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- Mon Jul 30, 2018 10:11 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: British Politics Guide
- Replies: 1941
- Views: 1020317
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: 10168
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...
- Mon Jul 30, 2018 4:45 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Of labials and labiodentals
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10168
Of labials and labiodentals
Are there any theories of phon[ology,etics] which explain why, in many (most?) languages, /p/ and /b/ are bilabials, but /f/ and /v/ are labiodentals? I suppose KEEP CALM and CONLANG ON; that's just what the LORD intended will have to do in the absence of anything else, but if you feel compelled to ...
- Fri Jul 27, 2018 4:53 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: British Politics Guide
- Replies: 1941
- Views: 1020317
Re: British Politics Guide
... and the new ZBB is complete. Welcome, Sal! What kind of deal-or-no-deal do you think will eventually be struck, to the extent that it's in any way predictable?
- Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:46 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: Morphologised Initial palatalizations?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14191
Morphologised Initial palatalizations?
Are there any instances of palatalised and nonpalatalised consonants alternating in initial position within the inflection of a word? This could happen, for example, in some Indo-European varieties when an initial /k/ or /g/ is variously followed immediately by palatalising /e/ alternating with nonp...
- Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:59 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: The New ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 318
- Views: 339844
The New ZBB Quote Thread
Because we'll need one sooner or later. So...
- Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:57 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Confusing headlines
- Replies: 701
- Views: 552958
- Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:25 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: ZBB Census 2018
- Replies: 89
- Views: 129472
Re: ZBB Census 2018
As with previous censuses, you can pick and choose which questions to answer. Ok then! Basics Username: alice Birthplace: Kitwe, Zambia Place of residence: Edinburgh Any particular reason you live there now? My dad found work there. Occupation: Software developer Pets: Cat Identity Gender: Male, de...