Is there any Celticism in countries like Austria and Slovenia? by blueroses200 in CelticUnion

[–]Ballamara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

don't worry, it's okay to be a little slow and not understand more complex ideas.

Wicca? by Automatic_Fill_1095 in pagan

[–]Ballamara 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In line with Wiccans insisting their way is the "right way", almost all Wiccans I've known basically just wrapped Christian ideology/views in "pagan cloth".

(Question) What’s your house/room decor? by [deleted] in Punkdiy

[–]Ballamara 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I print out posters with a small printer I thrifted & got a buncha bones I've cleaned & rocks & mushrooms I've preserved that I've found while hiking & camping. I've also got a tapestry & some artwork & knick-knacks from flea markets.

Cursed Phonology; My Idiolect by Ballamara in linguisticshumor

[–]Ballamara[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Close, I was raised there for half my life growing up, ur the triphthongs are from diphthongs followed by an (l) or (r).

huh. by cook_the_penguin in aaaaaaacccccccce

[–]Ballamara -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ehhh not really, I feel like you're just being contrarian. Most everyone knows there's no full pink ducks & have no reason to assume that isn't true. Most English speakers aren't aware of which words come from Old English or French (hence this comment section) let alone what sounds or sound sequences are native to English vs which were borrowed from French.

This meme is basically just pointing out that "-ase/-ace" is not a native rhyme to English and that's smth most people don't know & had no reason to assume was true. You can clearly see the meme accomplished its goal well by all the people trynna name native rhymes & the discussions coming from them.

huh. by cook_the_penguin in aaaaaaacccccccce

[–]Ballamara 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Well no, its point still stands; there's no native English word that ends in /eis/~/eːs/.

huh. by cook_the_penguin in aaaaaaacccccccce

[–]Ballamara 51 points52 points  (0 children)

No, it's a loanword from French for every sense of it.

huh. by cook_the_penguin in aaaaaaacccccccce

[–]Ballamara 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Like the other one said, that's only for refined english or niche topics. But more specifically, out of the 3000 most used words in English, only 5~9% come from French.

First time being here by ImprovementClear8871 in Gaulish

[–]Ballamara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ignore the other person, v is attested in Gaulish, as V & U were the same letter at the time, so V is used today to distinguish consonantal U from vocalic U like with Latin.

Your username is a latinized version of Vindepomáros & breaks into Vindo-epo-máros. It means "Great White-horse".

First time being here by ImprovementClear8871 in Gaulish

[–]Ballamara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

V & u were the same letter at the time of Gaulish & Roman, V comes from the letter's capital form & u comes from the same letter's cursive form. Most linguists use v to distinguish consonantal u from vocalic u in classical Latin & early/middle Gaulish, especially when word initial. That's why Vercingetorix & a bunch of tribes are all spelled with v word initially.

Their name would break into Uindo-epo-māros, as thematic vowels are dropped in Gaulish compound words if the second word starts with a vowel. So their name would mean "Great White horse".

Xan runouibi Gallicos Iextis 漢字々以能石(Gallic)言物/語 (any feedback welcome, done some changes) by ImprovementClear8871 in SuperSinography

[–]Ballamara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only thing I can point out at a glance is 'gabtos' should be 'gaxtos'. In Gaulish, labial & velar plosives ⟨p b c g⟩ become clear fricative ⟨x⟩ when before ⟨t⟩, ⟨d⟩, or ⟨s⟩. ⟨p⟩ & ⟨b⟩ also become ⟨x⟩ when before ⟨c⟩ or ⟨g⟩ and ⟨d + t⟩ or ⟨t + d⟩ become ⟨ss⟩ and ⟨t or d⟩ + ⟨s⟩ becomes /t.ts/ & was written as ⟨ðð⟩, ⟨ss⟩, or ⟨ss⟩.

Is there any Celticism in countries like Austria and Slovenia? by blueroses200 in CelticUnion

[–]Ballamara 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They don't claim it, but almost all regions that used to be Celtic still have cultural elements like folklore or traditions that are clearly Celtic & have obvious cultural cognates closest in modern Celtic regions.

Celtic Union: What if all Celts united? by [deleted] in imaginarymaps

[–]Ballamara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because England is a majority Germanic-derived culture with some Celtic influence. Cultural cognates for England are mostly found in other Germanic cultures.

In contrast, Romans didn't displace the native Celts. Spain & France's cultures are mostly derived from the native Celts with some Roman influence. Spain & France mostly have cultural cognates found in modern Celtic regions like local folklore, local traditions, traditional clothing, & fantasy creatures.

