Zompist Bboard Again

At the Norman Music Festival this year, there’s a band on the bill called Mary Shelley. I note, with considerable amusement, that they are quite appropriately set to perform on the Monster Alley stage.

Unrelated: has anyone ever done serious research into what might be called the "experience paradox"? What I mean is this: few people would like the idea of being treated by inexperienced doctors when they're ill. But if inexperienced doctors don't get to treat patients, how is the next ge...

Something completely random that I'm currently wondering about: has it ever happened, anywhere, at any time, that literal shit actually hit a fan? I was going to say they tried it on MythBusters , except that was a blue substitute so they could see how it scattered and wasn’t the real thing. They d...

Progressive assimilation

[ʈʂɽ͡ru]
eh₂tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’

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Low tone glottalizes

[ɴaˀ˧˩]
dâ
‘milkfish, any smoked fish’

Raising of final vowels

[ɜʈʂʙ̆βu]
eh₂tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’

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Glottalization of *t

[ʔa˧˩]
dâ
‘milkfish, any smoked fish’

At around age 9 I used the conjunction 'for' in the sense of 'because' in a piece of writing and my teacher marked it incorrect (though I knew it was quite correct, thank you very much). Most likely I picked it up from reading the Bible Brings back bad memories of college…there was a TA in one of t...

*ʙ > ʙ̆β

[ɜʈʂʙ̆βɛ̆ɔ̯̆]
eh₂tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’

*VxV contraction with stress determining tone

[dâ]
taśa
‘milkfish’

Affectation of central vowels by retroflexes

[ɜʈʂʙœ]
eh₂tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’

Initial obstruent voicing

[ˈda.ɕa]
taśa
‘milkfish’

Rounding of front vowels after labial(ized) consonants

[aʈʙœ]
eh₂tre
"mansion, particularly one with a pool"

Laryngeal vocalization

[aʈʀɛ]
eh₂tre
"mansion, particularly one with a pool"

Loss of final vowels

[ɕ]
-ch
‘derivational suffix indicating rebelliousness or error’

Initial fricatives > preäspiration

[^hʈʀæ]
htrae
‘lake, pool’

Length > quality

[ˈt͡ɕi]
ceehe
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’

*ɣ > ʀ

[rɖʀæ]
sijra
‘lake, pool’

Given the following: new categories V = a ã a̰ e ẽ ḛ i ĩ ḭ o õ o̰ u ũ ṵ ᵊ © = a e i o u Ñ = ã ẽ ĩ õ ũ Ç = a̰ ḛ ḭ o̰ ṵ Y = ѣ ь ъ C = n b t k kʷ q qʷ ʔ s ɾ r l h W = j w end the rule h / / V _ C refuses to work after ᵊ —it seems not to want to recognize it as part of V ( e.g. , ihti comes out as iᵊhti...

Loss of final consonants

[ˈt͡ɕeə̯]
ceehe
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’


[ʐɖ͡ʐ] > [ʐɖ]

[ʐɖʁæ]
sijra
‘lake, pool’

The dwarves live underground. As such, they are congenitally blind and rely on sound to navigate. Their languages feature clicks. Proto-Dwarvish /*p *pʰ *b *m *w/ *p *ph *b *m *w /*t *tʰ *d *n *ɹ *l/ *t *th *d *n *r *l /*ʈ *ʈʰ *ɖ *ɳ *ɻ *ɭ/ *ṭ ṭh *ḍ *ṇ *ṛ *ḷ /*k *kʰ *g *ŋ *j *ʎ/ *k *kh *g *ĝ *y *λ /*...

I’m reading the SCK and the sentence “It’s their huts that the goblins want to sell near Borridge” is asterisked. That’s completely licit for me.

*j > h

[ˈcɛːhɛ]
naj
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’

Lowering of high vowels before syllables with nonhigh vowels

[ˈze.dʐɻæ]
jäwrä
‘lake, pool’

There is this rewards points program that my workplace uses (obligatory I-do-not-speak-officially-on-behalf-of-my-employer disclaimer). I had a little downtime last week and found I had accumulated enough points to actually get something. So, I got a laser pointer/pen/flashlight/stylus (I was in the...

I had occasion to log into Glassdoor for the first time in a while. They are forcing me to “contribute” to “enjoy another 12 months of access”. Way to ensure I never use you again, Glassdoor!