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su_liam wrote:I think the metaphor is that fluency is a thing to be possessed, like a car. I would read it as, "His fluency had spun a bearing and was about to throw a rod."
Zain pazitovcor, sio? Sio, tovcor.
You can't read that, right? Yes, it says that.
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Silk wrote:Even though I'm a stalker, I'm willing to be a cooperative stalker
I just... there's no words

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On changing dry earth climates for conworlding:
brandrinn wrote:
Unbidden wrote:Ever seen ground so dry that the earth cracks open into fissures large enough to loss a baby in? :D
Lord, you Australians are neglectful of your babies out in the bush. First dingos, now fissures. What's next, quicksand? I think you could make a huge impact on your infant mortality figures if you would just keep a closer eye on your children around natural environments.
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Abi wrote:At this point it seems pretty apparent that PIE was simply an ancient esperanto gone awry.
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Dewrad wrote:On the other hand, if ever one needs a regressive, mean little opinion representing the petite-bourgeoisie, one can always rely on Viktor to supply it

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Dewrad wrote:
Eddy wrote:
For what it's worth, while I'm fully against slavery, I can see the value to human sacrifice.
I suppose this shouldn't surprise me too much. But somehow I expected you wouldn't go that far.
Eddy, believe me, should I ever discover a deity that could put up with your incessant whining for all eternity, I'll have you stretched out on a megalith with an obsidian knife at your throat in a fucking heartbeat.

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hey, two Dewquotes in a row xD

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From the "Are gay men becoming a commodity?" thread started by the inimitable Viktor77:
Åge Kruger wrote:This isn't a recent trend. I've been investing in Gay men since the middle of the last decade, and have seen my investments triple in value since the crash of the stock market back in '08.
linguoboy wrote:I probably shouldn't mention this in public since it amounts to insider trading, but I was tipped off to the coming crash, so I divested myself completely of my investments in gay men and put everything into lesbians instead. Returns are more modest, but there's much less volatility.
sangi39 wrote:Don't forget that bi people of either sex are also remarkabley valuable in the slightly awkward threesome market
XinuX wrote:I learned this language, but then I sneezed and now am in prison for high treason. 0/10 would not speak again.

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From a recent game of Chinese Whiskers...
HandsomeRob wrote:SæcVZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ zezæcVZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ väsæybebowVZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ cVZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

(punctuation replaced with vuvuzelas)
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schwhatever wrote:
Skomakar'n wrote:
Torco wrote:Maybe you're only thinking about the cock ?
Nah. I did lift the cock of a movie by Hitchcock yesterday, so that's probably cock.
Right.
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bulbaquil wrote: The Vuvuzela language has one phoneme (roughly, a voiced doubly-articulated labiodental and alveolar fricative).

Vuvuzela is distinguished primarily by length. It has the following lengths:
1. Long enough
2. Too long
3. Way too long
4. Okay, please stop already
5. No, really, my ears are falling out
6. I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO RETURN YOUR CALL BECAUSE I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THIS VUVUZELA
7. World Cup match length

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Åge Kruger wrote:
Elyndian wrote:You know, I've been working on a conlang just like this. In fact, I'm using Icelandic and Old Norse along with Irish and Scott's Gaelic.
It would be interesting to compare your results with Echobeats, especially if he uses Dave's Gaelic instead.
... This is my new signature at some other boards<'3
I laughed so hard. Then I stopped. Then I laughed again, and again.
I would have used it here, were I able to change my settings on these boards (I can't, thanks to PHPBB not liking the apostrophe in my name).

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Skomakar'n wrote: ... This is my new signature at some other boards<'3
I laughed so hard. Then I stopped. Then I laughed again, and again.
I would have used it here, were I able to change my settings on these boards (I can't, thanks to PHPBB not liking the apostrophe in my name).
How many other boards know what conlanging is? It won't make any sense to them.

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patiku wrote:
Skomakar'n wrote: ... This is my new signature at some other boards<'3
I laughed so hard. Then I stopped. Then I laughed again, and again.
I would have used it here, were I able to change my settings on these boards (I can't, thanks to PHPBB not liking the apostrophe in my name).
How many other boards know what conlanging is? It won't make any sense to them.
I know one (inactive) member there is also a member here, haha.

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Radius Solis wrote:I grew up Pop, but I married a Soda.
Falgwian and Falgwia!!

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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Skomakar'n wrote:
Åge Kruger wrote:
Elyndian wrote:You know, I've been working on a conlang just like this. In fact, I'm using Icelandic and Old Norse along with Irish and Scott's Gaelic.
It would be interesting to compare your results with Echobeats, especially if he uses Dave's Gaelic instead.
... This is my new signature at some other boards<'3
I laughed so hard. Then I stopped. Then I laughed again, and again.
I would have used it here, were I able to change my settings on these boards (I can't, thanks to PHPBB not liking the apostrophe in my name).
I've been trying to add a signature, but I haven't been able to, and it's just because there's an apostrophe in my username? Zompist please change my username...

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You need to PM him, I think

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From the Mornington Crescent: "Basque" game...
YngNghymru wrote:Things have changed since we were boys, tossing off a few rounds in the dormitories before bedti-

Wait, hang on, that could've been phrased better.
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On new energy sources:
Gulliver wrote:Or attaching turbines to deceased authors who've had films made of their work.

J. R. R. Tolkein, for example, is spinning in his grave at an average of 40 RPM.

Roald Dahl, approximately 90 RPM.

A. A. Milne, on the other hand, is clocking an average of 750 RPM (jumped up from 450 after the Tigger Movie).

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From #isharia on irc.sorcery.net:
<guitarplayer> ah, so buffalo wings are chicken wings à la buffalaise

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I have a feeling that putting this here may be highly antisocial, but I laughed.
Torco wrote:
Nortaneous wrote:Not to mention the fact that most of the people who can get two girlfriends are the sort of obnoxious douchefucks who don't deserve any.
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It's (broadly) [faɪ.ˈjuw.lɛ]
#define FEMALE

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Cum possit volitare?

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Post by Mbwa »

Another one from #isharia:
<TheUnseen> hail mary, ein zwei drei, the Lord is cuatro cinco seis
a prayer from his made up "Jankoic religion."

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I got a kick out of this TC for Haters gonna hate.
Skomakar'n wrote:
The Count wrote:Swedish:
De som hatar kommer alltid att hata.
"They who hate will always hate."
Now you're translating people's rearrangements rather than the original.

Hatare vill hata.

Keep it simple~
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Linguoboy concerning Eddy wrote:It's been well-established in countless threads on this board that what you actually know, what you think you know, and what's actually true often have only the most passing acquaintance with each other.

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Hakaku wrote:毅力 yì lì
Perseverance
(by extension: willpower, will, stamina, tenacity, character)

http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/detail/% ... 9B/1318137
http://dict.cn/%E6%AF%85%E5%8A%9B
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TheGoatMan wrote: Oil spills aren't very responsive to the subtle use of rhetoric. If they were, it would have stopped itself against its own self-interest.
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