#ergativity

[lamegtu-larsa]

just conlanging things 😜

[rendakuenthusiast]

[sandybrett]

I've been bingeing the Conlangery podcast recently, and they linked to a really interesting-sounding article called "The Blue Bird of Ergativity." The link wouldn't load, but luckily I was able to find a PDF of the article elsewhere. Haven't read it yet, but I thought I would highlight it here.

[christotokos]

CAN'T CHOOSE WHO YOU LOVE, CAN YOU? GUESS YOU CAN ONLY CHOOSE HOW FAR DOWN THE ROAD YOU GO WITH 'EM Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens Justified, Season One, Episode Six, “The Collection”

[wellhellothereem]

quick drawing because I FINALLY PLAYED IN STARS AND TIME!!!! (only the demo BUT am planning to buy it hehehehoohoohaha)

For now my favourite characters are Odile and Bonnie!!!! (and also the star who I think is called Loop because of the design <33) (<< Also I love stars)(also funny I say that since I completely changed the design in my drawing SHBABAI just had to give them long sleeves..)

Also doodle:

[insomniac-arrest]

RIP to the hour we lost

you were innocent girl, we just don't know how to act 😔

[kithtaehyung]

AGUST D : HAEGEUM (奚琴) POSTER SET 2  ⤷ 23.04.21 1PM KST | ig ; twt (click for hi-res)

[lingthusiasm]

Bonus 83: Themself, Basque ergativity cartoons, and bad swearing ideas - Deleted scenes from Kirby Conrod, Itxaso Rodriguez-Ordoñez, and Jo Walton and Ada Palmer

We've interviewed lots of great people on Lingthusiasm, and sometimes there's a story or two that we just don't have space for in the main episode, so here's a bonus episode with our favourite recent outtakes! Think of it as a special bonus edition DVD from the past year of Lingthusiasm with director's commentary and deleted scenes.

In this bonus episode, Lauren and Gretchen get enthusiastic about some of our favourite deleted bits from recent interviews that we didn't quite have space to share with you. First, we go back to our online liveshow with fan-favourite guest Kirby Conrod, previously seen talking about singular they and other language and gender topics, about reflexive pronouns (themself vs themselves) and people who use multiple pronouns in fiction and real life. Then we go back to Itxaso Rodriguez-Ordoñez, previously talking about Basque language revival, about how Basque people feel about the famed ergativity (hint: there are cartoons!). Finally, we go back to authors Jo Walton and Ada Palmer, previously talking about swearing in science fiction, fantasy, and history, about bad swearing ideas in fiction and why acronymic etymologies should be viewed with deep suspicion. Listen to this episode of deleted scenes from recent interviews, and get access to many more bonus episodes by supporting Lingthusiasm on Patreon.

[lamegtu-larsa]

Glossing of the 2nd verse of the 9 herbs charm:

Ek aga, sabak, sojuneth ug memdu

Kabarag agebeg, kuluk abmadu abodun

Aga gakabeth accegtu nem u’ gagtu

Ajetu ag’ akathlatareth nem ug bak sab

Aga tarsuth accegtu nem ug tabak sab

Gug aba eb sheshuk u ’kabtu nem a’barhemtun

Kam, aba u ‘kabtu nem abheneg

Akabtu ekmad, akabtu hebran rak aheth abheneg

Still getting used to doing ABS-ERG, and some phrases, like "plantain, herbs their-mother" are wierd cause the main player is plantain but it's being put in the absolutive bc it's "owned" by the herbs, even though she is superior to them...

Starting to get why some erg langs have animacy splits .

There is an alternate construction I could have done, sabak, mem eb sojun which is just "mother of herbs" and obviates the ERG-ABS issue, maybe I should go with that.

Or I could say "herbs, your children" sojuneth abccegradu, that is actually a better solution that keeps plantain in the ergative.

Chime in with thoughts if you are more ergative than me! 😛

[velaraffricate]

[chernobog13]

A Wildfire sketch by his creator, the late Dave Cockrum.

I always preferred this version of Wildfire's helmet, as opposed to later artists' which had the visor as a rectangular window.

[oddverse]

@araccoonthatlikesmurder I answered this completely forgetting about a very specific post I made years ago - I can’t begin to fish for it but in a nutshell it was pointing out Pescis fashion sense actually could interpreted as wrestle glam

Just Look at this one

Just put a fur coat on him and it’s the same outfit

[christotokos]

I WENT NEXT DOOR TO THIRTY-ONE FLAVORS. Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens Justified, Season One, Episode Four, "Long in the Tooth"

[nedermemes]

[wellhellothereem]

Did some Digital circus species(?????) swap!

Oh god how do I call this species sounds so weird

CLOSEUPS!

did some silly reactions cause why not

[exeggcute]

my work's quarterly pride ERG meeting is tomorrow and I'm on the fence about going, but it's at 9 AM and I already have meetings from 10 AM to 1 PM (plus a 2 PM I'm probably gonna decline because if you put a meeting on my calendar without asking first I just won't go out of spite lol) but also, last time I went, the vibes were kinda bad. which is fair enough for a corporate thing where only six other people show up and you've never met any of them before so you're not sure who actually has something to be proud of.

but also, like. at the one I did attend three months ago. we all had to go around in a group therapy-ish fashion and share our "rose and thorn" and then "a piece of queer media that's resonated with us lately." so I panicked and said the dead ringers miniseries starring rachel weisz and rachel weisz (which is so fucking good btw. stream dead ringers 2023) but got six blank stares. in an attempt to appeal to their gen X sensibilities I was like "oh... you know... it's a reimagining of the cronenberg movie..." and still nada. then the organizer of the meeting gave her answer, which was that she'd been watching an amusing little animated series called hazbin hotel. and in that moment I knew I was trapped in a bad tumblr post where the enlightened OP takes a stand against the gormless cartoon fans and proudly announces "well unlike you losers *I* enjoy real culture, like david cronenberg 🙄" and everyone claps. except of course I was the loser in this scenario because that's how these things play out in real life, even though the only statement I was trying to make relates to the kinds of things I would let rachel weisz x2 do to me. so idk if I can go back there.