Zompist Bboard Again

As for British ON surviving into the present day, a year or two ago I made a modern Norse spoken in the Vale of Pickering called Yorwicks. I made it absolutely incomprehensible in accordance with local tradition. Maybe someday I'll post it here. I can just imagine someone over at Flamingoland, oper...

So with an active police investigation, lower approval ratings than May ever had, and growing distaste within Johnson's own party, do we still think the Tories will wait until summer to replace him? Honestly, right now? Maybe? Despite the release of the "Gray Report" (redacted), as far as...

(not even joking, some people I've talked to in this constituency who voted Conservative didn't even know Rishi Sunak was the MP for this constituency - They just saw "Conservative Party", liked Boris Johnson at the time, and ticked that box) I don't think that's all that unusual. I've go...

I think Johnson should resign, but I'm not actually sure he will , and I'm not even 100% that his position as Prime Minister will even be challenged by a vote of no confidence until after the May local elections, unless it comes directly from Conservative MPs who are confident in there position with...

What about pre-Capitalist societies? Or pre-industrial ones? Where do the various schools of communism sit in regards to them? The traditional Marxist line is that they will develop into capitalist societies, and then into communist ones. Of course, IMHO the traditional Marxist line here is full of...

What about pre-Capitalist societies? Or pre-industrial ones? Where do the various schools of communism sit in regards to them?

This might come across as an "I'm a terrible person" question*, but where do things like LGBTQIA+ rights, feminism, racism, etc. fall within the sphere of various Marxist related movements and ideologies. For me, Marxism is one of those "we don't want to be included within the process...

That title was hard to write, because I used to really enjoy his videos. But the joy was weathered away, leaving a core of pointless nonsense. Let's start with the phonology section. Like a lot of amateur conlangers, Misali seems to think that “phonology” means “a chart of consonants and vowels, pl...

About 3 weeks late, but I'm nowhere near as active on the ZBB as I used to be: I've been wondering recently if a sort of "central vs. split" + "popular vs geographic" style of voting and elections might make sense (but this could be a UK-centric idea), e.g.: 1) There's some "...

3) Decisions which effect a whole region require a) a majority of sub-regions to vote in favour of that change and b) a majority of the population within that region as a while vote in favour of that change (this, however, I think, is likely to stand in the way of break-away movements within the sy...

I've been wondering recently if a sort of "central vs. split" + "popular vs geographic" style of voting and elections might make sense (but this could be a UK-centric idea), e.g.: 1) There's some "House" which seats are elected (through some form of proportional represe...

"This is actually"..., "actually, you'll find that...", etc. I hope these are just poorly formulated "maybes", but for the most part they come across as definite "you are wrong, here is the actual source" with little to no evidence, then "substantiated&qu...

So, to take the example above, that gives: /nʲč̬ːɕo̰ ɣɔ̰̌g͡bʲô̬ mǒ̬ːʎ̝ɔ̰̂ːʋc̰ ɦʲɔ̬̌ʔc̬ː kʷô̰/ < ņèèşy ròbý mỳỳļóóvi ḩùʻii qá > or < ṇèèṣy ròbý mỳỳḷóóvi ḥùʻii qá > if you switch the cedilla out for a dot. It is, unfortunately, a little accent heavy on the vowels, but then so is Pinyin, so I guess it...

I was thinking something like: m n nʲ ɲ (ŋʷ) < m n ņ ń ((g)w) > g͡bʲ t d dʲ k g gʲ kʷ ʔ < (g)b t d ḑ k g ģ q ʻ > z ɕ ʑ ɣ ɦ ɦʲ < z ş z̧ r h ḩ > l ʎ̝ < l ļ > ʋ ɥ j < v ᶌ j > The diacritic is supposed to be either the "comma" diacritic as seen in Romanian, although I suppose that could be swi...

KathTheDragon wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:28 pm Yeah, it was the post just above mine, which Bob has since removed the content of.

Ah fair. Would have been nice to have seen what it was, but guessing from your response to it, it wasn't the best thing

KathTheDragon wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:19 pm And you wonder why nobody here seems to like you, when you pull stunts like this. Questioning a rather extreme assertion is not trying to silence you, hassle you, or shut you down. Seriously, this is utterly childish behaviour.

I assume I missed a reply?

I'm sorry, I don't post much on the ZBB any more (the time I have for conlanging seems to get less and less), but I have to step in and ask... Who the hell, especially amongst linguists and anthropologists, thinks petroglyphs are "retarded". The most negative thing I've ever heard about th...

Boris Johnson has tested positive for COVID-19. While somewhat ironic, as others have pointed out, his being a politician means that he's more likely to deal with crowds, and make public appearances, shake hands, etc. and be surrounded by journalists (who themselves are often surrounded by crowds, o...

Well the reshuffle's happened, seems were stuck with Cummingites (because Dominic the Dunelmian is clearly asserting himself as the power behind the throne), though it seems Sajid Javid has decided it was better to show himself out the door than be kicked out, resulting in the new chancellor being ...

Kur europianyt aŗityn ny Ameriky, bima e domates ište pyrhapur deri ny Amerikyn Ćendrore z̧e Meksiky. Pyrdorimi i saj si ušćim fiłoi ny Meksiky, z̧e u pyrhap ny ty đişe botyn pas kolonizimit spańoł ty Amerikys. Varietete ty šumta ty saj tani kultivohen đerysišt tašmy, ngańyhery ny seŗa ny klimat e ...