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wmblathers.bsky.social
@wmblathers.bsky.social
Language inventor guy in Wisconsin.

Just trying to survive the consensus death cult.

https://lingweenie.org/conlang/

Accounts posting genAI slop are generally an instant block from me.
Typo on p5, quote 11c ("characterized _ni_ a number of ways").
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Side-eye of beef.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
"The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea," Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, 2008, OUP.
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
With Kílta I went with síkkochál - "star-tail" (síkis - "star;" kochál - "tail").
November 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
For example, there's a section on Kílta's color terms which makes things clearer than trolling through the entire lexicon would do. Yesterday I added almost two pages on flavor and aroma constructions.

3/3
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
There's not necessarily anything new in this section, but it does unite information spread across the lexicon and grammar in a way that makes some more covert patterns clearer. It also lets me expand on some things that I don't feel completely comfortable putting in the lexicon due to size.

2/3
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
3.

Elisp (though not all the time), some scheme, but effectively only CL these days.
November 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
As do you!
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Reposted
Circassian has a native coinage: тхылъ /txıɬ̧/ ‘book’ = тхы- /txı-/ ‘write’ + -лъ /-ɬ̧/ receptacle suffix :)
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I've been trying *not* to read it as an allegory for AI, just because I know from interviews the original ideas for the show happened years before genAI was everywhere. But it's really hard to avoid the comparison.
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Shadow could not agree more.
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is Badger, who left us early last year, at a ripe old age.

Everyone agreed he had a distinct expression, but no one could agree what that expression was: concern, sadness, disappointment. He was missing one canine, so he sometimes had an Elvis-style lip curl, and drooled when happy (often).
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
No, I do mean sniffing the wind. The Flehmen response can happen when they're facing the ground. And there's no lip-curl for this.
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I’m still thinking about options for that.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
My favorite answer to the question of the bird was "God wanted a bird."
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM