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by xxx
Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:27 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Using font trick for instant translation
Replies: 6
Views: 3691

Re: Using font trick for instant translation

You can use Autotext with Word to do it... (except the reverse translation...)
In fact, I used it to type with alphabetic keyboard, and convert in logographic conscript...
by xxx
Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:34 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: French prenominal adjectives
Replies: 13
Views: 3633

Re: French prenominal adjectives

adjectives can be before or after, before they can have a subjective meaning: un minuscule gateau (I expect a bigger) vs un gateau minuscule (it is objectively small); or modify the meaning of the noun. un grand homme ( a great man =big humanity); un homme grand (a tall man=physically/objectively big)
by xxx
Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:35 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang
Replies: 130
Views: 31517

Re: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang

Skomakar'n wrote:Better now?
good enough (with subtitle will be best (but criticism is easy and art is difficult))...
by xxx
Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:12 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang
Replies: 130
Views: 31517

Re: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang

Kozea to read and "see" the phono and look the orthographic habits of this conlang...
Bad English translation (kind of transliteration) to see the morpho' of kozea...and can add some jokes...
by xxx
Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:00 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang
Replies: 130
Views: 31517

Re: Kozea Daily - Shitty movies in a conlang

good job Just fun !
For me to add some broken subtitles will be fine (for e.g. bilingual : kozea and bad english translation)
by xxx
Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:23 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Finger survey
Replies: 33
Views: 6908

Re: Finger survey

french:
thumb: pouce
index finger: index
middle finger: majeur (major)
ring finger: annulaire (from anneau=ring)
little finger: auriculaire (from adj. auriculaire=about ear)
by xxx
Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:37 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Mayan Glyph Question
Replies: 44
Views: 8094

Re: Mayan Glyph Question

video is freaky good medical story is quite frightening Choosing a tattoo is something personal; Some maya's glyphs would give a freaky frightening linguistic interest Anything else is a crap... (what about the date in maya transcription) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/East_side_...
by xxx
Fri Jun 22, 2012 4:55 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Units of Measurement
Replies: 25
Views: 10337

Re: Units of Measurement

I don't have any conworld except inducted by very contrariness language where I can see something that take my mensuration's as measure (normal for idiolect isn't it?).
Each one would have to adapt it in function of one's ones (as ancient regime measurement with king's ones)
by xxx
Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:44 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: French animal and food metaphors
Replies: 39
Views: 9537

Re: French animal and food metaphors

reptilian metaphor :

lézard( lizard) lazy man
couleuvre (grass snake) lazy girl
vipère (viper) gossip woman
snake (in french in the text) man use trickery
tortue (turtle) slow man
dinosaure old fashion man
by xxx
Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:18 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: French animal and food metaphors
Replies: 39
Views: 9537

Re: French animal and food metaphors

grenouille (de bénitier) is more a churchy person
morue is a bitch
vaches à lait are more exploited persons (usually about taxes)
by xxx
Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:47 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: French attitude to regional languages
Replies: 59
Views: 9026

Re: French attitude to regional languages

In fact France was constructed by centralism, french language itself is only Paris language that Kings imposed to all territory, and french revolution decided to exterminate any different dialect to fund one unique nation, and so on... the same ideology is always present now...and all non-french lan...
by xxx
Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:11 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Overall and Sobretodo vs. Over all and Sobre todo
Replies: 17
Views: 3989

Re: Overall and Sobretodo vs. Over all and Sobre todo

In french Pardessus et par dessus same way ! :D Ethymology 1810, November "women's clothing that was worn over other clothing" (Mercure de France, T.45, T.10 Brunot ds p.151, p.897) 2. 1820, Oct. 31 . "menswear that is to keep out the cold `` (Case modes, VI, p.335) 3. 1894 Canadians (Canadian Dict....
by xxx
Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:44 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Agglutination and Compound Words
Replies: 37
Views: 5890

Re: Agglutination and Compound Words

Thx but there is no insults :D
(i accept anybody advices even without any humor)
by xxx
Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:43 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Agglutination and Compound Words
Replies: 37
Views: 5890

Re: Agglutination and Compound Words

you too old in the forum gotta read again rules of welcome to newcomers (it's newbies privileges :wink: )
by xxx
Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:49 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Agglutination and Compound Words
Replies: 37
Views: 5890

Re: Agglutination and Compound Words

Why irrelevant ?
taking some linguistic things to its extreme is a conlanging way of thinking, never a natlang one...
(but your answer not better :roll: )