Other good fora

[Cat of Ulthar]

Of course this here is everybody's favourite forum, but occasionally you may stray from the path and visit some other forum, because you need information or want to talk about a subject that is beyond Kay's voluptuous scope.

So what other fora do you think are good, and why?

I for one cannot get over the genius of http://forum.wordreference.com . The idea is so simple: put language researchers and native speakers in touch with each other, but it's brilliant, and one of the best uses of the global nature of the internet. It has an immense user base: Members: 454,152, Active Members: 17,606, currently active users 12439 (334 members and 12105 guests), clear forum subdivisions, and any question you ask will get answers in minutes. Moderation is strict to keep everything clear and tidy. It's a great resource for me when translating or working on the dictionary.

[Name Lips]

The other fora I visit are all specific to a particular thing, like a webcomic or video game. Or academic things like a programming forum. I don't check on them regularly or consider myself part of those communities. So I can't really say I'd recommend them.

[Cat of Ulthar]

Ascarel sent me a rep comment saying he'd check it out; so you didn't know it yet? I'm so glad I got to introduce it to you, it is amazing, you'll love it! There are few "proper" linguistic discussions as that is not the purpose of the forum, but tons of genuine language user information, what you used to have to travel to other countries for. It's great.

[Radu]

That's awesome. I frequently have to fact check scripts for my TV show, and that usually involves pronunciation checks on some pretty scary looking names. I don't know the first thing about how to pronounce most of them, and have often come here hoping someone in the international KT community (kommunity?) would know.

Dacke, thank you once again for your help in the past, and (I'm 90% sure) Winslow for giving me some really useful links. I wouldn't have been able to pronounce Noomi Rapace or any of the other names from The Millenium trilogy without your help.

Chances are good that when the 3rd releases in the US, we'll be covering it again, so it's good to have a resource to draw upon.

[Harry]

All my other forums are modeling related. Several public ones, one private one. I don't really do the torrent forums any more. Other than that, I get most of my yuks from reading news sites.