... I personally would think - if I was coming to Tanala without ever having known it before, I would think a word like praratrashya was indoaryan. But...
Wesley Parish
wes.parish@...
Oct 1, 2005 8:44 am
134152
... This makes me think of how Ayeri could handle this. I'd most probably translate the given sentence "Is her dream a thought or is her thought a dream?" as ...
Carsten Becker
naranoieati@...
Oct 1, 2005 9:38 am
134153
... Because I was of the impression that Gimbutas et consortes thought that IE was carried west by nomads. If not, I suppose I attacked a strawman. ... Being...
Andreas Johansson
andjo@...
Oct 1, 2005 10:31 am
134154
On 9/29/05, R A Brown <ray@...> wrote:> It seems to me that apart from on add short interjection here and there, ... Oh, I had been following...
Patrick Littell
puchitao@...
Oct 1, 2005 12:05 pm
134155
On Sat, 01 Oct 2005, 03:10 CEST, Joćo Ricardo de Mendonēa ... I don't know. However, Erntedank is only a "church holiday", so not an official one. ... I come...
Carsten Becker
naranoieati@...
Oct 1, 2005 4:26 pm
134156
It identified Mangani as Cebuano, which appears to be a langauge spoken in the phillipines. Also, I'm going to drop off the list. I've got too much stuff...
Peter Coogan
cooganwold@...
Oct 1, 2005 5:36 pm
134157
Rémi Villatel wrote: <<< ... Kiki ya mite we Tunu. Xaki wo Tunu ya kanu. Tunu ya xaki we nuxo texa xuka wo xaro rari. ... "I hate Tunu. Tunu's sound is ugly....
Taka Tunu
takatunu@...
Oct 1, 2005 7:48 pm
134158
On 10/1/05, Carsten Becker <naranoieati@...> wrote: <SNIP> ... <SNIP> The only reason I thought it was a US-only holiday is that it is related to...
Joćo Ricardo de Me...
somnicorvus@...
Oct 1, 2005 8:19 pm
134159
Well, I guess you're right. Someone else from the list sent me a side-note offlist and explained me why they are having Thanksgiving in Northern America. The...
Carsten Becker
naranoieati@...
Oct 1, 2005 8:40 pm
134160
I entered this[1] translation of a song into Ayeri. The Xerox analyzer again said it was Indonesian, the other one says it's gibberish. Must be the accents...
Carsten Becker
naranoieati@...
Oct 1, 2005 8:57 pm
134161
Meh, "[1]" in my previous msg. was supposed to be http://www.spinnoff.com/zbb/viewtopic.php?t=12361 Yours, Carsten...
Carsten Becker
naranoieati@...
Oct 1, 2005 10:19 pm
134162
... Did you inverse all the values in your lexicon or do you want to force me to say that I meant the contrary of what you write ? ;-) ... That's close from...
Remi Villatel
maxilys@...
Oct 2, 2005 12:54 am
134163
... It also customarily includes yams, cranberries, and stuffing made of cornbread. Curiously, it is not certain that the Pilgrims ate turkey in 1621, since...
Thomas Wier
trwier@...
Oct 2, 2005 5:48 am
134164
... I'm sorry that I haven't been following this thread very closely; I've been busy with a new job and a class to TA and I have a paper due to the LFG people...
Thomas Wier
trwier@...
Oct 2, 2005 5:51 am
134165
... Actually, the modern Thanksgiving is unrelated to the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving, though it did borrow some customs. According to the en.wikipedia's article ...
Nik Taylor
yonjuuni@...
Oct 2, 2005 5:57 am
134166
Because of darned GMAIL my reply got sent to Patrick & not to the list. Anyway, I have had one or two more thoughts so I'll sort of reply to my reply to...
R A Brown
ray@...
Oct 2, 2005 9:30 am
134167
What are the mysterious words uttered by the SCO lawyer in this: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20051002 "Your honour, on behalf of my client the SCO...
Wesley Parish
wes.parish@...
Oct 2, 2005 9:56 am
134168
Rémi Villatel wrote: <<< I surprise myself sometimes. ;-) I just opened the grammar and the lexicon in tabs. With the help of the examples, it took me no time...
Taka Tunu
takatunu@...
Oct 2, 2005 5:07 pm
134169
(Just wanted to say I sent an apology to Joćo for my arrogant wording.)...
Carsten Becker
naranoieati@...
Oct 2, 2005 7:25 pm
134170
... Carsten, no trouble at all. I appreciate you took the time to send me an apology, it was a nice gesture from you. Thank you very much. I hope we get along...
Joćo Ricardo de Me...
somnicorvus@...
Oct 2, 2005 11:10 pm
134171
Oh-oh... That was not meant to go the list! Sorry, Carsten, I didn't notice your reply-to was set to the mailing list address. I'm new to Gmail and I'm still...
Joćo Ricardo de Me...
somnicorvus@...
Oct 2, 2005 11:19 pm
134172
... Our family doesn't like cornbread stuffing... no thanks. Regular bread stuffing (or dressing as some places call it) is what we have (and absolutely no...
B. Garcia
madyaas@...
Oct 3, 2005 7:28 am
134173
... I'm actually typing this to try and make myself come up with possibilities for a Thagojian or Br'ga harvest-time festival, but the agricultural options are...
Paul Bennett
paul-bennett@...
Oct 3, 2005 7:57 am
134174
Since we're in holiday mood, I'm going to emerge briefly from the lurk mode I've chosen in recent months to wish Shanah Tovah (happy new year) to those...
Shaul Vardi
vardi@...
Oct 3, 2005 8:05 am
134175
... <SNIP> Does that word (Poxtuga) come from "Portugal"? Joćo Ricardo de Mendonēa...
Joćo Ricardo de Me...
somnicorvus@...
Oct 3, 2005 1:49 pm
134176
On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 09:30:09 -0400, Joćo Ricardo de Mendonēa ... Yes. It fits quite tidily because -ga is the ending for ethnonyms. I'm thinking that...
Paul Bennett
paul-bennett@...
Oct 3, 2005 5:56 pm
134177
... Paul, where is this island of yours and when was it discovered by the Europeans? Maybe I can help you providing some Portuguese explorers that were in the...
Joćo Ricardo de Me...
somnicorvus@...
Oct 3, 2005 6:37 pm
134178
Hallo! ... Gimbutas may have thought so, but I definitely don't. So you indeed attacked a strawman. ... Yes. This may have been part of it. ... Probably...
Jörg Rhiemeier
joerg_rhiemeier@...
Oct 3, 2005 7:47 pm
134179
Hallo! ... Yes. It is clarly an unnatural feature, but who asks for naturalism in a loglang? Loglangs are _per se_ unnatural. ... Nice. ... Sort of, I'd say....
Jörg Rhiemeier
joerg_rhiemeier@...
Oct 3, 2005 7:50 pm
134180
... My thought here: W.Europe was heavily forested, no? That would totally flummox nomads. Farmers at least would figure out slash-and-burn, even if they...