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Not a word I use regularly, but apparently "nihonium" is supposed to be pronounced /nɪˈhoʊ.ni.əm/. Are there any other English words with [ɪ] directly followed by [h]? I think I would naturalise the pronunciation as [nə.həʊ.ni.əm] I'm trying to think of morphemes that contain non-initial ...

It isn't rounded for me, unless every single /ə/ is rounded too: my NURSE vowel is straightforwardly /əː/ Mine is (weakly) rounded, on the way to [œː], but I can make an unrounded vowel which sounds like an unremarkable NURSE vowel. Isn't the rounding distinction somewhat neutralised in the centre ...

Gen men irnim hiranwaha?
Q ACT.2s think place-kind-what
What kind of where are you thinking of?

What's the motivation for ɚ in AmE squirrel (whether one syllable or two)? In BrE, squirrel patterns with other words containing ambisyllabic r between ɪ and ə, e.g. mirror, syrup, chirrup, stirrup.

Reusable coffee containers are as common as muck here; what's unusual is one which so closely apes the appearance of a disposable coffee cup. This, for example, is the design of the one I have: [img] As you can see, it has all the same components as your cup, but the "sleeve" on it isn't ...

Children and old people are also interesting because they're distinct from grown up's in how they think or are thought to think but probably do not actually think. That's interesting! I'd like to hear more detail about that. What are ways what those groups are 'thought to think, but probably do not...

I also call it a USB stick

Moose-tache wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 11:26 am But every time I read the word "favortism," I nearly have a spell. How does this keep happening, and what is the military planning to do to stop it?

Start pronouncing it like a Brit? [fɛjvɹətɪzm̩]

Let's start with a random sentence from the Hobbit then: As they sang the hobbit felt the love of beautiful things made by hands and by cunning and by magic moving through him, a fierce and a jealous love, the desire of the hearts of dwarves. Wen dem sing, obit ya fil lof flo swu im, lof a byuful t...

Tehi kua kue ivunu e zouas azuailia.Gaha ixu eni. maybe should create NOM.1+2PL.ICS ACC.3S.NSPEC difficult translate | miss NOM.3P.DEF.INAN DAT.1S.ICS Maybe we should make a translation challenge. I miss those. Oi waina ireane oi miga houduhha! SBJ STA-1s like-much SBJ ACT.2p-1s translate-something...

Aha, very interesting! You're right that the comparative sentence was confusing me.

What distinguishes ya and ye? Are there other particles that describe noun relationships?

Ad naraida hoed moidud
Black lives matter

This is great! Personally, I think your superscript notation is perfectly transparent, and helps me to parse the sentences correctly. Zyamo i lu mba. food COP LOC house The food is at home. I zyamo ye lu mba COP food ATTR LOC house There's food at home. Na i za zyamo ye lu mba. 1S COP hold A food AT...

masako wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 3:09 pm na isikukuan nye muhempa
I am very sad because of all the current events.

Euna anid. Laa houh gamaaha ande!
Me too. O, that justice would come!

More an instance of word gore than confusing, but:

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This reads as unacceptable to me but I can't figure out why (besides the mixed tense), or how to rephrase it to make it work

Ma oi ad inaurweh duheri hou megdu eigna in neaweu ina, nen da reo hinemineon I'm treating the isolation as an opportunity to grow out my facial hair, which I haven’t tried before Adide maihner ermaihnelhun orya allona nihmoawaad, geo nonide megdu rug erhuhma ermeumri hama ina edaneureo It's thin, ...

Glass Half Baked wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 3:32 am sano hapona yoko natihstapanokeen, noki “pub food” siita te maata
I'm adjusting well to this lonely life, although I'm missing pub food.

Daina reo magwe yeohim in unir, wan waina gei rugde med den araug adeona!
I wasn't missing pub food, but I am now you've mentioned it!

masako wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2020 1:21 pm moto ni kula ma
How are all of you?

Waina ounain orya dallih rug nonnide oh heimed dihad eiheu
I am glad to have rested over this long weekend

Weid waina halmogemun med dona dihmagi non yom nullurug ouh
But a bit tired because I slept badly last night

This is a great read, really interesting! Thanks for sharing. I'm curious how speakers would describe a motion event with attention to the path or route, since you say the motion verbs are punctual, and boundary crossing verbs are instantaneous. So for e.g. "We traveled through the forest"...

So sorry to hear that, hope she recovers soon!