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- Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:20 pm
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: -ien in German
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6407
Re: -ien in German
Different dialects? Compare also Ungarn and Arabien.
- Thu Aug 30, 2018 10:27 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Two hours southwards
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8065
- Wed Aug 29, 2018 4:01 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Two hours southwards
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8065
Two hours southwards
It's interesting to read about languages which, instead of using relative terms like "left", "right", "forwards", "backwards" instead use absolute terms like points of the compass. Do any of these languages combine this with the TIME IS SPACE metaphor?
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 4:04 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: DJP criticisms
- Replies: 81
- Views: 41804
Re: DJP criticisms
Of the major auxlangs of that era, Volapuk is certainly the one that's aged best, precisely because, as you say, it's ridiculous. It's the steampunk of conlanging.* It has abundant character and it's own weird beauty - half auxlang, half art project - that the battleship-grey esperanto and its roma...
- Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:01 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: DJP criticisms
- Replies: 81
- Views: 41804
- Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:57 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: German spelling reform
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9106
Re: German spelling reform
I wonder if there is some kind of consensus brewing in here which could eventually lead to a General Preferred Romanization For All Languages.
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 4:00 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: DJP criticisms
- Replies: 81
- Views: 41804
Re: DJP criticisms
The LCK always wins. You do not question this.
- Mon Aug 13, 2018 1:08 pm
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Choice of contractions in English
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11582
Re: Choice of contractions in English
This has got to be a very well-studied area. Have you checked Pullum and Huddleston? What is that? He's talking about The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (2002) by Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey Pullum (of Language Log fame) (eds.). It's an English grammar 1800+ pages long, a wonder of a ...
- Sun Aug 12, 2018 12:26 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: German spelling reform
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9106
Re: German spelling reform
What's wrong with hačeks? Nothing particularly, although it is arguable that one should observe a tendency towards the elimination of diacritics in one's orthography if possible. Although they should be restricted to just the palatalised consonants. Yes. p-hachek is unlikely to suggest /pf/, for ex...
- Sun Aug 12, 2018 12:21 pm
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Choice of contractions in English
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11582
- Sun Aug 12, 2018 4:29 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Choice of contractions in English
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11582
Choice of contractions in English
In sequences of three words where the middle word can contract with either of the other two, is it known if there are any factors which govern which contraction is actually used? As an example, consider "you aren't" versus "you're not"; the first seems more natural to me, but the...
- Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:47 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: British Politics Guide
- Replies: 1936
- Views: 1019080
Re: British Politics Guide
Does the investigation into Boris Johnson mean it's already decided that he'll be kicked out? If not, why isn't the process public? Context: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-45130532 Boris is too popular, and thus too valuable to the Conservatives, to actually be kicked out. Expect a slap on the...
- Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:37 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Linguistic Miscellany Thread
- Replies: 4688
- Views: 2062378
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 12:51 pm
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: What is this called?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 21732
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:50 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: What is this called?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 21732
Basic terminology question
What is the correct linguistic term for a group of phonemes, whether unordered ("I put a ??? down here a moment ago, and it's vanished") or ordered ("It's naive to assume you can model speech entirely as ???")?
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 4:06 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Happy things thread!
- Replies: 1211
- Views: 716436
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:01 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Happy things thread!
- Replies: 1211
- Views: 716436
Re: Happy things thread!
I will hopefully be returning to work for the second time soon, with any luck.
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:37 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Confusing headlines
- Replies: 701
- Views: 551893
Re: Confusing headlines
I can't find it on the website, but The Grauniad on Saturday had a headline which was something like "... advice for women on heat".
- Mon Jul 30, 2018 10:11 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: British Politics Guide
- Replies: 1936
- Views: 1019080
Re: British Politics Guide
Apropos of which: Are you taking requests, Sal? And, if so, can you explain this mishegoss with Labour rewriting the standards on precisely how insulting you're allowed to be to Jews? Sal will no doubt go into much more detail, but in summary the Labour Party is torn between trying not to offend it...
- Mon Jul 30, 2018 10:05 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Of labials and labiodentals
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10160
Re: Of labials and labiodentals
Because it is a lot easier to get complete closure between two lips than it is between the lower lip and the teeth. In fact before the advent of modern dentistry I reckon true labiodental stops would have been impossible for many people because of gaps between the teeth allowing airflow, when in or...