ᵷ♫ᵽ
ᵷ♫ᵽ
Warning: Please don't treat this seriously. It's what you might call a 'jokelang.'
The ᵷ♫ᵽ Language
About ᵷ♫ᵽ
ᵷ♫ᵽ is spoken by the socks that disappear in the dryer. Little do humans know that the socks teleport to a planet called ⌨&. These socks have googly eyes and a mouth that looks like the mouth of a sock puppet. Despite having no lips, tongue, teeth, lungs, or glottis, (or hands, since their language has phonemic clapping and snapping,) they are able to speak ᵷ♫ᵽ with ease.
Phonology
Below is the phonology of ᵷ♫ᵽ. As you can see, it has no unique features and is generally quite boring. Just kidding.
/k q ʡ ʔ/ <k q ʡ '>
/ɓ ɗ ɠ ʛ/ <b d g ᵷ>
/X ʁ ʜ ʢ/ <h ř x ʢ>
/ʙ r̼ ʙ̥ r̼̊/ <ḅ r ṗ ṙ/
/ʙ̝̊ r̼̝̊/ <ƀ ᵽ>
/ɰ/ <y>
/ǀ ! ǂ ǁ/ <t n c l>
/ʩ/ <v>
/↓ʁ̥ ↓ʁ̥ʷ/ <☺ ☹>
/ʌ/ <o>
Tones:
/ʌ̀ ʌ́ ʌ̌ ʌ̂/ <o o♩ o♫ o♬>
Other consonants:
⌨ - snap
% - clap
$ - cough
& - sneeze
Any implosive, voiced fricative, voiced trill, or vowel can be syllabic and have tone.
Word order
The basic word order is OSV. However, it becomes OVS if you had pancakes for breakfast that morning. But if you put butter on the pancakes after the syrup, the word order should be SVO.
Nouns
Nouns inflect for case, number, and favorite color. There are three numbers: singular, plural, and 27ular. Singular is formed with the prefix '$', and 27ular by reduplicating the word 27 times. Plural is the default number for all nouns, except the word for DVD box, 'dvdbox' /ɗʩɗɓʌʜ/, which is singular by default. The plural of 'dvdbox' is formed by complete reduplication of the verb (yes, the verb). But not if the DVD box's favorite color is aquamarine. In that case, the plural is formed with the infix '%%%%%%%%%%%', which goes just before the last consonant of /ɗʩɗɓʌʜ/. The 27ular of 'dvdbox' is formed like any other noun.
Examples:
dt☺ 'zippers'
> $dt☺ 'zipper'
> dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺ '27 zippers'
☹☺☹☺ 'pigs'
> $☹☺☹☺ 'pig'
> ☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺ '27 pigs'
Morphosynactic alignment
Words for animals commonly found in a zoo (such as giraffe, elephant, etc.) have tripartite alignment, while everything else has ergative-absolutive alignment. If it is a tuesday, all nouns are nominative-accusative (with marked nominative, of course), unless you trimmed your toenails on the previous day, in which case all nouns have neutral marking. This is an easy way for the socks to tell who is not a native of ⌨&, since socks have no toenails.
For tripartite nouns:
INTR: (unmarked)
ERG: rg-
ACC: lol-
For Ergative-absolutive nouns:
ERG: ḅ-
ABS: (unmarked)
On tuesdays:
NOM: ☺n-
ACC: (unmarked)
Verbs
There are two tenses: future and non-future. However, verbs having to do with building microphones and/or microwave ovens have five tenses: present, past, distant past, very distant past, and yesterday (hesternal).
FUT: (unmarked)
NFUT: xᵷ-
PRS: v⌨-
PST: ř♫q-
DISTPST: yo-
VRYDISTPST: llʡx-
HEST: nᵽ-
Adjectives
There are no adjectives in ᵷ♫ᵽ, which brings me to my next point...
Relative clauses
Relative clauses precede their head nouns. ᵷ♫ᵽ uses relative pronouns, even though it is not related to Indo-European languages (or any language). The relative pronoun is 'ᵷqh', and it decclines like a Nom-acc noun, even when it's not a tuesday.
