tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post475897257549808931..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: From the ChalicemailbagChalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-77875730009354590742008-09-30T08:16:00.000-04:002008-09-30T08:16:00.000-04:00Joe, those consonantal words work best when one us...Joe, those consonantal words work best when one uses as a syllable nucleus either sounds with considerable sonority from voicing [r, l, m, n, ng], or noise-segments such as [s], [f], as in pft or tsk. Some of my favorite languages do that, as in the classic Czech example "Strc prst skrz krk", "stick your finger through your neck", but even there one can construct only rather forced examples so perhaps one should stick to names. <BR/> I like your idea of log-scale maps. It applies well to a faculty colleague of mine who in a curriculum committee meeting was recently trying to abolish all lab-based classes in my department. It just needs to be extended to three dimensions in spherical coordinates, conceiving the creature in question as a central point.LinguistFriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02695715246663202212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-25288907544177357612008-09-29T16:41:00.000-04:002008-09-29T16:41:00.000-04:00I never realized that before...all those "the worl...I never realized that before...all those "the world as perceived by 'X', where 'X' is some particularly self-centered place" maps...they are all log scale maps...<BR/><BR/>Joe, considering trying to write a Star Wars novel peopled entirely by creatures with names made from the letters they make you type when you post stuff.<BR/><BR/>(Activate the hyperdrive NOW, Lcxhnj, that Imperial cruiser's coming right at us!)Joe The Math Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05965828672680657926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-9763201724209242922008-09-29T15:37:00.000-04:002008-09-29T15:37:00.000-04:00Reminds me of the map of the US from Manhatten..Reminds me of the map of the US from Manhatten..ogrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910505029382522110noreply@blogger.com