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39261 Padraic Brown
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May 12, 2013
2:52 am
... Exactly so! And we live in the hope that twill always remain in a future time; while simultaneously wishing that Star Trek's voyages among the stars and...
39262 Christina
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May 12, 2013
3:53 am
... In fairness, the Greys could've evolved their anatomy after going into space. If they live their lives on spaceships with low gravity, they could afford to...
39263 Jörg Rhiemeier
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May 12, 2013
1:35 pm
Hallo conculturists! ... Sure. -- ... brought to you by the Weeping Elf http://www.joerg-rhiemeier.de/Conlang/index.html "Bêsel asa Éam, a Éam atha cvanthal...
39264 Alistair Young
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May 12, 2013
2:28 pm
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Christina ... Heh. I was just about to post essentially the same thing. I'd add, of course. that this becomes even more...
39265 Alistair Young
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May 12, 2013
2:55 pm
... I tend to think I split the difference, somewhat: certainly, much of my world looks pretty utopian, but that's because the major points of view I use are...
39266 Alistair Young
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May 12, 2013
6:40 pm
On May 4, 2013 4:27 PM, "Nicole Valicia Thompson-Andrews&quot; < ... Mine do, in the pre-space Eldraeverse, but that's because the relevant minerals that Eliéra...
39267 Alistair Young
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May 13, 2013
7:33 pm
... That may depend on its implementation. The off-the-shelf form of "telepathy&quot; in the Eldraeverse is good old bioradio transmitting loosely-encoded neural...
39268 Lorinda J. Taylor
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May 13, 2013
8:31 pm
That’s what my termites use to communicate – bioradio. Shucks – I thought I invented it! Lorinda From: Alistair Young Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 1:33 PM...
39269 Nicole Valicia Thomps...
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May 13, 2013
10:56 pm
Isn’t it a shock when you find out what you thought you invented, you didn’t? I don’t think Yemorans send visual images, though they can, but in normal...
39270 Alistair Young
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May 14, 2013
8:34 pm
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Nicole Valicia Thompson-Andrews < ... For Eldraeverse telepathy and allied disciplines, communication in words and even mental...
39271 Alistair Young
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May 14, 2013
9:42 pm
... This puts me in mind of a thing. As I rambled about in a past posting on my blog - one of the *Where's Where in the Galaxy* pair ( ...
39272 Herman Miller
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May 15, 2013
12:55 am
... Zireen have no "borders" in the political sense; belonging to a political sect is not limited by borders. You'll see regions labeled on maps for practical...
39273 Padraic Brown
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May 15, 2013
1:57 am
... A very pressing problem indeed! ... Ah, a sort of condominium arrangement? How do they sort out criminal law when, for example, a carbonite is caught...
39274 Christina
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May 15, 2013
4:54 am
... Pre-Contact Pteranthropans likewise had little concept of borders, with one major exception - breeding grounds. There, they did have a strong sense of...
39275 Charlie
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May 15, 2013
5:03 pm
... There are no political boundaries in Sefdaania. Instead the land is divided into seven regions that correspond to the watersheds of the seven great...
39276 Padraic Brown
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May 16, 2013
10:38 pm
... Yeah, I don't think I'd include such a thing under "telepathy&quot; as it's typically understood. This is certainly an application of technology (and I can...
39277 tomhchappell Send Email May 17, 2013
9:05 pm
Why does Mueva Sepharad's dialect of Ladino use <M > where nearly every other Romance language uses <N >? I'm sure it was explained before somewhere but I...
39278 Nat Harrington
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May 17, 2013
9:32 pm
I believe that's just how Ladino is, no? looking at the sample texts on Wikipedia, I see "muestro" for Spanish "nuestro", too. no doubt Nat ... I believe...
39279 Nat Harrington
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May 17, 2013
9:33 pm
*no doubt someone knows more, but I believe it's just a sound change in Ladino. hit send before I was done writing, whoops. le dùrachd, Nat ... *no doubt...
39280 Padraic Brown
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May 19, 2013
11:37 am
As far as I can tell, this is a fairly regular change in Ladino: http://www.sephardicstudies.org/ladinoa1.html Note forms like mozotros, muevo; but nivel and...
39281 boroparkpyro Send Email May 19, 2013
12:36 pm
I gave up trying to figure out if there was a pattern to the n»m switch and the variance in "-dad" endings, but yes, in response to the original question, all...
39282 Padraic Brown
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May 19, 2013
1:11 pm
... That's what I was thinking as well, though that odd bushkesh threw me off! Could just be an ideosyncracy of the speaker / writer of that particular speech....
39283 Charlie
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May 19, 2013
2:48 pm
... What meaning is intended? "Me alegra" means "it pleases me." But "alegrarse&quot; is a good reflexive verb "meaning to exult, to rejoice, to get tipsy". "Me...
39284 Nicole Valicia Thomps...
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May 19, 2013
7:14 pm
Have you read The Inheritance Cycle? If so, what do you think about the worldbuilding techniques? I admit the first book starts off slow in the beginning, but...
39285 Peter G
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May 19, 2013
9:55 pm
1 - what is your definition of a shade?   2 - Why, by all that is holy, are you changing your character yet again?   3 - Why are you creating yet another...
39286 Nicole Valicia Thomps...
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May 20, 2013
1:27 am
Shades are evil spirits. There aren’t that many shades in literature, which explains why the net lacks info. Any Yemoran can become a shade if they’re evil...
39287 Peter G
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May 20, 2013
3:48 am
Uh, no. There are plenty of shades in literature, you just have to be well read.    As for the rest of your post, while the words are individually clear, the...
39288 Charlie
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May 20, 2013
3:31 pm
... That is only a beginning definition. Are there other evil spirits in Yemora? If so, how are shades different? And what is the connection between shades...
39289 Nicole Valicia Thomps...
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May 20, 2013
9:55 pm
Sorry,l left out a few words by mistake. I meant to say, I have a rape victim, who jumps into this lake of fire to commit suicide, and the fire is magical,...
39290 Padraic Brown
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May 20, 2013
10:30 pm
... I can't really find where shades are particularly evil. I've usually encountered the term as synonymous with ghost. Presumably a shade could continue with...
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