Zompist Bboard Again

/i u/ <ꓲ ꓴ> /e ə o/ <ꓰ ꓷ ꓳ> /a/ <ꓮ/0> /jə aj/ <ꓱ ꓯ> /m n ɲ/ <ꓟ ꓠ ꓠꓬ> /b d̪ d dz dʒ/ <ꓐ ꓓ ꓜ ꓜ ꓙ ꓖ> /pʰ t̪ʰ tʰ tsʰ tʃʰ cʰ kʰ qʰ/ <ꓒ ꓕ ꓞ ꓞ ꓛ ꓘꓬ ꓘ ꓥ> /t̪ʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ cʼ kʼ qʼ/ <ꓔ ꓝ ꓝ ꓚ ꓗ ꓗꓬ ꓦ> /s ʃ ç x χ h/ <ꓢ ꓢꓬ ꓫꓬ ꓫ ꓧ ꓧ> /β ð z ʒ ɣ ʁ/ <ꓩ ꓤ ꓣ ꓣꓬ ꓭ ꓭ> /r l ʎ/ <ꓶ ꓡ ꓡꓬ> /w j/ <ꓪ/-ꓳ ꓬ> short, stressed <ꓼ> ...

Unstressed: /i u/ <É 8> /e ə o/ <A E Ó> /a/ <O> /jə aj/ <Ʉ I> Stressed (when not penultimate if slashed/barred; <U> isn't written word-finally): /i u/ <Ɇ 8́> /e ə o/ <Á U Ø> /a/ <Ɵ> /jə aj/ <EU Í> /ĩ ũ/ <É̱ 8̱...> /m n ɲ/ <M N Ń> /b d̪ d dz dʒ/ <B D Ɉ J J́> /pʰ t̪ʰ tʰ tsʰ tʃʰ cʰ kʰ qʰ/ <P T Ꞓ C Ć Ḱ ...

/i u/ <i u> /e ə o/ <e o ou> /a/ <a> /ĩ ũ/ <iñ uñ...> /iː uː/ <ii uu...> Stress: <à> (when not penultimate) /m n ɲ/ <m n ny> /b d̪ d dz dʒ/ <b dh d dz j> /pʰ t̪ʰ tʰ tsʰ tʃʰ cʰ kʰ qʰ/ <p th t ts ch ky k q> /t̪ʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ cʼ kʼ qʼ/ <th' t' ts' ch' k'y k' q'> /s ʃ ç x χ h/ <s š hy x x̌ h> /β ð z ʒ ɣ ʁ...

rotting bones wrote: ↑Thu Apr 23, 2026 8:31 pm

Nortaneous wrote: ↑Thu Apr 23, 2026 12:17 pm Also, abolish DC building height limits and loosen setback restrictions.

Weren't you worried about bricks falling on your head?

No.

DC has a poorly made office building that sheds chunks of concrete over the sidewalk. It has safety netting now. But it's a low-rise.

Move amphetamines to Schedule IV, or at least abolish the central planning bureau that allows the government to insist on shortages, and legalize coca tea. Many economic benefits will follow.

Also, abolish DC building height limits and loosen setback restrictions.

Wij zood een maximaal silly (untranslatable) weestgermaanish Spreek hebben. Uck bung der nog steeds mud dem Klonkweete beezig, eggter het zoo der zaauw wtzeen. Het wurdt noomt Tootish. [wʌi̯ zuːd ən mæksɪmɑːɫ sɪɫiː wiːstχɚmɑːnɪʃ ʃpɻiːk hɛbm̩. ʔʌk bʌŋ dɚ nɒχ ʃtiːts mʌd dəm tɫɒŋkwiːʔə biːzɪχ ʔɛχtɚ ʔ ...

Travis B. wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2026 8:42 pm Does anyone else have a consistent phonemic contrast between enable and unable?

ᵻˈnejbl / ˌʌnˈejbl

A mince pie is made with mincemeat. What is mincemeat? It's made of fruits and nuts. It used to be made of minced meat with fruits added, like zereshk polo ba morgh or the various beef stews with raisins, but over time, the meat was omitted and the other ingredients were amplified. It's still proper...

Conservatives? You mean, like, the party of Dick Cheney? Dick Cheney was alive in the last election cycle, right? Did he make an endorsement? Conservatives aren't known for their willingness to see where the radicals are coming from. The radicals are just commies. Dirty commies, who need to stop doi...

I'd question though if anyone actually has /pæbst/... it's hard to say and also isn't how it's said in German. (You can get /bs/ in words like "absess", but only because the consonants go with different syllables.) I do. The vowel is long. This is what I would expect from someone trying t...

I'd question though if anyone actually has /pæbst/... it's hard to say and also isn't how it's said in German. (You can get /bs/ in words like "absess", but only because the consonants go with different syllables.) I do. The vowel is long. (One nuance, though— I distinguish t/d before syl...

Isn't Louisville /luwəvəl/ without secondary stress?

an extra chwelve dollars (re affrication of /t/ before /w/ discussion from ages ago)

/p b mb t d nd ts dz ndz tɕ dʑ ndʑ tʂ dʐ k g/ <p b m t d n c z l ch j ñ tr dr k g> /m n̪ n ɲ/ <m n l ñ> /f s ʂ ɕ x/ <f s sh x h> /w j/ <w y> /r~ʐ~ɣ/ <r> /a ɒ e ə o i u z̩ v̩/ <a ak e ek o ik uk i u> nasal vowels <n> / <ng> syllabic nasals <un> /˥ ˧ ˩ ˥˩/ <á ā à ah> /ko ˧ fɒ˧ dʑə˥ tʂv̩˩ ra˥˩ju˥ jĩ ˩ ...

/p b t d ts dz tʂ dʐ k g/ <p b t d ts dz ch j k g> /m n̪ n ɲ/ <m n nh ny> / <mb nd ndz nj> /f s (z) ʂ x/ <f s z sh h> /w j/ <w y> (unwritten after semivowels) /r/ <r> /a ə i u/ <a e i u> + nasal vowels <-n> + syllabic nasals <mun pun fun>, <nun tun sun> etc. /˥ ˧ ˩ ˥˩/ <á ā à â> /kwə˧fa˧ djə˥ tʂu˩ r...

now that I've composed the annual sentence, here's Zzyxwqnp Analysis 1: /p b mb t d nd ts dz ndz tɕ dʑ ndʑ tʂ dʐ k g/ /m n̪ n ɲ/ /f s ʂ ɕ x/ /w j/ /r~ʐ~ɣ/ /a ɒ e ə o i u z̩ v̩/ + nasal vowels + syllabic nasals /˥ ˧ ˩ ˥˩/ - /e ə/ don't contrast after palatals. /a ɒ/ don't contrast after labials. /ə o...

mura adaiyed! elaŋc i dhellu sián iŋ untala. Leilis onnen san, ammus aiyelfi Heláin avanned cwataŋged eóll’ u talama evian. ameindenten tindi tainiri s’aiyelfas fiuna? unarrus m’alleti sián. 2.ABS.PL blessing-OBL.PL / arrive-PERF a.ABS.F this-ALL.M 1.ABS.F now not-before-ADV / Leilis.VOC be.named-A...

I would have put this in the random phonology thread, but I found it quite hard to Romanise, so it's here. It's some kind of cross between Greenlandic, Mayan and something Amazonian maybe? [m n ɲ (ŋ) (ɴ)] <m n ny n n> [ppʰ ttʰ tt͡sʰ kkʰ qqʰ] <sp st sc sk sq> [pp tt tt͡s kk qq] <sb' sd' sc' sk' sq'>...

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