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bradrn

Another phonetic rule On the other hand, processes like nasal assimilation (on which I’ll say more later) do apply across the boundary. I just realised I completely forgot to mention nasal assimilation in my last post on phonetic rules . So let’s fix that before it’s too late… Anyway, there’s not m...

bradrn

Thats why I said spoken human languages. :) In that case, it’s just a tautology… Tautologies are facts, right? (i'm serious - I asked a few times over the course of my life, and nobody wanted to give me an answer) Well, this is ultimately a question of definition, hence a somewhat useless question....

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...If I say spoken human languages involve sound , a statement I make despite not having carefully checked that fact in over twenty years...am I wrong? As it happens, this is wrong: you forgot sign languages. Thats why I said spoken human languages. :) In that case, it’s just a tautology…

bradrn

My impression is that the antisemitism and other extremism is mostly pushed top-down from the government; of course it’s hard to avoid picking up antisemitic beliefs in that environment, but at the same time people are able to recognise government propaganda for what it is. I suspect that, while ma...

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I’ve only ever known them under the name ‘Kerguelen’, never ‘Desolation’. As for Iran: I have also heard that, compared to the rest of the Islamic world, it has less antisemitism. But ‘less’ is a relative word; I don’t think the Jews there are having a particularly great time of it. Of course, emigr...

bradrn

I’ve been thinking about revisiting Wēchizaŋkəŋ , once I’ve gotten Eŋes where I want it (and I do actually have a definite plan for it, so keep on reading!). I’ve always liked the aesthetic, and rereading the grammar, there’s definitely interesting stuff in there I’d like to explore further. The maj...

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hwhatting wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:18 am
linguistcat wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:20 pm I'm trying to figure out how cat spirits might speak a variation of Middle Chinese.
How could cat-like spirits speak any language but Miao?

bradrn

I was linked to this impressively accessible grammar of West Greenlandic: https://oqa.dk/assets/aitwg2ED.pdf . It’s a little eccentric in its presentation, but then again West Greenlandic is a little eccentric too, so it works well. From just reading the first few pages this seems much more "f...

bradrn

I was linked to this impressively accessible grammar of West Greenlandic: https://oqa.dk/assets/aitwg2ED.pdf. It’s a little eccentric in its presentation, but then again West Greenlandic is a little eccentric too, so it works well.

bradrn

GoshDiggityDangit wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:52 pm How often does a new phonology get posted?

Any time anyone has one to post.

bradrn

I think I may have been unclear in some parts. To address your points in turn: 1) "Israel is no worse than Sudan or Burma" is not a great argument. Maybe Israel should try to be better than some of the worst post-colonial dictatorships in the world. You’re right, but it’s also not the argu...

bradrn

I give you that Sudan and Myanmar have not gotten the same level of attention as Israel, and have largely fallen from the public's consciousness (when activism about Darfur was a big thing was some years back, and has largely disappeared), and awareness of Iran has largely centered on the actions o...

bradrn

Jesus Effing Christ. If you want people to understand your points clearly, have you ever considered, you know, actually phrasing them clearly ? (And if you ever do decide to take such an approach, please clarify whether your last post was sarcasm or not. Though it’s an essentially correct argument,...

bradrn

In this case, Palestine matters right now because the IDF is bombing Gaza to smithereens and starving those it hasn't bombed in a very disproportionate fashion at the very present. And Sudan matters right now , and Myanmar also matters right now , and… you get the point, I hope. I heard plenty abou...

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Everybody else gets to have an apartheid state that's actively committing genocide and lying about it, but suddenly people object when the Jews do it? Nobody makes a peep when there's ethnic cleansing in Sudan or Myanmar (don't google it), or when the AfD tries to do the fourth reich (don't google ...

bradrn

Yes, I’m aware that the point was a burqa ban. (In Australia we argued about the idea a while back, but it never went through.) And apparently it bans huge crosses too. But I’d say that Jews are the most affected, because there’s not really any alternative to a kippah, whereas Muslims can at least ...

bradrn

Less dramatically, France declares it illegal to wear a yarmulke and generally makes it illegal to be any kind of observant Jew (even more likely). What happens then? Hasn’t it already banned yarmulkes in some contexts? Yes, at school, and if you're a civil servant. I honestly don't know how mandat...

bradrn

Ares Land wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:43 am Less dramatically, France declares it illegal to wear a yarmulke and generally makes it illegal to be any kind of observant Jew (even more likely). What happens then?

Hasn’t it already banned yarmulkes in some contexts?

bradrn

Torco wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:41 am because a two state solution is not possible while israel annexes and supports settlers, which seems to be quite integral to modern zionism

I‘m a Zionist, and I don’t support the settlers. I know other Zionists who are the same. Once again, please don’t confuse Netanyahu-ism with Zionism.

bradrn

I have heard it suggested that the Pirahã suddenly starting to use /tʙ̥/ around Everett was literally just a joke. Like they were bored and wanted to fuck with him so they started sticking raspberries in random words. Isn’t it also seen in Wariʼ, at least? (Personally, I think it’s no less weird th...

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