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by Aurora Rossa
Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:35 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Most beautiful/ugliest languages
Replies: 119
Views: 26748

Re: Most beautiful/ugliest languages

Chibi wrote:
Viktor77 wrote:Cajun French is very ugly sounding.
Then why are you so eager to learn about it?
He could have been interested in it out of pure curiosity or had some conworld purpose in mind rather than wanting to learn it outright.
by Aurora Rossa
Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:07 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
Replies: 2878
Views: 637263

Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread

Of course this whole septic pool issue always reminded me of a funny quote from Vortex IIRC:

"I think some people hate Christopher Columbus so much that if they mentioned his underwear, they'd add that it was dirty and had lots of holes in it."
by Aurora Rossa
Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:00 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
Replies: 2878
Views: 637263

Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread

I was quoting the twitter feed and suggesting that he added that one. My fault for not adding quotes or something, although I was most assuredly not confessing to that.
by Aurora Rossa
Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:10 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Most beautiful/ugliest languages
Replies: 119
Views: 26748

Re: Most beautiful/ugliest languages

It sounds like it has a lot of lateral fricatives and /eu/, is what stands out most to me. Very interesting and different from what I am used to hearing. I have read some grammars of Salish languages and wondered how all those consonants actually sound in speech.
by Aurora Rossa
Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:47 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Most beautiful/ugliest languages
Replies: 119
Views: 26748

Re: Most beautiful/ugliest languages

bíí’oxúyoo wrote:There's actually a bush language in Africa where the speakers end up with a lump in their throat. This is documented because it also happened to a researcher that learnt the language for studying purposes.
!Xóõ, although they have taken to calling it Taa now for some reason.
by Aurora Rossa
Sun Jan 13, 2013 2:42 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Replies: 933
Views: 205214

Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread

I finally managed to get an appointment for a medical issue that has been bugging me for some months now. On one hand it really helps to address it now but on the other, I really worry that it will turn out to be something serious that will kill me.
by Aurora Rossa
Sun Jan 13, 2013 2:28 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Most beautiful/ugliest languages
Replies: 119
Views: 26748

Re: Most beautiful/ugliest languages

Jerian wrote:In general, I can't stand velar or uvular fricatives. They hurt my ears to listen to, and they hurt my throat to try and say. Thus, I dislike any languages with extensive use of these sounds.
Same here, especially for uvular fricatives although voiced velar fricatives really turn me off too.
by Aurora Rossa
Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:20 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Looking for a source on implosives
Replies: 14
Views: 3915

Re: Looking for a source on implosives

I'm not sure how "accurate" this is, but it was once suggested to me to derive them from long/doubled stops. Elkaril has them originating that way, although it does not necessarily work like a human language. I recall reading that Sindhi developed an entire series of implosives from ordinary voiced...
by Aurora Rossa
Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:02 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Seahorses, I Love 'Em (& other Links of Interest)
Replies: 2235
Views: 433300

Re: Seahorses, I Love 'Em (& other Links of Interest)

Mornche Geddick wrote:Turns out Frank Boas was right all along. There really are dozens of Inuit and Yupik words for snow.
It says you have to log in to view it.
by Aurora Rossa
Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:08 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to?
Replies: 469
Views: 135767

Re: What are you reading, watching and listening to?

patiku wrote:Skrewdriver isn't a socialist band, Eddy!
I was referring to stuff like the Internationale. I don't know what you had in mind.
by Aurora Rossa
Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:26 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Phonoaesthetics
Replies: 66
Views: 21602

Re: Phonoaesthetics

As many of you know, it is often said that "cellar door" is said to be the most beautiful phrase in English without regard to spelling or meaning. First of all, what makes {sɛ.lə.dɔː] or [sɛ.lɚ.dɔː] euphonic or phonetically aesthetic? Secondly, how could we, as conlangers, use this to our advantage...
by Aurora Rossa
Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:29 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to?
Replies: 469
Views: 135767

Re: What are you reading, watching and listening to?

Reading Advanced Language Construction and listening to some socialist songs
by Aurora Rossa
Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:10 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
Replies: 2878
Views: 637263

Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread

2-4 wrote:I thought it is impossible to make voiceless consonants creaky voiced.
You could glottalize the voiceless consonants.
by Aurora Rossa
Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:53 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 640481

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

three [θɻʷˤiː (More narrow than usual)
Montgomery [məntgəməɻi]
recycle [ɻisaikɫ̩]
by Aurora Rossa
Tue Dec 25, 2012 10:46 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 640481

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

bah humbug [ba: həmbəg]
gold [gɫ̩d]
frankincense [freŋkṇsɛns]
myrrh [mɚ]
by Aurora Rossa
Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:02 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 640481

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

cabinet [kæbɪnɪt]
beautiful [bjuɾɪfɫ̩]
lawyer [ɫoijɚ]
by Aurora Rossa
Sat Dec 22, 2012 2:36 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 640481

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

horse [hors]
horses [horsəz]
whore [hor]
whores [horz]
our [auɚ]
hours [auɚz]
by Aurora Rossa
Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:03 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 640481

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

Forehead [foɻˤhɛd̚]
Fuschia [fjuʃə]
Olive [ɑɫəv]
by Aurora Rossa
Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:38 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 640481

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

I definitely pronounce the "e" in "coyote" and I have something like a schwa for the vowel in "want".
by Aurora Rossa
Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:52 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
Replies: 2878
Views: 637263

Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread

Drydic Guy wrote:I was about to write "You realize..." but then I remembered who I was talking to so instead

That's a reference to a comic whose sole purpose is to explain how utterly broken you are you nincompoop.
You wanted so badly to hurt my feelings, but I am just laughing it off.
by Aurora Rossa
Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:47 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
Replies: 2878
Views: 637263

Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread

Drydic Guy wrote:Get over it and go take a dump on a banjo or something
by Aurora Rossa
Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:49 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Anyone know how to pronounce Ratonhnhaké:ton? (Mohawk)
Replies: 4
Views: 2608

Re: Anyone know how to pronounce Ratonhnhaké:ton? (Mohawk)

I would guess something like /4atõhnhake:tõ/ with the accent mark indicating a high pitch accent.
by Aurora Rossa
Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:59 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: About furbish
Replies: 19
Views: 4947

Re: About furbish

cromulant wrote:Does Furbish have any interesting morphosyntactic properties? What are they?
I don't remember much about it, but I recall that it had an isolating pidgin-like grammar that mostly emulated English so probably not.
by Aurora Rossa
Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:35 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: About furbish
Replies: 19
Views: 4947

Re: About furbish

Whoa, it's been ages since I heard anyone mention furbies. And yes, they do have a simple conlang, although I thought everyone already knew about that.
by Aurora Rossa
Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:38 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Most beautiful/ugliest languages
Replies: 119
Views: 26748

Re: Most beautiful/ugliest languages

Actually, on this note, it's always kind of puzzled me why Eddy has always liked Italian. I mean, these are the people who came up with fascism, for gods' sakes. Sure, we don't like German because it's shouty nazi language, Afrikaans because it's apartheidspraak, but we like Italian in spite of it ...