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cody wrote:

TomHChappell wrote:Create a Czech/Vietnamese "contact language" as a conlang.

The orthography would look like an explosion at the diacritics factory.

About 1,920 public domain (early 1900s, late 1800s) grammars of interesting languages* available for free in full text view and pdf download from Google Books.

*Not counting English, Spanish, French, German, Italian or Greek.

Eddy wrote:One word that English could use is a term that refers to the loss of motivation you feel when you work hard on something and then some accident destroys it all.

"Bummed"

For me: <uh-uh> = ["@~?@~?] "No".

Anthropological report on the Ibo-speaking peoples of Nigeria, Vols 1 - 6. Thomas, Northcote Whitridge. http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=igbo%20language Liberia (Volume 2) - Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927 A comparative grammar of the South African Bantu languages comprising those of...

(Something I didn't know before today, though many of you probably did.)

1. Go to google
2. type 'find chuck norris'
3. Click the 'I'm feeling lucky' button.

The Pope has condemned humanity for its immoral behavior This is a bit of a misrepresentation, Hoku. And although I'm not Catholic I happen to agree with his quoted statements in this article. "When human beings in the weakest and most defenseless state of their existence are selected, abandoned, k...

"beef tea" doesn't mean anything to me, other than what I can imagine it to be.

Systèmes alphabétiques des langues africaines d'après Alphabets des langues africaines Unesco-SIL 1993.

Phonological charts and official orthographies of 200 African languages.

http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/phono/PhonologieN.php

http://www.aluka.org/ An absolute treasure trove of cultural information about Africa. Botanical info out the wazoo, including medicinal uses. Many plant names given in African languages. Edit: Also, free full access including pdf downloads until June 30, 2008. http://www.aluka.org/action/showRegist...

We usually say 'stocking cap'. Not quite as succinct as 'mössa'.
Just saying 'cap' to me means a baseball or feed n' seed type cap.

CABBAGE Even if you've never liked cabbage, this very easy method of preparation will make a true believer out of you. Wash and quarter a small to medium sized head of cabbage and trim out the core. In a pot with a lid, heat about a tablespoon of butter on med-high until bubbly. Toss in the cabbage...

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I like the Spanish word ganas, meaning 'desire to do something', like a noun for 'want-to'.

'No tengo ganas' basically means 'I don't want to do it', but I like using the noun without sounding all hoity-toity like 'I have no desire to do it.'

Get some ganas!

Ethnobotanical Leaflets from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

I think I've heard it this way before: "The skyscraper that's windows are blue."

vohpenonomae wrote:I often wonder how flat-Earthers would explain equatorial circumnavigation of the planet, other than denying it ever happens or has happened.

Black holes. Duh!

I recently scanned in my old Kissi notebook that I typed up from scattered notes during my culture shock phase after returning from Guinea in 1990. I didn't know very much about linguistics at the time (even less than I do now! :wink:) so you may see some interesting things. I did the best I could w...

http://www.alphadictionary.com/directory/Languages/

WOW!

What looks like a very good resource for many different languages of different families.
Dictionaries, lexicons, grammars ... tons of information.

Alan Davies of Telegraph.co.uk wrote:Beaver tail is supposed to taste like roast beef.

Wrong. Beaver tail is a fatty, gelatinous mass that tastes like "a large chunk of good tasting lard/tire mix" while it is the beaver's meat that tastes like roast beef (I can vouch for that).

Linguistics terminology reference.

The Natural Language Processing Dictionary

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If you were writing in English, it would never come up. If translating and you wanted it to be known that they were speaking another language, you would have to use a phrase like "they addressed each other in the familiar" or maybe "they were on a first name basis" or some such. If you were translat...

English doesn't need words like tutoyer (FR) or tutear (SP) because it only has one form of second person address. There is no need for disambiguation where there is no ambiguation to start with.

And yes, 'ambiguation' is not a word.