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by Lichen
Fri Jul 16, 2021 1:56 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Boiled Bread
Replies: 18
Views: 12751

Re: Boiled Bread

I love that!
by Lichen
Sat Jul 03, 2021 5:07 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Boiled Bread
Replies: 18
Views: 12751

Re: Boiled Bread

I also believe (perhaps wrongly) that various 'breads' in Chinese cuisine are made through boiling/steaming.
by Lichen
Fri Jul 02, 2021 3:57 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Boiled Bread
Replies: 18
Views: 12751

Boiled Bread

I was reading up on a north american language a while back, and it explained how the word for 'bread' ultimately meant 'boiled thing' having come from the root-verb 'boil'. I can recall what it was, so does anyone know which language(s) this might've been? Also, do we know of any other languages (wh...
by Lichen
Fri May 21, 2021 6:39 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Change My View: Jan Misali Is Kinda Bad
Replies: 39
Views: 27990

Re: Change My View: Jan Misali Is Kinda Bad

Back do conlanging for a mo: what do we think of other conlang youtubers? The likes of Biblaridion, Artifexian, DJP, etc.?
by Lichen
Fri May 21, 2021 7:29 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: What do you call ...
Replies: 448
Views: 1036958

Re: What do you call ...

Though this is going back a ways, I call the reusable coffee vessel a ‘keepy cup’; and I call thumb drives ‘zip drives’. For context, I live in England.
by Lichen
Mon Jan 04, 2021 1:06 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to? - All languages
Replies: 1054
Views: 3675429

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

I just finished Tell Them Of Battles, Kings, and Elephants by M. Enard; and onto Bushido by Inazo Nitobe presently!

(and listening to the sultry timbre of this Hungarian audiobook narrator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zjzsYz ... l=Irodalom )