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The world always was, and always shall be. But many things have come to pass in that endless time.

The One buried itself in the Earth as a seed, and brought forth many branches from it. Each branch thrust forth from the earth and seemed as a tree. But all came from the same seed.

And the One said, "Let me tend to each branch differently, so that the world may be filled with beautiful things of many colors." And the One turned its attention to a branch and said "Grow." And each branch in turn grew, and brought forth different flowers.
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"Master, is God a healer?" asked the student.

The Master replied, "When we succor, God is a healer. When we build, God is a carpenter. When we strike, God is a warrior. When we oppress, God is a tyrant. When we sow fear, God is a terrorist. Which God would you prefer?"

I don't plan just to vent my depression on here. Really.

...

I mean, really. I'll post other things...

I look at my last real post I pulled over from LiveJournal (before the Lexember posts), and it's from May 2014. That's five and a half years ago. And yet, I could have easily posted it yesterday. All the same complaints, all the same worries.
( ...CW: whining, depression )

...apparently not, given that it was over two years since I posted that last thing.
Well, I am hoping to fix that. I'm tired of Facebook in a way. The algorithm makes real discussion and sharing difficult.

I'm on Dreamwidth now, and most of my stuff has transferred. Now I wonder if I will post here...

Day 20

Sinnish: pazh /paʒ/ - n.c. - earth - chair, seat

Rhetorical Alchemy: ihstah /ˈis.ta/- noun - meter, measuring device, ruler, benchmark

Day 21

Sinnish: ragom /ɾa.ˈgom/ - n.c. - earth - a beast, a fearsome animal

Rhetorical Alchemy: zehjees /zɛ.ˈʤis/- noun - knife, cutting implement (as a tool, not a weapon)c

Day 22

Sinnish: ashki /ˈaʃ.ki/ - n.c. - earth - a cat or feline

Rhetorical Alchemy: hah /ha/ - noun - wind, air current

Day 23

Sinnish: ediol /ˈe.di.ol/ - n.c. - air - symbol, glyph, signature, identifying mark, birthmark

Rhetorical Alchemy: snolnleengankah - /snoln.ˈliŋ.æn.ka/ "You are enjoying this, aren't you?"

sno-ln-leegehn-kah
sno-ln-leengan-kah
2SG.NOM-3ISG.ACC-enjoy.PROG-confirm

The object prefix ln- is the third person inanimate singular marker. I've translated it here as 'this', but it is literally just 'it'. However, it's likely that it would refer to a previously established 'it' in discourse, so 'this' is a good translation. The root for 'to enjoy' is leegehn, which has been melted to put it in the progressive aspect ('you enjoy' vs 'you are enjoying'). The suffix 'ka' is used to indicate yes/no questions and literally means 'confirm this'. This means that while this is semantically a question, syntactically it is not.

Note that leegehn /li.gɛn/ becomes /liŋ.æn/ when melted, the onset /ŋ/ becomes the coda to the previous syllable. RA does not allow /ŋ/ in an onset, so the syllable boundary moves.

Day 17

Sinnish: reda /ˈɾe.da/ - v.t. - water - to kiss, (colloquially) to spend intimate personal time with

Rhetorical Alchemy: kreetihd /ˈkri.tɪd/ - adj. - dense, think, weighty, gravid, of significant substance. Also used to describe phonemes with low sonority (the lower sonority of a phoneme, the more 'substantial' it is considered)

Day 18

Sinnish: tuhkwu /tək.ˈwu/ - n.m. - air - glass (material)

Rhetorical Alchemy: nohlong /ˈno.lʊng/ - noun - water (as a substance)

Day 19

Sinnish: road /ˈɾo.ad/ - n.c. - a piece of trash, a piece of junk

Rhetorical Alchemy: vlov /vlʊv/ - noun - a claim of ownership, a patent, an exclusive right to something. In some cases, it means an bureaucratic office or legal mandate.

Day 15:
Sinnish:
shayimazham /ʃa.ya.ˈma.ʒam/ - v.t.- sun - to feel compersion, to take joy in the love that those you love share with others. Literally 'to braid-love'. (Note: this is realized as [ʃaɪ.ya.ˈma.ʒam])

Rhetorical Alchemy:
fluhnuhnt /flən.ənt/ - noun - schadenfreude (a common feeling in Asuran society)
fluhnt-CF
flunt is the verb for 'to gloat'. The root is projected, which turns it into a noun for 'the feeling of gloating'. Projection is a catalytic process, a process in which a catalyst is attached to a root word to derive a new word. A catalyst is an affix that is underspecified phonemically, so that the actual sounds used depend on word it attaches to. In projection, the catalyst is a ferment (abbreviated CF), which is infixed before the final coda of the word and is a nasal that matches the core of the core of the final coda and a vowel that matches the stressed vowel in the word. Other catalytic processes include amalgamation, corrosion, fusion, virtification and vitriolifaction, and use catalysts of mercury, acid, lime, and vitriol, respectively.

Day 16:
Sinnish:
ed /ed/ - n.c. - sun - a gift, a present

Rhetorical Alchemy
pauvalg /ˈpaʊ.valg/ - n.c. - a near-miss, a problem that has been narrowly avoided
pau-valg
pau is, of course, an explosion. The suffix valg attaches to something to mean it is 'almost' that. It's used in verbs to mean to try to do something but just barely miss it. It would also be used in terms like 'virtual reality' or 'titular head'.

