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by Raphael
Sun Jan 06, 2019 9:19 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang Random Thread
Replies: 3068
Views: 2908789

Re: Conlang Random Thread

Do you really need that many languages? Even a history of the real world probably wouldn't feature names from more than a dozen or so languages, I should think. [also, don't forget that in a realistic settting, a lot of the languages in your history will be descendents of earlier languages in your ...
by Raphael
Sun Jan 06, 2019 6:20 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang Random Thread
Replies: 3068
Views: 2908789

Re: Conlang Random Thread

*Loooong sigh* This is a really weird thing to say on a conlang-centered board whose members basically have all been conlanging for a while, but, well, I think I might start to do some conlanging myself. (In case you're wondering, I'm here mainly as a kind of legacy from the original Virtual Verdur...
by Raphael
Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:06 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: How Not To Conlang?
Replies: 76
Views: 74330

Re: How Not To Conlang?

See here: http://www.verduria.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=177 (It's a dumb term-- "Standard Average European". One of the links in that thread suggest the more intriguing "Charlemagne Sprachbund". It mostly seems to come down to French + German and their varying influence on nei...
by Raphael
Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:04 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Names, Naming Conventions, and Name Usage
Replies: 61
Views: 38343

Re: Names, Naming Conventions, and Name Usage

mèþru wrote: Fri Jan 04, 2019 6:50 am "toponymic surname"
Thank you!
by Raphael
Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:48 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Names, Naming Conventions, and Name Usage
Replies: 61
Views: 38343

Re: Names, Naming Conventions, and Name Usage

Thank you for your replies, everyone!

Is there a linguistic technical term for a name or part of a name derived from a place, as in "Sarah From-Sacramento"?
by Raphael
Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:31 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: How Not To Conlang?
Replies: 76
Views: 74330

Re: How Not To Conlang?

It seems pretty strange to forget that this board has some pretty high demands on conlangs-- mostly coming down to linguistic knowledge, with a side order of not-being-SAE. I seem to remember you bringing up in another thread that you'd created a test for how SAE a phonology is. Consistency, comple...
by Raphael
Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:27 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Is there anything cool about Esperanto?
Replies: 38
Views: 17074

Re: Is there anything cool about Esperanto?

Mi vidis Johanaregon Johanumantajn Johane. "I saw a large group of Johanns Johanning around Johannically." This reminds of my pet idea that the distinction between nouns, verbs, and adjectives seems to be gradually disappearing in 21st Century English. For instance, someone who doesn't li...
by Raphael
Thu Jan 03, 2019 1:24 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Names, Naming Conventions, and Name Usage
Replies: 61
Views: 38343

Re: Names, Naming Conventions, and Name Usage

Somewhat related: there are languages that traditionally put the surname first. And then there are languages that don't have surnames at all, and use patronymics or matronymics instead. But - are there any languages that combine these two things? That is, languages with matronymics or patronymics th...
by Raphael
Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:18 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Names, Naming Conventions, and Name Usage
Replies: 61
Views: 38343

Names, Naming Conventions, and Name Usage

A while ago, I read a German history book about 17th- and 18th century European royalty and aristocrats, Das Europa der Könige: Macht und Spiel an den Höfen des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts [something like The Europe of Kings: Power and Games at the Courts of the 17th and 18th Century ], by Leonhard Hor...
by Raphael
Wed Jan 02, 2019 9:18 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Conlang Random Thread
Replies: 3068
Views: 2908789

Re: Conlang Random Thread

*Loooong sigh* This is a really weird thing to say on a conlang-centered board whose members basically have all been conlanging for a while, but, well, I think I might start to do some conlanging myself. (In case you're wondering, I'm here mainly as a kind of legacy from the original Virtual Verduri...
by Raphael
Sat Dec 22, 2018 9:28 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Confusing headlines
Replies: 708
Views: 560996

Re: Confusing headlines

From the Guardian:

"Teenager charged after knife found by Old Bailey security staff "
by Raphael
Sat Dec 22, 2018 7:56 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Happy things thread!
Replies: 1225
Views: 733033

Re: Happy things thread!

Congratulations!
by Raphael
Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:04 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to? - All languages
Replies: 1000
Views: 3650458

Re: What are you reading, watching and listening to? - All languages

Another book I'm currently reading is The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks? , by Jan Zalasiewicz, about what traces of human activity alien explorers might find in 100 million years. Parts of it also serve nicely as an introduction to some basic ideas of geology. Interesti...
by Raphael
Tue Dec 18, 2018 2:04 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to? - All languages
Replies: 1000
Views: 3650458

Re: What are you reading, watching and listening to? - All languages

Another book I'm currently reading is The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks?, by Jan Zalasiewicz, about what traces of human activity alien explorers might find in 100 million years. Parts of it also serve nicely as an introduction to some basic ideas of geology.
by Raphael
Mon Dec 17, 2018 12:19 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: grad school paper about the ZBB
Replies: 4
Views: 5934

Re: grad school paper about the ZBB

@Vardelm: Nice and interesting paper! Your occasional comments on the history of the board made me think that it would be nice if someone could put together a full history sometime, possibly (if they were feeling particularly ambitious) in the context of a history of the internet conlanging communit...
by Raphael
Fri Dec 14, 2018 7:19 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Maraille question
Replies: 1
Views: 5382

Maraille question

The information on Incatena planets states that outworld visitors, while banned from the "retro" parts of Maraille, are allowed on Île de Maraille. Meanwhile, the information on Maraille itself states that a minority of Jondiles oppose the way the planet is run. Wouldn't at least some of t...
by Raphael
Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:34 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Dream sharing thread
Replies: 218
Views: 295364

Re: Dream sharing thread

I dreamed of dinosaurs trying to eat me last night. Oh, and an old crush.
by Raphael
Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:07 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: British Politics Guide
Replies: 1949
Views: 1041737

Re: British Politics Guide

This doesn't look good for May, but one thing you have to hand her, not looking good but still being PM is her signature move. Surely it looks worse for the hard brexiters? It looks like they hyperfocused on getting that 15% of the party members to write to the 1922 committee, and not much on comin...
by Raphael
Wed Dec 12, 2018 3:29 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: British Politics Guide
Replies: 1949
Views: 1041737

Re: British Politics Guide

In what may be an attempt to maintain his reputation as a complete joke, Rees-Mogg has said that he accepts the results of the vote but that May should resign anyway.
by Raphael
Wed Dec 12, 2018 3:01 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: British Politics Guide
Replies: 1949
Views: 1041737

Re: British Politics Guide

200 for May, 117 against.