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I would expect every competent English speaker to know what 'yarn' means. I would also think that people generally would be vaguely familiar with the word 'spindle' (eg knowing that it's a thing used to make yarn), but not really know precisely what it is, but certainly not be familiar with drop spi...

I'm finally getting the hang of using my drop spindle! I am making passable yarn!

That would be really cool, but given how the syllable blocks are put together, I'm not sure how a font would actually work.

A bit delayed, but thanks, guys!

Now, this mappened:

The Eresian Isles, after quite a bit of GIMP-wrangling.

イーメールに早く答えない人を嫌がる。:|
I hate people who don't answer emails promptly.

Whenever I can get my working visa sorted out, which could take a while!

I've just accepted a job offer as an English teacher in Nishinomiya, Japan!

I crocheted a butterfly shawl for my butterfly-loving grandma:



The edging was freehanded and involved white glass beads, which were a pain to work with (they kept fucking up my yarn tension. Infuriating!) but which I think turned out nice.

Thanks guys! I'm pretty optimistic. I now have three interviews within the next three days!

So I've applied for nine jobs in the past week, and as of right now six of them have replied to me. I have two interviews set up already and am waiting on more. For months I've been feeling like I've been casting my resume into the void. I have no damn idea what is happening, but I am entirely cool ...

I'm pretty sure it went really really well, and now I'm suuuper excited. But now I'll be terribly disappointed if I don't get it, since it sounds really excellent.

I have a job interview tomorrow! I am simultaneously really excited and just a liiiittle bit terrified.

Balaeric huar [xwarə] → Arrakum huwarre [xuˈwar:e]
Balaeric thên [θe:n] → Arrakum łēn [θe:n]
Balaeric thoa [θo̯a] → Arrakum łuwa [θuˈwa]
Balaeric iar [yærə] → Arrakum iwerre [iˈwer:e]

Celtich cuva [kuva] → Acranasian kū́fa [ˈkuːɸɐ]
Celtich tanaghu [tanaɣu] → Acranasian tanáhwu [tɐˈnɐxʷʊ]
Celtich cedvu [kedvu] → Acranasian qít'ufū [ˈqetʼʊɸuː]
Celtich caidhaghuna [kaðᶨaɣuna] → Acranasian kā́łiahwuna [ˈkaːθjɐxʷʊnɐ]

How about:

tsimua: ominous (esp. weather)
muetlo: sweat
senku: think poorly of someone

That is entirely reasonable, especially if you conceptualize your lang as having iambic feet.

Yōdu cežü [tsɛˈʒṳ] → Arrakum sešu [seˈʃu]
Yōdu cečhü [tsɛˈtʃʰṳ] → Arrakum setšū [setˈʃuː]
Yōdu kaṭ [kaʈ] → Arrakum kāt [ˈkaːt]
Yōdu čējuṭ [tʃɛːˈdʒuʈ] → Arrakum sēdšūt [seːdˈʃuːt]

Oh look, a thing I can do in lieu of actually writing a damn post! 1. Absence of any phonemic POA for stops further back than velar [half mark for only one stop-POA behind velar, or for prominent allophonic stops behind velar] 2. Phonemic voicing 3. Phonemic voicing only on stops and fricatives 4. V...

Yōdu sihihčiyah [siɦi̤tʃiˈjɑ̤] → Acranasian sīciā́ [tsiːtsiˈaː] → South Eresian sechá [sɛˈtʃʰɒː] Yōdu sihihcəphu [siɦi̤tsəˈpʰu] → Acranasian sīcapū́ [siːtsɐˈpuː] → South Eresian setzepó [sɛtsɛˈpʰoː] Yōdu čihihčiyah [tʃiɦi̤tʃiˈjɑ̤] → Acranasian cīciā́ [tsiːtsiˈaː] → South Eresian tzechá [tsɛˈtʃʰɒː] Y...

Arrakum: setmizēp [,setmiˈzeːp], from settem [ˈsetːem] 'store, keep' (transitive) and zebbu [ˈzebːu], plus the compounding morphology -$i (occurs between stems in every compound word), as well as -T&$, which occurs finally on certain nominal compound words and essentially signifies 'used for such a ...

Yaufulti tikiliya [ˈtʃiɟɪʎɪˌja] → Arrakum šīgiliyā [,ʃiːgiliˈjaː]
Yaufulti tisisepu [ˈtʃidʒɪsˌpu] → Arrakum šītšispū [,ʃiːtʃisˈpuː]
Yaufulti kikiliya [ˈciɟɪʎɪˌja] → Arrakum kīgiliyā [,kiːgiliˈjaː]
Yaufulti talenzu [ˈtalənʒʊ] → Arrakum tālenšu [,taːlenˈʃu]

On second thought, fuckit, here's the morphophonemics chapter from the book in question (BEEP BEEP PDF ALERT). I'll probably scan other parts later.

Oh hey, people are posting in my thread! Nort, if you'd like, I have a copy of Jaqaru: Outline of Phonological and Morphological Structure , and I'd be happy to scan parts—or all—of it in for you. I delight in the apparent fact that my affinity for mora fuckery is spreading. Otherwise, apologies to ...

Gandhi resignation offers rejected. It took me three readings to parse this headline—kept taking "offers" as the verb.

I have a really bad crush on a guy in my course. The course ends in a week. I reeeally like this guy and almost think it might be reciprocated (!) but we don't live very close. Also, just in general, I'm actually really enjoying this course, despite all the hype about how it's intense and brutal and...