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by Jonlang
Fri Sep 20, 2024 9:11 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Different 'ands'?
Replies: 29
Views: 1956

Re: Different 'ands'?

This seems like something that is bound to have been discussed at some point, but basically: is there a language out there where there are different types of 'and'? In my mind I keep using terms like 'inclusive and' and 'exclusive and' , but they're probably not very good descriptors. Sometimes and...
by Jonlang
Sun Aug 25, 2024 3:40 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Different 'ands'?
Replies: 29
Views: 1956

Re: Different 'ands'?

Here's another example: "Jag ska köpa mjölk, ost och bröd samt ett par strumpor." (I'm going to buy milk, cheese and bread, and a pair of socks.) The English part there is as if (or to me reads as if) the milk, bread, and cheese were either expected to be bought or at least there be no su...
by Jonlang
Sat Aug 24, 2024 12:27 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Different 'ands'?
Replies: 29
Views: 1956

Different 'ands'?

This seems like something that is bound to have been discussed at some point, but basically: is there a language out there where there are different types of 'and'? In my mind I keep using terms like 'inclusive and' and 'exclusive and' , but they're probably not very good descriptors. Sometimes and ...
by Jonlang
Sun Aug 18, 2024 5:47 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang Random Thread
Replies: 3257
Views: 2992689

Re: Conlang Random Thread

Perfect passive*: the man having been watched, the house having been painted Agent: the house painted by the man (more literally 'the painted-by-the-man house') the agent (man) is placed in the genitive.. How do these two differ in usage? Honestly, I copy-and-pasted that before I had reassessed it ...
by Jonlang
Fri Aug 16, 2024 4:29 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: What have you accomplished today?
Replies: 846
Views: 425467

Re: What have you accomplished today?

I... I think I may have just finished the verb paradigms for my L conlang, which have turned out to be quite complex, but not unwieldy. Unless something unforeseen crops up, I may have just finally achieved something that I'm happy with. :shock:
by Jonlang
Thu Aug 15, 2024 5:31 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang Random Thread
Replies: 3257
Views: 2992689

Re: Conlang Random Thread

So today I've had a bit of spare time to myself. I started looking at a Finnish grammar I bought ages ago (when I planned to use it to study the noun cases) and I came across the Finnish participles.... :o Guess what is getting incorporated into a conlang! :lol: Don’t leave us hanging! What’s so gr...
by Jonlang
Wed Aug 14, 2024 11:56 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang Random Thread
Replies: 3257
Views: 2992689

Re: Conlang Random Thread

So today I've had a bit of spare time to myself. I started looking at a Finnish grammar I bought ages ago (when I planned to use it to study the noun cases) and I came across the Finnish participles.... :o Guess what is getting incorporated into a conlang! :lol:
by Jonlang
Sat Jul 13, 2024 1:26 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: What is the most optimal phonological spread possible?
Replies: 70
Views: 10898

Re: What is the most optimal phonological spread possible?

"Thinking is difficult: that's why most people judge." - Carl Jung. You have been making no sense at all in this thread. And I am not the only person to come to that conclusion. Why is it my responsibility to anticipate ahead of time what makes sense and what doesn't? I'm not a mind-reade...
by Jonlang
Mon Jul 08, 2024 11:43 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: British Politics Guide
Replies: 2009
Views: 1070278

Re: British Politics Guide

The PM and the Cabinet are still the Government during this period, but the House of Commons is basically closed and no more bills can be passed. The day-to-day of Government goes on as normal. The only time that there really is no Government is the half an hour or so between the outgoing PM goes t...
by Jonlang
Mon Jul 08, 2024 10:29 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: British Politics Guide
Replies: 2009
Views: 1070278

Re: British Politics Guide

This could be a "strictly speaking, but", but the MP in my constituency announced, on the day the election was called, that parliament has been suspended, and that, within the confines of the law, he was only an "acting", MP, not an actual Member of Parliament, meaning that, for...
by Jonlang
Fri Jul 05, 2024 12:09 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: British Politics Guide
Replies: 2009
Views: 1070278

