The New ZBB Quote Thread

[Raphael]

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Koppa (Cyrillic) […] is an archaic numeral character of the Cyrillic script

I see. Koppa had some extra fun before falling into disuse.

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ꞓ

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C with bar […] was used in the Unified Northern Alphabet […] to denote the sound [t͡ʃ]

Of course

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ꝇ

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In Old Icelandic, the broken L ligature appears in some instances [for [t͡ɬ], if I read the preceding section correctly], such as vꜹꝇum (field) and oꝇo (all)

I see.

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[Man in Space]

There’s getting Jankoed, and then there’s getting Norted.

[Raphael]

I'd quote that here, except that it's already in this thread.

[Raphael]

I'm an architect at heart.

Duplex Construction Kit when?

[Raphael]

I get the impression from this thread that Brits are much more intent on maintaining the Frenchiness of French loans than Americans, with the exception that in most cases (gratin is an exception) Americans are more likely to place the stress on the final syllable than Brits.

The general rule is that every time your dialect is closer to the original French, the other dialect is brutish and unsophisticated, and every time your dialect is farther from the original French, the other dialect is pretentious and cloying.

[bradrn]

There is a longstanding war in English between those who would prefer to pronounce the H in words like herb and hospital, but not words like hour and honour; and those who would drop the H in words like herb and hospital, but not the name Herb. Both sides accuse the other of inconsistency, which is why the war is so contentious—they're both right.

[bradrn]

I am not telepathic (thank God, it'd be horrible)

[Raphael]

I suppose that it's not as transparent as a word like "blackbird", but it's still made up of two common english words, and is more transparent than a word like "cranberry".

But I don't consider pancakes to be cakes.

[WeepingElf]

What's getting you down today? Or is this about something else besides doomerism?

I think Raphael is suffering from heap fragmentation.

Would guru meditation do anything here?

[Man in Space]

"What the hell is Chu Chin Chow?"

In my head I read this to the rhythm (not the notes, it’s spoken-word) of “Deck the Halls” and it amuses me greatly.

For context:

It turns out to be a musical from 1916, also made into a movie as late as 1934. It sounds pretty silly.

[Raphael]

Personally, I agree that voters are idiots. That's why I think they should have all the power.

[Man in Space]

No spell check, I mean neither December nor Luxembourg

[Man in Space]

But really, the best response to LOTR is to write your own fantasy epic.

Dare to be badass.

[Travis B.]

Books I've read a bit of and am planning to get back to a soon as I find more time:

Mordew
Metallic Realms
A Most Agreeable Murder

This is a silly comment, but why so big on the "M"s now?

It's a mystery.

[Raphael]

I don't know if AI makes sense in conworlding. Isn't creating things in the most painstaking manner imaginable part of the appeal?

[Raphael]

Also, I just popped in on the conlanging subreddit and saw Janko asking someone for numbers. It was like seeing an old friend in a new town. Couldn't keep myself from smiling.

[Raphael]

To put it another way, the laws of man may not apply to Musk, but the laws of physics do.

[Raphael]

Leaks can be tricky to fix, especially as plumbers are optimists ("this thing I did will fix the problem!"). Believe me, I know because it's happened to me, more than once.

[bradrn]

People don't like to live in cold, dark and wet places;

Aren't you and me both from the northern half of Germany?

[Raphael]

Unfortunately my attempts to research this business keep turning up meditation, not mediation,