Jamin
@bpnjohnson.bsky.social
Lingufacturer. Mead-maker. DIYer. Decolonizer. Fountain pen enthusiast. Thwacker of uncooperative technology. Purveyor of bespoke languages. Kjipuktuk, Mi'kma'ki. /ʤəˈmɪn/ he/him 🇨🇦
I've been working on creating a template that I can use to "showcase" #conlangs in an easily digestible way in which conlangers can find the basic things they look for while non-langers can appreciate some things about it without choking on grammar. Here it is for Valthungian so far:
September 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I've been working on creating a template that I can use to "showcase" #conlangs in an easily digestible way in which conlangers can find the basic things they look for while non-langers can appreciate some things about it without choking on grammar. Here it is for Valthungian so far:
I know we need the rain, but this seems excessive.
August 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I know we need the rain, but this seems excessive.
One day I will catch the imp who writes my footnotes.
August 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
One day I will catch the imp who writes my footnotes.
Faugun Hauvahravist!
Happy Lughnassadh!
Not a bad day's work: Six gallons of pear cider, a gallon and a half of wheat beer, and a loaf of sourdough beer bread. It smells heavenly in here! I also made a pint of homemade non-dairy pistachio ice cream, but we ate it, so no picture!
Happy Lughnassadh!
Not a bad day's work: Six gallons of pear cider, a gallon and a half of wheat beer, and a loaf of sourdough beer bread. It smells heavenly in here! I also made a pint of homemade non-dairy pistachio ice cream, but we ate it, so no picture!
August 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Faugun Hauvahravist!
Happy Lughnassadh!
Not a bad day's work: Six gallons of pear cider, a gallon and a half of wheat beer, and a loaf of sourdough beer bread. It smells heavenly in here! I also made a pint of homemade non-dairy pistachio ice cream, but we ate it, so no picture!
Happy Lughnassadh!
Not a bad day's work: Six gallons of pear cider, a gallon and a half of wheat beer, and a loaf of sourdough beer bread. It smells heavenly in here! I also made a pint of homemade non-dairy pistachio ice cream, but we ate it, so no picture!
A nice Valthungian idiom:
Þeni gapīča wriškunþ an basiðram.
Literally, ‘When gapiča grow on berry bushes’ - pretty much equivalent to "When pigs fly."
#Conlang #ConCulture #ConCuisine
Þeni gapīča wriškunþ an basiðram.
Literally, ‘When gapiča grow on berry bushes’ - pretty much equivalent to "When pigs fly."
#Conlang #ConCulture #ConCuisine
July 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
A nice Valthungian idiom:
Þeni gapīča wriškunþ an basiðram.
Literally, ‘When gapiča grow on berry bushes’ - pretty much equivalent to "When pigs fly."
#Conlang #ConCulture #ConCuisine
Þeni gapīča wriškunþ an basiðram.
Literally, ‘When gapiča grow on berry bushes’ - pretty much equivalent to "When pigs fly."
#Conlang #ConCulture #ConCuisine
@terryo1971.bsky.social and I are kicking off our anniversary weekend in Annapolis Valley with a visit to Church.
July 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
@terryo1971.bsky.social and I are kicking off our anniversary weekend in Annapolis Valley with a visit to Church.
@terryo1971.bsky.social jagik gistradagis bi Lunenbrogis Tuiðin in Bryǧagua, Skōte Njuža.
July 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
@terryo1971.bsky.social jagik gistradagis bi Lunenbrogis Tuiðin in Bryǧagua, Skōte Njuža.
In today's episode of Academic Shitposting, I offer you this magnificent sentence:
July 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In today's episode of Academic Shitposting, I offer you this magnificent sentence:
LOL I noticed a translation tip for "French Gaelic" on the side... I'm pretty sure what I meant to say was something about "rare dialects of French and Canadian Gaelic" (which are both real things here), but somehow it came out as "French Gaelic or Canadian." 🤣
July 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
LOL I noticed a translation tip for "French Gaelic" on the side... I'm pretty sure what I meant to say was something about "rare dialects of French and Canadian Gaelic" (which are both real things here), but somehow it came out as "French Gaelic or Canadian." 🤣
Han ist atkwomna sa tīma.
July 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Han ist atkwomna sa tīma.
I don't often food-shame, but this is so bad I have to. This first picture is the spicy tuna roll I ordered from Moxies. The second is what the delivered to me. I don't know what's in all of those plastic containers, but you could try a thousand combinations and it would never be a spicy tuna roll.
May 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I don't often food-shame, but this is so bad I have to. This first picture is the spicy tuna roll I ordered from Moxies. The second is what the delivered to me. I don't know what's in all of those plastic containers, but you could try a thousand combinations and it would never be a spicy tuna roll.
A fun Valthungian idiom: af ǣǧarǭsua tō 'from A to Z'
May 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A fun Valthungian idiom: af ǣǧarǭsua tō 'from A to Z'
Sometimes I find myself shit-posting in my own grammars.
April 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Sometimes I find myself shit-posting in my own grammars.
While searching for a good example of the weird things that happen when historical /h/ appears in the stems of certain nouns and adjectives, I rediscovered one of my favourite Valthungian #conlang words!
Pinecone = fir piglet.
Pinecone = fir piglet.
April 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
While searching for a good example of the weird things that happen when historical /h/ appears in the stems of certain nouns and adjectives, I rediscovered one of my favourite Valthungian #conlang words!
Pinecone = fir piglet.
Pinecone = fir piglet.
I hope everyone has a perfect date today! Don't forget your light jacket!
April 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I hope everyone has a perfect date today! Don't forget your light jacket!
An Easter cartoon in Valthungian:
“I don’t know where the eggs come from. And I don’t know why I keep hiding them.”
“I don’t know where the eggs come from. And I don’t know why I keep hiding them.”
April 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
An Easter cartoon in Valthungian:
“I don’t know where the eggs come from. And I don’t know why I keep hiding them.”
“I don’t know where the eggs come from. And I don’t know why I keep hiding them.”
I've been slacking off on #Vocabruary the last few days, but sometimes it's just nice to translate a sentence you encounter organically and gloss it. So here's some Zjenavi to tide you over.
February 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I've been slacking off on #Vocabruary the last few days, but sometimes it's just nice to translate a sentence you encounter organically and gloss it. So here's some Zjenavi to tide you over.
I'm taking the day off from Vocabruary today, but please enjoy an inspirational quote in Gothic Romance. Happy VD!
February 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I'm taking the day off from Vocabruary today, but please enjoy an inspirational quote in Gothic Romance. Happy VD!
#Vocabruary Days 12‒13: bro-lu ‘relationship’, bro-la-ke ‘beziehungsweise’
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February 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
#Vocabruary Days 12‒13: bro-lu ‘relationship’, bro-la-ke ‘beziehungsweise’
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#Vocabruary Days 08‒11: Making up for a few days, but I made you a nice long blog post to make up for it! blog.benjaminpauljohnson.com/2025/02/voca...
February 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#Vocabruary Days 08‒11: Making up for a few days, but I made you a nice long blog post to make up for it! blog.benjaminpauljohnson.com/2025/02/voca...
February 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM