Hello! Just a quickie: does anyone know where the ending -sh in Latin-derived English words like "accomplish", "perish", "relinquish" etc. comes from? This...
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Carl Edlund Anderson
carlsefni
Oct 2, 2009 1:07 pm
... Bizarrely enough, it comes from the -isc- of inceptive verbs in Latin (which may have some cunning PIE background, though I'm not cunning enough to know...
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cardmaker1of3
Oct 2, 2009 2:55 pm
My understanding had always been that it was derived via French -ir verbs with the -iss- infix. I know accomplir and finir in French both have the infix; I...
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thomasruhm
Oct 13, 2009 10:06 am
It is called 'Etudes critiques sur les sources de l'histoire merovingienne' and is not expensive. I ordered it last saturday. I think it is usefull for...
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Benct Philip Jonsson
melroch
Oct 13, 2009 12:36 pm
Salud, and apologies for cross-posting! I've sorted out the order of changes needed in Rhodrese historical phonology so that 1.sg present shows 'u-umlaut' but...
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thomasruhm
Oct 13, 2009 5:34 pm
That reminds me of the traditional French pronunciation described by Vera Scherr. There 'u' is usually umlaut but changes before 'm', 'n' or 'nc'. 'Fundum'...
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Benct Philip Jonsson
melroch
Oct 13, 2009 5:52 pm
... How so? There's no such rule in Rhodrese. /BP...
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thomasruhm
Oct 13, 2009 6:27 pm
In Rhodrese '-um' is different too. I thought it is because of the 'm'. Is it just because it is at the end of a word. I know Alemannic dialects were 's' can...
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Benct Philip Jonsson
melroch
Oct 14, 2009 12:21 pm
... Well, in Vulgar Latin as a whole final -m, except in stressed monosyllables was lost; in fact the letter represented, by the evidence of Old Latin, where...
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thomasruhm
Oct 14, 2009 1:51 pm
That is so hard to read all that @ and & and so on looks like curses in a comic book....
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Benct Philip Jonsson
melroch
Oct 15, 2009 7:23 am
... It's a phonetic notation system known as Conlang-X-SAMPA, actually a code on the IPA using only ASCII characters, since these can be expected to be robust...
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thomasruhm
Oct 17, 2009 2:05 pm
I read not long time ago, that '-vi' is said as '-wuy'. I don't know where I read this and I don't find it anymore. Can it be true? And if yes, how can I...
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Padraic Brown
elemtilas
Oct 17, 2009 11:47 pm
... Many things touch on the conlanger's art. I would say that how sounds were produced by progenitors of the conlang's speakers touches rather closely! I...
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thomasruhm
Oct 18, 2009 12:07 am
What I mean was something like 'v' followed a diphthong made of 'u' and 'i'. The text said, that the spelling was caused by a tendency not to write two letters...
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Eric Christopherson
draximus99
Oct 18, 2009 7:15 am
... I seem to remember reading that the -v- might have itself been secondary, added either to break hiatus or by analogy to -ui, or both....
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thomasruhm
Oct 29, 2009 5:07 pm
Hi Scott, do you have notes for the christmas carol too? I could would like to practice it in my singing lessons. read you /Capsicum...
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thomasruhm
Oct 30, 2009 9:57 am
PDF would be fine. I would love to sing your song next Christmas. Maybe I could also sing it at the next little concert of the music school, althoug that is in...
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Carl Edlund Anderson
carlsefni
Nov 20, 2009 3:52 pm
This may be of interest .... ... -- Carl Edlund Anderson http://www.carlaz.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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thomasruhm
Nov 21, 2009 11:03 pm
We do know enough about romance languages to understand each other more or less. I think such a chat room could be great fun....
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thomasruhm
Nov 28, 2009 10:51 pm
Don't be shy. It's worth a try....
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Marko
codename_gim...
Nov 30, 2009 1:46 am
As it stands, I'm still mired in the formative stages of my own romlang (I should probably come here more often, in light of that!), *but* I do happen to speak...
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thomasruhm
Dec 4, 2009 7:46 pm
We could use Skype for it. I prefer it to other chat programms because you don't have to tell everybody everything about you. I can't programm a chat myself...
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Marko
codename_gim...
Dec 5, 2009 7:08 pm
Hmmm-- do you have a romlang of your own as well? I'm only offering up my Spanish because my own romlang isn't developed enough to put to great use......
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thomasruhm
Dec 5, 2009 7:45 pm
Hi Marko. I did ask about a chat only here. My romlang is not far developed yet. I am trying to build some kind of Vulgar Latin dialect changed by using early...
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Padraic Brown
elemtilas
Dec 5, 2009 9:56 pm
... My penny-hapenny: Part of the reason why these sorts of proposals don't get far is that most conlangs really aren't ready for use in a live chat situation,...
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thomasruhm
Dec 5, 2009 10:13 pm
I find it boring to wait so long for an answer. A chat room would be much better. If we try not to write Spanish or English too much it can work. Write your...
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Padraic Brown
elemtilas
Dec 5, 2009 11:29 pm
... di c' manerès, pothont 's alcouant decker n' dondplases-sois pass ces "chencoelles le feaire parlier". iveri si welliont ce grup l' incepir yen ncencoel,...
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thomasruhm
Dec 5, 2009 11:34 pm
There is no need to be unfriendly....
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Marko
codename_gim...
Dec 6, 2009 5:14 am
I do have to concede one point that Padraic makes, Capsicum, and that's to be found simply in the point that I can't completely understand everything he posted...
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Padraic Brown
elemtilas
Dec 6, 2009 2:15 pm
... nicaratheckès? nicaretheckès, biath c' la hencouant dosfea mi lordeneir-te le feaire ridieir a lis chraves. donasi 'm aremer m' opinièn. Padraic...