Demonstratives
Demonstratives are prefixed onto a word. There are only eight distance contrasts: proximal, medial, near me/us and you, near him/her/it/them, right there, visible, far away visible, too far away to be seen (invisible).
PROX: r♬-
MEDL: xᵷ-
NEAR.1.2: ƀƀnṗ-
NEAR.3 ☹☹d♬-
RGHTHRE: ch-
VISBL: &&-
FAR: v$ᵽ-
NVISBL: ḅ♬⌨-
Questions and negatives
Polar questions are formed by adding the question particle '!ṙ' to the beginning of a sentence. To make a negative question, add '!ṙ' and remove the declarative prefix 'ƀʢx-'. Wh-questions are treated like normal declarative sentences. To make a negative sentence, remove the declarative prefix.
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That's it for now. I'll try to post some sentences soon.
The ᵷ♫ᵽ Language
About ᵷ♫ᵽ
ᵷ♫ᵽ is spoken by the socks that disappear in the dryer. Little do humans know that the socks teleport to a planet called ⌨&. These socks have googly eyes and a mouth that looks like the mouth of a sock puppet. Despite having no lips, tongue, teeth, lungs, or glottis, (or hands, since their language has phonemic clapping and snapping,) they are able to speak ᵷ♫ᵽ with ease.
Phonology
Below is the phonology of ᵷ♫ᵽ. As you can see, it has no unique features and is generally quite boring. Just kidding.
/k q ʡ ʔ/ <k q ʡ '>
/ɓ ɗ ɠ ʛ/ <b d g ᵷ>
/X ʁ ʜ ʢ/ <h ř x ʢ>
/ʙ r̼ ʙ̥ r̼̊/ <ḅ r ṗ ṙ/
/ʙ̝̊ r̼̝̊/ <ƀ ᵽ>
/ɰ/ <y>
/ǀ ! ǂ ǁ/ <t n c l>
/ʩ/ <v>
/↓ʁ̥ ↓ʁ̥ʷ/ <☺ ☹>
/ʌ/ <o>
Tones:
/ʌ̀ ʌ́ ʌ̌ ʌ̂/ <o o♩ o♫ o♬>
Other consonants:
⌨ - snap
% - clap
$ - cough
& - sneeze
Any implosive, voiced fricative, voiced trill, or vowel can be syllabic and have tone.
Word order
The basic word order is OSV. However, it becomes OVS if you had pancakes for breakfast that morning. But if you put butter on the pancakes after the syrup, the word order should be SVO.
Nouns
Nouns inflect for case, number, and favorite color. There are three numbers: singular, plural, and 27ular. Singular is formed with the prefix '$', and 27ular by reduplicating the word 27 times. Plural is the default number for all nouns, except the word for DVD box, 'dvdbox' /ɗʩɗɓʌʜ/, which is singular by default. The plural of 'dvdbox' is formed by complete reduplication of the verb (yes, the verb). But not if the DVD box's favorite color is aquamarine. In that case, the plural is formed with the infix '%%%%%%%%%%%', which goes just before the last consonant of /ɗʩɗɓʌʜ/. The 27ular of 'dvdbox' is formed like any other noun.
Examples:
dt☺ 'zippers'
> $dt☺ 'zipper'
> dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺dt☺ '27 zippers'
☹☺☹☺ 'pigs'
> $☹☺☹☺ 'pig'
> ☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺☹☺ '27 pigs'
Morphosynactic alignment
Words for animals commonly found in a zoo (such as giraffe, elephant, etc.) have tripartite alignment, while everything else has ergative-absolutive alignment. If it is a tuesday, all nouns are nominative-accusative (with marked nominative, of course), unless you trimmed your toenails on the previous day, in which case all nouns have neutral marking. This is an easy way for the socks to tell who is not a native of ⌨&, since socks have no toenails.
For tripartite nouns:
INTR: (unmarked)
ERG: rg-
ACC: lol-
For Ergative-absolutive nouns:
ERG: ḅ-
ABS: (unmarked)
On tuesdays:
NOM: ☺n-
ACC: (unmarked)
Verbs
There are two tenses: future and non-future. However, verbs having to do with building microphones and/or microwave ovens have five tenses: present, past, distant past, very distant past, and yesterday (hesternal).
