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by alynnidalar
12 Feb 2021 20:44
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: What are you listening to/watching?
Replies: 322
Views: 88287

Re: What are you listening to/watching?

Interestingly, I'm playing a videogame (Cyberpunk 2077) that does that--several characters will speak in various languages to the player character (Japanese most prominently, but also a little Haitian Creole and I believe at least one character spoke Korean... there's also ambient Russian, Spanish, ...
by alynnidalar
12 Jan 2021 19:50
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Metal Thread
Replies: 335
Views: 151472

Re: Metal Thread

Marco Hietala is leaving Nightwish. Don't mind me, I'll just be in mourning for awhile. [:'(]
by alynnidalar
14 Dec 2020 16:36
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: You
Replies: 946
Views: 262501

Re: You

Been six years for me, apparently! Alias(es): just alynnidalar or aly these days Location: Michigan, USA Date of birth: June 12, 1992 Gender: Female Sexuality: I am the token cishet woman in virtually every conthinging community I'm a part of [xD] Marital Status: quite single Education: bachelor's i...
by alynnidalar
08 Nov 2020 00:05
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 193697

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

@Sal - here's the thing, though. I'm not telling people it takes forever to get some writing down either, so they might as well give up. On the contrary, with the figures I gave, I wrote 2000 words in an hour and a half and hit the daily target for NaNoWriMo (1667 words) in, obviously, less time. I'...
by alynnidalar
06 Nov 2020 16:38
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 193697

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

Time isn't as much of an issue with writing as people think. If you type at the average of 40wpm - and if you're writing novels and conversing on forums, you're probably someone who types much, much faster than that societal average (60wpm doesn't seem unreasonable or uncommon for fluent young comp...
by alynnidalar
30 Sep 2020 16:38
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: If you were to write one novel...
Replies: 41
Views: 15286

Re: If you were to write one novel...

An interesting idea! I quite like the idea of generations of caretakers on a colony ship; by the end they would have quite a different perspective and norms than the passengers, which could lead to some very interesting stuff. Two questions come to mind for me (if you don't mind; I'm intrigued by th...
by alynnidalar
08 Sep 2020 20:40
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: If you were to write one novel...
Replies: 41
Views: 15286

Re: If you were to write one novel...

I've written a fair bit, actually! The dalar world (where my languages Tirina and Azen are spoken) is urban fantasy; the dalar live alongside modern humans (albeit with most humans being largely unaware of their presence--it's not a total masquerade, but your average human would likely dismiss stori...
by alynnidalar
15 Aug 2020 03:01
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Weird Dream Thread
Replies: 310
Views: 142060

Re: Weird Dream Thread

I had a dream last night about the next US presidential election, in which I had a heated discussion with a coworker over the merits of Kamala Harris--I supported her strongly, he did not. This was unexpected because I have no particular feelings about Kamala Harris, know very little about her posi...
by alynnidalar
22 Jul 2020 18:10
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: CBB Conlang Relay XII - FINISHED!!
Replies: 238
Views: 76461

Re: CBB Conlang Relay XII - IT BEGINS (signups remain open)

All right folks, I'm sorry but I think I'm going to have to drop out. Stuff just keeps coming up and I keep pushing back finishing the translation, so I think it's time to just pass it to the next person!

I can forward along the details to Parlox, or Jackk/Iyionaku can do it?
by alynnidalar
19 Jul 2020 01:35
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: CBB Conlang Relay XII - FINISHED!!
Replies: 238
Views: 76461

Re: CBB Conlang Relay XII - IT BEGINS (signups remain open)

Oof, I'm also going to need an extension. Just haven't had the focus time to buckle down and get it done.
by alynnidalar
09 Jul 2020 21:32
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: CBB Conlang Relay XII - FINISHED!!
Replies: 238
Views: 76461

Re: CBB Conlang Relay XII - SIGNUPS OPEN - STARTING Saturday 11th July

re: relay grammars: I think it's also okay to underspecify things where you're confident context will be sufficient for the recipient. They're "just" translating, so they don't necessarily need to know all the underlying rules. I definitely cut things down to the bare minimum and gloss ove...
by alynnidalar
08 Jul 2020 16:08
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: CBB Conlang Relay XII - FINISHED!!
Replies: 238
Views: 76461

Re: CBB Conlang Relay XII - SIGNUPS OPEN

I'm in. I'll probably use Tirina. (every relay I'm like, I'll use Azen this time, no really! and then I never get around to it, so let's just admit it'll be Tirina up front)
by alynnidalar
13 May 2020 15:45
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Romance tidbits
Replies: 37
Views: 8807

Re: Romance tidbits

Salmoneus wrote: 13 May 2020 02:25November being dedicated to slaughter, probably sacrificial, seems the big universal in the Germanic world.
I'm curious--why the conclusion that it's about sacrifice, as opposed to November being when you slaughter livestock in preparation for winter?
by alynnidalar
08 May 2020 05:22
Forum: Beginners' Corner
Topic: How to make an exolang without being kitchen sinky
Replies: 17
Views: 5677

Re: How to make an exolang without being kitchen sinky

Agreed. There's no reason a physically similar vocal tract would imply a species thinks similarly to humans.
by alynnidalar
02 May 2020 20:05
Forum: Language Learning & Non-English
Topic: Last word you learned in a foreign language
Replies: 116
Views: 112497

Re: Last word you learned in a foreign language

It's the only term I'm familiar with in Michigan, USA, but I can't speak for other regions. Thesaurus.com suggests "belly buster", "belly flopper", "belly whop", and "belly whopper", but I've never heard any of these and am having a hard time finding any actua...
by alynnidalar
01 May 2020 01:29
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: How NOT to Conworld.
Replies: 275
Views: 87151

Re: How NOT to Conworld.

Khemehekis wrote: 29 Apr 2020 08:27 That poster, who made their first post accusing k1234567890y of being "a racist" merely because there were no East-Asian-looking people in her conworld, also sock-puppeted with Pork.
Pork was a sock of k#y, not почка.
by alynnidalar
29 Mar 2020 18:59
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Surprising cognates
Replies: 153
Views: 106329

Re: Surprising cognates

Isn't tambourine from French tambour, ultimately from Arabic?
by alynnidalar
21 Feb 2020 21:38
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Conlang YouTube, Metal Music, Emotions, Etc. [Split]
Replies: 93
Views: 59333

Re: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

You say that like it's meant to come as a surprise to me. No, of course I have no knowledge of metal and it's subgenres - nobody's ever given me a reason to look into the topic. I'm not sure it's something one can really get into as an adult, anyway, lacking any of the cultural connotations and sym...
by alynnidalar
21 Feb 2020 16:29
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Conlang YouTube, Metal Music, Emotions, Etc. [Split]
Replies: 93
Views: 59333

Re: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I mean, sure, the traditional type of heavy metal has lost most of its popularity, but it has given birth to so many subgenres and more subgenres keep being born from those subgenres. They may be "less metal" than traditional heavy metal by one definition[...] Personally I think they're a...