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Reading this thread would be helpful for understanding how triconsonantal languages work.

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Apparently the dictionary definition of breezeway is "a roofed passage open on two sides connecting two buildings or parts of a house". I've never used it that way. Sounds right to me. For me, the "breezeway" is a narrow passageway between two buildings which stand very close to one another but are...

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No, Viktor, you did that. It doesn't reflect what I said at all. Actually it does, if only a little. (You mentioned specific states .) But remember it's Viktor you're dealing with. :-) /facepalm Just because someone has been in part of a state does not mean that they have had contact with that stat...

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So, you can't tell the difference between "coat" and "caught? "Door" and "caught" would be the more appropriate difference. [dɔɚ] [kʰɑt] --- Is it really inconceivable that an American might have both the cot-caught and father-bother mergers? I do, and therefore have /A/ for all three sets. Besides...

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if you want to do an experiment like this, you need to check what the subject's native language is, otherwise your results will be negated because you can say "well it actually might be because of differing languages". to do this kind of test ideally you want native monolingual speakers of two part...

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1c, 2a, 3c, 4c

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I don't consider myself an expert in grammar but something here doesn't make sense. "I don't think it wise" is formed of two clauses "I don't think" and "It's wise" where the copula in the subordinate clause is dropped. That's the key here, the dropped copula. But how is "He painted it blue" of the...

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ol bofosh wrote:
din wrote:Horses actually say something closer to [ihihih] or [ijijij]. I never understood where Anglophones got [neɪ] from...
Can't be worse than whinny.

Well for what it's worth, the spelling "neigh" suggests an earlier [nex] or the like.

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ol bofosh wrote:
Jipí wrote: so AFAIK it's /naɪ/, or /nae/ or whatever.
Like a horse.

??? Horses say [neɪ̯].

Hallow XIII wrote:Jâ oravâšan Næchærra-'l ašata tulukha;
Arômêza khlakan, mirubhôzêz wiš nahaz'.

Ci ... ci uk ha za korod ...

Also, I've always thought of "Nae" as [neɪ̯] ...

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Zayk wrote:Bring back the fad!

I never let it die.

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Essex- /ɛs' ɛks/ Havre De Grace- /hæ.və˞ dɨ greɪ̯s/ Laurel- /lɔ˞'ɨl/ Salisbury- /sæl'ɪs.b˞'i/ Sussex- /sʌs'ɛks/ Wessex- /wɛs'ɛks/ Carroll (in anything)- /keɪ̯˞.əl/ These are all completely regular. ("Havre" might slip people up, but most people should be familiar with the British reversed -re spell...

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There's what clawgrip said, plus the tendency of Japanese people to assume that English spelling doesn't make any sense, & their write. Know there naught. (Yes, it has problems, but it's really not that bad. Also it seems to me that most languages that have been written for any length of time tend ...

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Polish: ... /t͡s̠/ is (5) from the first regressive palatalization of *k, also from (6) *stj ( → ʃt͡ʃ → s̠t͡s̠). I assume you mean <cz> and <szcz>? (I've never seen them described like that ... only as either tʃ ʃtʃ or tʂ ʂtʂ.) FWIW, from what I've heard, both in person (immigrants tho, so it's pos...

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Don't worry about the origin of [ɬ] - as I understand it, Welsh /ɬ/ sometimes comes from earlier *sl, and Icelandic <hl> is basically [l̥] but is often more like [ɬ]. (Icelandic also has <hr> [r̥] and a set of voiceless nasals. I see you also have fʀ > χ etc., which helps, because then [ɬ] is part o...

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I also think that its use as some sort of (realis) habitual imperfective as limited to the past too: "Three years ago, we would meet every Saturday to discuss things like German politics or Proto-Athabaskan over some beers, though we stopped after a while". If you try changing the time frame at the...

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Route as rawt. Pronouncing <ham> as [h{m] in birmingham makes me cringe. Or leaving the [h] our of herb, herbal, herbalism etc. Ad z[i:]bra. Or thorough with [ow], and how that's also used in adios . And Buddha as booda. When species becomes speeshees. Schedule as shedule not skedule. I've heard th...

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According to Wikipedia , intervocalic /s/ turned to /r/ "invariably", which is what I would've said. There are examples with /r/ elsewhere in the word, e.g. corrōborāre < *conrobosare , or two original /s/'s: aurōra < *ausōsā . Note also currere < *cursere ( cursus is presumably from *curs-tus ). T...

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Psouh wao hyat zièh ûm yau mhì wao ròhm syúh pè syúh ò deîhkyám ê. one ADJ.(filler) guy there manner ADV.(filler) all ADJ.(filler) people talk do talk (filler) current-moment yeah Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. Suh kwo-swa xoi nse kztyi vi psya suh tasw kzeŋxt texp [sɯχ k...

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Jose wrote:I like how the criterion for "cool/trendy" seems to be, "able to get you laid." :3

Isn't that pretty much the definition of "cool"?

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Jipí wrote:It still amuses me how people don't get "age bracket".

Hey, you know, if you wanna be picky (and it seems you do ...), then a year could be considered a bracket. Afterall, I'm not exactly 31 years old, but 31 years and so many months, days, etc.

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next: elegant; elegance; good taste Vaida Mi ha: cekoi [tʃékoi̯] (adj., decl. 1) "elegant, refined, tasteful" cekoituk [tʃekói̯tuk] (n., class 5) "elegance, refinement, taste" -- from cekoi + -tuk "-ness" tepet [tépet] (adj., decl. 1) "sufficient; efficient, effective, elegant" -- from VLR tepet "s...

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... the fuck happened here? --- Age (as of this posting): 31 Gender: male Nationality: American State/Province/Other Subdivision: Virginia Occupation: none / leech on society Sexual Orientation: straight Status: broken Native Language: English Secondary Languages: German (intermediate? ... could pro...

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"was sleepwalking" / "used to sleepwalk" / "went sleepwalking"?

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Ean wrote:
Izambri wrote:Tornall bressat.
past-night rain-PST.3S
Let's make this a TC.

Cunak.

Done.

sano wrote:
Kereb wrote:chapa`ab basha` eshete`ip bul
i've just lost my job
ya tsaya
Damn, son.

na koya
I'm sorry.

Pai ci.

Me too.

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I was just talking to one of my friends from up North, and he says he's never heard this phrase in his entire life used the way I did: "How are you going to tell me?" and what I meant was "Why would you think you know better than me about this" I've heard this from plenty of people around me; anyon...

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