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Month: June 2017

The Dailies. June 22

The Dailies. June 22

Did you work on your language today? Create any new rules of grammar or syntax? New progress on a script? New words in your lexicon? On the other hand, do any excavating or reading or enjoying stuff you’ve already created? Do you have any favorites to share? How did you conlang today?

The Dumb Week – Day 4

The Dumb Week – Day 4

This is the fourth day of The Dumb Week challenge, which consists of translating grammatically correct sentences that make no sense. Today’s sentence is: The light at the end of the tunnel would scare any linguist away. Translate it to your conlang(s) and, optionally, include the IPA transcription, the gloss or other information. Thank you for participating!

The Dailies. June 21

The Dailies. June 21

Did you work on your language today? Create any new rules of grammar or syntax? New progress on a script? New words in your lexicon? On the other hand, do any excavating or reading or enjoying stuff you’ve already created? Do you have any favorites to share? How did you conlang today?

Thought Experiment – What would a dragonborn accent sound like?

Thought Experiment – What would a dragonborn accent sound like?

In August my D&D group are starting a new campaign and I’ll be playing a Dragonborn for the first time. For those unfamiliar, dragonborn is a D&D fantasy race that’s basically a reptiloid race with dragon blood. When you watch rpg streams and stuff, there’s a tendency for people to give dragonborn chars this deep, big, broad-chested kind of voice. I don’t really wanna do that: partially I don’t think I’d be good at it and partially I don’t think…

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The Dumb Week – Day 3

The Dumb Week – Day 3

This is the third day of The Dumb Week challenge, which consists of translating grammatically correct sentences that make no sense. Today’s sentence is: Everything and more is interdependant on the relatedness of motivation, subcultures, and management. Translate it to your conlang(s) and, optionally, include the IPA transcription, the gloss or other information. Thank you for participating!

The Dailies. June 20

The Dailies. June 20

Did you work on your language today? Create any new rules of grammar or syntax? New progress on a script? New words in your lexicon? On the other hand, do any excavating or reading or enjoying stuff you’ve already created? Do you have any favorites to share? How did you conlang today?

The Dumb Week – Day 2

The Dumb Week – Day 2

This is the second day of The Dumb Week challenge, which consists of translating grammatically correct sentences that make no sense. Today’s sentence is: The sickingly prodigous profile is a storyteller without equal. Translate it to your conlang(s) and, optionally, include the IPA transcription, the gloss or other information. Thank you for participating!

The Dailies. June 19

The Dailies. June 19

Did you work on your language today? Create any new rules of grammar or syntax? New progress on a script? New words in your lexicon? On the other hand, do any excavating or reading or enjoying stuff you’ve already created? Do you have any favorites to share? How did you conlang today?

The Dumb Week – Day 1

The Dumb Week – Day 1

This is the first day of The Dumb Week challenge, which consists of translating grammatically correct sentences that make no sense. Today’s sentence is: A river a thousand paces wide stands upon somebody else’s legs. Translate it to your conlang(s) and, optionally, include the IPA transcription, the gloss or other information. Thank you for participating!

The Dailies. June 18

The Dailies. June 18

Did you work on your language today? Create any new rules of grammar or syntax? New progress on a script? New words in your lexicon? On the other hand, do any excavating or reading or enjoying stuff you’ve already created? Do you have any favorites to share? How did you conlang today?

Translation Challenge: The Dumb Week

Translation Challenge: The Dumb Week

Hello, starting from today I will be posting challenges from time to time. I won’t say that they will be weekly, but they will be one week long.  So let’s start the first challenge… The Dumb Week! Each day I will post a random sentence that is grammatically coherent but makes no sense. To participate, comment the daily post with a translation of the sentence into your conlang(s) and, if you want, provide a gloss, IPA transcription, literal translation (if…

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The Dailies. June 17

The Dailies. June 17

Did you work on your language today? Create any new rules of grammar or syntax? New progress on a script? New words in your lexicon? On the other hand, do any excavating or reading or enjoying stuff you’ve already created? Do you have any favorites to share? How did you conlang today?

The Dailies. June 16

The Dailies. June 16

Did you work on your language today? Create any new rules of grammar or syntax? New progress on a script? New words in your lexicon? On the other hand, do any excavating or reading or enjoying stuff you’ve already created? Do you have any favorites to share? How did you conlang today?

Due to Ongoing Comment Issues

Due to Ongoing Comment Issues

I have for the time being bumped permissions up on our most active users to “Editor”. Do not abuse this. Do not edit other people’s posts. I have history turned on so I can keep an eye on things.

The Dailies. June 15

The Dailies. June 15

Did you work on your language today? Create any new rules of grammar or syntax? New progress on a script? New words in your lexicon? On the other hand, do any excavating or reading or enjoying stuff you’ve already created? Do you have any favorites to share? How did you conlang today?