Zompist Bboard Again

New Rule: If you are describing a phenomenon that exists on Earth (like people not having perfectly binary genitalia or secondary sex characteristics), use the most current, scientific language possible. If you are describing things you made up (like people who can both impregnate and gestate), the...

There's a big archipelago to the south--I have a hand-drawn map of the island groups and climates somewhere if I can dig it up. I didn't include the islands because they're fairly isolated from the mainland; they are seperated from the Garanih by a very dry zone in southern Guney and the adjacent i...

ok thanks. I left my comment vague on purpose ... ive heard that a rectangular map is often derived from an earlier "map" of the writer's bedroom. The ironic thing is that my first real fantasy maps were all derived from floor plans of my house...I was particularly pleased with the unendi...

Look, Vijay, Mèþru. I appreciate your informing me about the controversy surrounding the use of the words "hermaphrodite," "intersex," and "androgyne," all of which I have now corrected. I have now, without any specific terminology, a people known as the Clownfish Peopl...

That...is an excellent point. Oops!

How's about this one, then? https://i.imgur.com/7FVRISe.png (Also: https://i.imgur.com/7FVRISe.png) I adjusted the length of Qepder a little and made the valleys a little more prominent (likely you're going to have a fair bit of lava flow at some point in history, after all), and also added another ...

Raholeun wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2019 7:52 am But back on topic, this is interesting stuff, Pedant.

Many thanks, Raholeun! Anything in particular you’d like to see more of? (An honest question here; otherwise it’s rather difficult for me to focus long enough to write, embarrassingly enough...)

Proto-Icemannic:
*ʁainduʁitsuquaʁaul-ula-ʁitsuʁikiłaul?
AOR-NPast-pine-cut.down-3p-Q or pine-ABL-make-3p-Q
Were they cutting pines down, or making things from them?

And those roots are giant? As in treetrunk-thick?

Very good reading as always, thank you. I have a few questions, I hope not too many. Many thanks, and no trouble at all! Is your ł a convenience symbol for IPA /ɫ/, /ɬ/, or something else? Right, forgot about that...it was supposed to be /ɬ/; on the original files (Microsoft Word) I didn't have acc...

https://i.imgur.com/VxBmlkD.png How's this to start with? What improvements might you like? EDIT: the layers on the map correspond to, respectively, heights of: 0-249m ASL, 250-499m, 500-999m, 1,000-1,499m, 1,500-1,999m, and 2,000-2,499m. The hills on the northeastern portion probably need a bit of...

An excellent start! Say, would you like me to make you a map of the island in full colour? I can do elevation as well. You can see some examples of my work on the Icemannic and Ankoseiwas threads. Thanks! :D It's really nice of you to offer to make a map! If you want to, that would be awesome. I'm ...

I personally don’t mind, so long as the messages are less “don’t do” and more “instead do”; that way, I learn to be more cautious, and the whole thing gets more creative.

An excellent start!
Say, would you like me to make you a map of the island in full colour? I can do elevation as well. You can see some examples of my work on the Icemannic and Ankoseiwas threads.

And now, for something new. PROTO-ICEMANNIC: PHONOLOGY AND BASIC MORPHOLOGY The Proto-Icemannic Peoples NOTE: all terms within this section are given in Proto-Icemannic unless stated otherwise. Proto-Icemannic is the name given by Irthironian scholars to the language spoken some 1,500 years ago on A...

mèþru wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 7:07 am The PC term for intersex people are intersex. Gestation and impregnation in the same person is biologically impossible in real life humans.

So...fair enough, I’ll just remove the term “intersex” completely then.

KathTheDragon wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 6:30 am I believe that's what the /s is included for - an abbreviation for /sarcasm.

This...would make a bit more sense. Okay, Clownfish People it is!

Raholeun wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 6:01 am Please also do not use "Clownfish" to refer to those people, it is dehumanizing.
/s

...in turn, please tell me whether you’re joking or not, I honestly can’t tell anymore.

I'm, uh, not aware of any documented cases of humans who could both impregnate and gestate, so I don't think there's any constituency to offend here, and "androgyne" has a distinct and well-defined meaning that at least these days is not about being able to both impregnate and gestate Thi...

I mean, I’m loathe to use the word hijra because that has definite cultural connotations, and “androgyni” might work but it’s a bit obscure...what do you think, Mèþru? Anyone?