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How much research have you done into the research and work other people have done towards voting systems and their problems?

Examples: usual(-ly), unit(-y), unite(-d), unicorn, union, uniform(-ly), use/usage/using/used, unique(-ly), uvular, university, universe/-al(-ly), unitary/-ily, (? UK, US, UV, URL, U(-whatever) ), ewe, euphonic, euphoric(-ally), euphemism/-istic(-ally), Eucharist, Europe(-an), Euro, Eugene/-nia, eu...

Can you provide an example word? I'm struggling a little to come up with an example, myself.

Related: Strange, ad-hoc terminology people use when talking about the sounds of their language. I've heard English speakers use "hard" vs. "soft" to mean "voiced" vs. "voiceless" in either direction (i.e. both "hard" = "voiced" and "hard" = "voiceless"), especially when talking about voiceless/voi...

A number of years ago, I realized that no matter how much I tried, it would be impossible for me to even read/watch the 1% best media ever, because the volume of things people have created is so high, that it would take ages just to experience even a tiny fraction of it. Since then, I've made peace ...

This appears to be a fairly reasonable article, relevant to the current discussion: http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandcult ... depression

I wish these people would just ignore me and let me suffer, than dedicate valuable time in their lives trying to help a lost cause. Certainly, time is valuable. But your time is also valuable. If I can expend say, an hour of my time and help you pull out of your depressive funk, giving you hours of...

More properly, "All Hallows' Evening", as November 1st is "All Hallows' Day", though because "hallow" has changed enough in meaning amongst the general populace, we now refer to November 1st as "All Saints' Day" much of the time. As for why we kept "Hallow' e'en", that's a different story.

That and we programmers aren't afraid to use google and try the answers it comes up with. I worked on an issue on my pastor's computer today, and I told her what I had done and she blinked and said "That's...exactly what I would have done!" I then pointed out to her that there's no magic at all; at ...

Thanks for the responses. It's interesting to learn that some other people do this as well. I use /ʒ/ in "convulsion" and "revision", but /ʃ/ in "propulsion" and "expulsion". I wonder if it's related to word frequency. Did you mean to write"revision," or is that a typo for "revulsion"? I did indeed...

Chagen wrote:(God why do phones take these obnoxiously huge pictures)

So they can capture all of your awesomely huge cake, of course!

Has anybody heard or used a pronunciation with /ʒ/ in words ending in "-lsion," such as "propulsion," "convulsion," "expulsion"? I just realized today that I hesitate between /ʒ/ and /ʃ/ in this environment. I did a bit of research, and it looks like /ʃ/ is far more common; I haven't found any refe...

The first LCK is, in my opinion, a much better introduction to conlanging. It's fairly broad in topic choice, but it gives you a reasonable start.

The ALCK delves more into depth on certain topics, which can be useful if you want more information on those topics.

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Travis B. wrote:I now plan at least once a week.

Forgive my callousness, but what do you mean by this?

Plan to commit suicide.

Oh

Even as someone who has half-heartedly attempted suicide before, I lack any good words to say other than, "please don't".

Travis B. wrote:I now plan at least once a week.

Forgive my callousness, but what do you mean by this? I cannot figure out any meaning of "plan" that I know that would make sense in context of this sentence.

For me, the languages serve as happenstance window dressing for my conworld—the culture, people, and politics of which is honestly more important than the exact details of their languages. I plan on having the conlangs be "only in the appendix" things, outside of the nicety of giving me a reasonably...

Curious. The rule is exactly the same here, too (or were when I were a lad, at any rate), which suggests that either it's very old or it's the result of (or at least been spread by) some particular TV show. It's probably not old, though, because the taboo on age differences is growing stronger and ...

hwhatting wrote:Did you spend the last part of that decade in a cave or under a rock?

To my reckoning, those films don't exist Just like there were no Star Wars movies made in between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.

Zaarin wrote:The Hobbit films are an abomination from either perspective.

Huh? There's only one Hobbit movie, and from what I recall, is pretty decent. Though it's been at least a decade since I've watched it.

Vent time. My daughter has been an absolute pill lately. Last night, I just got so tired with fighting her over going to bed AGAIN, that I just told her "if you want to prove you're a big girl, then act like one and put yourself to bed". She fell asleep still in her clothes (normally we at least try...

That's teeny-tiny. My aunt and her husband are 12 years apart (24 vs 36 when they married). My parents are 8 years apart (20 vs 28, respectively). I had a friend in high school whose mother was in her early 30's, and her father in his 60's or so. Her mother was 18 when she was born; I never really ...

She's 18, I'm 24. Everyone is different, and everyone has different experiences. I will say that on my 24th birthday I was in the middle of getting ready to be the best man in a wedding, after which I drank myself into depressive oblivion because of my own despair, believing I was unlovable, and a ...

Forgive my ignorance, but is "Traveller" a new euphemism for the Romani? Or is it a different group altogether?

We are teaching our children that they should use "Mister/Miss FirstName" for adults, but just "FirstName" for their peers. So my friend John is "Mister John" to them. It's something that's not entirely uncommon around the Midwest, and according to my wife was extremely prevalent growing up in New ...

We are teaching our children that they should use "Mister/Miss FirstName" for adults, but just "FirstName" for their peers. So my friend John is "Mister John" to them. It's something that's not entirely uncommon around the Midwest, and according to my wife was extremely prevalent growing up in New O...