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by Torco
Fri Feb 05, 2016 2:43 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: China Construction Kit
Replies: 13
Views: 5457

Re: China Construction Kit

Pole, the wrote:Wouldn't non-Chinese or non-Asian fit better?
who knows, depend on what the speaker meant, doesn't it ?

unless you're asking what is the orthodox way to speak, upon which the Gods of Racism smile or something. in which case... beats me!
by Torco
Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:39 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: China Construction Kit
Replies: 13
Views: 5457

Re: China Construction Kit

if you had a reason to mention it, then just say the reason: if you don't, just say you said it out of habit or observance of mores or whatever. of course it could be thought of as relevant: one might expect different affectations of western and chinese scholars, for example, or, I don't know, chine...
by Torco
Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:42 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The dream thread
Replies: 1807
Views: 321784

Re: The dream thread

I had a lovely dream: i went to a hill near my house that's generally annoying and full of fitness enthusiasts and aerobics class and noisy boring stuff, but this time it was instead full of paintings and uni profs giving talks and poetry jams and used book salesmen and weird stuff like that. I was ...
by Torco
Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:03 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The dream thread
Replies: 1807
Views: 321784

Re: The dream thread

doesn't seem like an unlikely sequence of sounds... chenka, cenka, quite likely some lang has it
by Torco
Wed Nov 11, 2015 2:14 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 317826

Re: Venting thread that embraces everyone without distinctio

rampant cycling violations :D this phrase makes me happy [also, you should see how it is here, some stupid cyclists not only ride the sidewalk, where people be supposed to walk, but they actually ring their bells and tell folks to get out of the way. I've gotten into mild altercations more than once...
by Torco
Tue Nov 10, 2015 3:56 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 317826

Re: Venting thread that embraces everyone without distinctio

Dear google docs fuck you. dates are not MMDDYYYY, that's stupid, that's like inches and feet and miles and stones and pounds. okay, some people use that format, and that's fine, but if you can't recognize a date simply because it's 13/06/2015 instead of some silly 06/13/2015, then fuck you. fuck yo...
by Torco
Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:23 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 317826

Re: Venting thread that embraces everyone without distinctio

You have full warrant for expressing how shitty things seem, from time to time, yes.
by Torco
Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:40 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: The KneeQuickie still exists [Discussion]
Replies: 35
Views: 10936

Re: The KneeQuickie still exists [Discussion]

sure some things are forever: big megacorp hosting that lives in some huuuge petabyte datacenters :V
by Torco
Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:57 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: The KneeQuickie still exists [Discussion]
Replies: 35
Views: 10936

Re: The KneeQuickie still exists [Discussion]

yeah, I find it difficult to justify to myself as well: I mean, most of the stuff is just text anyway, and taking stuff that's hosted on google servers and putting them on the KQ, which I have like a vague sense that it has went down in the past... I'm not sure I can find a reason for such a change,...
by Torco
Wed Oct 21, 2015 4:18 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 317826

Re: Venting thread that embraces everyone without distinctio

Image

I myself much prefer upside down vents: the turbine kinds are a bit too flashy

what?! isn't this a thread about venting?
by Torco
Wed Oct 21, 2015 1:45 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The dream thread
Replies: 1807
Views: 321784

Re: The dream thread

I had a weird one: i got out of bed but forgot where i worked. or even if i worked, i was like "do i have a job, do i go to school? what is it i do in the mornings" so i tried to find someone who knew me to see if they could tell me something. I ran across a taxi driver, who took me somewhere, but t...
by Torco
Tue Oct 20, 2015 11:21 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
Replies: 2878
Views: 651693

Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread

Xephyr wrote:Ye Olde Fayuwle might have nailed a letter to the church door saying "That wherevpon which thou misseth art wherefore Sodomytes possess neither ken nor whit to bequeath Consent, and much Evil falleth where they be suffer'd to bugger whom they Will"
by Torco
Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:47 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Winged Clothing
Replies: 19
Views: 6188