FUT: (unmarked)
NFUT: xᵷ-
PRS: v⌨-
PST: ř♫q-
DISTPST: yo-
VRYDISTPST: llʡx-
HEST: nᵽ-
Adjectives
There are no adjectives in ᵷ♫ᵽ, which brings me to my next point...
Relative clauses
Relative clauses precede their head nouns. ᵷ♫ᵽ uses relative pronouns, even though it is not related to Indo-European languages (or any language). The relative pronoun is 'ᵷqh', and it decclines like a Nom-acc noun, even when it's not a tuesday.
Demonstratives
Demonstratives are prefixed onto a word. There are only eight distance contrasts: proximal, medial, near me/us and you, near him/her/it/them, right there, visible, far away visible, too far away to be seen (invisible).
PROX: r♬-
MEDL: xᵷ-
NEAR.1.2: ƀƀnṗ-
NEAR.3 ☹☹d♬-
RGHTHRE: ch-
VISBL: &&-
FAR: v$ᵽ-
NVISBL: ḅ♬⌨-
Questions and negatives
Polar questions are formed by adding the question particle '!ṙ' to the beginning of a sentence. To make a negative question, add '!ṙ' and remove the declarative prefix 'ƀʢx-'. Wh-questions are treated like normal declarative sentences. To make a negative sentence, remove the declarative prefix.
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That's it for now. I'll try to post some sentences soon.
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Re: ᵷ♫ᵽ
Don't you hate it when you laugh out loud in a public place something you can't explain to any of the people around you giving you weird looks?
Please let your recording include the phrase "27 zippers."
This is awesome! I am now inspired to create a jokelang myself.
Please let your recording include the phrase "27 zippers."
This is awesome! I am now inspired to create a jokelang myself.
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Re: ᵷ♫ᵽ
Are there different dialects depending on whether a sock was usually worn on a right or left foot?ᵷ♫ᵽ is spoken by the socks that disappear in the dryer.
Obviously, all dryers contain wormholes, but the question remains: are these interdimensional wormholes, or does ⌨& exist in the same universe as Earth? Is ᵷ♫ᵽ the only language spoke on ⌨&, or are there others?Little do humans know that the socks teleport to a planet called ⌨&.
Are these mutations caused by wormhole radiation?These socks have googly eyes and a mouth that looks like the mouth of a sock puppet.
Do they transmit these sounds to one another telepathically?Despite having no lips, tongue, teeth, lungs, or glottis, (or hands, since their language has phonemic clapping and snapping,) they are able to speak ᵷ♫ᵽ with ease.
True, any language with less than 12 ingressives puts me to sleep.Below is the phonology of ᵷ♫ᵽ. As you can see, it has no unique features and is generally quite boring.
So does an individual's breakfast alter their personal word order for the day, or does the breakfast of one individual change the standard word order of the entire language and all its speakers for that day?The basic word order is OSV. However, it becomes OVS if you had pancakes for breakfast that morning. But if you put butter on the pancakes after the syrup, the word order should be SVO.
Also, what if someone doesn't use both butter and syrup on their pancakes?
Although I'm not trying to draw attention away from the genius of the 27ular number and the fascinating irregularities of dvdbox, I'm interested in hearing more about case and favorite color.Nouns inflect for case, number, and favorite color.
Are the only cases the ones mentioned in the morphosyntactic alignment section, or are there others?
Judging by the fact that the plural of dvdbox is irregular if the box's favorite color is aquamarine, I'm assuming that the favorite color marked on the noun is the favorite color of that noun, and not the favorite color of the speaker. Or perhaps both are marked? What would you do if you didn't know the favorite color of a noun you're referring to? What favorite colors can be marked? How are they marked? Is there a specific set of markable colors, or can any color visible to the socks be a favorite? Do they have words/markings for every possible distinct color, then?
