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I thought the stele had been found, but had quite a different ending in the text?


JAL

jal wrote: ↑Thu Apr 10, 2025 2:06 pm I thought the stele had been found, but had quite a different ending in the text?

From what I recall reading, they did indeed find a stele with the first two lines, but the "kill kill kill kill kill kill kill" line was replaced with something different.

Travis B. wrote: ↑Thu Apr 10, 2025 3:02 pmFrom what I recall reading, they did indeed find a stele with the first two lines, but the "kill kill kill kill kill kill kill" line was replaced with something different.

Or rather, the 7 times "kill" replaced something different :).


JAL

Indeed.

My Sodemeresh revision is now 750 words!

AwfullyAmateur wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 2:59 pm My Sodemeresh revision is now 750 words!

Congratulations.

Raphael wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 3:00 pm

AwfullyAmateur wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 2:59 pm My Sodemeresh revision is now 750 words!

Congratulations.

Thank you! Next stop: 800.

Raphael wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 3:00 pm

AwfullyAmateur wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 2:59 pm My Sodemeresh revision is now 750 words!

Congratulations.

Congrats to AwfullyAmateur!

Guys, I'm not sure how to say this, but I've decided to begin a new conlang...for the Minecraft city I want to build.

Overboard? Yes.
Fun? Yes.

AwfullyAmateur wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 1:15 am Guys, I'm not sure how to say this, but I've decided to begin a new conlang...for the Minecraft city I want to build.

You could call it Minoan

The latest post on Language Log is about a study involving conlangs: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=68857

Turns out that processing conlangs in the human brain is done by the same brain regions that process natlangs. I can't say I'm surprised to hear that, though - which other brain regions would do that?

Raphael wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 9:35 am The latest post on Language Log is about a study involving conlangs: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=68857

Turns out that processing conlangs in the human brain is done by the same brain regions that process natlangs. I can't say I'm surprised to hear that, though - which other brain regions would do that?

I'd imagine that they could just go ahead and label it as the language processing area, I'd think no different if I was told that the same part of my brain that tells me to speak and understand English tells me to speak and understand Esperanto or Klingon, too. it'd definitely be weirder if the brain used a different region for each.

I can't say I ever considered otherwise.

I could imagine Ithkuil needing the more mathematical parts of the brain :).


JAL

Lol

Btw, what started the tea & pickles thing?

AwfullyAmateur wrote: ↑Sat Apr 19, 2025 12:50 pm Btw, what started the tea & pickles thing?

I doubt that anyone these days remembers that. It was already done in the 2000s.

Raphael wrote: ↑Sat Apr 19, 2025 1:47 pmI doubt that anyone these days remembers that. It was already done in the 2000s.

Indeed, that was on the previous previous board.


JAL

Ancient custom, then.