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by Man in Space
Fri May 03, 2024 10:38 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2692
Views: 276414

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)...
by Man in Space
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...
by Man in Space
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...
by Man in Space
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.
by Man in Space
Wed May 01, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2692
Views: 276414

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...
by Man in Space
Wed May 01, 2024 5:38 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2692
Views: 276414

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...
by Man in Space
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.
by Man in Space
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...
by Man in Space
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...
by Man in Space
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...
by Man in Space
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...
by Man in Space
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"
by Man in Space
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.’
by Man in Space
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...
by Man in Space
Sun Apr 28, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Word evolution game
Replies: 2692
Views: 276414

Re: Word evolution game

Trill release before high back vowels

['mʙu̯ɵ̃ː.lɛ]
muǫ́le
“mother”
by Man in Space
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”
by Man in Space
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”
by Man in Space
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?

HolyKnowing wrote: Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:34 pm
Darren wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:43 am/s/ is always weird phonotactically. Some say it's a vowel.
Deep.
That’s not a joke.
by Man in Space
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.
by Man in Space
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.