Sean
@orangusean.bsky.social
Linguistics and Italian at UC Davis
Interested in language variation and contact, language revitalization, and dialectology.
I make silly languages and write silly stories with them.
He/him
Interested in language variation and contact, language revitalization, and dialectology.
I make silly languages and write silly stories with them.
He/him
More silly made up languages. This time we're looking at the Laukunnya family and its descendent languages and dialects (who are without names until I get a bigger vocabulary to work with). Included some tables of sound changes (transcribed without IPA because this was typed fast on Google Docs).
November 28, 2024 at 12:15 AM
More silly made up languages. This time we're looking at the Laukunnya family and its descendent languages and dialects (who are without names until I get a bigger vocabulary to work with). Included some tables of sound changes (transcribed without IPA because this was typed fast on Google Docs).
I was in 5th grade and sick at my aunt's house. She handed me a heavy volume of Lord of the Rings (all of it, Fellowship through King) and I was hooked.
Except I only made it halfway through Fellowship... But then around 8th grade I picked it up again for a book report and never looked back.
Except I only made it halfway through Fellowship... But then around 8th grade I picked it up again for a book report and never looked back.
I think I have reached enough followers to start asking questions (a lot of my research is about the reception of #Tolkien’s works, so I love asking about it)!
When did you first read anything by Tolkien (or watch/play/listen to an adaptation if that came first)?
Reskeet for more answers!
When did you first read anything by Tolkien (or watch/play/listen to an adaptation if that came first)?
Reskeet for more answers!
November 16, 2024 at 10:21 PM
I was in 5th grade and sick at my aunt's house. She handed me a heavy volume of Lord of the Rings (all of it, Fellowship through King) and I was hooked.
Except I only made it halfway through Fellowship... But then around 8th grade I picked it up again for a book report and never looked back.
Except I only made it halfway through Fellowship... But then around 8th grade I picked it up again for a book report and never looked back.
It's 11PM on a Saturday here in Italy so of course I'm toying with fake languages. Here are some sample sentences in Zemskian (not real) with some very lazy transcription and glossing. Zemskian is an OSV language that distinguishes between singular-paucal-plural and has contrastive vowel length.
November 16, 2024 at 10:07 PM
It's 11PM on a Saturday here in Italy so of course I'm toying with fake languages. Here are some sample sentences in Zemskian (not real) with some very lazy transcription and glossing. Zemskian is an OSV language that distinguishes between singular-paucal-plural and has contrastive vowel length.
They should make a version of McDonald’s except it’s ethical and environmentally conscious and has no questionable business practices and is healthy and has a completely different aesthetic serves tolma and lahmajun and doesn’t serve burgers or any other items on the McDonald’s menu
November 15, 2024 at 10:41 PM
They should make a version of McDonald’s except it’s ethical and environmentally conscious and has no questionable business practices and is healthy and has a completely different aesthetic serves tolma and lahmajun and doesn’t serve burgers or any other items on the McDonald’s menu
Whoever looked at a grape vine and thought “y’know I love the fruits here but I kinda wanna pickle the leaves and put a bunch of rice and spices inside of them” deserves a retroactive Nobel prize
November 15, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Whoever looked at a grape vine and thought “y’know I love the fruits here but I kinda wanna pickle the leaves and put a bunch of rice and spices inside of them” deserves a retroactive Nobel prize