#Lexember post Eight - Conlanging objects in the Cālenyan world - Waste

[aldersprig]

Last night, I asked my spousal unit what everyday object I should cover next for Lexember.

"Urine," said he.

So, today we have the crude words for urine and excrement, with vomit thrown in for good measure. These are the equivalent of "piss," "shit," and "puke;" because I have yet to figure out where the Cālenyana eventually get their "scientific" sorts of words. They don't have Latin to pull from.

Back to the topic at... hand?

These are the noun forms; I'm not doing verbs right now.

dyen - piss
pyemen - shit
tyep - puke

I was asked yesterday where the pronunciation guide is - it's here.

There's an audioboo of my vowels here, and one of Cālenyan vocabulary here

Comments

[thnidu]

I hadn't heard of audioboo, it's a good idea.

The Cālenyan vowels are about what I thought, modulo your pronunciation of /æ/ (the "cat" vowel). I'll be happy to provide IPA for them if you like.

I tried listening to the "Wrong, as well as Wrung" boo, but even with my output volume at the max I can just hear you speaking, but can't make out the words. Hopefully that was your first boo.

[aldersprig]

That was my first boo, and with a different microphone.

IPA would be pleasing; my accent makes everything hard to list by "like the way I say cat" and so on.

[thnidu]

Oh, good, the last boo on the list has fine volume.

You're getting a fair amount of pop and aspiration on /p/ and /t/, especially at the beginning of stressed syllables. This is very common. I don't know what kind of mic you're using, but try putting it a bit to the side of your mouth instead of right in front, and angled so it still "faces" your mouth. The idea is to get it out of the direct flow of the airstream.

(Did I mention that I was senior linguist at Dragon Systems, the developers of the first general purpose speech to text dictation systems?)

[aldersprig]

oh, T used Dragon when he had a problem with his contacts a few years ago!

I was just glad to be able to get anything recorded; it was panic-attack inducing. I'll keep your tips in mind should I manage to try again, though.

[thnidu]

If you're nervous about being "on stage", there are free programs you can use to record and edit sound. Audacity is a good one, I've heard; I've used it, but not enough to have a real opinion on it.

[aldersprig]

Hrrm. I wonder if that would help.

on wiki

[thnidu]

I've registered on the wiki and added a (heh-heh) Fourth Column of IPA to the vowel chart.* I stuck with US diphthong [oʊ] for the long vowel ō, and in general with US vowels, pending clarification of your note "I can only work off NE American pronunciation for this".

Please don't tell me I misunderstood what you were trying to do and messed things up.

HTH.

* Also changed
- evident typo "uy" → "ty" for palatalized T
- pronunciation gone to goan for the number 7, b/c "gone" looks like gone = gahn... Oy. This is why we use slashes and brackets and quotes, oh my!

Re: on wiki

[aldersprig]

That meant "the only way I know how to pronounce things is the way I pronounce American English."

Typo changes good, and thanks for the IPA.

uy was indeed supposed to be ty.

And, oh, my numbers still have the way I /was/ spelling things. I should change that at some point. Thanks. (Decided to eliminate double vowels. This language has evolved quite a bit over time).

Re: on wiki

[thnidu]

When not pooped I will send resources for typing IPA more easily.