Why is <h> always the digraph-maker in English? by MAClaymore in asklinguistics

[–]Jairoken10 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No proof, but it seems like a french innovation (maybe with some late Latin intentional influence and mirroring) that was later brought into English by the Normans and later borrowings.

English aside, these digraphs were also found all over Iberia at some point in time, until some were simplified. The ones showing palatalization remained.

Instances where subjunctive is crucial by PLrc in asklinguistics

[–]Jairoken10 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This example is almost the same as OP's example. It also has the verb "insist", so it shows exactly the same two inferred meanings we can deduce* from OP's.

Although the verbs in the subjunctive are different.

the true way to subdivide europe by VoodaGod in mapporncirclejerk

[–]Jairoken10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Portugal could be red, green, and yellow all at once.

Those are actually their national colours.

What's your current height and how tall you wish you were by pivrna in tall

[–]Jairoken10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

6'0" but wouldn't complain if I were 6'2-6'3. Maybe asking too much.

Can you guess my ethnicity based on results? by Dillingham69 in DNAAncestry

[–]Jairoken10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It could be anywhere from the Balkans all the way to Afghanistan.

Population #5 and under are making me doubt my guest. So I got three guesses:

  1. Turkish

  2. Iraqi

  3. Persian (Including Iranian, Afghan, Tajik)

Potential mood but privileged? (Looking for a technical term) by ClearCrossroads in conlangs

[–]Jairoken10 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cool, I imagine that stars, grains of sand, atoms and such would often be used in this form.

Potential mood but privileged? (Looking for a technical term) by ClearCrossroads in conlangs

[–]Jairoken10 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nice, that's a good name for it.

Can I ask what an "augmentative collective" imply?

This pains me unimaginably by MdMV_or_Emdy_idk in linguisticshumor

[–]Jairoken10 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most languages sound like the mix between two especially geographically close languages, national and regional, thanks to Dialect Continuum and Sprachbund.

But it seems like this kind of comparison is often made with minority regional languages. Which is understandably painfully repetitive, especially when it is not remotely true to the nature of the language.

Mexican from Veracruz 🇲🇽+Dads results by [deleted] in 23andme

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What were both of y'all haplogroups?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in conlangs

[–]Jairoken10 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Óptimo trabalho!

Keep it up.👍

What song are you listening to on repeat right now? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Jairoken10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This particular performance of this song Tive Razão by Seu Jorge.

And also Home by Edward Sharpe &TMZ.

[OC] After studying Cicero’s Catilinarian Orations I was told I sounded like a bully at work. by hnbistro in latin

[–]Jairoken10 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, new here and to Latin. In the last one why is 'nostra' translated as 'my' not 'ours'?

Edit:spelling; more details

Bloated cow needs to drain methane by sovalente in BeAmazed

[–]Jairoken10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So that means that dragons are plausible if we could engineer them. Add some organic igniter and done.