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linguistics, worldbuilding, conlanging, magic systems, writing, graphs, and the like

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@Tommylarghi

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python devs carefully deciding to name the object where one key cannot point to multiple entries after the object that famously permits several entries per key

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@mayafolklore @lordesonionr1ng

[liceboy 🍉 @liceboy365]

Me using my phone:

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@sk0okum an iroquois band made it that far west?!

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studying psychology sucks because now when i see this image i know exactly why they tested this and its implications and probable methodological flaws

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@Plantkillable frenderman jumpscare

[Spark Universe @SparkUniverse]

Can you defeat the Valkyrie Queen?

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@TheOGHandsy @doxie_gay @nihil31990123

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@DibyaJana @sk0okum @avzaagzonunaada they can also be used as classifiers on numerals:
ɬixʷ-qs “three points”

and exhibit this behavior i’m not sure how to term:
ʔal ti šəq-adiʔ LOC the up-ear “on the shelf”
šəq-abac ʔə ti čəƛ̓əʔ up-body of the rock “on top of the rock”

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@DibyaJana @sk0okum @avzaagzonunaada in Ld:

c̓agʷ-ačiʔ-b wash-hand-INTR “to handwash”
lup-ačiʔ-qs ring-hand-tip “ring (for finger)”

but

čaləš “hand”
ti d-čaləš DET my-hand “my hand”

so we see sometimes distinct “independent” forms from the “bound” / lexical suffix form

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@sk0okum @DibyaJana @avzaagzonunaada was not expecting xexe7 ‘powerful’ to seem so connected to Ld x̌aʔx̌aʔ ‘sacred’

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@nerveagent0000 @nihil31990123

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interesting example of english serial verb construction

[goosie 🐭 @pollypocketmode]

One of the first ragers I went to after quitting drugs, there was a tray of apple slices labelled "pick your poison." Next thing I knew a girl was crying leaving saying "i SAID they were poisoned" this chick had sprinkled ketamine on half the apples and like Xanax on the others

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@sk0okum HONESTLY SO TRUE, lexical suffixes are a goated feature

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@sk0okum does -cen have any other examples of non-transparent meanings?
In Ld with its transparent cognate:
st̓əx̌ʷšəd root-foot “root, ancestors”
st̓əx̌ʷšaad root-FOOT “rainbow”
ləx̌šəd light-foot “lamp”
qʷuʔbač(š)əd water-?-foot? “rainbow”

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@dronelover_ @nihil31990123

[Jelly 💥 @BuildXueyi]

Dude I downloaded this video on mute what the fuck is that musicmdksuavsjshab

[anthony k webster 🐿 @ethnopoetics]

"These cultures have no more lost their aboriginal character because of European influence than, for instance, the Mississauga Indians of southeastern Ontario lost their aboriginal character because they were so markedly influenced by the Iroquois."--Paul Radin

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