Do the socks have zoos? Or are they just remembering zoos on Earth? Do these animals exist at all on their planet? Or are there sock versions of these animals? And do sock children learn a specific set of animals that can be found in zoos, or are they told to use their instincts and guess whether or not they should use tripartite alignment when talking about a certain animal? Can socks even reproduce? Do they automatically learn the language once they are teleported to the planet?Words for animals commonly found in a zoo (such as giraffe, elephant, etc.) have tripartite alignment, while everything else has ergative-absolutive alignment.
If you trimmed your toenails on a Monday, then would everyone use neutral marking on Tuesday, or would only you use it? I'm guessing that only you would.If it is a tuesday, all nouns are nominative-accusative (with marked nominative, of course), unless you trimmed your toenails on the previous day, in which case all nouns have neutral marking.
What do you mean by neutral marking? No nouns are marked?
Then native speakers would never use neutral marking?This is an easy way for the socks to tell who is not a native of ⌨&, since socks have no toenails.
How many such verbs exist? Do socks use appliances, and do they build them themselves, despite their lack of hands?However, verbs having to do with building microphones and/or microwave ovens have five tenses:
So it's an isolate, even on the planet ⌨&?even though it is not related to Indo-European languages (or any language).
So there's a declarative? Are there other moods?Polar questions are formed by adding the question particle '!ṙ' to the beginning of a sentence. To make a negative question, add '!ṙ' and remove the declarative prefix 'ƀʢx-'. Wh-questions are treated like normal declarative sentences. To make a negative sentence, remove the declarative prefix.
Very funny and well presented! I love jokelangs, and I look forward to seeing more!
Re: ᵷ♫ᵽ
Haha! Yep.fivecountwings wrote:Don't you hate it when you laugh out loud in a public place something you can't explain to any of the people around you giving you weird looks?
Ok. I'll probably just say 'dt☺' and then copy it 26 more times. But unfortunately, I might not be able to do that. Hopefully I will, though.fivecountwings wrote:Please let your recording include the phrase "27 zippers."
Thanks! And good luck making a jokelang.fivecountwings wrote:This is awesome! I am now inspired to create a jokelang myself.
Re: ᵷ♫ᵽ
Yes. The socks actually keep track of how many times they were worn on each foot. If they were worn more on the right foot, they speak the dialect I used in the first post. If they were worn more on the left foot, they speak a slightly different dialect called thᵽᵽb♩.shimobaatar wrote:Are there different dialects depending on whether a sock was usually worn on a right or left foot?Dezinaa wrote:ᵷ♫ᵽ is spoken by the socks that disappear in the dryer.
⌨& is in the same dimension (in fact, the same galaxy) as Earth. ᵷ♫ᵽ is the only language spoken on ⌨&, but it has two dialects. I'll talk more about the thᵽᵽb♩ dialect in a future post.shimobaatar wrote:Obviously, all dryers contain wormholes, but the question remains: are these interdimensional wormholes, or does ⌨& exist in the same universe as Earth? Is ᵷ♫ᵽ the only language spoke on ⌨&, or are there others?Dezinaa wrote:Little do humans know that the socks teleport to a planet called ⌨&.
I'm not sure, actually.shimobaatar wrote:Are these mutations caused by wormhole radiation?Dezinaa wrote:These socks have googly eyes and a mouth that looks like the mouth of a sock puppet.
They use the microphones that they build to speak. Actually, they're more like the collars that the dogs in Up wear.shimobaatar wrote:Do they transmit these sounds to one another telepathically?Dezinaa wrote:Despite having no lips, tongue, teeth, lungs, or glottis, (or hands, since their language has phonemic clapping and snapping,) they are able to speak ᵷ♫ᵽ with ease.
I agree. jk lolshimobaatar wrote:True, any language with less than 12 ingressives puts me to sleep.Dezinaa wrote:Below is the phonology of ᵷ♫ᵽ. As you can see, it has no unique features and is generally quite boring.
Only for that individual.shimobaatar wrote:So does an individual's breakfast alter their personal word order for the day, or does the breakfast of one individual change the standard word order of the entire language and all its speakers for that day?Dezinaa wrote:The basic word order is OSV. However, it becomes OVS if you had pancakes for breakfast that morning. But if you put butter on the pancakes after the syrup, the word order should be SVO.
