Ergative, accusative and Austronesian do not exist?
Replies: 106
Views: 20806

Re: Ergative, accusative and Austronesian do not exist?

- The use of the marking is syntactic, not semantic, the syntactic information itself is carried by the verb. For instance saying 'I am loved by my mother', 'by' here carries no semantic information whatsoever, its use is purely syntactic to identify it as the agent of 'love', the verb itself carri...
by Radius Solis
Mon Aug 12, 2013 9:39 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Some comments about gen and SCA²
Replies: 13
Views: 4494

Re: Some comments about gen and SCA²

In SCA², I can't make even basic vowel harmony happen. When I try, the changes only end up applying to the first vowel that breaks the rules, but not anything beyond that. In fact, it seems to apply each rule one at a time, such that pikukupi comes out like "pikikupu" instead of the desired "pikiki...
by Radius Solis
Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:58 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The dream thread
Replies: 1807
Views: 311636

Re: The dream thread

Now that the old Imralu joke has taken a turn for the unpleasantly creepy, I will change the subject by replying instead to Bristel: I would pay serious money to see Freddie Mercury sing Athair ar Neamh. Or to see him sing anything, really, but that would certainly be an interesting choice for him. ...
by Radius Solis
Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:52 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Gardening Splinter Thread
Replies: 160
Views: 45323

Re: The Gardening Splinter Thread

...Do I still get to brag about my garden? My intended lineup this year is rather more ambitious than last year's. If I get everything done that I want to, I will be growing: - tomatoes - anaheim peppers - jalapenos - bell peppers - black turtle beans - corn - garlic (already up and growing) - potat...
by Radius Solis
Sun Aug 11, 2013 12:20 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: the Old Granny thread
Replies: 624
Views: 188375

Re: the Old Granny thread

Summer Stewy Steaks This has evolved over the last few summers here as campfire food, with the game stepped up a bit. You can also use a grill, as I did tonight. I have not tried it in the oven but I don't see why it wouldn't work. I also don't see why it wouldn't work great with other meats, if yo...
by Radius Solis
Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:19 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Kool map game
Replies: 369
Views: 97331

Re: Kool map game

Oh crap, I had missed that you did that. Sorry! I'm more than satisfied with it. (I've been away for a few days and really only skimmed the thread before replying.)
by Radius Solis
Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:05 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Kool map game
Replies: 369
Views: 97331

Re: Kool map game

These are some nice maps and all, but I wonder if perhaps we've missed an opportunity to have a little more fun with it. For example, Acute Pancreatitis: surely the main rivers should trace the path of the pancreatic duct and the bile duct? An enormous gall dam constructed on the lower common bile d...
by Radius Solis
Mon Aug 05, 2013 3:06 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
Replies: 2878
Views: 637206

Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread

Yes. A tiger is a striped jungle cat, after all.
by Radius Solis
Fri Aug 02, 2013 3:20 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Ergative, accusative and Austronesian do not exist?
Replies: 106
Views: 20806

Re: Ergative, accusative and Austronesian do not exist?

Just tell me why I'm wrong. That's all I'm asking, and not something like 'Go read this' without even telling the page I should read. A full and solid answer is a big job - there's a lot of side-stuff that plays into it and has to be addressed. I don't think I can do it in less than an hour and a f...
by Radius Solis
Fri Aug 02, 2013 1:59 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Ergative, accusative and Austronesian do not exist?
Replies: 106
Views: 20806

Re: Ergative, accusative and Austronesian do not exist?

Tehran, when you find definitions and descriptions of things and how they work and feel that they are pointless or that they don't exist as described or otherwise don't make sense, there are two things you might conclude: a) that the experts in this field are therefore stupider than you, or b) that ...
by Radius Solis
Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:11 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Rosa's roses: all in your heads?
Replies: 22
Views: 5494

Re: Rosa's roses: all in your heads?

While it's all fine and dandy busting out the skepticism when it comes to marginal distinction ... , but that doesn't mean that we can seriously claim that our 'phonetic intuitions' can't be trusted in clear-cut cases, like /k/ vs /m/ or, in this case, /@/ vs /I/. "Evidence is irrelevant if I belie...