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by doctor shark
Sat Oct 06, 2018 6:31 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang fluency thread
Replies: 2510
Views: 1487949

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Ši sapwepos poppiebo, wa puppo bepambo labbebo. if fish-ACC-1p-GEN not.eat-TR-1p, then VOL friend-DAT-1p share-TR-1p If I catch a fish I won't eat, I'll give it to a friend. Peșissir èt Texas, dãde stiãt dei rejuli zereu stricti per se stature și si classi delle puissae c̦e une peșar podia atrapare...
by doctor shark
Sun Sep 30, 2018 5:43 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang fluency thread
Replies: 2510
Views: 1487949

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Thiénas — lang ? /tʰíénàs ꜜlaŋ/ hunter COP who Who's a hunter? Sèie une peșar, mè nè une șassar. [sᵊˈjɛ ˈunɛ ˈpeʃaɾ mᵊ͜ nᵊ͜ ˈunɛ ˈʃassaɾ] (standard) [sjɛ ũnə peʃaɐ̯ mə̃n ũnə ʃasaɐ̯] (SE dialect) I'm a fisherman, but not a hunter. Nè peșe malheuruseu èo Lucsemborgo, car mièir paitru va tosi mièii ca...
by doctor shark
Sun Sep 30, 2018 5:31 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Elections in various countries
Replies: 1099
Views: 611436

Re: Elections in various countries

So, here in the one and only Grand Duchy, an election is due to take place on 14 October for the Chamber of Deputies, the 60-member legislature. Seats are largely filled by proportional representation from open lists in four constituencies, so the quotas for seats vary from constituency to constitue...
by doctor shark
Mon Sep 17, 2018 10:14 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Replies: 666
Views: 756478

Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread

So, my family (near Fayetteville, NC) is safe and my mother's house is intact after Florence passed through the area, but they're without power and have been since about Friday morning. No estimate yet on when power will be back. They're also far enough from the river where there shouldn't be a risk...
by doctor shark
Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:30 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Elections in various countries
Replies: 1099
Views: 611436

Re: Elections in various countries

How long can we expect the Swedish coalition negotiations to take? As long as Belgium's? That would be funny and possibly well-deserved, though they could end up with a semi-coalition agreement like they had in the previous Riksdag. (The opposition parties would abstain from budget votes and votes ...
by doctor shark
Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:58 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Happy things thread!
Replies: 1221
Views: 719743

Re: Happy things thread!

Indian weddings are easy that way. If you're a man going to a Hindu wedding, you wear kurta pyjama . If you're a man going to any other kind of wedding, you wear a tux. If you're a woman going to any kind of wedding at all, you wear a sari (same with most social events). Weddings are never casual. ...
by doctor shark
Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:42 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to? - All languages
Replies: 998
Views: 3640284

Re: What are you reading, watching and listening to? - All languages

I've been watching a lot of Fort Boyard in French, which is great for helping to improve my French. (Loved the British version from many eons ago. Love the French version now, and not just because the host is smoking hot.)
by doctor shark
Thu Aug 02, 2018 8:35 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang fluency thread
Replies: 2510
Views: 1487949

Re: Conlang fluency thread

na ke ha'ena uenipa nya keta hayo unyak I don't understand (how) she can blame me for her behavior... Vissir si mismi fõti cã mièii pamerti lui șidetirãt. Mièir paitru atistissi èt c̦e mièin maitra eus faot ditère. Mè la nè fat della trașessã. I saw the same when my parents separated. My dad tried ...
by doctor shark
Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:14 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang fluency thread
Replies: 2510
Views: 1487949

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Tohaite lid es doê hai. May the crystals flow. Și ștormãt. [ʃi ʃtoɾˈmɐ̃t] And they do flow. Sa confèrența idet dobreu, mè n'è sin delle probleme. È dã un colossa sentrõ confèrențin, și si c̦inc camari delle animasione sãt fortuneu șidetuti. È asse un problema de balãsiu dei ditiai, mè crèiom c̦e sè...
by doctor shark
Mon Jul 16, 2018 5:45 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang fluency thread
Replies: 2510
Views: 1487949

Re: Conlang fluency thread

Aprè tri zile, vame èa Jiapan per un confèrența dei cristaili lic̦idri èt Kyoto partic̦ipare. Avarse asse dèic̦e zile di conje per șe depaje èle tovarne com Tokyo, Hakone, și Nagoya, ater domilèrse èt Seoul per une idur di vinc̦e și un eure. [ˈapɾᵊ tɾi ˈzilɛ ˈvamɛ a ˈʑjapɐn pɛɾ un konfˈɾent͡sɐ dɛj ...
by doctor shark
Mon Jul 09, 2018 2:09 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: ZBB Census 2018
Replies: 89
Views: 129571

Re: ZBB Census 2018

Basics Username: doctor shark/vampireshark Name: Larry Honaker Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Place of residence: Wageningen, the Netherlands Any particular reason you live there now? Moved here for a postdoc, and quite like it Occupation: Postdoc in Physics research Pets (+5 extra credit if you...