Today we can really enjoy ourselves because the day's theme from ConWorkShop is It's all fun and games! Juggling is a visually impressive art form that can liven up any celebration. Especially if the juggling act involves objects that have the potential to cause major damage to the juggler, such as running chainsaws, burning torches,… Continue reading Lexember 9 (2025)
Category: Language
General linguistics discussion, very serious and scholarly. As well as Stupid Language Tricks.
Lexember 8 (2025)
I don't know, sisters. What do ConWorkShop mean with having Doubt, uncertainty, and hesitation for today's theme? Is there something sinister lurking behind this, or is just simple trepidation before a new week with all its opportunities? One should of course always feel trepidation before trepanation, because trepanation you need like a hole in the… Continue reading Lexember 8 (2025)
Lexember 7 (2025)
Today, one should hope to go above and beyond, for today's theme from ConWorkShop is Words that contain /o/ in your native language. Not only words; also other objects of rotund litteration ought to arouse notice. Enough for now: I'm rapidly running out of words that not only contain the letter O but also can… Continue reading Lexember 7 (2025)
Lexember 6 (2025)
No problem, mon! Today's theme from ConWorkShop is Things found in Jamaica. As Jamaica is a modern nation and a tropical island, this theme hardly limits your options. Many obvious things already have names in Rireinutire. Many concepts also are so intimately linked to culture and history that it would make little sense to coin… Continue reading Lexember 6 (2025)
Lexember 5 (2025)
It's rock, rock, rock; rock around the clock! Because today's theme from ConWorkShop is Verbs and nouns that can make you fall asleep. Actually rocking to sleep would be rusuta and rocking to loud music would be toreta. While the issue of rock (pata) vs. roll (paraƱo) featured in the tragedy of Kullervo (an old… Continue reading Lexember 5 (2025)
Lexember 4 (2025)
Leechcraft will be in demand because the ConWorkShop theme for today is Parasites and symbiosis. Now Rireinutire already has a word for 'leech' (yira), and I think that is enough because leeches really suck. ruyesiya kaki soyovuisano seru yakave sakira ii vuiya tosino ruye yakave:parasitism.NOM which.REL.NOM symbiosis-GEN type.NOM be-PRS-HSY that-INE one organism.NOM another-GEN parasite.NOM be-PRS-HSY… Continue reading Lexember 4 (2025)
Lexember 3 (2025)
Take a weight off your pins, pull up a chair, and make yourself at home, because today's theme from ConWorkShop is Homemaking verbs. One home made famous in story and legend is Elrond's Last Homely House East of the Sea. The Last Homely House was perfect whether you liked food (nomata), or sleep (yinata), or… Continue reading Lexember 3 (2025)
Lexember 2 (2025)
Today's theme from ConWorkShop is Jewellery and other accessories. How do you accessorise when all you are wearing is accessories? Just wear more of them. Encrust your belt with gold and gemstones, cover your arms with bracelets and legs with anklets, wear all your necklaces together. Get piercings all over your body. Thread beads into… Continue reading Lexember 2 (2025)
Lexember 1 (2025)
This is it. Time to stop loafing around! Wash your hands, get out your pots and pans, knead that dough! This time it's bake or break, because today's theme from ConWorkShop is Baking ingredients. Even half-baked ideas can be used, just stick them back in the oven. And speaking of half-baked ideas, how about this… Continue reading Lexember 1 (2025)
The Shape of Lexember to Come
In the twenty-first century the story of mankind upon this planet undergoes a change of phase. It broadens out. A vision of previously unsuspected possibilities opens to the human imagination. And that vision brings with it an immense readjustment of ideas. The idea that you could, each and every day for one month in the… Continue reading The Shape of Lexember to Come
