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- Thu Feb 22, 2018 1:07 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
- Replies: 933
- Views: 208103
- Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:47 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
- Replies: 3108
- Views: 651961
Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Something loosely along the lines of /ˈpogɹam/ for me.
- Wed Feb 14, 2018 10:46 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Happy Things Thread
- Replies: 969
- Views: 373912
Re: Happy Things Thread
Too many Finns and Swedes, not enough Poles?
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 3:08 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Happy Things Thread
- Replies: 969
- Views: 373912
Re: Happy Things Thread
...now there's a weird one. The bakery I got them is, ironically, an Italian bakery, so they offer a ricotta filling. I've been told it's actually quite good, but I'm still skeptical (plus it cost more).
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 1:22 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Happy Things Thread
- Replies: 969
- Views: 373912
Re: Happy Things Thread
I brought in paczki for my coworkers today! I was originally just going to get a couple for myself, then decided to be a nice person and ordered two boxes to share. The bakery where I got them had a bunch of interesting flavors--the surprising favorite (to me) was apple with a cinnamon/powdered suga...
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:40 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: the most main points of Dama language
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7328
Re: the most main points of Dama language
But does it know why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch?Dama Diwan wrote:(The Dama language has an answer to every question).
- Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:11 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to?
- Replies: 469
- Views: 137719
Re: What are you reading, watching and listening to?
Been reading some Louis L'Amour western novels lately. They're a major part of my childhood (my dad owns most of his books, so I've read pretty much everything he's ever written), but still a lot of fun to go back and read as an adult, too. Even if they're, well, very predictable. And occasionally r...
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 4:53 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Occurrence of spelling pronunciations
- Replies: 35
- Views: 15574
Re: Occurrence of spelling pronunciations
lol, it was a very small conservative rural school in Michigan. Not a lot of hippies in sight! We did ceramics in both middle and high school art classes, it was a lot of fun.
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 1:58 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Occurrence of spelling pronunciations
- Replies: 35
- Views: 15574
Re: Occurrence of spelling pronunciations
I associate them with grade school art class...
- Wed Feb 07, 2018 1:41 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
- Replies: 2639
- Views: 310023
Re: Venting thread
They don't cancel school under those conditions? If no one can get to the school, it seems rather pointless to hold classes.
- Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:13 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Native American survival scenario
- Replies: 288
- Views: 99824
Re: Native American survival scenario
What's the 20 Years' War? I was assuming the Thirty Year's War (but shorter), but in that case, what's Henry V doing in there?
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:27 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Will singular "they" be as acceptable as "you" in formal Eng
- Replies: 44
- Views: 18676
Re: Will singular "they" be as acceptable as "you" in formal
It almost seems like an intensifier to me--to really emphasize "all of us, yes, ALL."Vijay wrote:Isn't that different, though? I'd think "we all" there meant 'all of us', not simply 'we'.
(EDIT: although of course it can be filling multiple roles at once)
- Tue Jan 30, 2018 11:24 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Classical Composers
- Replies: 103
- Views: 44002
Re: Classical Composers
...I'm sorry, what?
- Mon Jan 29, 2018 1:46 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Will singular "they" be as acceptable as "you" in formal Eng
- Replies: 44
- Views: 18676
Re: Will singular "they" be as acceptable as "you" in formal
I mean, I've got a couple of friends who use "they", and I've never had a problem using it as a pronoun to refer to them. I agree that the transition from a different pronoun to "they" can be difficult and have a lot of slip-ups, but that's because you're used to one pronoun and are transitioning to...
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:28 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Age, Leisure Work and Motivation
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13265
Re: Age, Leisure Work and Motivation
College was great for conlanging for me--a lot of time spent sitting in boring classes, needing something to occupy myself. (in retrospect, I would've saved myself a lot of grief if I hadn't been such a goody-two-shoes who never skipped class. Would've read a lot less Mass Effect fanfiction, though....
- Fri Jan 19, 2018 6:59 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
- Replies: 1058
- Views: 224784
Re: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
From somebody talking about working at an animal sanctuary:
"We brought water to empty bowls by buckets."
The intended meaning:
"We brought water to empty bowls by buckets."
The intended meaning:
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- Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:30 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Classical Composers
- Replies: 103
- Views: 44002
Re: Classical Composers
I think you may be looking at analysis, rather than reviews. You can get analysis of any genre (yes, even pop music), but of course most fans don't follow any of it. This may well be so, but is there anyone out there who genuinely does reviews of classical music? As in, I'm going to sit down and gi...
- Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:38 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: What do you call this?
- Replies: 302
- Views: 90280
Re: What do you call this?
"Cut in line" or "cut in front of me" for me. I would understand what "butt in line" meant, but wouldn't say it myself, and might be a little surprised to hear it. The context I think of when I hear "butt in" would be someone butting into a conversation or event--inserting themselves into it, even t...
- Fri Jan 12, 2018 8:37 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
- Replies: 1058
- Views: 224784
Re: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
I've looked up the news story in question, and that interpretation appears to be correct. Peter Bone, an MP, has left his wife for a physical therapist (who apparently is also married).
- Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:52 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Your first conscript
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6561
Re: Your first conscript
Funnily enough for someone who got into conlanging from Lord of the Rings, I didn't try to create a conscript until I'd already been messing about with conlangs for a few years. I don't know if I ever actually had a full alphabet (it's always been an alphabet for Tirina), but I at least had enough t...
- Mon Jan 08, 2018 7:27 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: What do you call this?
- Replies: 302
- Views: 90280
Re: What do you call this?
New question: You make plans with someone and then they don't show up. What verb(s) would you use to describe what they did? "They no-showed." Alternately, they flaked out or skipped out. Upon reading everyone else's responses, "X bailed on me"/"X bailed on the party" would also be normal for me, a...
- Sat Jan 06, 2018 12:56 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to?
- Replies: 469
- Views: 137719
Re: What are you reading, watching and listening to?
Minor update to my KOTOR 2 review, now that I've finished my replay! I still maintain it's an excellent game and extremely fun to play, but man, I forgot how disjointed the ending is even with mods. Basically all the "transition" bits were never created, so stuff just sort of happens without having ...
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 4:18 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Translations of the Bible
- Replies: 58
- Views: 23305
Re: Translations of the Bible
^^ I think I agree with you. Certainly parts of the Bible can be kinda esoteric (we will now break for a six-hour word study on "gold" in the book of Leviticus), but by and large I think if people would actually read the thing, they'd discover a lot of the confusing bits aren't that confusing in con...
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 3:51 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to?
- Replies: 469
- Views: 137719
Re: What are you reading, watching and listening to?
Here's what I'm playing, anyway... Watching TLJ got me to replay Knights of the Old Republic 2, and man, I forgot how good this game is. It's a deeply flawed game, and not just because huge chunks of it were cut. (I'm playing with the Restored Content Mod anyway, so the ending is actually playable a...
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 11:30 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Translations of the Bible
- Replies: 58
- Views: 23305
Re: Translations of the Bible
Maybe this is just my American + conservative (in terms of traditional/orthodox interpretation) Christian background showing, but the idea of declaring yourself to be a devout Christian and not being familiar with/being interested in studying the Bible is so utterly incomprehensible to me that I don...