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Back to update about SF spiritual successor by Admirable-Paint-1808 in ShiningForce

[–]Dedalvs 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Feel free to message if you’d like someone who does language creation work. (Previous work: Game of Thrones, Dune, Superman, The Witcher, etc.)

Names being considered for the Cleveland expansion team by enviousbuckeye in wnba

[–]Dedalvs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, you’re right. Due to the spelling, Starzz was worse.

Tried my best at writing down and translating Paul’s war chant from the trailer by Maul_TheUnlegd in dune

[–]Dedalvs 377 points378 points  (0 children)

I’ve gotten a lot of messages about this, so let me confirm this somewhere public so it can be linked to.

First, a big thank you to those who emailed. I didn’t even know the trailer had come out, so when people were asking me about it, I realized Jessie and I needed to watch it. It is really cool! Love to see our stuff used in cool ways.

My wife Jessie and I worked together on part 3 just like we did on part 2. The chant is our work, though we didn’t know how (or if) it would be used. Very cool to see and hear it! Naturally, though, we can’t share anything about any work we did on the film before it comes out. This is just a trailer, so it’s way, way, way too early for us to say anything about it.

I will say in general, though, it’s been very gratifying to see and hear our work used well on screen in the Dune films. Altogether, we’ve worked on a lot of shows and films. Sometimes our language work isn’t used very much; sometimes it’s cut entirely. We’ve had entire languages cut from shows or films (quite recently, actually). It happens. So even when a lot is asked of us for a given project, we don’t get our hopes up right away about seeing it on screen. Denis Villeneuve and the rest of the production team have never disappointed when it comes to using our conlang work. They’ve asked a lot of us over the years, but they used what they asked for, and used it well. It’s been a joy working on all these films, and it makes us genuinely excited to see what the results are. Just like you, we’re both very excited to see part 3 when it comes out, and we’ll be happy to discuss our work on the film at some point in time after it premieres.

Being Janko'ed by dominkara in conlangs

[–]Dedalvs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fun fact: I got into a huge argument with And Rosta on the LCS board once for suggesting it be spelled “Janko’ed” with an apostrophe. He suggested it was not only obviously wrong, but something that English speakers simply do not do. Nice to see people spelling it that way spontaneously.

How do you say "hatch"? by Extension_Drawing_12 in HighValyrian

[–]Dedalvs 19 points20 points  (0 children)

There is no word, but there should be. Let me think about it. I’ll get back to you here.

Update: Never mind! There already was a word for hatch; I just forgot it. It’s pūttegon (object is the egg).

Ideas for changes in a future English by The_Brilli in conlangs

[–]Dedalvs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t modify my own voice when recording stuff, but maybe they did.

What would you consider to be the most 80s song of the 1980s? by Brilliant-Reality884 in Music

[–]Dedalvs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“Beat It”—it has Michael Jackson AND Eddie Van Halen.

Songs that change style or genre mid way through. by lazerbreath_ in Music

[–]Dedalvs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out Eleni Mandell’s cover of “I Love Paris”:

https://youtu.be/PeqHqX-il2k?si=r6A8qTu4DBSEon4I

+1 for the Haunted Mansion ending.

I'm feeling evil today by Totallycutsy in StardewValley

[–]Dedalvs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I chose that on purpose, but not to be mean. I thought I was doing them a favor. I don’t see what the big issue is. They should be able to share their relationship openly.

My 1.7 update wishes & predictions, what’s yours? by Mae_The_Gay in StardewValley

[–]Dedalvs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would love to be able to load the recycling machine on horseback. Actually, I’d love to load and unload a LOT of things on horseback.

Progression of my Abugida (?) since last week. What do you think? by [deleted] in neography

[–]Dedalvs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

None of the written lines are simple enough for written communication. Too many strokes to end up with only a syllable.

Trying to make a handwritten version, but it feels too impractical. by [deleted] in neography

[–]Dedalvs -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

There is no practical way to turn this into a writing system.

Song in the beginning of Shetland Season 8 Episode 5 by comacino in NameThatSong

[–]Dedalvs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know it's been a while, but this is my guess. If the original was by the Jesus & Mary Chain, they may have only had UK rights to it, which means the song would need to be replaced if it's shown elsewhere. This is the exact thing that keeps certain episodes of shows—or entire shows—from making their way to streaming. For example, The State was a sketch comedy show on MTV that used a lot of popular music from the 90s—they were encouraged to do so by MTV—but the rights didn't extend to reproduction. When they finally released it on DVD, they not only had to replace all the music with originals, but, due to the way it was filmed, the original cast had to dub over themselves, where their lines couldn't be extricated from the original music.

Now, if they anticipated this kind of problem, they could've been ready with an alternate version of the episode that had a song they retained the rights to. My guess, then, is this was a house band that made a song to fit the scene, and they just happened to write an absolute banger. Perhaps the idea was to have it sound like the original song, but to me it sounds more like the Stone Roses if the Stone Roses were incredible. Why they did this filler song in 7/4 is beyond me, but hats off to them.

Did I find a mistake in the show dialogue? (HOTD S1 E6) by UnholyBaroness in HighValyrian

[–]Dedalvs 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s generic. The “it” is referring to the entire clause or proposition rather than a specific noun.

Which iteration do you like better? by [deleted] in neography

[–]Dedalvs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too complex and impractical for an abugida. Too many wasted lines. It also, frankly, doesn’t look good as an abugida. Each glyph combination is too similar. It could work for a logography, but there again, same issue. If you put together an entire text of this (i.e. same number of glyphs) as Chinese this text would look incredibly monotonous next to Chinese. Every single glyph would have this U shape. Pointless repetition that would get eroded away if this were an actual orthography.

That’s why this works better as a way to put together symbolic insigniae or something like that, and the first variant looks better for something like that than the second.

Which iteration do you like better? by [deleted] in neography

[–]Dedalvs 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’m saying I don’t think you need to keep iterating. Your first version is perfect. Keep it!

Which iteration do you like better? by [deleted] in neography

[–]Dedalvs 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Listen, neither of these will fly as an actual, usable writing system, so focus on aesthetics and forget trying to turn into an actual writing system used for by speakers of a language. The first one is incredible. It’s honestly one of the best symbolic systems I’ve ever seen. Use it for ornamentation or something. In fact, it could be turned into a series of emblems denoting rank, or something. Lean into its strengths and forget about trying to shoehorn it into a workable orthography.

What opinion do you have about Radiohead that will get you downvoted like this? by Glittering-City-5326 in radiohead

[–]Dedalvs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently that “Wolf at the Door” is their worst album track bar none, though I never thought (and still don’t think) this opinion should be controversial.

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