The CBB

My translation is complete! Now I just have to somehow create a grammar guide that will be as pleasant and smooth for loglorn to work with as alynnidalar's was for me. This...is not likely to happen, but I'm going to try my level best. I should be able to pass it on tomorrow, or Monday at the lates...

Sal, do you have any post-1970 examples? There's a lot of books I can think of that do extensive footnotes for humor (Discworld and the Bartimaeus Trilogy immediately come to mind), but I'm not sure if that's the sort of thing you mean, or if you mean something more like The Princess Bride , where t...

I finally finished my work for the relay. [xD] This is the longest text in Tirina that I've translated in quite awhile. I'm pleased to discover I haven't lost all that much--aside from looking up usage of some prepositions and how, exactly, I translated certain relative clauses in the past, I didn't...

Torch has been passed! Sorry for the delay, folks. Didn't end up having as much time to work on it as I thought I would, so I didn't budget my time properly.

As a reminder, I ended up using Tirina, not Azen.

Yes, should have it by then!

Unfortunately, I'm going to need another day or so--sorry for the delay but I haven't quite gotten the translation/grammar finished yet! I've ended up using Tirina rather than Azen, because neither Azen nor I was quite up to the task.

Receiv'd, forsooth.

I haven't heard from ArryogVik yet so the rings may end up evening out on their own!

Could I be switched with ArryogVik? I'm going to be coming back from vacation in the middle of my currently-scheduled time and I'm not sure I'd be able to get it done in time. (alternately, if the schedule slips a day, I can stay where I am--just would rather start 12/29 or 12/30 than 12/28) Ring 1...

Ser wrote: ↑

03 Dec 2019 07:56

Italian has a fun, very conservative descendant: singular uomo, plural uomini.

Proof positive I'm a linguistics nerd: I made an audible "oooh!" sound when reading this. (luckily my coworkers did not notice; I don't think they'd understand!)

Could I be switched with ArryogVik? I'm going to be coming back from vacation in the middle of my currently-scheduled time and I'm not sure I'd be able to get it done in time.

(alternately, if the schedule slips a day, I can stay where I am--just would rather start 12/29 or 12/30 than 12/28)

Vlürch wrote: ↑

17 Dec 2019 07:30

Welp, that was a pretty long post that probably somehow ends up offending everyone who reads it...

A good post, IMO. Much less specific politics and much more general things to consider.

I shall be participating with Azen, although I reserve the right to abruptly change to Tirina if it seems too hard.

Re: schedule: I'll be on vacation from December 24 to 29 so if I can be scheduled not then it'd be greaaaat.

Mention of lyocite veins getting larger as they get nearer to Despair made me think: what happens if you try to dig under Despair? Does it extend down into the earth as well?

Reyzadren's metal stuffz wrote:Sonata Arctica

Sonata Arctica has been coming up on Spotify quite a lot lately for me! I've liked what I've heard so far. Haven't actually sat down and listened to any of their albums properly, though.

Oh lands, not this again...

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 posit...

In that case I would expect all insects to have similar chests, with little connection to gender.

fruityloops wrote: ↑

07 May 2019 18:42

small breasted

Why would insects have any mammary glands at all...?

You all might appreciate this--the latest argument I've seen against The Last Jedi is that it has a planet with salt on the surface. I'm not entirely clear why someone thought a salt planet was the last straw, but I'm delighted they've provided me with the silliest argument yet to "prove" The Last J...