Vreleksá

Tolkien_Freak · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:23 am Post subject:

I remember hail in Lakeway from something a lot farther back than that, but I do remember that hailstorm causing a whole lot of damage around my school - it's up in the Cedar Park area. There was so much hail, one of the sidewalks still had ice on it by the time we got out of school (I think that was where they had swept all of it).

Here at Vreleksá we seem to have a penchant for turning discussions to meteorology-related topics.

Kiri · Joined: 13 Jun 2009 Posts: 471 Location: Latvia/Italy

Why, didn't you know? This is actually a secret under cover meteorology site. Oops, shouldn't have revealed that! Now everyone will know...

achemel · Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 556 Location: up for debate

I'm in Pennsylvania (pronounced with a heavily Dutchified accent, haha - Pennnsylfeeenyuh Laughing

). We got hail a couple times, maybe marble-sized, but mostly it's just been dreary.
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ddamachel, tadvaradcel, ra cel, lashel, hemnalg, nomah

Hemicomputer · Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 610 Location: Calgary, Alberta

Getting some rain here in Calgary, but more sun than I would like. Especially since the real scorchers seem to come around on days when I'm outside Mad

. No hail yet, but we'll likely be getting it soon since fall is coming Very Happy

(snow usually starts around mid-October here.) Current temp is about 60F/13C, so that's OK.
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achemel · Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 556 Location: up for debate

Good lord, 60F?! It was over 90F here with the humidity until about 1:00, when suddenly a massive thunderstorm blew in and flooded the way out of work. Also it knocked some branches off the trees and made a little leaf tornado. And the temperature dropped to under 75F, which was AWESOME. (^_^) And it was my last day - hooray!!
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Main conlangs:
ddamachel, tadvaradcel, ra cel, lashel, hemnalg, nomah

Tolkien_Freak · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:20 pm Post subject:

YOU ARE BOTH SO LUCKY

It's at least 95F here ATM, maybe over 100. I don't really want to know. It's bright and sunny <_<

@Hemi: What do you consider a 'scorcher'?

Aeetlrcreejl · Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Posts: 839 Location: Over yonder

I just checked the news; it's 102 here.
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Tolkien_Freak · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:47 pm Post subject:

/2x/

(yes that is X-SAMPA)

Hemicomputer · Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 610 Location: Calgary, Alberta

Serali · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:57 pm Post subject:

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achemel · Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 556 Location: up for debate

Well, the examples with /l/ I kind of screwed up, and have yet to fix - I will definitely do that soon since I have a week of free time (yay! Very Happy

). But, yes, when there is a large, encircling letter (like /h tg ch n g b/) as the onset, it goes outside the coda. It can also go around the vowel carrier of the next syllable if it takes the vowel carrier.

I'll put /tkast/ as an example when I fix the examples with /l/. There is a small circle you can use for /t/ in a cluster, but usually it's only when /t/ comes after another consonant such as /h s/, like at the end of /tkast/. I suppose it could be used here, in the lower left before the letter /k/, but more likely the full letter would be used.
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achemel · Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 556 Location: up for debate

So, here are examples. I suppose the ones with /l/ really aren't much different than what I'd put up before... Rolling Eyes

I guess to tell just what is a syllable, you look for what letter the vowel is centered over. In /ta/ it's centered over the /t/, and stays there until the onset becomes the cluster /ts/ or /st/.
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ddamachel, tadvaradcel, ra cel, lashel, hemnalg, nomah

Tolkien_Freak · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:19 am Post subject:

I applaud you for being able to remember which placement means what ^_^
(I think I mostly get it though.)

So are those ones where the transcription is the same (like hla and hla) just alternatives? I would guess so.

Side note - I am jealous of the fact that your script is in the computer - I can't ever seem to get just the right curve for Emitare.

achemel · Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 556 Location: up for debate

Yes, the ones where the transcription is the same are alternatives; sort of like the 3 versions of /sj/ on the full alphabet image. It just depends on what comes next: /hla/ by itself likely would take the second choice so it's more self-contained and has a neater appearance, but if there was a syllable after it, it might take the first choice so whatever follows can connect to the bit of /l/ that's sticking out. A matter of aesthetics I guess. Wink

I have to admit it's much easier having Halm in the computer because when I hand-write it the letters start getting scrunched together and smaller and then I can't read it. Rolling Eyes

I'm having the worst time with ra cel, though - it looks the best with a calligraphy pen, but it's a lot of trouble to get the ink flowing and make my writing neat and even and then clean the thing when I'm done. I'm trying to make a font: if it works out I'll have to post it. (^_^)

Good luck with Emitare!

And it looks like I need to adjust the size of my image here.
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ddamachel, tadvaradcel, ra cel, lashel, hemnalg, nomah

achemel · Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 556 Location: up for debate

Hmm, I should've gone with the next bigger one... sorry if you all have trouble seeing anything. Confused

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ddamachel, tadvaradcel, ra cel, lashel, hemnalg, nomah

Tolkien_Freak · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:38 am Post subject:

Yeah, handwriting Emitare (or rather the old stuff it was based off of) caused the letters to become squished, but that ended up being a feature rather than bad handwriting. There used to be a whole lot more white space, and the letters were way more circular.

BTW, I want to say one more time how awesome your script looks. It's just so awesomely sci-fi. (And the addition of letter variants somehow makes it even more cool, though I can't possibly explain why.)

Are you doing the font for ra cel or Halm?

achemel · Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 556 Location: up for debate

Do you have an example of older Emitare? I like the way it looks now, and I bet it looked just as good before. Wink

Thanks for your compliments. (^_^) I try not to let it get to my head, but now every time I look at it I start getting all happy and excited and then I squeal and flap my hands around, hahaha.

And, the font is for ra cel. I actually came up with a cursive style that probably will never see the light of day again, and a "block" style that might show up in printed material or as a stylistic device on stonework or pottery. The block style would be the font, since I find it rather difficult to make the curves of the handwritten style look right. The block style would go for Tadvaradcel as well, but with some slight differences (like, there's no letter for /nm/ or the ^ diacritic, and /g gh/ are different).
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I would like to learn:
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Main conlangs:
ddamachel, tadvaradcel, ra cel, lashel, hemnalg, nomah

Tolkien_Freak · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:01 am Post subject:

achemel · Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 556 Location: up for debate

I like round and curly scripts. (^_^)

Here's a present for Serali: boingy!

The first is pretty much "boingy" Hemnalgized (to /bO}Ni:/) and the second means "thing that bounces/boings." Hooray!
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I have some small knowledge of:
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I would like to learn:
Italian, Norwegian, Gaelic
Main conlangs:
ddamachel, tadvaradcel, ra cel, lashel, hemnalg, nomah