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by Man in Space
Wed May 01, 2024 5:38 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2602
Views: 272353

Re: Word evolution game

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...
by Man in Space
Wed May 01, 2024 10:55 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Resources Thread
Replies: 87
Views: 69540

Re: Resources Thread

Does anyone know how to contact the late Gary Shannon’s estate? He had a list (in-progress, sadly not completed before his passing) of derivation operations that I find useful, and others may too. I’d like to contact his next of kin to seek permission to expand on it and maybe publicly release it.
by Man in Space
Wed May 01, 2024 8:38 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Venting thread
Replies: 1909
Views: 15026014

Re: Venting thread

Not only was my vacation a bust, I come back to ridiculous BS at work that, had I or my manager been in the office, wouldn’t have been an issue, but now it’s my problem and a black mark against me. It is taking a stupendous amount of self-control not to just quit right now, money and job search be d...
by Man in Space
Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:05 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2602
Views: 272353

Re: Word evolution game

Fortition of *j after palatal fricatives ['ðjɔː.ʒɟɑ] dhióžia "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" Length > glottalization ['d͡ʑoˀ] giô "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of...
by Man in Space
Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:20 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2602
Views: 272353

Re: Word evolution game

Palatal affectation ['vœː.ʒæ] vueja "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" Transference of rounding ['gjo] gyua "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judge...
by Man in Space
Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:05 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2602
Views: 272353

Re: Word evolution game

*a-affectation ['vœː.d͡ʒa] vueja "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) madam; (of judges, justices) your honour" Deletion of high vowels before semivowels ['gwja] goea "(to a woman of higher rank than oneself) Mrs., Ms.; (with titles of office) m...
by Man in Space
Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:21 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2602
Views: 272353

Re: Word evolution game

Ø > g / #_w

['gwɛ.d͡ʒa]
wéoje
"(highly formal, now chiefly archaising) mother; (of a woman of higher ranking than the speaker) Mrs.; (with titles of office, as "secretary", "prime minister") madam; (of judges, justices) your honour"
by Man in Space
Tue Apr 30, 2024 6:40 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2602
Views: 272353

Re: Word evolution game

Vowel length converts to consonantal gemination

['vɵ˞j.ja]
wéorle
‘(highly formal) mother; prime minister; madam, Mrs.’
by Man in Space
Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:05 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Venting thread
Replies: 1909
Views: 15026014

Re: Venting thread

I was on vacation this week, to visit the Norman Music Festival (which runs from Thursday to Saturday). - Arrive on Tuesday. - Catch sick Wednesday night/Thursday morning. - Recover sufficiently by Saturday to do things. - This being Oklahoma, tornadoes and severe thunderstorms occur on Saturday, so...
by Man in Space
Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2602
Views: 272353

Re: Word evolution game

Trill release before high back vowels

['mʙu̯ɵ̃ː.lɛ]
muǫ́le
“mother”
by Man in Space
Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:38 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2602
Views: 272353

Re: Word evolution game

Breaking of nasal vowels

['mu̯ɵ̃.lɛː]
mǫlē
“mother”
by Man in Space
Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:23 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2602
Views: 272353

Re: Word evolution game

Intervocalic lenition

['mɔ̃.ðaː]
mantā
“mother”
by Man in Space
Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:39 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: What are the phonotactics rules for Classical Latin?
Replies: 20
Views: 676

Re: What are the phonotactics rules for Classical Latin?

HolyKnowing wrote: Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:34 pm
Darren wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:43 am/s/ is always weird phonotactically. Some say it's a vowel.
Deep.
That’s not a joke.
by Man in Space
Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:14 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Happy things thread!
Replies: 1207
Views: 714944

Re: Happy things thread!

I’m on the way back to my college town for the Norman Music Festival.
by Man in Space
Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:13 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Happy things thread!
Replies: 1207
Views: 714944

Re: Happy things thread!

Took a few hours but I alphabetized my record collection this afternoon.
by Man in Space
Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:13 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: English questions
Replies: 1382
Views: 442899

Re: English questions

Moose-tache wrote: Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:56 pm/ð/: "Hi, I'm the least robust phoneme in the universe. Literally sneeze and I'm gone forever."
/tʙ̥/: “Am I a joke to you?”
by Man in Space
Sat Apr 20, 2024 11:49 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Random Thread
Replies: 3709
Views: 447278

Re: Random Thread

Did anyone actually specify how tall Mr. Clean is? The text that came with those figures, perhaps? By that you could determine the height of Mr. Clean by measuring the height of the Mr. Clean action figure and multiplying by six... I'm thinking then it's a rather tall action figure or Mr. Clean is ...
by Man in Space
Sat Apr 20, 2024 11:48 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Happy things thread!
Replies: 1207
Views: 714944

Re: Happy things thread!

Band practice today went fantastic . My collaborator paid me a huge compliment: One of our WIPs ends with a vamped passage for the outro (for the recording it’s supposed to fade out) and I decided to go a little nuts with the ride cymbal, snare, and toms. When we ended it, he had a grin and told me ...
by Man in Space
Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:31 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Random Thread
Replies: 3709
Views: 447278

Re: Random Thread

I like to collect the unusual. Items I have include: - A Zoloft promotional clock - A fragment of lunar meteoritic material - A 2009 Physician’s Desk Reference - An IBM PCJr. wall ad - Not just one, but two 1:6-scale Mr. Clean action figures (still in their boxes) - A copy of Globus Cassus I also co...
by Man in Space
Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:55 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Confusing headlines
Replies: 698
Views: 550645

Re: Confusing headlines

From a local X feed (19 Action News): They're keeping smaller birds from pooping all over and making a mess of the city. Initially I read this as They're [keeping smaller birds from pooping all over] and [making a mess of the city]. and not They're keeping smaller birds from [pooping all over and ma...