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)
Tag: Language
General linguistics discussion, very serious and scholarly. As well as Stupid Language Tricks.
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)
Lexember 6 (2024)
A careful study of the world around you will pay handsome dividends when, as today, you discover the theme from ConWorkShop is Science. There is the scientific method to describe, the tools used, the people who do the sciencing, and of course the ever-increasing number of disciplines and branches and interdisciplinary approaches of science. ha… Continue reading Lexember 6 (2024)
Lexember 5 (2024)
What is fun? That question has as many answers as there are people trying to answer it. Words that are fun to say is today's theme from ConWorkShop, and everyone is of course entitled to use her own definition of 'fun' and 'fun to say'. One kind of fun is the overthinking of straightforward things.… Continue reading Lexember 5 (2024)
Lexember 4 (2024)
Add colour to your life, with today's ConWorkShop theme: Things that are or can be yellow. One thing that can be yellow is the stock market. When prices fall, the stock market turns yellow, like nature in the dry season. And when prices go up, the stock market turns green, like nature when the rains… Continue reading Lexember 4 (2024)
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