The CBB

(Things seem to have petered out, but I'm having too much fun with this to let it die.) You think for a moment, looking down at your new furry friend lying helpless on his back, tediously holding the palms of his paws away from the sidewalk-turned-stovetop. Your eyes sparkle with realization as you ...

I'm certainly a sweat factory right about now. Gulf coast summer has arrived. Mood. As someone whose favorite temperature is 70°F, summer is not kind to me, nor is my region's climate in general. Are you fine saying where on the Gulf Coast you live? We may live near one another! And I know a fair n...

My first conlang, at least that I can remember, used numbers instead of sounds. It was heavily inspired by Latin, which I was taking in school at the time. The stem was expressed as a whole number, and the fractional part formed the suffix. There were cases and verb inflections, or at least there wo...

That's a wonderful insult ─ it looks like it's straight out of Calvin and Hobbes! It does seem too long to be a regular-use slur, though. Heh -- these are great! Thanks! I'm certainly a sweat factory right about now. Gulf coast summer has arrived. [hr] Here's a random bit of trivia that's a bit mor...

I'm Too Lazy To Describe The Way To The Library And Anyway Nothing Important Would Happen So: The Library You find yourself in a huge library with books on every shelf, some with ancient, worn covers, while others have brand new, sparkling covers. Some seem to be still warm from the printing press!...

I use a spreadsheet that I open using either Excel or LibreOffice Calc depending on which OS I’m currently booted into. Of particular importance is the auto filter that I use to search for words or definitions. I have a sheet with a list of single morphemes and a list of compound words. I deliberate...

Kesshin wrote: ↑15 May 2024 14:13

lurker wrote: ↑15 May 2024 13:46 While still suspicious, I decide not to press the issue. Anyway, If I truly have such power, it may mean I have a fighting chance if things go south.

"Are we gonna go to the library, or..."

"Yes, let's."

"You using Ko could be the beginning of another Incident. It's not being used as like, just the word "incident". I'm not referencing anything specific yet." While still suspicious, I decide not to press the issue. Anyway, If I truly have such power, it may mean I have a fighting...

G rnL rkqCb-0 sJHq-p b g smsFsF-qN IMP not sharpen-AUTH spiked_tail_weapon-3D of POS enemy-3M "Do not sharpen your enemy's weapon." If you have bad publicity, don't make it worse by giving your enemies legitimate reasons to go after you, or as I would say in English, If your enemy thinks ...

“She will soon be acting in the pursuit of some personal goal in a way that is most likely going to fail, but in a way that is broadly benign and to which I or we are sympathetic, and we better get ready to catch her when she falls, and come up with ways to help and cheer her up afterwards.” I like...

Alternatively, what odd set of meanings does a single word have, regardless of morpheme count? Single morpheme with absurdly specific meaning: <qMqnqg>: a strong, pleasant odor that evokes nostalgia. Single word with interesting sets of meanings: <Dbr>: means both "to meditate" and "t...

TIL that the phrase "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" is actually only the first part of a quote by Oscar Wilde: "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness ." For what it's worth, I actually disagree with that second part. Everyo...

"An Incident is an event that is widespread, usually negative, and usually starts with something strange or ancient happening. Like you using Ko." "I know what the word incident means, you said 'another incident', as in something specific. I want to know what that specific incident w...

I have an idea: a flat world, which orbit around the moon, like other celestial objects (flat sun?). In this world there are not day and night, but hot time (sun near the world), cold time (sun away from the world) and dark time (sun behind the moon). Lots of things depend on world's rotation relat...

rkqCb

/chuff, short high strong growl, huff, late low weakening whine/

from rkq (sharp) + -Cb (cause to become)

Verb

To sharpen

Much to some humans' dismay, yinrih do not appreciate being petted or scratched. They have a strong sense of personal space. The title phrase is seen on public service announcements reminding humans that, while yinrih may look like dogs, you shouldn't treat them like dogs.

Ai and Pancake continue arguing for a while, until turning to you. "Look, so-" "Well, you-" Pancake takes precedent. "Okay, so. You are apparently the only human to do this in thousands of years, and by all accounts you are not special in any way. " Ai nods. "We'l...

A possessive phrase using <g> can be the object of the possessive preposition <b> (of). G rnL rkqCb-0 sJHq-p b g smsFsF-qN IMP not sharpen-AUTH spiked_tail_weapon-3D of POS enemy-3M "Do not sharpen your enemy's weapon." A more Terran way to say the above proverb is "If any stick is go...

Here are a few subtle changes that First Contact has on the English Language: The words "person" and "people" no longer refer only to humans, but to humans or yinrih. The term "misanthropy" and related words shift meaning to refer to anti-human prejudice rather than mis...

Did the theophany directly refer to female hearthkeepers or was it only a continuation of the previous religious practice? nonsapient yinrih females were in charge of foraging for fruit and other edible plants. This allowed females to develop zoopharmacognosy behavior, which developed into the sham...