When on high the heaven had not been named, Firm ground below had not been called by name, Then it was that ConWorkShop brought into being today's theme of Legends and mythology. Deeds were then done, songs were then sung, the likes of which had never been seen before. tevooti kaki kere yakave saki tevokunana… Continue reading Lexember 16 (2024)
Category: Language
General linguistics discussion, very serious and scholarly. As well as Stupid Language Tricks.
Lexember 15 (2024)
It was inevitable that we would end up here. In accordance with the prophecy. Here at the end of all things. Where today's ConWorkShop theme is Verbs of doom. As fate would have it, Rireinutire already has a few verbs of doom, such as ñimita (vt. to doom), mahesavita (vi. to invade, attack, overrun (INE)),… Continue reading Lexember 15 (2024)
Lexember 14 (2024)
Come walk with me, as we take A stroll through the forest following in the footsteps of the ConWorkShop theme for today. Picking our way through the underbrush, trying not to scratch our skin on the thorns and twigs, we may glance down to look where we put our feet. There we may see some… Continue reading Lexember 14 (2024)
Lexember 13 (2024)
Every day, I try to make this my little introductory paragraph stand out from the grey mass of text, to put in some pizzazz, to add a little luxury to Lexember, so that it would entice you the reader to tarry a while and admire my cleverness. But unfortunately, sometimes my purple prose palls, my… Continue reading Lexember 13 (2024)
Lexember 12 (2024)
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to remember the ConWorkShop theme for today, which is Death and the afterlife. The Rireinukave are not terribly keen on death because they expect they will have to face a reckoning of their deeds and misdeeds when Grandmother Death fetches them before the court of Kanavita, the Judge… Continue reading Lexember 12 (2024)
Lexember 11 (2024)
Alas! Alack! That I should live to see this day! Oh, how those fiends in human shape, those black-hearted scoundrels of ConWorkShop, how they presume to toy with the affections of a lady! This day, of all days, when today's theme is Heartbreak. This day shall live on in infamy, at least until tomorrow, when… Continue reading Lexember 11 (2024)
Lexember 10 (2024)
Well [bleep] me [bleep] for a [bleep] [bleep]! I was totally caught unawares by today's theme. Unbeknownst to me, the hidebound conservatives of ConWorkShop inexplicably decided to follow their hallowed tradition even this year (just like every year since, like, forever) by having the theme of every tenth day be No theme. Although as an… Continue reading Lexember 10 (2024)
Lexember 9 (2024)
Belay that order! At ease! Take it easy, smoke 'em if you got 'em, take a deep breath, relax! Today we can get comfortable and take a brief rest in the middle of our glossopoietic exertions because the good folks at ConWorkShop have found it in their hearts to have mercy on us and offer… Continue reading Lexember 9 (2024)
Lexember 8 (2024)
Sit up straight and show some spine! Today's theme provided by ConWorkShop is Vertebrates. Of course, the daily theme is just the bare bones, and it is the delightful duty of each participating conlanger to put some meat on the bones by employing her glossopoietic creativity. And as a vertebrate myself, I'm really getting a… Continue reading Lexember 8 (2024)
Lexember 7 (2024)
Time to run riot down Memory Lane, as the assiduous antiquarians at ConWorkShop dig down through layers of time in remembrance of things past and present Blast from the past (explosions, history, or both!) as the theme for today. As I sit munching on a madeleine and sipping my tea, I am reminded of the… Continue reading Lexember 7 (2024)
Flowering Fields 