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by sangi39
01 Jan 2024 19:26
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Forum News Thread
Replies: 108
Views: 151012

Re: Forum News Thread

From Sangi39

Oligey has been banned permanently for breaking several of the House Rules and ignoring advice from Moderators regarding their behaviour
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by sangi39
01 Jan 2024 19:22
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 194095

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

So today's the day I find the ZBB no longer lets you view posts without being a member. Guest access to the forums was removed because the forum kept experiencing internal server errors on every page which seemed to be caused by an excessive number of guests. Ohhh, that's what happened, okay. I saw...
by sangi39
01 Jan 2024 19:17
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Rumor has it that English is the language of snake!
Replies: 3
Views: 710

Re: Rumor has it that English is the language of snake!

Right, failing to follow comments made here , and the tone of the OP, I'm locking this thread Did you know that Chinese people name their kids by throwing a metal pot down the stairs. Informal note: Don't feed the trolls, and don't make inappropriate comments. I know it's frustrating when one person...
by sangi39
01 Jan 2024 16:37
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: Surprise! Chinese provides better connection between spelling and pronunciation!
Replies: 2
Views: 586

Re: Surprise! Chinese provides better connection between spelling and pronunciation!

Okay, so, to explain other threads being locked, as mentioned here and here , I'd like to make a few points: 1) To Oligey, you were told here by Dormouse559 (another of the Moderators) to take some time to cool down, maybe take some time to get a feel for the users you've interacted with, check out ...
by sangi39
01 Jan 2024 16:13
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: No way! Mandarin sounds better than English?
Replies: 7
Views: 671

Re: No way! Mandarin sounds better than English?

Locking this thread. I will explain why over here
by sangi39
25 Dec 2023 22:09
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Other Creativity
Replies: 1362
Views: 358856

Re: Other Creativity

Following on from a video on Numberphile over on YouTube ("Hitomezashi Stitch Patterns" with Ayliean MacDonald, would also recommend MacDonald's own YouTube and TikTok channels for similar "art meets maths" content), I thought I'd have a mess around with it, on the off chance tha...
by sangi39
25 Dec 2023 02:11
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1938
Views: 656662

Re: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Aren't bioplastics a thing? I'm not sure if they're strictly speaking any more difficult to make that petroleum-derived plastics, though. Like, the raw materials are pretty common as far as I can tell (and seem more sustainable and renewable), but is it the case that they're less common a result of ...
by sangi39
19 Dec 2023 13:04
Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1938
Views: 656662

Re: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Ok, I have two questions: 1, does this site allow worlds that consist of fanfictions of a franchise, and 2, does this site allow you to ask opinion-based questions (i.e. questions with a wide variety of potentially valid answers or where every answer’s equally valid)? I’m asking because rn I’m look...
by sangi39
09 Dec 2023 23:27
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 194095

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

Be glad you're not doing the "move in to new home in morning, have to move out of old home completely and forever by evening" thing. That is... stressful. Incredibly! Back in August 2010, I graduated from uni, then got married, and then two days after the wedding we had to move 135 miles,...
by sangi39
09 Dec 2023 11:45
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 194095

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

After a little over nine years of living with my mum and my brother (after marriage ended, neither of us could afford the rent on the flat on our own, so we both had to move back in with family), I can finally ( I think! ) move out on my own I've got two houses to go view on Wednesday and I'm excit...
by sangi39
09 Dec 2023 11:33
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 194095

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

Thanks muchly, peoples [:D] Only a minor update: So, sort of one above new TL (who's taken on some of the more complicated stuff, like all this noise) had a meeting with us on Wednesday morning. We were in there for about 80 minutes going over everything. Mostly just catching them up to speed with ...
by sangi39
06 Dec 2023 20:23
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Replies: 1679
Views: 347908

Re: (Conlangs) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

Yes, I agree that a 'bad' triconslang is almost a neccessary step on the phase of very early conlanger steps. But I think this usually results from a fundamental misunderstanding of certain aspects of real existing tricons natlangs. Of course, learning the diachrony is one way of getting a deeper u...
by sangi39
26 Nov 2023 03:40
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Anybody else working on conlangs with non-human phonologies?
Replies: 13
Views: 773

Re: Anybody else working on conlangs with non-human phonologies?

Sort of? I'm "working on" (it's been five years*) non-human languages for a species called the Kovur, who exist alongside humans on a planet called Yantas What they can pronounce and what they can't pronounce isn't hugely different from human phonology, but there are some notable differenc...
by sangi39
04 Nov 2023 20:06
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Questionnaire to study the public opinion on the axiological picture of the world of English speakers
Replies: 4
Views: 8989

Re: Questionnaire to study the public opinion on the axiological picture of the world of English speakers

📢Fellow linguists and everyone interested in linguistics! I invite you to take part in my research comparing the axiological worldview of native English and Ukrainian speakers. Your answers will help to expand our understanding of language and culture. Please fill out the questionnaire at this link...
by sangi39
25 Oct 2023 14:11
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 194095

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

We're actually really bad with repeating sequences in general, for that reason. I always have to count the lines with a finger if I read something like 'IIIII', because otherwise my brain loses its place partway through and can't tell if it's counted a certain line or not (apparently some brains ar...
by sangi39
21 Oct 2023 02:07
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 194095

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

Oh we know it's not legal for them to try and do that [...] [O.O] Good luck to you with your fight for better pay, though! The corporate world is BS. I honestly hate it sometimes I mean, two upsides, the pay is a lot better here that it was working at Spar at minimum wage for 32 hours a week at mos...
by sangi39
21 Oct 2023 02:01
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 194095

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

Thanks muchly, peoples [:D] Only a minor update: So, sort of one above new TL (who's taken on some of the more complicated stuff, like all this noise) had a meeting with us on Wednesday morning. We were in there for about 80 minutes going over everything. Mostly just catching them up to speed with e...
by sangi39
14 Oct 2023 23:40
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 194095

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

We're discouraged from discussing pay (I think it's actually written into our contracts, but we regularly question the legality of that amongst ourselves), Just popping in to say a) it's NOT legal in the UK (or in the US). I'm not a lawyer, but the relevant law seems to be the Equality Act (2010) w...
by sangi39
13 Oct 2023 20:09
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Sixth Conversation Thread
Replies: 762
Views: 194095

Re: The Sixth Conversation Thread

Honestly a little bit nervous at work at the moment. Work for a company that employs about 100 people, with an annual revenue right now of about £200million (about £16million gross income), in a team of 6 people doing fraud prevention stuff, among other things. Over the last four years that I've be...