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- Fri May 03, 2024 10:38 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2692
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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: 2692
- Views: 276414
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: 2692
- Views: 276414
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: 1936
- Views: 15029121
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: 2692
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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: 2692
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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: 70101
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: 1936
- Views: 15029121
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: 2692
- Views: 276414
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: 2692
- Views: 276414
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: 2692
- Views: 276414
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: 2692
- Views: 276414
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: 2692
- Views: 276414
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: 1936
- Views: 15029121
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: 2692
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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: 2692
- Views: 276414
Re: Word evolution game
Breaking of nasal vowels
['mu̯ɵ̃.lɛː]
mǫlē
“mother”
['mu̯ɵ̃.lɛː]
mǫlē
“mother”
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:23 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Word evolution game
- Replies: 2692
- Views: 276414
Re: Word evolution game
Intervocalic lenition
['mɔ̃.ðaː]
mantā
“mother”
['mɔ̃.ðaː]
mantā
“mother”
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:39 pm
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: What are the phonotactics rules for Classical Latin?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1097
Re: What are the phonotactics rules for Classical Latin?
That’s not a joke.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:14 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Happy things thread!
- Replies: 1211
- Views: 716839
Re: Happy things thread!
I’m on the way back to my college town for the Norman Music Festival.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:13 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Happy things thread!
- Replies: 1211
- Views: 716839
Re: Happy things thread!
Took a few hours but I alphabetized my record collection this afternoon.