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Old Gzho (Base-12) 1 nhà [ˈŋæ] 2 go [ˈɡo] 3 mè [ˈmɛ] 4 àl [ˈæʟ] 5 mèveɡ / mèg/maiɡ [ˈmɛvəɡ / ˈmɛːɡ] 6 gaul / daus [ˈɡɔːʟ] / [ˈdɔːs] 7 gomènh [ˈɡomɛŋ] 8 àlag [ˈæləɡ] 9 mèm [ˈmɛm] 10 gok [ˈɡok] 11 nhòk [ˈŋɒk] 12 godaus [ˈɡodɔːs] Panaka (Base-10) 1 puku [ˈpuku] 2 nusa [ˈnusa] 3 kapa [ˈkapa] 4 'u'u [ˈʔ...

Were you not responding to Linguoboy, Imralu? Because I thought you were, what with your post's lack of a quote or name indicating otherwise. I'm pretty sure he was responding to sirdanilot (EDIT: confirmed). Because reading comprehension (i.e. Imralu's post only makes sense as a response to sirdan...

sirdanilot, numerous times, wrote:...
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

And the OED has a note that "beau" was originally naturalized, but later reintroduced from modern French with the newer pronunciation. As /bju/ ?That would be a headtrip. It sounds too much like "abuse" (verb) for me to be comfortable with it being a pet name for a boyfriend. Yeah, it also mentions...

Plus it makes no sense for "beautiful", which has /ju/, not /iu/. And even if you say bee-yootiful, it doesn't divide into <ea> + <u>. We inherit the whole <eau> from French. And in, I think, all the other cases ‹eau› stands for /oʊ/ instead (note esp. beau ); so I'm imagining an analysis that /i/ ...

From today's WSJ: "German police have arrested two Germans alleged of joining an Islamist militant group in Syria[.]" Anyone else find that jarring? It's wrong. Wrong, I say. They should either write "alleged to have joined" or "accused of joining". EDIT: And to support my claim, I cite the all-kno...

linguoboy wrote:"Firstable" now a word. *clutches pearls in sympathy*

I saw that just ... this morning? My first thought was that it had something to do with people posting "FIRST!!1!!1!!" in comments sections. But, alas.

*cries for humanity*

This reminded me of something posted a few years ago, on pretty much the same question. I have just finished reading Ian Roberts, Diachronic Syntax , and he gives an example of a VSO >SOV change (citing Greenberg), namely in Ethiopian Semitic. Ge'ez, the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Christia...

There may also be a suggested parallel with the travails of quotidian life. If the title is supposed to be some metaphor, then my best guess is as follows: The character appears to be performing a number of indoor tasks. He does his work and he plays games inside. He completely fails to acknowledge...

Not to be pedantic, but ... oh, wait.

araceli wrote:araceli breathed a huge sigh of relief when nobody seemed to notice that she'd used the wrong case in the subject.

Then she cringed when someone insisted that she fix it.

Thanks, I should've thought to look there. 'two' does seem an unusual pronounciation; you would expect /two/ and a dialectal sound change of wo>u:. In any case, it's a similar sound change to that which occurred in Swedish. "Two" isn't a borrowing - just a somewhat unusual sound change. Or rather, ...

Ooh, is that spelling intentional? UK usage is 'programme' for all sorts of programme other than computer programs, and 'program' for computer programs. I thought US was 'program' for all uses? [Like 'disk' (computer disk) vs 'disc' (all other discs)] It is. LB is just being weird. :-) Also, I've s...

The first time is with [ɑ]. The second is the typical Southern realization of /ɔ/, which I would call [ɑɔ̯].

"It's [ɑɔ̯səm]."

I could use "^", "~" or another symbol instead of "!", whatever avoids using up characters people already use. Thoughts? The one issue with "!" is that people might want to use it for clicks. After that, my first choice would be "^". So, upon further not-terribly-detailed analysis, it seems to be t...

The first is a spatula, and I guess I'd call the second a scraper--at least I think that's what my mom called those things. (Although, I have an unopened set of the latter, and the packaging calls them spatulas. Weird.)

Victot li Rhák [ˈvitstot li ʀɑːk] — also known as Lixarit (Victot) [ˈlix(a)rit (ˈvitstot)] "Common (Speech)" Hello — fa [fa] "hi, hey" / rasda [ˈrazda] "luck, fortune" / kareshi [ˈkar(e)ʂɨ] "be well" Goodbye — rasda [ˈrazda] / kareshi [ˈkar(e)ʂɨ] Pardon/Excuse Me — in increasing order of formality:...

Vaida Mi ha [vái̯.a mí ha] Hello — temas(o) [témas(o)] / minéiam [minéːjã] / grava [ɡráva] Goodbye — grava [ɡráva] / (ti) si min [(ti) si mín] Pardon/Excuse Me — tin ihiu (cin) [tin íʃiu̯ (tʃin)] / ihiusa [iʃíu̯sa] Help me! — (ti) katiara cin [(ti) kacára tʃin] Where is the toilet? — jivan ua gus [...

Anyone else add an /l/ (or really a /`/) to both? Thus giving us /boU`T/. Not in "both", but I think I (sometimes) do that in "only": /oʊlnli/ -> [ɔ(ɫ)nli].* I've heard some people put an /l/ in that word, but often it ends up sounding something like [bɔɫθ], notably not pronounced with the 'long o'...

What I don't understand is why people just say that it doesn't work, instead of searching for ways to make it work, e.g. by extending the IPA (or X-SAMPA) input by additional mark-up ... People don't "just" anything. They're telling you why it's harder than you think. And ... Extending the IPA woul...

ATMOSPLANE. hahaha yes No. "Atmoplane", you dolts. Lrn 2 Greek. (Or maybe "atmopedion / atmopedium" if you want only Greek roots.) --- Back on topic ... My conworld is sort of "post-post-Apocalyptic". There was a Big Huge War, but it was so long ago that it's sort of like the Biblical flood - some ...

I would not parse that as involving a phrasal verb curb toward but rather just the verb curb , with toward connecting its online marketing campaign with the young adult category . Except that that reading doesn't make sense in context, where they are clearly talking about expanding such a campaign ...

All joking aside, I'm not sure what Chagen meant by "watching an LP". Does "LP" have some new meaning that I'm not aware of? Am I marking myself as old and out-of-it with this question?

"breeches" /ˈbɹitʃɪz/ > /ˈbɹɪtʃɪz/ (also spelled "britches") I'm pretty sure anyone halfway literate in English would know ee = [ i ]. Look closer. The point is that, against all good sense, "breeches" is pronounced as if it were "britches" -- with a " short i". It's probably the only word besides ...

WTF. "Mauve" is supposed to be /moʊv/??? How do you say 'mauve'? /mɑv/, which I guess would be RP /mɔːv/. (But it's not really a native word for me. I'm a stereotypical Guy when it comes to color names. :-) ) Of course, /moʊv/ would match with "taupe" as /toʊp/. Oh, and "gauche" as /ɡoʊʃ/. But I do...

I have some corrections / questions (some of these could be dialectal differences). First, these are just typos: "aɡue" /ˈeɪju/ > / ˈeɪɡju/ "hallowed" /ˈhæloʊ/ > /ˈhæloʊd/ "between" /bɪtwin/ > /bɪˈtwin/ "chair" /ˈtʃeəɹ/ > /ˈtʃɛəɹ/ (since you use /ɛəɹ/ everywhere else) "dandelion" /ˈdædəlˈaɪən/ > /ˈd...