zompist bboard

Fun fact, I can't speak Catalan, but I was able to understand most of the last posts. Vive les langues romanes!

Well I think we have it settled for the Xurnese

Same here, The Histotorical Atlas doesn't work. (Firefox, Windows 7)

finlay wrote:Did you send it to ulrike meinhof?

I did.

SENT.

A... nightmare.

finlay wrote:you honestly expect alertness? i'm lazy ~

On it right now, will send when completed.

Awesome constructions like "Mi forirontus."

I am used to all that Esperanto stuff. So much that I scare Esperantophone with my idiolect of it.

The use of -a, -e, -i, -o, -u in various ways turns Esperanto in probably the most insane language ever. Does not make it ununderstable however.

Cool theories Yiuel, and they sound pretty reasonable. Though I think there is is still a potential for large-scale colonization in Almea, even without the help of diseases. Just look at Africa in our world: it was colonized thoroughly by European powers, though the Africans had genetic resistance ...

Oh, and what do you guys (everyone but Zompist) think could happen in the next century on Almea? Futurology is bad science, but good conworlding. The one thing that is strikingly different from Earth on Almea is the Be.They alone are the wild card of Almea. There is nothing quite like them on Earth...

The dance bit does make sense for Xurno, as it's the queen of the arts. Hmm, I'll have to decide if they've come up with a comprehensive dance notation. It would certainly be hard to have anything like an official dance without it. For what it is worth, I would have expected Xurno to come up with n...

The dance bit does make sense for Xurno, as it's the queen of the arts. Hmm, I'll have to decide if they've come up with a comprehensive dance notation. It would certainly be hard to have anything like an official dance without it. For what it is worth, I would have expected Xurno to come up with n...

Garlic isn't opening his PMs, so is anyone else willing to do Japanese to English if he doesn't reply soon? Bring it on. ok, we'll give it another day or two. but you're already in the chain later on... Yeah, but that means I'll get to mangle it even more. Anyways, I'll probably forget the whole te...

Considering Xurno, I would rather see a National Choregraphy over an anthem. It might include music and words, but the main part itself would be a dance.

finlay wrote:Garlic isn't opening his PMs, so is anyone else willing to do Japanese to English if he doesn't reply soon?

Bring it on.

It's difficult to imagine a biology resembling what we know of the various Almean species that could accomplish *any* of the things it's suggested 'magic' can accomplish. The best thing to do with magic, in Almea, is to ditch the world completely. As a certain elf would say, "I do not understand wh...

Garlic wrote:

Yiuel Raumbesrairc wrote:Disque dur is the usual word in French. Pronounced as /dzisdzyR/ where I come from.

Do I smell Quebec by chance? If so, please go on. I love Quebecois because of my grandmother.

I'm ZBB's proud Quebecker. Joual is my first language.

Disque dur is the usual word in French. Pronounced as /dzisdzyR/ where I come from.

Any use of French's simple past tense count as being fancy. It's never used in common speech, but we all use it to write story. It sounds incredably bookish and fancy. Compare : Je suis allé chez mon ami hier et j'y ai mangé un vraiment bon gâteau. Ensuite, en soirée, nous nous sommes empiffrés de c...

Here are a couple of articles coming from the Constitution of Melville. - Any adult (mature person) has the right to associate with other consensually agreeing adults; This article is actually part of a declaration of sovereignty of the State. It is law within Melville, but Melvillians deem it to be...

Other regional [Japanese] dialects are not as marked, but using one will make a character sound old. Err... you ever heard Aomoriben? :> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Q5ZRcl8OQ I'd say the dialect disparity in Japan is very strong, and quite often used in literature for effect. I am well aware o...

As part of a project of mine, I wanted to create an insane written language. In terms of style, it isn't that much different from Chinese Characters. However, the amount of details into one single character would be inflated, as would be the number of insane combinations and relations. Take Japanese...

Tentative Coat of Arms of Melville

A lot of different regional accents in English can be used for signposting character type. Does this happen much in other languages? I've heard than Belgian accents (both French & Flemmish) are often used for comical characters. For Japanese, The Idiot from Osaka is too much of a trope for its own ...

From : English*, Esperanto, French*, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish
To : English*, Esperanto, French*, Japanese

Well, here you go. From a pacifist, here's the hymn of an army. Written in IPA :) la pɛ nɔtʀʏltsɪmœ ʀɛv , dɛ ʒã puʀ la pʀɔtɛʒe nu vœnõ dõkœ dœ tupaʀtu, puʀ ɛtʀœ sa ɡʀãdaʀme dœ la site pʀɔtɛktœʀ , dœ sœ ʀɛvœ defãsœʀ ynjõ dœ la fɔʀsœ dœ tus , nu vwasijalɔʀ lɛzɔʀiɔnɪt Oh, and it's in French, though I u...