Then the word order is OVS.shimobaatar wrote:Also, what if someone doesn't use both butter and syrup on their pancakes?
There are others, like genitive and dative, which I'll explain in a later post. I'll also explain favorite color marking.shimobaatar wrote:Although I'm not trying to draw attention away from the genius of the 27ular number and the fascinating irregularities of dvdbox, I'm interested in hearing more about case and favorite color.Dezinaa wrote:Nouns inflect for case, number, and favorite color.
Are the only cases the ones mentioned in the morphosyntactic alignment section, or are there others?
Only the favorite color of the noun is marked, and it refers to that noun's favorite color.shimobaatar wrote:Judging by the fact that the plural of dvdbox is irregular if the box's favorite color is aquamarine, I'm assuming that the favorite color marked on the noun is the favorite color of that noun, and not the favorite color of the speaker. Or perhaps both are marked?
Then you use the marker for unknown favorite color.shimobaatar wrote:What would you do if you didn't know the favorite color of a noun you're referring to?
Favorite colors are marked by prefixes. There is a list of possible favorite colors that can be marked, which I'll post sometime. If your favorite color is not on the list, then you can pick the closest one.shimobaatar wrote:What favorite colors can be marked? How are they marked? Is there a specific set of markable colors, or can any color visible to the socks be a favorite? Do they have words/markings for every possible distinct color, then?
They have zoos, and the animals on ⌨& are the same as Earth, for some reason.shimobaatar wrote:Do the socks have zoos? Or are they just remembering zoos on Earth? Do these animals exist at all on their planet? Or are there sock versions of these animals?Dezinaa wrote:Words for animals commonly found in a zoo (such as giraffe, elephant, etc.) have tripartite alignment, while everything else has ergative-absolutive alignment.
They could just guess, but to be grammatically correct, they should memorize what animals have tripartite alignment.shimobaatar wrote:And do sock children learn a specific set of animals that can be found in zoos, or are they told to use their instincts and guess whether or not they should use tripartite alignment when talking about a certain animal?
No, they are usually made in factories on Earth.shimobaatar wrote:Can socks even reproduce?
Yes.shimobaatar wrote:Do they automatically learn the language once they are teleported to the planet?
That's right, only you would.shimobaatar wrote:If you trimmed your toenails on a Monday, then would everyone use neutral marking on Tuesday, or would only you use it? I'm guessing that only you would.Dezinaa wrote:If it is a tuesday, all nouns are nominative-accusative (with marked nominative, of course), unless you trimmed your toenails on the previous day, in which case all nouns have neutral marking.
I mean that the single argument of an intransitive verb is marked the same way as both the agent and patient of a transitive verb. (So basically, everything is zero-marked.)shimobaatar wrote:What do you mean by neutral marking? No nouns are marked?
Correct.shimobaatar wrote:Then native speakers would never use neutral marking?Dezinaa wrote:This is an easy way for the socks to tell who is not a native of ⌨&, since socks have no toenails.
Eight.shimobaatar wrote:How many such verbs exist?Dezinaa wrote:However, verbs having to do with building microphones and/or microwave ovens have five tenses:
- To build a microwave,
- to build a microphone,
- to build a microphone and a microwave at the same time,
- to build multiple microwaves,
- to build multiple microphones,
- to build a microphone and multiple microwaves at the same time,
- to build a microwave and multiple microphones at the same time.
EDIT: to build multiple microwaves and multiple microphones at the same time.
Yes. However, no one, including the socks, know how they are able to build anything.shimobaatar wrote:Do socks use appliances, and do they build them themselves, despite their lack of hands?
Yes, since it's the only language on ⌨&.shimobaatar wrote:So it's an isolate, even on the planet ⌨&?Dezinaa wrote:even though it is not related to Indo-European languages (or any language).
Nope, not even imperative.shimobaatar wrote:So there's a declarative? Are there other moods?Dezinaa wrote:Polar questions are formed by adding the question particle '!ṙ' to the beginning of a sentence. To make a negative question, add '!ṙ' and remove the declarative prefix 'ƀʢx-'. Wh-questions are treated like normal declarative sentences. To make a negative sentence, remove the declarative prefix.
