The Official ZBB Quote Thread

[jal]

The utter lack of respect fantasy authors give to conlanging when they frequently spend pages masturbating over incredibly minute and useless historical accuracy can drive me into a deep deep depression at times.

JAL

[Pole, the]

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d) non-corresponding probabilistic non-agglomeration: Alpha is probable and Beta is probable, even though the conjunction of Alpha and Beta is improbable or impossible. Now, normally we'd say 'ok, probable, but is it actual?', because we think of probability as corresponding to an underlying reality in which things really are or really aren't. But if we do away with that reality, we can think of probability in other ways: for instance, mainstream interpretations of quantum physics are happy talking about probabilities that do not reflect an underlying certainty. We could then conceive of gods not as absolutes but as likelihoods, possibilities, probabilities, in which case non-agglomeration becomes very likely.

We could also try a similar trick with some other mode of existence - perhaps call gods 'potentialities', for instance.

[Thry]

I came up with the word "declinjugation" to replace the phrase "declension and conjugation"

I support this so much and no inflection doesn't do it because no

[Cedh]

Nobody could possibly call the Koran a straightforward account of the word of God.

Sure, revealed to one writer, in order. But then the chapters are taken out of chronological order and instead ordered in approximate order of decreasing length. And within each chapter there can be complete changes between several unrelated topics.

It's what scripture would look like if it were written by a postmodernist.

[No offence intended, of course, and no comment on the content, but it's fair to say it's not the most conventional way of conveying a message]

Sure, I agree; it's just if the koran is scripture written by a postmodernist, the bible is scripture in the form of a Dream Theater album.

[Matrix]

Essentially, if you are making an a priori conlang, that implies you have to pull most of it e posteriori.

[Particles the Greek]

Essentially, if you are making an a priori conlang, that implies you have to pull most of it e posteriori.

*I* was going to quote that!!!

[Aili Meilani]

Do you, like, go to a special idiot training school or are you naturally this dense? Jesus fuck even gold could learn from you.

[vtardif]

So Catdoom, are your hyena-people going to be ruled by thick-cocked matriarchs?

[tiramisu]

23:57:09 <Zayk> what is the Greek word for cats
23:57:19 <pthagnar> same as verdurian
00:01:38 <Yatalac> Zayk: ailuros, no?
00:04:39 <Zayk> Yatalac that's what I found
00:04:41 <Zayk> thanks
00:05:22 <Zayk> fun fact in Verdurian it's ailuro

[Xephyr]

Why'd you remove so many lines?

<Zayk> what is the Greek word for cats
<pthagnar> same as verdurian
<@pharazon> conlang burn
<Zayk> ohhhhhhhhh
<Yatalac> Zayk: ailuros, no?
<Zayk> Yatalac that's what I found
<Zayk> thanks
<Zayk> fun fact in Verdurian it's ailuro
<Cev>
<Cev> That's funny.
<Yatalac> lol
<pthagnar> Zayk, told u

The version you posted was pretty much just you asking for a Greek word and then getting it... Hilarious?...

[tiramisu]

Well, first, those last few lines don't really belong. It's you and Yatalac laughing. Hilarious. Maybe pthagnar's last line, maybe.
Second, we discussed whether those middle lines should be included or not, because it would come off more harshly than intended. Or, at least, I was hesitant to include them and phar agreed it shouldn't/doesn't need to be included in the quote thread, and nobody voiced any disagreement. The funny part is that pthagnar made the prediction, not the "conlang burn." Thanks for bringing it up here instead of putting in your two cents in #isharia.

[Xephyr]

Well, first, those last few lines don't really belong. It's you and Yatalac laughing. Hilarious. Maybe pthagnar's last line, maybe.
Second, we discussed whether those middle lines should be included or not, because it would come off more harshly than intended. Or, at least, I was hesitant to include them and phar agreed it shouldn't/doesn't need to be included in the quote thread, and nobody voiced any disagreement. The funny part is that pthagnar made the prediction, not the "conlang burn." Thanks for bringing it up here instead of putting in your two cents in #isharia.

"conlang burn" and esp. "told u" are the punchlines to the joke... otherwise, like I said, it's just you asking for a Greek word and then getting it. Also, you had left #isharia by the time I saw your post.

[jal]

Err... guys... Can we stop the meta discussion? Thank you.


JAL

[Thry]

We can discuss about it.

[Torco]

could you provide reasons for your request of the metadiscussion to cease? I can't think of any right now.

#meta^3

[Pole, the]

Well, first, those last few lines don't really belong. It's you and Yatalac laughing. Hilarious. Maybe pthagnar's last line, maybe.
Second, we discussed whether those middle lines should be included or not, because it would come off more harshly than intended. Or, at least, I was hesitant to include them and phar agreed it shouldn't/doesn't need to be included in the quote thread, and nobody voiced any disagreement. The funny part is that pthagnar made the prediction, not the "conlang burn." Thanks for bringing it up here instead of putting in your two cents in #isharia.

"conlang burn" and esp. "told u" are the punchlines to the joke... otherwise, like I said, it's just you asking for a Greek word and then getting it. Also, you had left #isharia by the time I saw your post.

How the hell can "conlang burn" be a punchline to that joke?

[Xephyr]

It's #isharia humor. It's different from ZBB humor. Don't worry too much about it.

[Bristel]

gleb /ɡlɛb/ (past tense glob or glebbed) 1. vt to baptize a duck with, while wearing rubber-soled shoes 2. n any of a range of thiocyanates used for said baptism. (From Middle English gleben, loaned from Old Norse gleba, from Proto-Germanic *glebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlebʰ-, *ǵʰl̥bʰ. Cognate with Ancient Greek κλάφομαι ("I massage with a spatula"), Latin globeō ("I impale lengthwise with a tuning-fork"), and Old Armenian xkʿoy ("I am")).

[Qwynegold]

Baptize a duck with what?

[alynnidalar]

Hopefully olive oil, with some nice spices.

[ObsequiousNewt]

Thiocyanate solutions, usually. (See the second definition.)

Interestingly enough, KSCN solution is used as fake blood, and Co(SCN)₂ is used to test for cocaine.

[Pole, the]

Baptize a duck with what?

Baptize a duck with. It is a transitive verb. For instance, I glob a bottle of cognac means I baptized a duck with a bottle of cognac.

[jal]

means I baptized a duck with a bottle of cognac.

while wearing rubber-soled shoes!


JAL

EDIT: fixed

[Qwynegold]

Oh. What a garden path.

[Pole, the]

means I baptized a duck with a bottle of cognac.

while wearing rubber-soled shoes!


JAL

EDIT: fixed

Of course. What a glubble would it be without a pair of decent rubber-soled shoes!