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In case anyone is wondering where some of their posts went, I split this discussion into two more topics, to cater more specifically to each discussion. The posts concerning alternate time measurement systems can now be found here: http://forum.mandoa.org/viewtopic.php?t=110 The posts concerning wri...

So in response to the time system Taljair found elsewhere online: The piece didn’t give the transcription or translation to the terms, so I figured they could be called like this: Second - kis’lun 30 seconds (minute) - kumana 32 minutes (hour) - getu 9 hours (period) - hakba 10 periods (day) - tuur ...

Huh. I was always under the impression that the bells system was confusing, but that opinion was based entirely on hearsay, as I never bothered to do the research. Looking at it in that chart on the navy.mil site, it looks so clear and simple. 7 watches, 5 of which are 4 hours, the remaining two 2 h...

That's a very good point, Vlet. Perhaps we should have different words for different kinds of duty. I'm sure the situation arises where one has to follow orders one may disagree with, in which case, the word for "I did it because I had to" would be more useful -- and expressive -- than "I did it bec...

As for telling time, I am personally a big fan of circular systems -- anything that divides well into 360 degrees (like the numbers 12, 24, 60; or in this case 366 days, so maybe 6, 61, 122, 183...but I don't like those numbers for practicality) -- the planet is circular, its orbit around the star ...

Taljair, I promise that your work will not mysteriously disappear, nor will it go unattributed. I will work out the code required to add your new vocabulary and to highlight it as user-contributed with a link to your user page or at least your name before having you actually share the file with me. ...

I have been away far too long. Olarom, vode. We're glad to see you join us; I look forward to learning with you.

Kandosii, vod! Ori'vor'e for sharing. On be'Taljair new words: 1867 new words atop the 1161 terms from the original dictionary (excluding phrases) brings us to 3028 words, or almost triple the original vocabulary. Or am I misunderstanding? I did not take a count of every new word Taljair provided, s...

Olarom! Glad to have you, Adrian/dri. (What a coincidence -- that's my aruetii name, too). Why not head over to the Welcome Thread and introduce yourself to the others? (Nobody is likely to receive a notification of a post on this announcement, whereas they will probably be notified of a reply to a ...

Briikase cuir'yc vencuyan'simir! The Mandoa.Org translator has been live on the internet for four years (and the forum community has been around for a little longer, thanks to MsLanna). I am so happy and so proud to have formed such a great community! Here's to four more years of Mando'a! Oya! -Adi ...

It has been nearly a year since the last time I changed any of the code behind the translator. I decided that has been too long. I just uploaded a patch for the translator which will enable it to leverage localStorage for caching of the dictionary data, allowing for faster pageloads and instant sear...

Hey, ExarGon. Nice to meet you. Please head over to the Welcome Forum to introduce yourself.

Tion'meg gayi'kaab gar tratu? AIM? Facebook?

Dush kebi be'IRC, umaan ratiin tratu jorcu landuur naumiit -- ori'bal'ban (especially) bat nau'prudii gayi'kaab ("light/shadow radio" -- smartphone/tablet; perhaps prefix of "kih" for smartphone).

Related words: medic - baar'ur needle, spike - bev health - jahaal tal - blood suck, absorb, draw up (liquid) - sooranir give - dinuir A "syringe" could be put together from "baar'ur" and "bev" -- as such a device is a tool of a medic or doctor, so we could simply do "be'baar'ur bev" (medic's needle...

Happy new year, vod. Good luck with your work! K'oyacyi!

Drop in with updates whenever you can.

Ni ratiin ja'haili Skype bal Google Hangouts (send me a PM on the forum for my Skype or Google username); nu'haa'tayli Freenode IRC #mando`a channel ra Aliit Solyc IRC munit ca'nara.

I have removed the requirement for manual approval of new users' posts in the Welcome thread; my hope is that this change will result in more active members, as fewer people will post, not see their post appear, post again, and then give up. Several weeks later when I finally realise there are new p...

I used to load up the chat every day just in case, and was working on a bot who could sit in the IRC channel and send notifications to anyone who subscribed for them when people were online; things then got super busy at work and it kinda fell off my to-do list.

Good finds, Vlet.

Ke'taabi! Do what you need to do, ner vod. We're not going anywhere in your absence. Sometimes life can be a royal pain in the shebs, and that's ok. I've been so overloaded with work that I've not been sparing time for anything else besides chores and spacing out on TV, so you're not the only one wh...