Thanks!shimobaatar wrote:Very funny and well presented! I love jokelangs, and I look forward to seeing more!
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Re: ᵷ♫ᵽ
Laughed a whole lot, but thankfully i was not in any public place.
Favorite color is what every noun is always waiting to be inflected for!
Favorite color is what every noun is always waiting to be inflected for!
Re: ᵷ♫ᵽ
Excellent! About time we gave a name for this.
Thank goodness I ate my hotcakes w/ butter and sausage today...
...erm, 'hotcakes' do fall under the prescriptive aegis of Pancake SVO, don't they?
... ... Um, does the digestive acquisition of sausage influence syntax in any way?
BTW
These would be the Unmigviesᵷ♫ᵽ is spoken by the socks that disappear in the dryer.
Spoiler:
I was aware that they travelled the hozone to get to ⌨&.Little do humans know that the socks teleport to a planet called ⌨&.
Spoiler:
...erm, 'hotcakes' do fall under the prescriptive aegis of Pancake SVO, don't they?
... ... Um, does the digestive acquisition of sausage influence syntax in any way?
BTW
Re: ᵷ♫ᵽ
Wow - so much to cover!
The socks, in turn, create microphones and microwaves that run amok, in a vicious (extra rinse) cycle.
Truly breath-taking.
What about broken toenails or toenail clippings left in the sock? Surely that would create a shibboleth-like conundrum.This is an easy way for the socks to tell who is not a native of ⌨&, since socks have no toenails.
No doubt the malefically warped washer-dryers imbue these sentient socks with hateful energy.How many such verbs exist? Do socks use appliances, and do they build them themselves, despite their lack of hands?
The socks, in turn, create microphones and microwaves that run amok, in a vicious (extra rinse) cycle.
Truly breath-taking.
Re: ᵷ♫ᵽ
That's what the socks realized, so they made up prefixes for basically any color you can think of. And I'm glad you enjoyed it!loglorn wrote:Laughed a whole lot, but thankfully i was not in any public place.
Favorite color is what every noun is always waiting to be inflected for!
Re: ᵷ♫ᵽ
Ok.Lambuzhao wrote:Excellent! About time we gave a name for this.
These would be the Unmigviesᵷ♫ᵽ is spoken by the socks that disappear in the dryer.Spoiler:
Ok. Thanks.Lambuzhao wrote:I was aware that they travelled the hozone to get to ⌨&.Little do humans know that the socks teleport to a planet called ⌨&.Spoiler:
Yes, hotcakes count as pancakes. But the word order isn't SVO unless you had both butter and syrup, and if you put the syrup on first.Lambuzhao wrote:Thank goodness I ate my hotcakes w/ butter and sausage today...
...erm, 'hotcakes' do fall under the prescriptive aegis of Pancake SVO, don't they?
Nope.Lambuzhao wrote:... ... Um, does the digestive acquisition of sausage influence syntax in any way?
Thanks!Lambuzhao wrote:BTW
Non-unmigvie (but not migvie (so most likely human)) speakers of ᵷ♫ᵽ have to be careful not to break their toenails. No conundrum unless they don't realize they broke a toenail.Lambuzhao wrote:Wow - so much to cover!
What about broken toenails or toenail clippings left in the sock? Surely that would create a shibboleth-like conundrum.This is an easy way for the socks to tell who is not a native of ⌨&, since socks have no toenails.
Evil microphones and microwaves are becoming a problem on ⌨&. But fortunately, not a huge problem.Lambuzhao wrote:No doubt the malefically warped washer-dryers imbue these sentient socks with hateful energy.How many such verbs exist? Do socks use appliances, and do they build them themselves, despite their lack of hands?
The socks, in turn, create microphones and microwaves that run amok, in a vicious (extra rinse) cycle.
Truly breath-taking.
