User talk:Zff19930930

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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Ultimateria (talk) 04:19, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Yola plurals

Hi, when adding noun plural forms, please be sure to categorize them as noun plural forms, not as nouns (see this change for an example of how to do it). Thanks! —Mahāgaja · talk 22:01, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Some Wuu profanity entries

I've recently added 娘戲屄 and 娘希匹, two known Wuu profanity into English Wiktionary. As I don't understand Wuu pronunciation, can you help with filling in the proper Wuu pronunciation of these two entries? Many thanks.廣九直通車 (talk) 05:23, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

I speak 温州话 (the most southern dialect of Wuu), 娘戲屄 should be /ȵi//sz̩//bei/ in 温州, but we don't use it. Vague /nyian (T3)/ /xi (T2)/ /pi (T1)/ is more appropriate ? Zff19930930 (talk) 14:33, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

desctree

This template may do other convenient things, but its only purpose is to import the contents of an entry's "Descendants" section into the "Descendants" section of another entry. Using it to link to an entry without a "Descendants"section causes an error.

A couple of months ago that would have meant a big, ugly red module error. That was changed to make it display the error message in preview only and to add the entry to a maintenance category so someone like me could fix it. The reason for that was that people kept removing the "Descendants" sections without bothering to fix the entries that linked to it using {{desctree}}. That left those other entries with module errors until someone like me fixed them.

Please don't use {{desctree}} to link to entries without "Descendants" sections. Thank you. Chuck Entz (talk) 06:23, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

Got it Zff19930930 (talk) 12:15, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

straps in Yola

Is this a plurale tantum? If so it should be marked as such. Acolyte of Ice (talk) 12:49, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Tagging templates

When you add a template like {{rfd}} to another template, please make sure it's inside of <noinclude></noinclude> tags. If you don't, the rfd template gets transcluded everywhere the tagged template is used. I've seen dozens of entries in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion because someone tagged a template for speedy deletion in the transcluded part of the template. In the case of {{yol-simple past of}}, "waithed" and "did" had module errors because {{rfd}} requires a language code when it gets added to entries as opposed to templates. Chuck Entz (talk) 03:58, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Thx Zff19930930 (talk) 14:15, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Yola pronunciation spellings

Hi - I'm a little confused by the fact you're adding Category:Yola pronunciation spellings to lots of entries, because Yola didn't have any written standard, so I'm not sure how you're coming to that decision. Could you please let me know what your basis is for doing this? Thanks. Theknightwho (talk) 14:02, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

There is no written standard on Yola, this Category causes more confusion. I will delete them right now. Zff19930930 (talk) 14:15, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Great, thanks. Theknightwho (talk) 14:44, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Nonsensical translation at besom

You added the Yola entry at besom, but the translation of the quote makes no sense and doesn't match the definition you gave (which needs to be clarified with {{gloss}}: what sense of "faggot" is being used here?). Can you please fix it? Andrew Sheedy (talk) 19:10, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Revised Zff19930930 (talk) 11:24, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I still don't understand it. Your translation makes it sound like it's being used as a verb. Do you mind explaining it to me using other words (and explaining what sense of "faggot" you mean) and I can try tweaking it to be clearer? Andrew Sheedy (talk) 05:52, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

I have made besom an adjective (post-modifier), is it better? Zff19930930 (talk) 15:17, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

I think that's better, but your edits are raising some serious questions about either your knowledge of English or your competence in Yola. It's very odd that you've changed the definition from "broom? to "bosom?" to "bosom" to "broom" to "faggot" to "purblind", while changing the translation of the same word as used in the quote from "angry" to "faggot" to "stupid", not to mention you bizarrely striking out the word "angry" without supplying a correction. That's six different translations, of widely varying meaning. Not to mention that you copied the translation without giving a source (was it 1, 2, 3 or something else? To be clear, I'm not upset with you, just a little baffled. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 20:58, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Yola Rhoticity

I raised this question on your interpretation of Yola pronunciation page seven months ago without answer, so again I ask: on what basis do you assume Yola to have been non-rhotic? With no standardized spelling, is there any reason to assume it wasn't pronounced more or less exactly as it was written? You've been continually modifying the rules of Yola pronunciation without any sourcing, and it's all very suspect. Wiljahelmaz (talk) 07:38, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

The Discussion Page didn't inform me or send me an E-mail. I apologize for the delayed answer.

I simply take Irish /ɾ/ for Yola <r> and I often doubt it. It's safe to pronounce it as it was written.

This pronunciation table was created on my own, and is still on beta version. Zff19930930 (talk) 08:53, 22 November 2024 (UTC)