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- Wed Sep 03, 2014 1:01 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlang words that happen to resemble real words
- Replies: 80
- Views: 51450
Re: Conlang words that happen to resemble real words
One I somehow didn't notice for months in Tirina is liki, "likable, pleasant, good". It's derived from lise, "to enjoy", so it really was just coincidental that it ended up so similar.
- Wed Sep 03, 2014 9:43 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Unisex names
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8614
Re: Unisex names
Interestingly enough, my grandmother and her brother both have their mother's maiden name as a middle name (born in the early 1900s). I'm not sure if that was some kind of common thing at the time or just their parents being a little out there (they totally were). Not immigrants, either. That branch...
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:15 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Is This Grammatical To You?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10379
Re: Is This Grammatical To You?
The part that bothers me more is the use of "retail" instead of "retail store" or "retail opportunity" or whatever it's supposed to mean.
- Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:15 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
- Replies: 2278
- Views: 499868
Re: Post your conlang's phonology
Azen: /p b t d k g ʔ/ <p b t d k g '> /m n/ <m n> /s z ʃ ʒ x h/ <s z sh zh x h> /ɾ l w j/ <r l w y> /t͡s d͡z/ <ts dz> /i e æ a u/ <i e a a u> /i: e: æ: a: u:/ <i e a a u> probably Don't ask about allophony, I have no idea yet (and truth be told I really don't understand it--I mean I get the general...
- Fri Aug 15, 2014 9:56 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
- Replies: 2278
- Views: 499868
Re: Post your conlang's phonology
Azen: /p b t d k g ʔ/ <p b t d k g '> /m n/ <m n> /s z ʃ ʒ x h/ <s z sh zh x h> /ɾ l w j/ <r l w y> /t͡s d͡z/ <ts dz> /i e æ a u/ <i e a a u> /i: e: æ: a: u:/ <i e a a u> probably Don't ask about allophony, I have no idea yet (and truth be told I really don't understand it--I mean I get the general...