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• Do you think language and in particular terminologies impede the sharing of information, and more importantly how can we overcome that?

  Asked by phoebusg | 10 responses

• Can you help build my collection of funny Spoonerisms?

  Asked by ETpro | 18 responses

• What is the best nickname you've ever heard or given?

  Asked by JonnyCeltics | 26 responses

• Where did the phrase "tongue in cheek" come from?

  Asked by KhiaKarma | 4 responses

• Are there any complete synonyms in English?

  Asked by DominicX | 39 responses

• In an isolated life, what would be the effects of children learning language?

  Asked by Eggie | 6 responses

• Did Noam Chomsky really write this?

  Asked by rexpresso | 5 responses

• If you grow up with absolutely no exposure to language, how do you think?

  Asked by TexasDude | 41 responses

• Now that refudiate is on its way to the dictionary, what should the newly coined word mean?

  Asked by ETpro | 7 responses

• What's the rationale for "this," instead of "this", (comma outside the double quote)

  Asked by rexpresso | 8 responses

• (NSFW) -- JIC. Why is so much of English language profanity four letters long?

  Asked by ETpro | 16 responses

• The etymology of the word is (to me) quite fascinating; we sometimes take for granted how they've come about, beyond their definitions. Do you like words and languages, or is it simply a tool, like math?

  Asked by zenele | 29 responses

• Can you help me find examples of scare quotes being misused?

  Asked by phaedryx | 15 responses

• Any tips for learning Arabic?

  Asked by TexasDude | 16 responses

• Can you think of famous quotes, or perhaps an idiom or expression, that you would associate with someone, or their voice, just from reading it??

  Asked by zenele | 35 responses

• Have you noiced how many common euphemisms in the English language are related to violence?

  Asked by eden2eve | 10 responses

• Do languages get simpler over time?

  Asked by DominicX | 42 responses

• What's a word that's in between "experiment" and "play"?

  Asked by judyprays | 17 responses

• How did we come to have our current alphabetical order?

  Asked by bobbinhood | 17 responses

• What's the difference, for you, between "bravery" and "courage"?

  Asked by msbauer | 11 responses

• What is the difference between "passed" and "past"?

  Asked by DominicX | 71 responses

• Does language obsolescence concern you?

  Asked by La_Guerrera_Mas_Funki | 53 responses

• Why do people who misunderstand what you say for something absurd; then decide it is a good idea to discuss how crazy what they thought you had said was?

  Asked by Ltryptophan | 26 responses

• Is there anything that you'd love to perfect/master?

  Asked by Jude | 51 responses

• What is the proper use of "thereby" when involving a copula?

  Asked by mzehnich | 19 responses

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