Activity for celtschk
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Comment | Post #288760 |
But is "heterological" heterological? (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #284533 |
Actually you cannot conclude from the given information that the proposed legislation was amended twice (or at all). Applicable law may require a minimum number of readings in the legislative process, even if in each reading the law gets 100% of the votes without any changes. (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #282694 |
My guess would be that it comes from the [counterpunch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punchcutting) used in creating those areas when making metal types.
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— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281770 |
@JirkaHanika: Thank you, very interesting. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281770 |
Actually after reading Jirka Hanika's answer, I noticed that I indeed *did* encounter a completely silent character before, which I had forgotten about: AFAIK the French “h” is silent in all circumstances. Interestingly, as mentioned in that answer, the “h” sound, like the glottal stop, is a voiceles... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281780 |
Thank you for the comprehensive explanation, it is very appreciated. And yes, once you know it, the concept of a glottal stop symbol with an implied vowel evolving into a vowel symbol makes complete sense. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281770 |
Thank you, that's very interesting. I never considered the possibility of a *totally* silent letter (as opposed to characters that turn silent in certain situations, which of course can be found in many languages, including English). (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #281765 |
Post edited: Edited title since HTML entities are apparently not supported there |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #281765 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
| Question | — |
What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α? Here are two claims I've often heard or read: 1. The Hebrew language originally did not write down vowels. 2. The Greek (and subsequently the Latin) alphabet developed from the Hebrew alphabet. In particular, the letter ℵ (aleph) developed into the Greek Α (alpha) and finally the ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279206 |
Thank you for your detailed answer. BTW, as a native German speaker, I disagree that you always consider your native language as simple, as I'm quite well aware of the complexity of my language (and we've certainly spent quite some time in school on things like cases). (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #279112 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
| Question | — |
What drives the complexity of a language? Looking at English, its complexity seems to have been in constant decrease. For example, in the past, there were conjugations and a separate informal form of “you” (”thou”); all in all, the language was much closer to German. On the other hand, German still has those complexities; however as far as I... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277484 |
On the other hand, if you define a word as unique concept, then also English has “words with spaces inside”. For example, “toilet paper”, ”internet service provider”, “member of parliament”. Usually people would consider that several words describing one concept. So how do you determine that there's ... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |