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ç > x / _VK

[xỳw.ʎǿ]
偽 | ひゅうりぇう | hyuwlyeo
"perjury; alibi, especially if dubious; (military slang) cover story, pretext, what’s released to the public (especially if fabricated)"

Loss of first in a sequence of two like vowels

[çỳw.ɺʲǿ]
偽り | つわり | hyuweolyeo
"perjury; alibi, especially if dubious"

People get sick of not having normal rounded vowels and semivowels. I don't think people are so cognizant of sound changes when they happen, or trigger them intentionally. Methinks Travis was merely phrasing it in an amusing manner. Final low-pitch vowels delete [çý.wǿɺʲ] 偽り | つわり | hyuweori "...

Fronting of central vowels after palatals

[çíᵝ.ɰᵝá.ɺʲì]
偽り | つわり | hyiwari
"lie, falsehood; (criminal slang) alibi, especially if dubious"

I was today years old when I realized that for me, I think I approach* [-ʃɪ-] in “associate” the noun and [-sɪ-] in “associate” the verb (plus a reduced vowel in the ultima of the former whilst it’s full in the latter). * I’m not 100% sure what is going on but I perceive some sort of nontrivial diff...

Initial high vowels devoice before voiceless consonants

[i̥.t͡sɨ́ᵝ.ɰᵝá.ɾʲì]
偽り | いつわり | itsuwari
"lie, falsehood"

Unmotivated /s/ → /ɬ/ is attested multiple times, although areally not that widespread; Yue Chinese, some Central Tai languages, Hlai, Tanoan apparently. In SE Asia /s/ isn't as stable as it ought to be, it keeps turning into /t/ or /ɬ/ or some bullshit along those lines. edit: MiS's push chain wou...

I was recently messaged about a few of Twin Aster 's languages by our esteemed friend Janko. In answer to his query, I have done some further work on certain aspects of the world of Twin Aster . A few things include: - PMJ acquires two new stop series: Dental stops /t̪ d̪/ ṯ ḏ (more properly "b...

*ts > *ɬ [ɬɑ' n ʒo:] tsanjô "our language" See this is what I mean by evil sound changes. I’ve actually seen evidence of a dialect of a language (I can’t recall exactly but ISTR it was Sinitic) that had *s > ɬ as a result of a push chain; since we’re only seeing one element of the shift, ...

WeepingElf wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 2:59 pmthe example of /f/ in Slavic shows that even phonemes can be borrowed.

And English, when French loans phonemicized voicing distinctions in fricatives.

I have successfully acquired a new OtterBox.

Hardening of *w ['ju.vɔʃ] ivvos "( to a woman of higher rank than oneself ) Mrs., Ms.; ( of judges, justices ) your honour" [eə] > [iu] ['iuj̥] ieich "( chiefly archaic ) madam, ma'am" *jC > CC [dʒɛːssaːɾ] giaisà "planet, wandering star" Z > Ø / V_V [a.áː] abá "oce...

“We only didn’t see the Louvre” needs no question mark from me—it’s perfectly licit. My takeaway would be that there was some list or set of things you visited on your trip or at least wanted to see, the Louvre being the only one you didn’t get to. (“We saw the Musée d’Orsay, the Arc de Triomphe, th...

Raising of final nonlow vowels ['œχ.χi] diórde "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" *Vh > voiceless vowel with devoicing of onset ['ɣai̯.cæ̥] žiyat "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (w...

Thorn deletion ['œħ.ħɛ] diórde "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" *j > ɟ / %_ ['ɣei̯.ɟæh] žiyat "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices)...

*r > ʕ ['ðœʕ.ʕɛ] diórde "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" Retraction of palatal fricatives ['ɣei̯.jæs] žiyat "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of jud...

*rd > rr ['dœr.rɛ] diórde "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" Fronting of back vowels before coronals ['ʑei̯.jæt] žiyat "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam...

Work is rolling out something so inane even the managers are complaining about it. That seals it—time to seek employment elsewhere.

Now I get to be ghosted or rejected another 300 times.

Initial glide fortition ['ɟɔʁ.ɟɑ] dhióžgia "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" Unrounding of front rounded vowels ['ʑet] džiot "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office...

Thorn-dropping ['jɔʒ.ɟɑ] dhióžgia "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" Fronting of back vowels under influence of coronals ['d͡ʑøt] džiot "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles...