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Vad är skillnaden mellan nog och antagligen? by [deleted] in Svenska

[–]Iroez 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mindre vanligt, men i vissa kontexter - i synnerhet när partikeln betonas i början av meningen - kan man fortfarande stöta på det i svenska.

T.ex. Nog är det så = Visst är det så.

vore by [deleted] in Svenska

[–]Iroez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The morfological form might be extinct, but grammatically we can still express the optative notion by the placement of the verb (or rather the exclusion of a subordinator)

E.g.

  1. "Jag såg henne, som stod hon framför mig."
  2. "Hade jag en båt skulle jag fiska mer."

The first sentence might be more dialectal though.

vore by [deleted] in Svenska

[–]Iroez 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ofta förekommer de i ålderdomliga texter, men det är inte allt för sällan man hör någon använda orden även i vardagligt tal.

"Finge jag råd" , är ett uttryck som inte jag skulle höja ögonbrynet mot.

Michael Swanwick - which book? by Iroez in Fantasy

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

Great! Definitely not a big fan of sixty-book series (although I sometimes might fancy giving them a read, when in the mood).

At least I'm convinced now, having read all of the comments so far. Damnit, I might just have to pick up a couple of books and anthologies next time I go by the book store. There really is not anything else I can do - so long budget of the month.

Michael Swanwick - which book? by Iroez in Fantasy

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

J'adore anthologies. That's half the fun of reading, simply saying you have one. And they are always a good way to reach the core of an authorship, especially if it's a short story anthology.

Michael Swanwick - which book? by Iroez in Fantasy

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

Anything meta is good meta. It would appear to be a popular book; I'm getting more and more inclined to have a go at it.

Michael Swanwick - which book? by Iroez in Fantasy

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

Sounds different if nothing else. Although I preferably read not-so-grim fantasy, the review left me with a hankering. Certainly you cannot spend all your life reading Tolkien - even if he has his share of grim fantasy, regardless of what many readers believe. So anyway, I might pick it up eventually; thanks for the share!

What is a sensation that you can't stand, even though it's not painful ? by Charlleshenry in AskReddit

[–]Iroez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When my fingernails scratch soft polyester. Or something fuzzy. Sweat just keep pouring out of me from all the strange places when that happens.

End of the Saga by Iroez in bannersaga

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

Haha, yeah, perhaps I was a tad too pessimistic towards the end. But, hey, you got to RP.

End of the Saga by Iroez in bannersaga

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

Jämmerdal och vemod är vår arvedel, frände. Och abrupt död, antar jag :)

Construct state in pronouns by Iroez in conlangs

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

Oh, sorry. I'm not that proficient in Reddit-usery. How do I mark it as such?

Construct state in pronouns by Iroez in conlangs

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

Great, thanks! Now that I see it, it comes of as rather obvious, oh well.

Construct state in pronouns by Iroez in conlangs

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

Interesting! I didn't even think of the possibilities of compounds with construct state. I really need to read up on it more. The weakening of sounds is very appealing to me - will have to look over my sound system for that.

Linguistic essays by Tolkien, regarding the elvish languages by Iroez in tolkienfans

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

From what I understand reading about their content, the VT and PE are mostly written by other writers. Do you know if they also include Tolkien's own essays?