EM Vürinalt
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Post by EM Vürinalt on Jun 14, 2012 15:40:09 GMT -6
Okay, Sariah, I'll be working with you on your arms from this point out. I noticed that this was the last suggestion you posted on the boards: Mine: Per saltire azure and sable, a saltire argent. (particularly since crosses look weird on cartouches) His: Quarterly sable and azure, a cross argent. (since that looks better on escutcheon) I took the color of the flag of Scotland for the blue (since I noticed earlier that you said you were of Scottish decent). It might be considered to be a little dark in comparison with the black, so I made another render with a slightly lighter shade of blue, while maintaining the hue of the actual Scottish flag. Here's the dark blue one: Attachments:
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Post by EM Vürinalt on Jun 12, 2012 23:29:53 GMT -6
Talossan voters' compass June 2012Your Result: MRPTThe Moderate Radical Party of Talossa. 100, Accountable, Active, Alternance, Alternative, Ballot, Candidate, Coalition, Constructive, Cosa, Culture, Democratic, Dynamic, Free, Government, Happy, Ideas, Kingdom, Lait, Lists, Loyalist, Moderate, MRPT, Parti, Party, Per, Percent, Positive, Preferential, Privacy, Progress, Protect, Provinces, Radical, Realistic, Record, Reform, Senate, Small, Solid, Talossa, Talossan, Talossanity, Tolerant, Traditions, Transparent, Uc, Vision, Voting, YES! Result Breakdown:80% MRPT 61% RUMP 55% ZRT 49% APT 42% CSPP Quiz Created on GoTo Quiz------------------- I actually think this is kind of funny, because I normally associate myself with the progressives. Since I've been away for so long though and don't really know much about Talossan politics anymore, I guess I should read up on the ol' MRPT party and the RUMP.
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Post by EM Vürinalt on Jun 12, 2012 12:47:13 GMT -6
Here's a really quick rendering of what I was talking about. A possible blazon would be: Sable, per bend sinister snowflaked argent, a raven rising volent argent, a moline cross argent. Nothing like it's been done before, it's unique, it's modern and in the spirit of modern Finnish heraldry, a country from whose language we draw our national motto and name (so there's a connection), and it looks pretty. And it's balanced proportionally. Of course, if this is something people are more interested in running with, I can post a higher quality, more finished render. Anyways, I'll step back into the shadows now and wait for my first official assignment. Attachments:
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Post by EM Vürinalt on Jun 12, 2012 11:50:03 GMT -6
I attached an image of something that would be "per fess snowflaked", as inspired by things like this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kuusjoki.vaakuna.svg, from modern Finnish heraldry. The rest of that post was "Eric is tired and should go to bed" mumble jumble. Attachments:
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Post by EM Vürinalt on Jun 11, 2012 15:21:01 GMT -6
Have you guys considered something like per chevron snowflaked? I know it doesn't necessarily exist, but the Scandinavians seem okay with adding things like per _____ fir-twigged (kuusikoro) to their arms and blazons including such have become popular, even celebrated. If such a non-traditional line of partition would be okay, you'd free up some space in the rest of the arms by incorporating the snowflake directly into the chevron. Then you free up a bit of space. Just an idea. EDIT: I'd post a rendering, but it's 11:30pm here and I have class at 7:30 tomorrow morning. I also think a bend would make the whole thing flow better- you could have a bend 'snowflaked' and a cross in one corner and the bird in another (upper? so it's towards the 'sky'? you could even make it a bend sinister so the bird was flying 'up the bend', and therefore higher, if that's the symbolism you'd want) and it balances the whole thing out. Anyways! I'm not officially a member of the CoA (yet) and I'm sure I'm overstepping my bounds somehow.
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Post by EM Vürinalt on Jun 7, 2012 14:26:32 GMT -6
I love how Pengopäts is prison. I'm not sure what that says about our justice system.