Re: Winged Clothing

I think the question is what would them-shaped clothing even be. maybe this ? i get the problem: if you have wings going up from your thigs to your arms where do you hang clothing, especially in such a way that doesn't interfere with your flapping around. you could, I suppose, wear a sort of pants t...
by Torco
Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:47 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Life in the Colonies in the 26th Century (SF setting)
Replies: 7
Views: 7725

Re: Life in the Colonies in the 26th Century (SF setting)

This one isn't quite a blockbuster, no, but it should be! finally got around to reading this. I must say man, it was great. I i found myself turned off by venus, and your aliens struck me as competent but not fascinating, but as for Guerra, I thoroughly enjoyed it, especially the bit about family st...
by Torco
Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:46 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Happy Things Thread
Replies: 969
Views: 376839

Re: Happy Things Thread

here it was cloudy :V Here, too. I waited til 4:00 and for nothing. :? all will fade to nothingness, so all effort is in a way for naught. find meaning in that absurdity if you can, for all life is impermance and suffering :P funny thing was a lot of people came to work that day like they just step...
by Torco
Tue Sep 29, 2015 4:31 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Happy Things Thread
Replies: 969
Views: 376839

Re: Happy Things Thread

不是，我的中文的水平几乎优于一个哑童。 以后学习一个年， 晚生还在苦苦 I suppose the moon could be animate... I think i've read it being treated as such in some langs. Same ): I couldn't see even a glimpse of it. But the sky did look kind of red which was neat. I was thoroughly discouraged by the thick layer of clouds. alas, ye super...
by Torco
Tue Sep 29, 2015 12:00 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Happy Things Thread
Replies: 969
Views: 376839

Re: Happy Things Thread

but of course! who would think of the moon as animate, numbers? 镜花水月!
by Torco
Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:14 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Happy Things Thread
Replies: 969
Views: 376839

Re: Happy Things Thread

no, she's dead to me :x
by Torco
Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:24 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Happy Things Thread
Replies: 969
Views: 376839

Re: Happy Things Thread

here it was cloudy :V
by Torco
Wed Sep 02, 2015 12:13 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 317826

Re: Venting thread that embraces everyone without distinctio

Oh, I don't even set foot in indian food joints.

nope.
nope nope nope nope nope
nope
by Torco
Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:27 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Venting thread that still excludes eddy (2)
Replies: 2639
Views: 317826

Re: Venting thread that embraces everyone without distinctio

I know the pain brother... I too can't process spicy.

thankfully, most people where i live know if they've added chili pepper to things or not: it seems to be cultural, someplaces chili is so ubiquitous that people don't realize when they've added it.
by Torco
Tue Aug 18, 2015 1:48 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Linguistic Struggles Thread
Replies: 97
Views: 48686

Re: Linguistic Struggles Thread

Yng wrote:I mean, pronouncing Spanish more like Spanish than like your native language is a pretty low bar for not having an accent.
Yeah, I'm sure my mandarin is closer to mandarin than to spanish, but it's still, I'm sure, laowai as fuck.
by Torco
Tue Aug 11, 2015 6:28 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Flying Battle
Replies: 17
Views: 4459

Re: Flying Battle

"The ones from beyond the desert, son, they are dangerous. They're too cowardly to fight, so they train their birds to do it for them"

a cool idea.
by Torco
Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:39 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Linguistic Struggles Thread
Replies: 97
Views: 48686

Re: Linguistic Struggles Thread

That's what I do whenever I have to actually speak english <as opposed to write it>. I just pronounce it as if it were regular old spanish. so ai saund mor or les laik dis, clír vauels en evrizing. enits ríli a lot mor riláxing dan having to pur in de cógnitiv rísorses to du de jol pronunsiéichon zi...
by Torco
Wed Aug 05, 2015 8:16 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Ruhdrelian
Replies: 16
Views: 4389

Re: Ruhdrelian

I haven't honestly thought out the verb "to be". This is something that I need to work on. I have taken several courses in foreign languages but it has been over a decade since I even thought about the mechanics of them. I completely forgot about these other forms and the "behind the scenes" struct...

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