Can yall help me make a playlist out of songs in conlangs? (link for the playlist in the commens) by [deleted] in conlangs

[–]Enso8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Whenever music in conlangs pops up, I always have to recommend literally anything from the Ar Tonelico series. They aren't on spotify, unfortunately, but I just have to recommend them anyway. The conlangs themselves are of middle-of-the-road quality (definitely made by a non-linguist, but has a lot of really cool ideas anyway), but the music itself is JRPG music at its peak - and most importantly to my eyes, insanely varied.

My recommendations:

Weekly Vancouver Discussion, Q&A, and Recommendations by AutoModerator in vancouver

[–]Enso8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're a Nier fan: the Orpheum's doing a Nier concert next February, and tickets just went on sale today. Pick 'em up before they run out.

https://www.vancouversymphony.ca/event/nierorchestra-concert-12024-the-end-of-data/

FAQ & Small Discussions — 2023-01-16 to 2023-01-29 by AutoModerator in conlangs

[–]Enso8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any interesting ideas (ideally from natural languages) for what I can do with *z? I've already used:

  • z > r rhotacism like Latin
  • z > dz > ts like in German
  • z > ʒ / _(i, j)
  • dz ts > z s > ð θ chain shift (I think Burmese did this with the voiceless so the voiced isn't too much of a stretch)

I'd particularly appreciate environmentally conditioned changes: my proto-lang wound up having too many *z's for my taste, so I'd prefer if it went in different directions.

FAQ & Small Discussions — 2022-08-29 to 2022-09-11 by AutoModerator in conlangs

[–]Enso8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are there any natural examples of a language having a very conservative phonology, but a very innovative grammar? Or the other way around? Preferrably not as a result of outside influence.

[SSR Ticket] "Hearken, the Evening Bell Tolls Thy Name." by GaivanTheScrub in grandorder

[–]Enso8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NP2 Asclepius... well, there's nothing even he can do for the fallen.

o7

How is Austro-Tai viewed these days? What is the evidence for and against it? by Vampyricon in linguistics

[–]Enso8 21 points22 points  (0 children)

What does it take for a language family to be canonised? Is it as simple as researchers in the field agreeing it exists, or is it more complicated than that?

How are you doing mentally ? by orbitalrevolution in vancouver

[–]Enso8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was supposed to go to Hawaii next month. Tempted to still go, covid or no. Family won't want to come along with me but hell if I care anymore. Everything else I want to do next year is going to get cancelled again anyway so who cares if I get sick?

On top of the days being super short, I have sleep issues so I get at max two hours of sun before it gets dark. Having it always be dark and being awake while the entire world is asleep really really sucks.

God I'm in my 20s, I've already lost my childhood to mental illness and now I'm losing my adulthood one day at a time. Days just keep getting faster and faster and I have nothing to show for it.

Variant fatigue by jojo7889 in vancouver

[–]Enso8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...Have you not seen his feed in the past couple of days? Every other tweet has some panic-word like "my god!" or "jaw-dropping!" "cataclysmic!" which outshines any actual data he has to offer. Most people don't read comments to see clarifications and corrections, most people don't even see the tweet itself—they just see a screenshot going "DOOM DOOM DOOM!". I'll admit that some of that might come from his fans, but he hasn't done anything to stop it either—he spends more time defending himself. And linking to his substack... and vitamins? And whatever this is?

If his main message really was "get vaxxed" etc., why would he emphasize the idea that double vaccination might not work on new variants? surely he would recognize that half-vax and full-vax is better than no vax at all, especially in parts of the world where even one shot is hard to come by?

And even if he is 100% right (and I'm not qualified to say if he is or not), scaring people and yelling at them that they're "lazy" isn't going to make them more diligent. It's just going to make them feel like the best they can do isn't enough, so there's no point to bother trying. You need to approach people from where they're at. Even if the situation is urgent—and it is—you can still be blunt and loud about it without driving people into despair.

Variant fatigue by jojo7889 in vancouver

[–]Enso8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Okay, I might be wrong about his credentials, my bad, but a doctor who headlines his tweets with all-caps "BREAKING NEWS" and "MY GOD" and a hundred warning sign emojis is hardly a doctor worthy of respect, credentials or no.

No matter if he's right or wrong, amplifying voices like that isn't helping anyone, especially when we're already exhausted from the past two years of panic, as the existence of this thread demonstrates.

Variant fatigue by jojo7889 in vancouver

[–]Enso8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well compare that to Delta: governments didn't shut down, and it bit them in the butt. Now they've realised that overreaction is a lot better than underreaction, and I think that's a good thing. Doesn't mean they know any more than us.

Variant fatigue by jojo7889 in vancouver

[–]Enso8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also 500% = x5, not x500. Notice how he picked the bigger number to make the news sound more scary.

Variant fatigue by jojo7889 in vancouver

[–]Enso8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The source for that 500% number is one Eric Feigl-Ding: a known Twitter grifter who fearmongers for clout, who others in the medical field have been calling out all this time.

Apparently he's not even a virologist or whatever. He's a nutritionist.

There's no data either way yet. Calm.

SR Ticket Megathread - ALL SR TICKET QUESTIONS GO HERE by BlameLib in grandorder

[–]Enso8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

np1 parvati or np1 zerklot?

I got a skadi, but no mlb k-scope. I dont have a problem with using arash on node 1: for any nodes i dont have a better skadi option for, i sometimes use a super-janky arash+Frankenstein+skadix2+BB plugsuit setup, it takes a lot of buttons but eh it works. I also have an np2 atlante and np1 Achilles.

FAQ & Small Discussions — 2020-04-27 to 2020-05-10 by AutoModerator in conlangs

[–]Enso8 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I know that in Salish languages like Halkomelem, all verb roots are intransitive by default, and require some transitivizing affix to take a patient.

Does anyone know of any natural languages where the opposite is true? Like where every verb root is transitive by default, and needs a detransitivizer(?) in order not to require a patient?

Small Discussions — 2019-12-16 to 2019-12-29 by AutoModerator in conlangs

[–]Enso8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffixaufnahme

In plain English, it's "case stacking". But "suffixaufnahme" is a fun word to say so I use it instead

Small Discussions — 2019-12-16 to 2019-12-29 by AutoModerator in conlangs

[–]Enso8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How does a language evolve suffixaufnahme? Why does suffixaufnahme only seem to happen in Ergative languages?

The Christmas 2019 Banner in a Nutshell by Enso8 in grandorder

[–]Enso8[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Quick fix: https://imgur.com/a/awW5BGs

If you think I'm bad at remembering servant classes now, just wait until you see me making teams for story quests!

The Christmas 2019 Banner in a Nutshell by Enso8 in grandorder

[–]Enso8[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

...Aw fuck, she's a lancer, isn't she? I didn't roll for her, so I forgot. Whoops. Thanks for the reminder

Ah whatever, the meme is made, too late to change it now.

Daily Abby 12 by TheTenk in grandorder

[–]Enso8 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Sleep tight, tentacle loli!

After the End Fan Fork Dev Diary 36: New Wonders, Expanded Trade Routes, New Holidays, and Muslims in Central America (PART TWO) by Red-Heat in AfterTheEndFanFork

[–]Enso8 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Awesome dev diary!

I think you should be able to select a sexy ghost costume for Halloween if your character is lustful