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."
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Zain pazitovcor, sio? Sio, tovcor.
You can't read that, right? Yes, it says that.
You can't read that, right? Yes, it says that.
Shinali Sishi wrote:"Have I spoken unclearly? I meant electric catfish not electric onions."
On changing dry earth climates for conworlding:
brandrinn wrote: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.Unbidden wrote:Ever seen ground so dry that the earth cracks open into fissures large enough to loss a baby in?
A New Yorker wrote:Isn't it sort of a relief to talk about the English Premier League instead of the sad state of publishing?
Shtåså, Empotle7á, Neire WippwoAbi wrote:At this point it seems pretty apparent that PIE was simply an ancient esperanto gone awry.
Dewrad wrote: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.Eddy wrote:I suppose this shouldn't surprise me too much. But somehow I expected you wouldn't go that far.For what it's worth, while I'm fully against slavery, I can see the value to human sacrifice.
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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)
XinuX wrote:I learned this language, but then I sneezed and now am in prison for high treason. 0/10 would not speak again.
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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... This is my new signature at some other boards<'3Åge Kruger wrote:It would be interesting to compare your results with Echobeats, especially if he uses Dave's Gaelic instead.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.
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.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).
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I know one (inactive) member there is also a member here, haha.patiku wrote:How many other boards know what conlanging is? It won't make any sense to them.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).
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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...Skomakar'n wrote:... This is my new signature at some other boards<'3Åge Kruger wrote:It would be interesting to compare your results with Echobeats, especially if he uses Dave's Gaelic instead.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.
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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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.
XinuX wrote:I learned this language, but then I sneezed and now am in prison for high treason. 0/10 would not speak again.
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).
I have a feeling that putting this here may be highly antisocial, but I laughed.
Torco wrote:hiNortaneous 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.
It's (broadly) [faɪ.ˈjuw.lɛ]
#define FEMALE
ConlangDictionary 0.3 3/15/14 (ZBB thread)
Quis vult in terra stare,
Cum possit volitare?
#define FEMALE
ConlangDictionary 0.3 3/15/14 (ZBB thread)
Quis vult in terra stare,
Cum possit volitare?
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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
eodrakken wrote:Which is too bad, since the person with the tattoo had asked for it to say "Stupid American".
"There was a particular car I soon came to think of as distinctly St. Louis-ish: a gigantic white S.U.V. with a W. bumper sticker on it for George W. Bush."
[SIC]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.
High Eolic (PDF)