#almost phonetic

[thelordofshrimp]

crazy bonkers that some people just. do not listen.

[surelysilly]

just wanna write more for lost in the universe but instead i must make a sock puppet storyboard...

here take this

"Back up," Nightingale says, voice low and hard. Bruce doesn't move. In the dim light of the alley, the other man’s irises almost seem to glow, chips of blistering ice — not a hint of green to be seen. "Daniel Nightingale," Bruce growls, and the squared line of Nightingale’s shoulders tightens further. Then, in League dialect, he continues, “What business do you have here?” Nightingale’s eyes flicker, a muscle jumping in his jaw. Did he understand that? Why would Ra’s send someone to Gotham? Is… The Pits don’t work on the deceased — what does Nightingale know? "Back up," Nightingale repeats, the threat of violence skyrocketing while the temperature of the air around them immediately plummets. "Back the fuck up." What little skin that is bare to the world burns with cold, and Bruce exhales a visible breath. A mean and curling snarl edges in on Nightingale's face, the animosity clear.

[blenselche]

Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch Miku on Marickdaag (or heading to KU folk fest, whichever does it for you) for that cultural Miku exchange.

("It's a nice day, isn't it?" in Pennsylvania German/die Mudderschprooch)

[magicalgirlfia]

Guilty Gear XX♯Reload Comic Anthology Translation: Try & Error

This is a comic from the Guilty Gear XX Sharp Reload Comic Anthology, which I have been translating. The original scans of this comic are by @tillman and can be found on archive.org

I don’t have anything to link to here either and I didn’t notice any details like last time so uhh…this comic actually made me laugh for the sheer implication that Axl and Bridget are ready and willing to participate in a political assassination attempt. Also that actually, nobody could tell the difference between them, he was kicked out because Ky just wasn’t supposed to be there. Lots of silly implications in this one.

You can read the previous translation here

And the next translation here

​​Usual disclaimer: I am not fluent in Japanese and all of this is a one Fia job so everything might not be 100% accurate but I always try my best!

[normalbrothers]

and who knows if ada has father issues, but wouldn't she compare her brother to his name's sake, this man who she calls dad, but who spared her little more than a pat on the head when she and tommy were hauling buckets of beer for him to the garrison, always the ignored girl, not even brought along when he would teach her brothers how to hunt a stag, an afterthought at most, and then there's her arthur, who's as confounded by her as she's by him, but loves her all the same. and years down the line she's cradling his cheek, gaunt as death himself, and he's looking older than the distant father in her mind ever does, but he cracks open a blurry eye, recognizes her and smiles and mutters her name that almost sounds like his own

[kiragecko]

IPA and More Keyboard

When I first got into linguistics, I decided I needed a keyboard that could support IPA¹. But I was studying Sanskrit, and switching to a completely different keyboard every time I wanted to add a dot below a character (the common Sanskrit transcription convention) was really annoying! Also, I hate the IPA character for a palatal nasal (ɲ), so I wanted to be able to use 'ñ' instead. And ... a thousand other tiny things, all requiring different keyboard layouts. Why wasn't there a keyboard that just let me type EVERYTHING?

Eventually, I designed my own. And that was fun enough that I expanded it. Over the last 15 years, I've been adding characters and streamlining it's use.

The current iteration is a monster. For an idea of what it can do:

this keyboard can type over 50 diacritics (accent marks)

it can rotate and flip any character that has a rotated/flipped Unicode counterpart, as well as replace them with smallcaps, superscript, and subscript versions

it can type most medieval ligatures and characters (though my research hasn't always been good enough to provide the most natural ways to do so)

it covers the whole IPA, of course, as well as historical symbols, extIPA, and uppercase forms when available

it can type any modern or historical click character available in Unicode (still waiting for Doke orthography support >:( )

it allows you to type Greek and Cyrillic characters (though it prioritizes IPA variants and isn't really streamlined for writing the language)

it allows you to transliterate Sanskrit, Ancient Egyptian, Chinese dialects, etc. that use discipline-specific characters/diacritics

it lets you add bars, tildes, slashes and curls to any character that has a matching Unicode counterpart

it can type most proofing and punctuation marks, modifier characters, as well as

alchemical, astrological, and gender/orientation symbols

and much more

For more detailed documentation on what this keyboard supports, and how to use it, here's the guide (PDF or Word Doc).

