Zeke Fordsmender

Dad; conlanger; painter; reader of texts in linguistics, paleontology, psychoanalysis, space exploration #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights. He/him/Mr

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

Not going anywhere unless the birdsite itself goes kaput and kapoof, but just in case:
@[email protected]

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

What’s a better plot for a My Cousin Vinny II? Vinny’s being appointed to the Supreme Court and the movie follows his Senate confirmation hearing, or he’s attorney general of New York and he has to investigate Marisa Tomei’s brother for his alleged mafia dealings?

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

New polysemy; not sure if I’m going to use it Karyol or my new thing Socorreño:

to stand > to stop > to rest; to be peaceful; to be at peace > to be thoughtful (cf Old Khmer siŋ ‘abide, be contemplative’) > to consider, to think over

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

@kevinbaker @internetarchive Thanks Kev

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https://t.co/85FeVVdqOd

Looking for this book—somewhere, anywhere

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

My celebrity-look-alike references are weighted pretty heavily toward Top Gun

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I could use your help reaching my fundraising goal. Every single share and donation makes a difference. https://t.co/VZ3Evfl3vR

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

@bpnjohnson Let me know if you like Bluesky

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

We lost my mother to complications of pancreatic cancer this morning. Only 67 years old.
At any rate, I plan to be around here more often than I have been in the past year, because I care about this community and I don’t want to lose you folks.

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

@matt_boot_ Thank you so much!

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

@higekieiyu Thank you, my man 🧡💜

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

My son has invented/discovered a new mythical beast, the Peahawk.

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

It’s easy enough to find artichoke hearts, but it’s practically impossible to find artichoke lungs or artichoke stomach. How’s a guy supposed to make his own artichoke haggis around here?

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

Got stung by a wasp today (in my father-in-law’s tool shed) for the first time since I was a child, and I’m almost disappointed in how little it hurt.

Sometimes I wish the Real World didn’t work so hard to disenfranchise me from my childhood horrors and wonders.

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

I’m collecting weird small vowel inventories—preferably those of 5 members or less. Stuff like [i, ɨ, ə, ɞ, ɒ]. @ me if you know of any good ones

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

i u
œ̃ ɔ̃
a

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

This one’s fun too

ɓ
t d
f s z ɣ
l j w
ɾ
i ɨː u
e əː
ɛː ɔː
a

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

This one’s fun too

ɓ
t d
f s z ɣ
l j w
ɾ
i ɨː u
e əː
ɛː ɔː
a

[Zeke Fordsmender @Fordsmender]

Sometimes to relax I come up with small strange phonologies. Thinking about no phonemic nasals recently
p b k ʔ
c͡ç
ðʲ
l lʲ

i u
e ə̃
a ã

l, lʲ, b > n, ɲ, m between nasalized vowels