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- Tue May 07, 2024 9:15 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Happy things thread!
- Replies: 1210
- Views: 715989
Re: Happy things thread!
I have successfully acquired a new OtterBox.
- Mon May 06, 2024 10:28 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2652
- Views: 274346
Re: Word evolution game
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...
- Mon May 06, 2024 12:13 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Syntax random
- Replies: 195
- Views: 114122
Re: Syntax random
“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...
- Fri May 03, 2024 11:09 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2652
- Views: 274346
Re: Word evolution game
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...
- Fri May 03, 2024 10:38 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2652
- Views: 274346
Re: Word evolution game
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)...
- Fri May 03, 2024 7:29 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2652
- Views: 274346
Re: Word evolution game
*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...
- Fri May 03, 2024 6:34 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2652
- Views: 274346
Re: Word evolution game
*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...
- Thu May 02, 2024 1:53 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Venting thread
- Replies: 1920
- Views: 15027563
Re: Venting thread
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.
Now I get to be ghosted or rejected another 300 times.
- Wed May 01, 2024 11:50 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2652
- Views: 274346
Re: Word evolution game
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...
- Wed May 01, 2024 5:38 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2652
- Views: 274346
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...
- Wed May 01, 2024 10:55 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Resources Thread
- Replies: 88
- Views: 69728
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.
- Wed May 01, 2024 8:38 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Venting thread
- Replies: 1920
- Views: 15027563
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...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:05 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2652
- Views: 274346
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...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:20 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2652
- Views: 274346
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...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2652
- Views: 274346
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...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2652
- Views: 274346
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"
['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"
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 6:40 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2652
- Views: 274346
Re: Word evolution game
Vowel length converts to consonantal gemination
['vɵ˞j.ja]
wéorle
‘(highly formal) mother; prime minister; madam, Mrs.’
['vɵ˞j.ja]
wéorle
‘(highly formal) mother; prime minister; madam, Mrs.’
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:05 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Venting thread
- Replies: 1920
- Views: 15027563
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...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:32 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2652
- Views: 274346
Re: Word evolution game
Trill release before high back vowels
['mʙu̯ɵ̃ː.lɛ]
muǫ́le
“mother”
['mʙu̯ɵ̃ː.lɛ]
muǫ́le
“mother”
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:38 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2652
- Views: 274346
Re: Word evolution game
Breaking of nasal vowels
['mu̯ɵ̃.lɛː]
mǫlē
“mother”
['mu̯ɵ̃.lɛː]
mǫlē
“mother”