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by Egerius
25 Oct 2023 21:44
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: An Unofficial CBB Discord Server
Replies: 31
Views: 100312

Re: An Unofficial CBB Discord Server

eldin raigmore wrote: 25 Oct 2023 21:23
lurkjay wrote: 25 Oct 2023 14:10 May I have another invite, pretty please?
Me, also, pretty please?

https://discord.gg/WDuS5Mxes

You have 30 days.
Please remember to head straight to the #role-request-channel and get funny tags people can summon you by.
by Egerius
06 Oct 2023 16:25
Forum: Teach & Share
Topic: The NEW Resources Thread
Replies: 19
Views: 242133

Re: The NEW Resources Thread

I've just discovered that Robert D. Fulk's An Introductory Grammar of Old English – with an Anthology of Readings has been released as an Open Access book (typos have also been corrected, according to the 2020 foreword; the book was originally released in 2014).
by Egerius
03 Oct 2023 16:41
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: An Unofficial CBB Discord Server
Replies: 31
Views: 100312

Re: An Unofficial CBB Discord Server

You have seven days to join.

https://discord.gg/5uDhbkHu
by Egerius
02 Oct 2023 19:00
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 193761

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

I've been obsessing over this bilingual (Latin/ very Late Old English) female-audience copy of the Benedictine Rule (c. 1220s South-Western England): https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Claudius_D_III It's been recently digitised by the British Library, and I'm still waiting...
by Egerius
01 Oct 2023 21:34
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: ~ CBB CONLANGER SURVEY ~
Replies: 8
Views: 10214

Re: ~ CBB CONLANGER SURVEY ~

I'm curious to know who is learning Middle English – I have two books on that topic which might help.
Also, I put my data in.
by Egerius
24 May 2023 21:47
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 193761

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

Tina Turner died at age 83.
by Egerius
21 May 2023 01:38
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: What have you been reading lately? (linguistic ed.)
Replies: 56
Views: 82418

Re: What have you been reading lately? (linguistic ed.)

Luca Panieri, Fonologia delle lingue germaniche antiche , Pisa University Press, 2021. This book traces the development of the main Germanic languages of the early/high Middle Ages (Gothic, Old Norse, Old English, Old High German), beginning with Porto-Indo-European and going through the main sound ...
by Egerius
11 Jan 2023 21:02
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: What did you accomplish today?
Replies: 734
Views: 207042

Re: What did you accomplish today?

I came up with this: A possible first sentence of an Úrageardian creation myth. The first half of the Old English version popped into my head first, don't blame me. Late West Saxon Ǽr gíet wearð þá eall þe wæs and gíet weorðan sceall, þá wæs mycel emetignysse on þæs middangeardes stede. Modern Engli...
by Egerius
08 Jan 2023 21:24
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 193761

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

Man in Space wrote: 05 Jan 2023 19:31 My Crohn’s is in remission!
And there was much rejoicing.
by Egerius
25 Dec 2022 17:29
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 193761

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

DesEsseintes wrote: 25 Dec 2022 06:03 Strange how I failed to notice.
[+1]
I thought the Mayans zapped us or something?
by Egerius
22 Dec 2022 15:24
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 193761

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

Khemehekis wrote: 21 Dec 2022 13:59 Anyone remember 10 years ago today?
Yes.
by Egerius
14 Oct 2022 22:39
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 193761

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

Robbie Coltrane died today.
by Egerius
29 Sep 2022 10:02
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Birthdays!
Replies: 29
Views: 17703

Re: Birthdays!

29 years old.
Me.
Today.
by Egerius
08 Sep 2022 20:22
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 193761

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

DEAR GOD, THE QUEEN IS DEAD!
LONDON BRIDGE IS DOWN!
CHARLES IS KING!
by Egerius
21 Jul 2022 23:01
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: If you were to write one novel...
Replies: 41
Views: 15300

Re: If you were to write one novel...

I have countless short stories set in Úrageard on my Amiga 500 (either written on ancient hardware or transferred from my ailing MacBook). It's only a matter of time... Úrageard is (as for now) a Standard Medieval Fantasy Europe , technologically comparable to 1450s Europe with magic (the system is ...
by Egerius
03 Jul 2022 22:42
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: If natlangs were conlangs
Replies: 150
Views: 109978

Re: If natlangs were conlangs

To be fair, the creator of English hasn't bothered creating new words for almost anything in the last... what, 1,200 years? They just cycle through which languages to borrow from. I mean, they call English a language, but 80% of its vocabulary is loanwords! That includes 30% of the vocabulary stole...
by Egerius
02 Mar 2022 22:31
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Silvish
Replies: 244
Views: 75751

Re: Silvish

A manuscript, of course!
by Egerius
18 Aug 2021 20:32
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 193761

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

If I counted correctly, I'm 38th with 1588 posts.
I've been concentrating on other things, but I'm having the occasional peek over here.
Though I'm a daily visitor to the unofficial CBB Discord server.
by Egerius
13 Apr 2021 20:34
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Pop/Rock thread
Replies: 48
Views: 23712

Re: Pop/Rock thread

So, basically, 95% of what I'm listening to today is property of Queen Productions.
by Egerius
13 Apr 2021 20:28
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: What are you listening to/watching?
Replies: 322
Views: 88337

Re: What are you listening to/watching?

Last week, but eh: Beforeigners . Synopsis (with as little spoilage as possible): People from the neolithic, the Viking age and the 19th century start appearing in Oslo. They have to live and work together, and there's a murder case to solve… Unfortunately, I had to sit through six episodes of Germa...