Here's the keyboard: IPAKeyboard dot kmp

Because it's designed to work for a LOT of characters, this keyboard is rarely going to be the simplest way to type a specific one. There are definitely IPA-only keyboards that will be more efficient for typing just IPA. And this keyboard isn't a font. There will be characters that don't show up - I've yet to find one that supports the entire range of characters this keyboard allows. Doulos SIL is my suggested font, especially if you use a lot of diacritics, but you might want to look around to find the one that supports you best.

But it's a powerful tool if you want to be able to switch between multiple transliteration and transcription systems in the same document, explore characters to use for non-human sounds, discuss the history of transcribing language, or quickly type special characters without opening 'insert symbols' dialogue boxes.

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This is a Keyman keyboard. You'll need to install Keyman before being able to use it. Keyman is a free program with some amazing keyboards, and a lot of supports for people designing them for underserved languages. I've been really happy with it for almost 20 years, now.

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For ideas about what else I could add, or suggestions for better key combos for specific characters, please contact me here, or at kiragecko at gmail dot com.

Things I'd love ideas for:

medieval ligatures (need to match them to logical character strings (words), but these are frequently NOT what unicode suggests)

mathematical, geometric, and/or scientific symbols (huge numbers of symbols, need a logical way of organizing them without too many key strokes)

Teuthonista symbols (very little English documentation, so I don't know what all of them MEAN)

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¹ The International Phonetic Alphabet, one of the main ways linguists indicate sounds.

[quasi-normalcy]

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[whales-are-gay]

my hot take is that i dont think anyone speaks "general american english". everyone has a little or maybe a lot of regional local ethnic or cultural flair or influences from other languages. i like listening to people and pointing them out and unfortunately this DOES get misconstrued as me making fun of them

[carcarrot]

would you all still love me if i learned french

[rainbowangel110]

So context: Have a sore throat since this Sunday and today I had a surprise over my voice....

[pinkpuffballdude]

love how the trader joes crossword hints range in difficulty from "fresh cut ____ (pg 11)" to "a word for wind in Oaxaca"

[surelysilly]

something i didn't need to be writing when i need to get thru maybe like 100k more words before i can even post it

The pads of the man's fingers are soft beneath Tim's chin, and he's gentle in tipping his face upward. The kindness ends there, however. “Sucks to be you, huh,” rasps from within the deep shadow of the sack-like hood. Deep. Hoarse. Vaguely… familiar with an outside accent. “How old are you anyway?” “Old enough,” Tim replies evenly. That gets a hum, and then a deep inhale. A bright line of noxious green appears, highlighting the rubbery cord of a nasal cannula and freckled cheeks, the gleam of blue eyes. Tim stiffens. Is that— Cruelly, an exhale follows. Tim’s breath stutters as a cloud of mint flows from the man's mouth and breaks across his face. Fear toxin. Shit. He kicks a little, jerking his chin free, and forcibly exhales his half a breath, but. But all it takes is just even a little. His heartbeat thunders in his ears, but even under that he can hear the man's light laugh. “Sorry, sorry, that was mean, wasn't it?” he says, and tentatively places a hand in Tim's hair, threading his fingers through the locks. The cold touch makes Tim grit his teeth, nearly take another breath. “They paid good money to borrow me, not the gas, so don't worry about it, okay? Just think about quitting after this, go to college or something. Move very, very far away.” What a joke.

[mytaigne]

bc i am a terrible dirty native english speaker i must resist the urge to pronounce käärijä like maria every time i read it </3

[thetimecrystal]

i am gonna fistfight the german language

[panvani]

That being said the translation decisions w Signalis are kind of odd