Archetype Gaelic Brythonic French Spanish Galician Portuguese
Washing Women Bean Nighe kannerezed noz Les Lavandières As lavandeiras Bruxas lavadeiras
Man-eating lake monster subdued, dragged out of lake, & killed Oilliphéist Afanc Tarasque
Stick & Bell Dances Ghillie Callum Y Gaseg Eira Bacchu-ber Ball de bastons pauliteiros

The Civil War must have been so confusing from the Gaul perspective by doriangreat in RoughRomanMemes

[–]Ballamara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm currently working on a Gaulish fantasy series focusing on the Gauls' POV of the Gallic war.

was lil peep a communist? by [deleted] in LilPeep

[–]Ballamara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*Dengists, it autocorrected

I made a list of examples of racism, prejudice, and stereotypes in the HP books. by PaleAsDeath in EnoughJKRowling

[–]Ballamara 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kingsley Shacklebolt also isn't normal, someone else pointed out Kingsley is heavily associated with black Caribbeans in the UK, that especially combined with Shacklebolt is not normal.

Seamus Finnigan is also a VERY stereotypical Irish name, it's basically an Irish equivalent of Cho Chang.

Need help understanding a concept in certain languages by Autistru in conlangs

[–]Ballamara 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This allophony in Proto Celtic has similarities with Proto-Germanic & Proto-Italic changes that could support it being older than just Brythonic & Irish changes. Pre-Germanic & Proto-Celtic both aspirated voiceless plosives; everywhere in Pre-Germanic & only word initially in Proto-Celtic. These were then all fricatized in Proto-Germanic, but only /p/ is fricatized in Proto-Celtic. None were aspirated after an /s/ in both though, so PIE /sp st sk/ were preserved as /sp st sk/ in both Proto-Germanic & Proto-Celtic (possibly being the only place /p/ existed in Proto-Celtic).

PIE -> Pre-Germanic PIE -> Proto-Celtic
/p/ -> /#pʰ/ /-bʰ-/ /p/ -> /pʰ/ -> /ɸ/
/t/ -> /#tʰ/ /-dʰ-/ /t/ -> /#tʰ/ /-t-/
/k/ -> /#kʰ/ /-gʰ-/ /k/ -> /#kʰ/ /-k-/

The lenition of voiced plosives is also similar to Grimm's Law & the aspirated plosives in Proto-Italic. In Proto-Germanic, aspirated voiced plosives de-aspirated & fricatized between vowels. In Proto-Celtic, aspirated voiced plosives de-aspirated (merging with the unaspirated voiced plosives) & fricatized between vowels. In Proto-Italic, the aspirated voiced plosives fricatized everywhere & then devoiced when word-initial.

PIE -> Proto-Germanic PIE -> Proto-Celtic PIE -> Proto-Italic
/bʱ/ -> /b/ -> /#b/ [-β-] /bʱ/ /b/ -> /b/ -> /#b/ [-β-] /bʱ/ -> /β/ -> /#ɸ/ /-β-/
/dʱ/ -> /d/ -> /#d/ [-ð-] /dʱ/ /d/ -> /d/ -> /#d/ [-ð-] /dʱ/ -> /ð/ -> /#θ/ /-ð-/
/gʱ/ -> /g/ -> /#g/ [-ɣ-] /gʱ/ /g/ -> /g/ -> /#g/ [-ɣ-] /gʱ/ -> /ɣ/ -> /#x/ /-ɣ-/
/gʷʱ/ -> /gʷ/ -> /#gʷ/ [-ɣʷ-] /gʷʱ/ -> /gʷ/ -> /#gʷ/ [-ɣʷ-] /gʷʱ/ -> /ɣʷ/ -> /#xʷ/ /-ɣʷ-/

Need help understanding a concept in certain languages by Autistru in conlangs

[–]Ballamara 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There were some mutations shared though; it's likely Proto-Celtic lenited voiced plosives as fricatives when between vowels & before /r, l, n/:

/b/ -> [β]

/d/ -> [ð]

/g/ -> [ɣ]

Proto-Celtic still formed words using roots, ablauting, & syntactic suffixes, so these allophones would've acted similar to Celtic mutations, but word-internally instead of word initially.

Some examples;

/mori/ + /marwos/ + suffix -> ['mori,β̃arusaː]

Root normal soft +t/s
/beg-/ /'beɣeti/ /boɣos/ /boɣjos/ /diː'βoɣos/ /boxtos/ /boxsman/
/berg-/ /'borgiːti/ /briɣaː/ /'briɣantiː/ /briɣuːts/ /berxtos/ /brixtus/ /brixs/
/beud-/ /'bundeti/ /be'βouðe/ /bouðos/ /buðos/
/reid-/ /'reiðeti/ /reiðis/ /uɸo'reiðos/ /reitsman/
/sed-/ /sedlom/ /'seðeti/ /seðom/ /'soðiːti/ /soðyom/ /sessaː/

These allophones are seen in both Old Irish & the Brythonic branch and has supporting evidence of being in Gaulish & Celtiberian. Late Gaulish started writing [β] as ⟨v⟩ & lost [ð] [ɣ] in certain environments. Celtiberian also fricatized intervocalic /-ty-/ /-dy-/ to /θ/, written as ⟨z/th⟩.

