The CBB

In 1987, Sir Arthur C. Clarke wrote a book titled July 20, 2019: Life in the 21 st Century. The fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing was chosen to mark the date in the future in which Sir Arthur speculated about what life would be like, well, today. This book devoted chapters to thirteen ...

Also, the Basic 200 list has been retweaked. It now reads: left (opposite of right) right (opposite of left) good (in quality) bad (in quality) white black short (opposite of long) long wide thin thick small big round heavy cold (water) warm (water) hot (water) low (in altitude) high (in altitude) d...

trick (prostitution) - lol. active entertainment :roll: You know, I was considering a "Sex" category, but all the words that would go there find neatly under other classes. Well, I finally did it. I added a SEX category. I was never completely comfortable with having "to masturbate" under Bodily Fu...

The new word lIvqa'nan sounds like "leave Canaan". What do you suppose the given meaning, "doorframe [something constructed to hold a door or gate, whether the door/gate is there or not]", has to do with it?

Verb: Make-word

Good idea! We have a similar thread for animal names, but nothing yet for compounds in general.

I found a potential typo in the House Rules: This includes the creation of "game" threads which invole posting or changing a only single word or less. Only took me a year to notice this reply (wasn't subscribed to a thread I started, and apparently didn't read this), but thanks. After far too long ...

Here is a more familiar list of names. It's the current top 50 at the CBB, by declining number of edits. 1 shimobaatar 2 Lambuzhao 3 Micamo 4 eldin raigmore 5 Ahzoh 6 Lao Kou 7 Xing 8 DesEsseintes 9 Creyeditor 10 qwed117 11 Chagen 12 Thrice Xandvii 13 Thakowsaizmu 14 Ossicone 15 elemtilas 16 Frislan...

Yes, Bina, the continent on Junsu on which Tenta is located, is a sort of equivalent to Europe. Part of Bina has the Cheitwekwi race, which includes such countries as Tenta, Frelakh, and Bionjeng. Cheitwekwi people are characterized by medium height and weight, variable hair and eye colors, variabl...

Newest words added to the LCV: achievement (the students at Weber High are known for their academic ~) achievement (Joan has been praised for her ~s) achievement (it was quite an ~) agenda (for a meeting) agenda (Mr. Wright has a conservative ~) announcer antibiotic assembly (at school) audition (fo...

NEW WORDS: to blast off, to take off to carry on, to go on (give me the strength to ~) to continue, to go on to continue, to go on (with an activity) to continue, to go on (of rain) to continue, to go on (of fighting) to continue, to go on (of negotiations) to go on (of time, the night) to go on (th...

masako wrote: ↑

01 May 2019 23:11

napanu gelu: bimushekra ya kadinnai
hear-1sg-3sg.ANIM come-3sg.ANIM | DAT-withdraw-INF VOC lead-AG-1sg.GEN
I hear him coming: let's withdraw, my lord.

Withdraw, as in withdrawing from a battle?

Renee emiyain ad is az yakh wan abam argas letze et houmans is hoas, yau wan ien e dom et ham sharak. Renee tell-PST to 1s that if 3s eat much pasta as QR-how 1s do-PRS then 3s would BE big as this house Renee told me that if she ate as much pasta as I do, she would be as big as this house. https:/...

Renee emiyain ad is az yakh wan abam argas letze et houmans is hoas, yau wan ien e dom et ham sharak.
Renee tell-PST to 1s that if 3s eat much pasta as QR-how 1s do-PRS then 3s would BE big as this house
Renee told me that if she ate as much pasta as I do, she would be as big as this house.

Back to space travel. The unwritten minimum number of words for a category in the LCV seems to be 13 -- the number of entries under Simple Life-forms, and the number of entries under Mail. I have come up with new 10 items I could place under Space Travel (and that are core, unlike "to spacewalk" or ...

I forgot to mention some things that you may wish to consider in your Landau core vocabulay: In many parts of New Guinea, body parts and numbers are very closely related (by means of the extended body part system ); thus, many body parts and numbers could overlap. If I do remember correctly, on wik...

Yes it’s spoken by cat people (bipedal ones, but not too anthro in style), but, they don’t eat the birds since the birds are much larger than they are (the bird people stand about 5.5 to 6 feet tall the cats only 4.5 to 5 feet tall). They wouldn’t hurt bird people (as that would ruin their cultural...

Tentans have straight or wavy hair. Among the ethnic Tentans, hair color comes in 65% blonde, 17% red and 18% brown among the females and 30% blonde, 27% red and 43% brown among the males. Eyes come in 71% blue, 5% grey, 8% green, 5% hazel and 11% brown. 80% of boys and 61% of girls have freckles. ...

I've wanted to add "to launch (a rocket)" ever since I've added the other kinds of launching a month or two ago. However, I can't fit it into any of my existing categories. So I'm considering adding a new category for space travel. The only problem is that I can't think of enough potential words to ...

Thanks, Gach! I'm reworking Bodus' moons to all be potato-shaped and non-icy, and to be farther from the planet. Well, perhaps they can be buttery in stead! Oh, I get it. Buttery like potatoes . Also, any chance for a couple ravioli shaped moons? Ravioli is delicious! That article is some great conw...