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Re: ᵷ♫ᵽ
I'm seeing a deep and troubling lack of a verb meaning "to build multiple microwaves and multiple microphones at the same time" here.Dezinaa wrote:Eight.shimobaatar wrote:How many such verbs exist?Dezinaa wrote:However, verbs having to do with building microphones and/or microwave ovens have five tenses:
- To build a microwave,
- to build a microphone,
- to build a microphone and a microwave at the same time,
- to build multiple microwaves,
- to build multiple microphones,
- to build a microphone and multiple microwaves at the same time,
- to build a microwave and multiple microphones at the same time.
Re: ᵷ♫ᵽ
Oops! Thanks for pointing that out; I'll fix it.alynnidalar wrote:I'm seeing a deep and troubling lack of a verb meaning "to build multiple microwaves and multiple microphones at the same time" here.Dezinaa wrote:Eight.shimobaatar wrote:How many such verbs exist?Dezinaa wrote:However, verbs having to do with building microphones and/or microwave ovens have five tenses:
- To build a microwave,
- to build a microphone,
- to build a microphone and a microwave at the same time,
- to build multiple microwaves,
- to build multiple microphones,
- to build a microphone and multiple microwaves at the same time,
- to build a microwave and multiple microphones at the same time.
Re: ᵷ♫ᵽ
The thᵽᵽb♩ dialect
The thᵽᵽb♩ dielect is the dialect spoken by the socks that were worn more on the left foot. It is similar to the 'ogb dialect, which is the one I used in the first post. thᵽᵽb♩ uses nasals instead of implosives, the vowel is pronounced /ɘ/, /ɰ/ is replaced by /j/, and /ʔ/ is replaced by /h/. Clicks are replaced by ejectives of the same PoA, and <ƀ ᵽ> are pronounced /b͡v p͡f/. In thᵽᵽb♩, thᵽᵽb♩ is pronounced /tXp͡fp͡fm̩˦/
Cases
Besides having morphosyntactic cases, ᵷ♫ᵽ has genetive and dative cases. Possesive phrases are head-marking, with the possessor appearing first.
Example:
řq yo♩-ṗḅ♬l-tg
2.PL GEN-ear.PL-FAV.CLR
"Your ears"
The dative case is marked by reduplicating the second phoneme of a word.
Example:
řq~q yo♩-ṗḅ♬l-tg
2.PL~DAT GEN-ear.PL-FAV.CLR
"To your ears"
Favorite colors
As mentioned previously, nouns are marked for the favorite color of that noun. Here is the list of favorite colors that can be marked:
unknown/ no favorite color
blue
green
red
yellow
white
aquamarine
purple
black
orange
brown
cyan
pink
gray
The unknown/ no favorite color is marked my '-tg'. It is used when the speaker does not know someone/something's favorite color, or if the object/sock/person does not have a favorite color.
The thᵽᵽb♩ dielect is the dialect spoken by the socks that were worn more on the left foot. It is similar to the 'ogb dialect, which is the one I used in the first post. thᵽᵽb♩ uses nasals instead of implosives, the vowel is pronounced /ɘ/, /ɰ/ is replaced by /j/, and /ʔ/ is replaced by /h/. Clicks are replaced by ejectives of the same PoA, and <ƀ ᵽ> are pronounced /b͡v p͡f/. In thᵽᵽb♩, thᵽᵽb♩ is pronounced /tXp͡fp͡fm̩˦/
Cases
Besides having morphosyntactic cases, ᵷ♫ᵽ has genetive and dative cases. Possesive phrases are head-marking, with the possessor appearing first.
Example:
řq yo♩-ṗḅ♬l-tg
2.PL GEN-ear.PL-FAV.CLR
"Your ears"
The dative case is marked by reduplicating the second phoneme of a word.
Example:
řq~q yo♩-ṗḅ♬l-tg
2.PL~DAT GEN-ear.PL-FAV.CLR
"To your ears"
Favorite colors
As mentioned previously, nouns are marked for the favorite color of that noun. Here is the list of favorite colors that can be marked:
unknown/ no favorite color
blue
green
red
yellow
white
aquamarine
purple
black
orange
brown
cyan
pink
gray
The unknown/ no favorite color is marked my '-tg'. It is used when the speaker does not know someone/something's favorite color, or if the object/sock/person does not have a favorite color.