Zompist Bboard Again

@sasasha: My point is not that there is would be no river transport that lets people hop on and off; my point is that it wouldn't have schedules. What would be the need to bind your cargo ships to a schedule, instead of waiting until there is cargo?*) This is only needed from when you have big indus...

Stage coaches had schedules earlier, because they were specific: - They were part of royal / imperial postal systems; that was their original purpose, taking passengers along was a nice earner on top. Government mail was expected to be delivered fast and on a schedule; private mail tagged along - ag...

The age argument is of course ridiculous because his main rival is more or less of the same age. Yes and no. I think the problem with that rebuttal is that it emphasises for younger voters just how limited their choices are: Do you want this doddering old white guy or do you want the other dodderin...

zompist may correct me for Verduria, but one other thing to keep in mind is that premodern travel and transport was not nearly as tightly scheduled as we are used to; certainly not on a cargo ship that would take passengers along. You may have had a reasonable expectation plus minus a couple of days...

sasasha wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:46 am Just to mention, I've updated the post now (nine or so times!! Kept thinking of things to add) so there's a better discussion on the technical points.

Thanks for pointing that out, I would have missed the updates otherwise!

Nice!
What instrument are you playing in that recording?

The Libertarian / Techbro hype on how crypto will get you around governments and fiat money is just that, hype. As long as you need a physical data center to create your cryptocurrency, government just can send a SWAT team and close it down. As usual, the techbros don't understand how much of what t...

@Ahzoh: that's not how "stative" is normally used... I dunno how they're normally used, I'm pretty sure they're just verbs that involve states, conditions or mental stuff, like red, cold, happy, sick, know, believe, understand, etc. In principle, yes, but "stative" is normally u...

The only remark I have is that I haven't yet heard of "stative transitive" verbs, as states typically don't involve direct objects. What kind of verbs are these that they warrant a special category? One example from English would be "love", which is normally counted as stative v...

Thanks! Yeah, that's a good reference point. What did you expect to hear, out of interest, and what surprised you? I'd like to make more Dhekhnami pieces, so I'd love to hear. For me, one thing I didn't want to do was make this sound overly ‘evil empire’-ish. Yeah, well, the evil empire vibe was wh...

Dhekhnam: Ktuti bikoshil

Not what I expected as well - this reminds me a lot of what I've heard of Orthodox Church singing. Sounds great!

Just coming across this while catching up. Huxley also had an opinion on how his dystopia stacked up against 1984.

What's the origin of -o in Ukrainian words like Dnipro, Petro, Dmytro, Mykhailo etc. ? All other Slavic languages have cognates of these words that end in a consonant (i.e. Dniepr, Pyotr, Dimitriy, Mikhail) Though I don't know the answer to the question, "Дняпро" is, according to Wikipedi...

Good to know!

English: Nothing unreal exists. nothing unreal exists nothing un- real exist -s Tautisca: Nés naina néwéra. NEG.be-3SG.Pres.ACT none-N.PL.NOM NEG.true-N.PL.NOM Not-are no not-real (things). Note: In a trait inherited from PIE, neuter plurals agree with singular forms of the verb.

Coming back to the ZBB after being busy wih other stuff - I really like what you're doing here! I especially like the diary parts.

Lambuzhao wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 10:04 am Xiur-iên de̋ncqpse̋rng psäoncq!

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How would you say «Thank You» in your conlang(s)?

Dolchunus (m) / dolchuna (f) im "I'm obliged"; pl. dolchunai / dolchunás semis

Imralu wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 1:05 am I can't be entirely sure, but my language doesn't seem to be Germanic.

Tócí mai funnér.
so 1SG-DAT seem-3SG.PRES.ACT
It looks that way to me.

The cold winter is near, a snowstorm will come. Come in my warm house, my friend. Welcome*)! Come here, sing and dance, eat and drink. That is my plan**). We have water, beer and milk fresh from the cow. Oh, and warm soup! Tautisca: Nu sa hímu golta’s praica, naifina torma abbussít. Abbun tun domun ...

Note that even today, although no-one would use formal pronouns with their parents, using them with your in-laws isn't that uncommon (I dodged that bullet as I already knew them in a familar setting before getting involved with their daughter). I don't have German in-laws, but from what I can see a...