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That depends on where you are in Sanmra. While it might seem like an obvious answer, enclaves in North America largely use "Western" utensils (forks) while those in Asia eat with chopsticks. And everybody eats saiha , a type of flatbread, which gets pressed into service as a utensil as well. Most de...

Dalar physically age like humans, just at a different (and much slower) rate, so an elderly dalar looks very similar to an elderly human. Perhaps a spry elderly human--even old dalar heal better than old humans--but elderly nevertheless. The ratio of equivalent dalar/human ages isn't a constant thin...

It’s been *checks watch* nine months, so it’s time for another post. I’ve been working on thoughts for the origins of the dalar. In-universe, the dalar have a variety of opinions, tied to where they think the world came from to begin with. If you believe in a god or gods creating it, you’re likely t...

Can anyone tell me, what language and/or dialect the following three-line dialogue is in? And/or maybe translate it? A: “Jeetchet?” B: “No.” A: “Squeet!” Translation seems pretty straightforward to me: A: Did you eat yet? B: No. A: So go eat! But as to the dialect, I couldn't say for sure!

Ah yes, I should've specified--I was referring to Western fantasy for the most part.

IME anime and manga with fantastical elements have a broader range of settings than Western fantasy (although there's obviously still a lot of common settings--how many anime are set in high schools??)

Sal spent a great deal of time rebutting each point quite well, so I'll just say that I thoroughly agree with him--and with elemtilas. You seem very concerned with "realism", or at least a form of realism that happens to place a lot of value on things you find important, but you've missed that "real...

The obvious answer, as it pertains to fantasy novels, is probably "for urban fantasy, anything not set in either the US or England" and "for non-urban fantasy, anything not set in faux-medieval Europe". Those two types of settings are so overrepresented in fantasy novels that literally anything else...

I speak Inland North American (with the Northern Cities Vowel Shift), so for me it's:

TRAP/BATH/MAD: eə
FATHER/LOT: a (well, ä, I think?)
CLOTH/THOUGHT: ɒ
START: ɐɹ

I love the variants! It's clear how they're related or derived from each other, while still being quite distinct.

Ah yes, very normal, nothing at all to be concerned with...

The star map is beautiful! I love it.

Ahhh. Just finished Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series--well, finished the third book, at least, which is the latest. (the series is planned to have ten in all, two sub-series of five each) I've very deliberately refrained from reading any Sanderson books before this because I knew he wro...

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26 Nov 2018 20:42

Do state and federal taxes need to be filed separately in the US?

Yep, and the guidelines for how to submit are different between the federal government and each state government, naturally.

The deadline is the same, though--April 15.

Urgh, currently having fun with HMRC (the department of the UK Government in charge of taxes). Apparently I didn't pay enough tax... 6 years ago! And a letter has only just appeared through my door about the matter. Because it was 6 years ago, though, I'm not just being asked to pay the additional ...

Northern Steel by Antti Martikainen

On the floor, even?? Quite the cleanup job indeed...

Pre-Oktoberfest? When do they have actual Oktoberfest, and how could Oktoberfest in mid-to-late October be considered super early??

Although let's not forget cello quartet Apocalyptica's cover of Grieg's 1875 Hall of the Mountain King Definitely not forget that one! I think this is all a big part of why I like folk metal so much. I like history and I like folk music--I think a culture's folk music tells you a lot about that cul...

In the process of pregnancy, in the process of giving birth to a female child, or in the process of using the sex-changing magic? Additionally, does the mother have to cast the sex-changing spell, or can any witch cast it on a mother? If the mother has to cast the sex-changing spell and loses her ma...

Ooh! That's pretty cool.

I would say <ayeng> as well, although I'm inclined to want to reduce the first syllable and stress the second. <ahyeng> might work to prevent that.