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I just wanted to commend this impassioned plea for the humble tornado! I haven't specifically written about tornadoes in the World, though they do figure in some folklores connected with besom gods. I might have to give that some more consideration!

Would this happen to refer to their equivalent of lawyers (ambulance chasers) or morticians (grave robbers)? Elemtilas! Nice to see you on here again! More like ambulance-chasers than morticians. As is often the case, I'm just passing through. When I do anymore it's the worldbuilding forum I stop b...

Hey fellow conlangers. Over the last months, I've been working on a process for map drawing that would be simple (my personal target was: a procedure that can be expressed in 12 words) but would still implement some basics of plate tectonics and create better maps than something completely random o...

Today I created the ya ya nang, a red flower of Chatony that grows on graves, Chatony being where the nila bioswath (Dorsals) live. It's my first non-animal creation for that planet and bioswath. I needed the word to provide an etymon for "vulture", as in one who profits from another's/ot...

The Book of the Weapontake. i. 1. In those days the children of Walker wandered far into the east. 2. They had with them their cattle, their horses, their pigs, their chickens, their sheep, and their dogs; and they had their children and their goods with them as well. 3. A winged god came to them, ...

I might also note here that -stern / -stron variation is not unheard of in Scots (and even English). Shrove Tuesday is also called Fastern Eve or Fastron Eve; and the wee door of a castle or town can be a postern or a postron gate. The heel of a horse is a pastern or pastron. Also cistern and sestro...

eldin raigmore wrote: ↑13 Feb 2024 03:32

elemtilas wrote: ↑12 Feb 2024 03:37 It is a z/OS option that specifies the "national language" of the given runtime environment. Maybe that's what you were thinking of?

Could be! Except I don’t remember reading about z/OS !
Nevertheless; could be!
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Thanks!

At your service!

In which English dialects, and/or at what times and/or places, were the terms Northron, Southron, Eastron, Westron, used instead of the terms Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western? …. I can remember my mother’s mother, and others of her generation in East Texas, using Southron (and IIANM Northron). ...

It is a z/OS option that specifies the "national language" of the given runtime environment. Maybe that's what you were thinking of?

On the interesting matter of dogs sniffing out cancer and the potential for werecanids to do the same, I'll just set this on the table and slip back into the shadows.

Woe to the tenth child, for he shall be Nameless.

Vulpes seussicus

Film making --- cool! Is this a hobby of yours? I'd definitely recommend poking around Ebay and Goodwill for some interesting equipment, if you don't already have it! As for your question, yeah, just go on Common App and apply! It's a US / Canadian thing, so no worries about applying to some school ...

(There are also "nicknames", a bit more formal than *our* "nicknames", but a bit more free-form then *their* "formal names".) Do people acquire new names from going through adulthood/marriage rituals? Yes, and/or other events; some by their own choice. These are all gr...

I can’t deal with banking/finance/AML anymore. What do I do to go back? What do you want to do when you grow up? [xD] Do you already have a degree? What level are you looking to start out as? Some things to think about ... are you looking for a new career path kind of thing (like engineering or bio...

We're discouraged from discussing pay (I think it's actually written into our contracts, but we regularly question the legality of that amongst ourselves), Just popping in to say a) it's NOT legal in the UK (or in the US). I'm not a lawyer, but the relevant law seems to be the Equality Act (2010) w...

I came across an article on some new work on the geographical origins of Indo-European speakers and thought it might be of interest to the community. Also, I am hoping that Joerg might offer some comment on this.

Origin of Indo-European Languages Traced Back to 8000 Years Ago

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It can be played with lines, matchsticks, pebbles, marbles, checkers, chesspieces, bits of stuff, paperclips (but not rubberbands nor thumbtacks), spare change, Monopoly pieces, Skittles, M & Ms, Goldberg Chocolate Chews, plastic dinosaurs, nuts, raisins, birthday candles, gummis, old medicatio...

Such an underrated word!

That sounds very interesting! …. What’s “hippogonal” ? When I read that post, I looked it up on Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hippogonal Learned a new word today! The hippo- part comes from the fact that knights are shaped like horses. Alright. Imma gonna work on a board game that invo...