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• What is the name of this linguist/philosopher?

  Asked by aeschylus | 9 responses

• What does "At funeral speed" mean?

  Asked by Hydrogenbond | 13 responses

• Defining and using terms in debate and discussion: What are the best practices?

  Asked by ninjacolin | 16 responses

• How did you become fluent in your second (or third) language?

  Asked by juniper | 21 responses

• I have a question for you linguists and philos and biblios: why are tough and enough not pronounced like cough, and why are slouch and couch not pronounced like touch?

  Asked by Zen_Again | 29 responses

• Why do names get changed for other languages?

  Asked by jaketheripper | 13 responses

• Does the apache Indian language have a way of expressing a deontic modal like should not?

  Asked by chuboy from iPhone | 2 responses

• Why should we bother with the "apostrophe of omission"?

  Asked by Harp | 40 responses

• What do you think will happen to English in the next 30-40 years?

  Asked by the100thmonkey | 41 responses

• Can infra-human primates acquire language?

  Asked by dpworkin | 13 responses

• What are ideas?

  Asked by LostInParadise | 35 responses

• Do you ever get the feeling people are trying simply to out do you, with no other purpose than one-up-man-ship?

  Asked by ththththth | 10 responses

• Do you pronounce the word "human" as though it were spelled "yuman?"?

  Asked by juniper | 31 responses

• Why is it called a "watch"?

  Asked by phoenyx | 18 responses

• Differences between Northern Californa and the Northeastern US?

  Asked by lrk | 9 responses

• Does the English language need more words for the different ideas of "love?"?

  Asked by Point5r | 61 responses

• What does "short end of the stick" really mean?

  Asked by timothykinney | 9 responses

• In what original language is the English Rosetta Stone Software Language Program?

  Asked by seVen from iPhone | 7 responses

• Can you separate the medium from the message?

  Asked by RealEyesRealizeRealLies | 47 responses

• What the hell are colored memes?

  Asked by wundayatta | 15 responses

• When do you expect a major spelling reform of the English language?

  Asked by mattbrowne | 58 responses

• Proper nouns represent unique entities in the world around us - Why are there proper nouns with more than 25 or even 40 characters?

  Asked by mattbrowne | 26 responses

• Have you observed this English language issue?

  Asked by tekn0lust | 43 responses

• What do you believe is the most subtle 'form' of arrogance?

  Asked by Nially_Bob | 19 responses

• Machine translation and a great many funny examples - When can we expect better results for the automatic translation of text from one language (e.g. English) into an other?

  Asked by mattbrowne | 9 responses

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