Zompist Bboard Again

I might have thought that girls calling their boyfriends 'honey' was a modern thing, but nope. not even a little bit new.

No Bolsonaro discussion yet? I mean, granted, it's yet another right wing fascistoid populist amongst a bit of a tidal wave of right wing populists, but Brazil is a pretty big deal.

If always the passive voice was used, and the active voice was rarely ever used, the thought that this would have implications as to how we describe our grammar occurs to me.

Now I'm wondering if there are natlangs that work like this.

Vijay wrote: ↑Sun Jul 15, 2018 10:58 am Damn, you are young!

heartache to heartache he stands

Basics Username: Name: Tomas Other nicknames (including good stories, if you have any): Torco is an old nickname. back in school they used to call me Encarta. Birthplace: Las Condes, Santiago Place of residence: Providencia, Stgo Any particular reason you live there now?: its always struck me as wei...

I'm not as good at linguistics as a great many here, but for my two cents I'd think there's good reason to describe some languages with paradigmata laid out in complete tables, and others with just the rules: if there's 95 different rules going into it and all are super regular, then no, please don'...