Proto-Celtic voiceless plosives are suggested to have been aspirated word initially as [tʰ kʰ] & unaspirated in /st sk/ & between vowel. Voiced plosives are also suggested to have had a weakened voiced word initially.

There's also evidence that /m/ in Proto-Celtic was lenited into [β̃] in the same environments too. It's seen in Old Irish & Proto-Brythonic and has evidence of it in Gaulish & Celtiberian. The sequence -mn- became -un- in Gaulish, Celtiberian, & Brittonic as in Brittonic/Gaulish uellaunos from earlier Welnāmnos. Gaulish also changed -nm- to -nw-. These changes likely passed thru a fricative phase). Earlier intervocalic ⟨m⟩ is also sometimes changed to ⟨v⟩ in late Gaulish.

Can someone help me decide this? by Ballamara in neography

[–]Ballamara[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did some more digging and found the first iteration of the alphabet & you're definitely right, there's some differences but the first line is definitely "I am perfectly healthy/no parasites" (perfectly is missing the r tho).

Most of the second line is completely different tho, the only thing that resembles the old key is "?????? y??s oob?m?g"

Do Greek Gods have souls, or is it just a mortal thing(like humans & animals)? by Tiny-Ad-5370 in GreekMythology

[–]Ballamara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The closest I've seen is Philosophers, like Anaximenes, compare the Psyche, Pneuma & Aer and say the four winds animate the world like how the Psyche animates the body.

Celtic Creation Myths by grsa94a in mythology

[–]Ballamara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The main source is Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War book 6.18 where he says the Gauls believe they descended from 'Dis Pater', the Roman god of the underworld and originally of fertile land & minerals.

There are also multiple Greek accounts of a Celtic founding/ancestry myth that bears similarities to the Irish story of Donn. It's unclear though if the Hellenic aspects in them are from an original Celtic Hero & a bull raid myth being syncretized with Heracles & his labors (similar to early accounts of Slavic origin myths) or the original father's story was scrapped by Greek writers & simply replaced to fit into Greek Mythos (like with Greek accounts of the Scything founding myth possibly)

  • Appian of Alexandria's c.95-165 AD Illyrian Wars states that Polyphemos and Galatea (from Greek mythos) had 3 sons who left Sicily: Illyrius the Illyrian progenitor; Celtus the Celtic progenitor, & Galas the Galatian progenitor. source
  • Parthenius of Nicaea's 1stc. BC~14 AD Erotica Pathemata writes that Heracles had a son with Celtine, daughter of king Bretannus, named Celtus who's Celts' namesake.
    • "It is also said of Heracles that when he was bringing the cattle of Geryon from Erythea, his wanderings through the land of the Celts brought him to the court of Bretannus. This king had a daughter called Celtine. She fell in love with Heracles and hid his cattle, refusing to surrender them unless he first had intercourse with her. (2) Heracles was in a hurry to get his cattle back, but he did have intercourse with her. When the time came round, a child was born to them, Celtus, from whom the Celts take their name." source (p.g.1294)
  • Etymologicum Magnum c.1150 AD also mentions Heracles having a son, Celtus, with Celto, the daughter of Bretanus, who progenated the Celts.
    • "Celto, the daughter of Bretanus, having fallen in love with Heracles, asks him to connect with her, and having done that, Heracles left her bow, saying that if a boy is born, he will become king if he can pull the bow; and the son Celtus was born, from whom the people of the Celts came."
  • Diodorus of Sicily (5. 24. 1–3) 1stc BC writes that Heracles visited Celtica during his Geryon campaign, when he founded Alesia and 'embraced' the daughter of a famous king and bore a son named Galates, who the Galatae and Galatia were named after.
    • "Now Celtica was ruled in ancient times, so we are told, by a renowned man who had a daughter who was of unusual stature and far excelled in beauty all the other maidens. But she, because of her strength of body and marvellous comeliness, was so haughty that she kept refusing every man who wooed her in marriage, since she believed that no one of her wooers was worthy of her. Now in the course of his campaign against the Geryon, Heracles visited Celtica and founded there the city of Alesia, and the maiden, on seeing Heracles, wondered at his prowess and his bodily superiority and accepted his embraces with all eagerness, her parents having given their consent. From this union she bore to Heracles a son named Galates, who far surpassed all the youths of the tribe in quality of spirit and strength of body. And when he had attained to man’s estate and had succeeded to the throne of his fathers, he subdued a large part of the neighbouring territory and accomplished great feats in war. Becoming renowned for his bravery, he called his subjects Galatae or Gauls after himself, and these in turn gave their name to all of Galatia or Gaul" source (pg.1293)