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by Vijay
Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:01 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
Replies: 1058
Views: 221570

Re: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path

I just noticed that one YouTube video I have bookmarked is called:

San Bushmen, Kalahari Desert Botswana Rock the Horse Song 2015
by Vijay
Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:07 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726230

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Do you at least have a pronunciation guide? Meow rrearry, grrowka haarrgrrr. Rrekin bat din, Wowgrrr grroove hamahirru xaal pehrre, Wowgrrr Wowgrrr grrmph plop, Wowgrrr xcrratched bat kahani grrr Wowgrrr Wowgrrr aeiougrrr grrowl men rrekin grrowled kahani Grrowl men. Kahani grrowled "Grrmph Plop." ...
by Vijay
Thu Apr 19, 2018 7:54 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 639979

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

I pronounce dulce de leche "caramel," because I'm so confused and haven't even the vaguest clue what language it is or how it should be pronounced. :p I would pronounce it [ˈd̪ulse ðe ˈlet͡ʃe] (or maybe [ˈd̪ulse d̪e ˈlet͡ʃe]). If my parents mangled the pronunciation atrociously and often enough, I ...
by Vijay
Thu Apr 19, 2018 7:15 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Relative clauses: cross-linguistic comparison
Replies: 23
Views: 12992

Re: Relative clauses: cross-linguistic comparison

Those first two examples remind me of things like "I say so" vs. "says me." (I'm not sure to what extent the previous sentence makes sense to non-Americans. I hope it at least sort of makes sense to other Americans :P).
by Vijay
Thu Apr 19, 2018 6:52 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726230

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Aeiougrrr grroove aixe to xab grrowrrr grrowrry. :P
human think thus then all mountain.lion happy
If that's what humans think, then all the mountain lions are happy. :)
by Vijay
Thu Apr 19, 2018 7:33 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 639979

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

Your other words are too rare for me to honestly have a fixed pronunciation (I don't think I've ever encountered them, in fact), other than trying to follow italian pronunciation rules so far as I'm aware of them. Pretty much the same for me. I would pronounce zabaglione , mostaccioli , and paste e...
by Vijay
Thu Apr 19, 2018 7:29 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726230

Re: Help your conlang fluency

"Kxake ik xerriouxrry" makrrab?
[English words] meaning
What do you mean by "take it seriously"?
by Vijay
Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:35 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
Replies: 3108
Views: 639979

Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

Dulce de leche?
by Vijay
Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:20 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726230

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Čirrə ezo šolowə yòq'e de-no bąləyo-re settoše ju wə. big-SM cat meet.PFV-A:1S-P:3SM if PROX.SM=PAT eat-PFV-1S=DAT afraid.IPFV-1S-SJV CONT EGO [ˈtʂʰirːə ˈʔezo ˈʂolowə ˈjɔqʼe ˈdeno ˈbãləjoɾe ˈsetʰːoʂe ˈdzu ˈwə] If I met a mountain lion, I would still be afraid of being eaten. Agarrr Grrowrrr aeiougr...
by Vijay
Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:05 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726230

Re: Help your conlang fluency

[xi xəp uʁ]
by Vijay
Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:45 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726230

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Grrowrrr! Tab aeiougrrr meow agrrr Wowgrrr.
good then human NEG eat adult.male.mountain.lion
Good! Then you won't kill me. :)
by Vijay
Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:33 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726230

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Aeiougrrr grrowl oogrry hehegrrowl.
human speak many laugh-language
Humans joke a lot.
by Vijay
Tue Apr 17, 2018 6:36 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726230

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Grrowrrr meow igrrowrrr.
mountain.lion.(cub) NEG ignorant
Mountain lions aren't stupid.
by Vijay
Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:25 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Relative clauses: cross-linguistic comparison
Replies: 23
Views: 12992

Re: Relative clauses: cross-linguistic comparison

But doesn't this lead to a situation where changing the subject from one clause to another is exactly what you do?
by Vijay
Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:33 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Relative clauses: cross-linguistic comparison
Replies: 23
Views: 12992

Re: Relative clauses: cross-linguistic comparison

Comrie seems to suggest that making subclauses of all four types is more problematic in sentences where there is more than one subordinate clause. From the end of his chapter on relative clauses (p. 160-162): "In section 7.3.1, we looked only at simplex sentences, and only at a single position at a ...
by Vijay
Mon Apr 16, 2018 1:26 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726230

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Kabhi kabhi.
Sometimes.
by Vijay
Mon Apr 16, 2018 1:22 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 301470

Re: Venting thread that still excludes eddy

So forgive me if I'm not entirely sure she isn't just using a cheap emotional trick to try and stifle discussion. I'm not entirely sure either. But you know what? There are some things I'm willing to take the chance of being wrong about and some things I'm not. That is true for me, too. That is why...
by Vijay
Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:10 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726230

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Meow grrr oogrrinexx. Grrux xcrratched aixe. :P
NEG PREP big-NMLZ just write-PST.PTCP thus
None. It's just written that way. :)
by Vijay
Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:54 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 301470

Re: Venting thread that still excludes eddy

I have been guilt-tripped so many times I just don't have patience for it anymore. EDIT: I'm also especially afraid of saying anything more than I already have to her because I never have any idea how she'll interpret my words. Suppose I were to try and reach out to her; how do I know it would not o...
by Vijay
Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:52 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
Replies: 1058
Views: 221570

Re: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path

Oh, I assumed it was a missing comma: "...#MeToo demonstrates pornography, causes women to be viewed as sexual objects, and contributes to the prevalence of sexual harassment." But upon reflection that doesn't make a lot of sense, and "demonstrates that pornography causes..." is a lot more sensible...
by Vijay
Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:31 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Help your conlang fluency (2)
Replies: 6633
Views: 726230

Re: Help your conlang fluency

Znex wrote:Xhee xrrap oogrrr. :wink:
:P
by Vijay
Sun Apr 15, 2018 5:26 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 613834

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

I didn't even notice that. Oops.
by Vijay
Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:02 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 2827
Views: 613834

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

It does to me. As I understand it, preaspiration isn't very common, but I think those changes are still plausible.
by Vijay
Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:58 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
Replies: 1058
Views: 221570

Re: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path

Salmoneus wrote:Presumably it's a confusion caused by the non-standard grammar.
This. I was thrown off by "demonstrates pornography causes." I'm not sure I've ever seen 'that' being omitted in a Wikipedia article in any other context.
by Vijay
Sat Apr 14, 2018 10:15 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
Replies: 1058
Views: 221570

Re: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path

A sentence from the Wikipedia article on #MeToo:

Several groups of Christians, conservative women and radical feminists have argued that #MeToo demonstrates pornography causes women to be viewed as sexual objects and contributes to the prevalence of sexual harassment.