(late again...)

Sinnish:
zhe /ʒe/ - v.t. - water - to coil, to roll up, to surround, to bind with

Rhetorical Alchemy
astihniht /ˈæst.ɪn.ɪt/ - noun - power, energy, a motive force. Implies that there is a way to harness the force for intentional use

Sinnish: arakim /a.ra.ˈkim/- n.c. - a spice, a seasoning, a flavoring, a condiment

Rhetorical Alchemy:
tehd /tɛd/ - noun - morphosyntax
Interestingly, a number of complex linguistic concepts are translated with very short words in Rhetorical Alchemy.

Day 11
Sinnish:
orekis /o.ˈre.kis/ - n.c. - fire - an unfulfilled need, a hunger, an unrequited love

Rhetorical Alchemy:
chehkooxihv /ˈʧɛk.u.xɪv/ "Kill it with fire!"
chehk-ooxihv
kill-by.burning

This is another imperative word. No object is specified but is implied. The suffix ooxihv means to accomplish the action by burning. It's original use was in describing alchemical/technomagical processes, but the metaphorical extension is easily understandable.

Day 12
Sinnish: xosishim /xo.ˈsi.ʃim/ - n.c. - fire - a sensation or act that is both pleasurable and painful. Examples are the burn of a good whiskey, stretching out tired or cramped muscles, and certain sexual situations. Used to describe the sensation and the source of such a sensation. Literally "watery-fire"

Rhetorical Alchemy: prinst /prɪnst/ - noun - a cup, open container used for holding liquid, but not liquid for drinking, such as a beaker, test tube, or laboratory flask.

https://plus.google.com/+ScottHamiltonvaxjedi/posts/LUTsVAjwLf9

Another day of simple words
Sinnish: chas /ʧas/ - v.i. - water - to be sad

Rhetorical Alchemy: snaum /snaʊm/ - noun - cog, gear

I've been during Lexember, which is the conlang version of NaNoblahblahblah. A new word for your conlang each day. I figured I should post it over here too, but I forgot until now.

I am doing words for two languages: Sinnish (a personal language which I have revised MANY times), and Asuran Rhetorical Alchemy (a language I am making for the Asuran people from Guild Wars 2).

Here is Day 9 (I put links to my posts on G+ for the earlier days - no log in required).

Day 9

Sinnish: gemio /ge.ˈmi.o/ - n.c. - earth - a medicine, a substance used to improve the health of something (things like furniture polish, motor oil, and drain cleaners are often referred to as this as well)

Rhetorical Alchemy:
boonegihks /ˈboo.nɛg.ɪks/ - noun - failure
This word was one of the first to be 'organically coined' (that is, developed in usage in the way natural languages gain words) after the initial publishing of the The Concordance of Rhetorical Alchemical Meaning (the definitive lexicon of the language). It's original derivation was boom-neg-iks: fault-1ST.POS-NEG, literally "not my fault". It was repeated so much in early discourse that it became subject to semantic drift to what it means today.

Day 1: https://plus.google.com/+ScottHamiltonvaxjedi/posts/CYbfG6wqqDx
Day 2: https://plus.google.com/+ScottHamiltonvaxjedi/posts/g8JS5dGp5zB
Day 3: https://plus.google.com/+ScottHamiltonvaxjedi/posts/Ks6fsDRuQUU
Day 4: https://plus.google.com/+ScottHamiltonvaxjedi/posts/bYgwHd7r8QF
Day 5: https://plus.google.com/+ScottHamiltonvaxjedi/posts/8YnTbBvY5Yx
Day 6: https://plus.google.com/+ScottHamiltonvaxjedi/posts/SuyGvESE2zz
Day 7: https://plus.google.com/+ScottHamiltonvaxjedi/posts/P8vbCYMydED
Day 8: https://plus.google.com/+ScottHamiltonvaxjedi/posts/3WrsX18SWjw

Just a rant and a vent and a wallow...
( Ya know, I have missed the lj-cut tag.... )

Something someone posted elsewhere reminded me about Livejournal.

I know a few people that post here but not elsewhere. I wonder if I should wander back and post here more often. It's a little less 'public'. Not that anyone who tries won't find my stuff here, but it feels less out there.

I dunno.

Eclecticat originally shared this post:
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Eclecticat - Handmade Crafts »
... Miniatures And Dolls, Mosaics, Needle Craft, Paper Goods, Pets, Political, Pottery And Ceramics, Quilting, Religious, Speciality / Traditional, Spinning, Sports, Toys, Weaving, Weddings, Woodworki...Eleri Hamilton @ Google+

Wanted: Used, don't-care-about-keeping-it-intact cel phone or other small portable device that is wifi & youtube compatable. With a headphone jack. Doesn't need to do anything else, doesn't need a plan or carrier, just be able to connect to wifi and run youtube videos. Bonus if it has any pink on it anywhere.

Anyone have any info on Rizzoma, a Google Wave replacement?

http://www.40tech.com/2012/02/02/rizzoma-may-soon-be-the-wave-alternative-youre-looking-for/

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