Zompist Bboard Again

With regards to the system, when thinking about it, I decided that the companion star's apparent magnitude was a major consideration—I didn't want the night to be day-lite. To that end, I've opted to go with Xi Boötis A . The secondary is a K- or M-type star that only gets a little closer to its pri...

I have been reëvaluating where Ítöð is located. It requires the following: - G-type primary, or reasonably close option - Projected age of at least 2 Gyr, preferably 3 – 6 Gyr - Wide binary or similar system - No currently-detected extrasolar planets that would wreck the habitable zone - < 100 ly di...

I'm a Helvetica stan. Don't @ me. But I also adore Microgramma.

Torco wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:50 pm in related news, I once used century gothic on a resume

Like a boss.

Could be a number of reasons. Just off the top of my head…
- Morphological alternations
- Partial voicing/devoicing
- It’s actually slack voice or some other phonation
- To highlight particulars of the phonetic environment

What's a schlaugh? Schlaugh is a blogging platform focused on a measured production and consumption experience. It updates at the same time every day and you can only post once per day. You can’t see who follows you nor respond directly to posts (though you can tag others and a general tag, “milksh...

I now have a schlaugh.

To take your mind off actual horror, how about some nice conworlding horror instead? Green Antarctica Apparently there's also a thread going at AlternateHistory.com The doc is about the size of a thick novel, and I must say that's some pretty neat conworlding they got going on. The basic idea is th...

We got drum tracks recorded for about two-thirds of the album.

Clearly the term “hut” meaning “basic domicile” is a colloquial development—specifically shortening and generalization—of “Pizza Hut”, a location apparently held in great esteem.

Moose-tache wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 3:32 pm

Man in Space wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:49 am

Moose-tache wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:54 am Anyone else planning to participate in NaNoWriMo?

Yes!

Do you have any special process for preparing beforehand?

Not really. I try to have a general idea of where the story is going, and I have to do some conlanging for it, but I don’t have any ritualistic customs or anything.

Moose-tache wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:54 am Anyone else planning to participate in NaNoWriMo?

Yes!

So I was wandering down an Internet rabbit hole and I saw some ways you could change the color of the ocean. I've decided that Ítöð has red, iron-rich oceans. Might even be a Canfield ocean. Also, Ítöð has two kingdoms corresponding to "plants" based on what color their chlorophylls are: í...

Suppose you have a language where there are different conjunctions for joining nouns, verbs, and clauses. (There is also a lot of zero-derivation between verbs and nouns.) Is it plausible that conjunctions for nouns and/or verbs could develop into classifiers/markers for nouns (and/or for verbs)?

Moje urodziny są w niedzielę.
My birthday’s on Sunday.

Maybe take out the last question please… it gives me painful memories, and I wouldn’t expect anyone outside certain conlanging communities to know the answer… EDIT: Oops, nevermind, I misread the question. I thought you had asked, ‘Which language is Bob an expert on?’, but you were actually asking,...

- For the major motion picture The Interpreter , this language was invented based on a mixture of local languages. (Answer: Ku) - This fictitious language, from a major multimedia franchise, clings to a word order opposite that of English (namely, object-verb-subject). (Answer: Klingon) - Khal Drogo...

I had my first infusion of Remicade on Friday.

Just so I don't forget my own Classical plural rules: htɹ hkɹ htl hkl → ts ts tɬ tɬ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I think I've got a good set o...

Stardust – "Music Sounds Better with You" (the extended version)