Re: British Politics Guide

Many in Wales are celebrating the fact that we no longer have any Tory seats in Wales, which is true of Westminster, but not of Cardiff. The Senedd still has 8 Conservative seats for at least two more years. Saying that, Welsh Labour have been abysmal in Cardiff and though you may think having a Lab...
by Jonlang
Thu Jun 20, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
Replies: 4948
Views: 2350936

Re: Linguistic Miscellany Thread

Is there a name for what's going on in English the structure subject + be + infinitive when talking about intent or even firm future events, e.g.I am to go next week; David was to see it for the first time. And do any other languages do a similar thing?
by Jonlang
Tue Jun 04, 2024 3:27 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang Random Thread
Replies: 3257
Views: 2992689

Re: Conlang Random Thread

I just posted this on Reddit so I may as well put it here too: Is there a natlang precedence for the sound change /ɸ/ > /u/? Changes of velars like /x ɣ/ > /i/ seem well attested so why not a labial > rounded vowel, particularly in the environment VɸC? It seems like a good way of making new diphtho...
by Jonlang
Tue Jun 04, 2024 2:17 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang Random Thread
Replies: 3257
Views: 2992689

Re: Conlang Random Thread

I just posted this on Reddit so I may as well put it here too: Is there a natlang precedence for the sound change /ɸ/ > /u/? Changes of velars like /x ɣ/ > /i/ seem well attested so why not a labial > rounded vowel, particularly in the environment VɸC? It seems like a good way of making new diphthon...
by Jonlang
Tue Jun 04, 2024 2:14 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Was "sweetheart" originally "sweetard"?
Replies: 12
Views: 2195

Re: Was "sweetheart" originally "sweetard"?

Could it just be a dialectal pronunciation spelling of sweetheart?
by Jonlang
Mon May 13, 2024 4:03 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang Random Thread
Replies: 3257
Views: 2992689

Re: Conlang Random Thread

In a conlang with cases, what consideration should be given to adpositions and which cases they're used with? I've seen European languages which will tend to always use prepositions with, say, the genitive or the dative. Now, my plan is to have adpositions give context to case, e.g. where the locati...
by Jonlang
Sun May 05, 2024 4:15 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: What have you accomplished today?
Replies: 846
Views: 425467

Re: What have you accomplished today?

I have two days to myself (if all goes well) in 10 days' time and I hope to spend most of one of them to get things in order, make a to-do list, and see where I am with it all. Well that didn't happen! I got called into work one day and spent the other doing the sort of things one must when in a re...
by Jonlang
Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:24 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: What have you accomplished today?
Replies: 846
Views: 425467

Re: What have you accomplished today?

Today I've accomplished... nothing . I haven't had much time recently to do any conlanging. I don't know about you, but I, for one, cannot just do a little bit for half an hour here and there. I need a morning or an afternoon where I can concentrate on it. Anyway, I had a spare hour-or-so and though...
by Jonlang
Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:40 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Do you think it will ever be possible to go back in time?
Replies: 43
Views: 4913

Re: Do you think it will ever be possible to go back in time?

Professor Brian Cox, around 2013, did a special lecture to a celebrity audience explaining (among other things) why time travel into the past will never be possible. It was a Doctor Who themed lecture and was a part of the BBC's 50th Anniversary celebration for DW. From what I remember it requires f...
by Jonlang
Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:47 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang Random Thread
Replies: 3257
Views: 2992689

Re: Conlang Random Thread

With the new series of Doctor Who just a few weeks away, I had a thought - has anyone ever tried to make a Time Lord/Gallifreyan conlang? I don't think there's ever even been a nonsense Gallifreyan used in the programme, never mind a conlang. From memory, Gallifreyan names seem to be either nonsense...