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Post by EM Vürinalt on Jun 7, 2012 13:01:55 GMT -6
It's undoubtedly my clumsy English tongue then, probably getting caught in between the "do it with the flap, but wait, the English pronunciation is okay too."
Plus, I can't really roll my tongue (I can only roll the left half, weird as it sounds), so that could be a factor for it being so awkward to me.
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Post by EM Vürinalt on Jun 7, 2012 2:52:47 GMT -6
There's of course nothing wrong with the 'rst' combination orthographically, but it just doesn't seem like a natural environment for a fully pronounced [alveolar tap]+[postalveolar fricative]+[alveolar (dental?) plosive] to all occur at basically the same time even if a syllable boundary exists. It feels like something would naturally have to happen in this environment.
Saying "Ö-vuh-STAIR" (no flap) or "Ö-ver-STAIR" (with rhotic schwa) would seem more natural than "Ö-vuh[+flap]-STAIR."
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Post by EM Vürinalt on Jun 7, 2012 0:06:29 GMT -6
So since coming back, I've been reading through the Talossan language website, and I asked myself a question that I couldn't easily answer from the information there, specifically- how are rhotics pronounced in codas preceding complex syllable onsets?
On the page about consonants, it says r is normally pronounced as in 'other Romance languages' with a tap or flap of the tongue against the palate. This is really only the case in Spanish, Romanian, and Rumansh (and to a lesser degree, Italian, where rhotics can always be realized as a trill). It also says that 'English pronunciation is acceptable.'
It makes me wonder how rhotics in an unstressed coda are said to be pronounced- like in översteir. Pronouncing the r in the first coda preceding the complex st onset of the next syllable is a mouthful to get around if it's a flap (at least for me).
Now, the English pronunciation, in this case, is preferable to me (so a rhotic in an unstressed coda preceding a stressed complex onset becomes a rhotic-schwa). I'm almost positive stress has something to do with it, though this wouldn't solve other linguistic tongue twisters like a word ending in stressed -r before onsets like str-, if every Talossan r is realized in the same manner.
I'm not sure how often an unstressed rhotic coda would occur next to a stressed complex onset, but I still think it's a question worth asking.
Would phonology take this into account and change it at all?
-EMV
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Post by EM Vürinalt on Sept 20, 2011 13:34:15 GMT -6
Greetings! I know it's been a long time since making an appearance, but senior year, a trip to Germany, college, and summer job got in the way.
However, I would like to cast my ballot for this election, in hopes to get more involved with Talossa again:
Cosa- PPT House of Commons- PPB
42RZ16: NON 42RZ17: NON 42RZ23: ÜC
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Post by EM Vürinalt on Apr 5, 2010 8:56:09 GMT -6
Stopping in briefly before again cracking the books in the final rush of senior year of high school-
My vote is as follows: Part One: Progressive Party of Talossa Part Two: Flip Molinar
~MV
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Post by EM Vürinalt on Aug 8, 2009 6:42:38 GMT -6
That filter is perfect! I'll download that and try go get another set of images up using that. I wont use the filter for the ben glyphs and coats of arms though. If neccesary I will put them in black and white.
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Post by EM Vürinalt on Aug 7, 2009 19:05:04 GMT -6
I think S:r Grischun said he'd work on the backs.
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Post by EM Vürinalt on Aug 7, 2009 17:36:10 GMT -6
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Post by EM Vürinalt on Aug 7, 2009 17:15:46 GMT -6
I'm experimenting with some low cost coin solutions (I'm an amateur Jeweler). So, do we have any paper aficionados? Maybe there is a middle ground between professional minting and home printer? I wouldn't have thought! I am too. I love using silver clay- I'm making a pendant with Old English runes on it and a matching ring with the stuff, it's awesome. I'm experimenting with pewter coins.... If I can get a decent cast formed, I see no reason why I can't just make a whole bunch of coins for virtually nothing... That's easy enough and it's cool because it's all hand made.
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