Zompist Bboard Again

I'm posting this here because I'm not sure where else to post it. It's a writing question, about something I'm trying to write (although I didn't manage it to write anything for the last few weeks). I'm putting it behind a cut because it contains spoilers for something I may or may not publish some...

Perhaps my favorite Dutch one is helaas, pindakaas "alas, peanutbutter", meaning something like "too bad", often used a bit sardonically. Again, the first element of the phrase contains the meaningful element, the second part is merely a nonsensical rhyme that emphasizes the prev...

What would you call such rhetorical rhymes? Do you know others?

Hätte, hätte Fahrradkette
"would have, would have, bicycle chain"

Daarom is geen reden, als je van de trap af valt ben je gauw beneden
"That's why is not a [valid] reason, falling down the stairs gets you down quick.

Nortaneous wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2024 7:05 pm Trhä - dájbulëhh ámhëlcoma taomseg Imhajl ëf Olbi gunahh

I have long wondered if there's material publically available on his conlang.

Incorrigible Bigotry, by the way, is the name of a 2002 death metal album by, coincidentally, a group of incorrigible bigots.

Aside from my grief over the catastrophic future that awaits us, I am deeply furious at the American people for their shameful decision to reëlect possibly the worst candidate in US history. The first time around, I feel inclined to excuse as sheer dumb luck and technicalities, but this time they g...

Actually, in Dutch this is termed a belboom.

All this "hate the nonbeliever" stuff rings quite fascist to me, tbh.

Ahzoh wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:50 am I'd wish them all death but death would be too sparing a fate for what they deserve

We absolutely HATE HATE HATE everybody who is not as loving and tolerant as we are.

When trying to access the online Brassica just now, I got a warning from my browser: Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead Firefox detected an issue and did not continue to bradrn.com. The website is either misconfigured or your computer clock is set to the wrong time. It’s likely the website’s cer...

It shows me the same message as cited by Darren.

Turns out A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic by Ryding fits the bill.

Something I have observed in my Freundeskreis is that they tend to pronounce French words that have a -ṼN in there as -Vŋ. The vowel is not nasalized, but rather laxed a bit. For example: Cousin 'cousin' [ku'zɛŋ] Beton 'concrete' [be'tɔŋ] Séance 'séance' [sej'ɐŋs] Trance 'trance' [tʁɐŋs] (the music ...

Wikipedia has this , though I don't know how good it is. At least, it gives all the forms and paradigms both in Arabic script and in romanization. That is indeed what I am looking for, and then some . The linked article isn't half bad, and I am assuming it is pretty much correct, but it is limited ...

Waking this thread, because I am looking for a comprehensive grammar of the Arabic language, preferably with references to its different variants. Those that I found, expect me to master the writing system first, but I just want to check some paradigms. Do you have tips?

Sadly, the linked page does not load for me either. It states there is a connection time-out: "The server at bradrn.com is taking too long to respond."

It was Kanufi. Luke 18 :8

Not Ayu. I'd like to give a hint, but there's nothing I know about the language apart from the name.

I am having trouble accessing the online Brassica. Is that just me?

I am happy to share the link to the source of the quote, which is not from Nungu by the way, so you can do some statistical analysis on phoneme frequency.