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Why should we bother with the "apostrophe of omission"?
Asked by Harp | 40 responses -
Is there a website that shows all the English words, idioms, etc ever invented, including archaic, unofficial, and newest words that have just been invented?
Asked by JustHEre | 9 responses -
Do you think animals understand emphasis?
Asked by longgone | 13 responses -
How would you change written language, to make the intended pronunciation of a word unambiguous?
Asked by ragingloli | 12 responses -
Why do older people seem so fond of using articles?
Asked by Nimis from iPhone | 22 responses -
Can you recommend any good books about (or including) phonology?
Asked by fundevogel | 6 responses -
What is a good second language to learn?
Asked by robmizelldotcom | 36 responses -
Have you noiced how many common euphemisms in the English language are related to violence?
Asked by eden2eve | 10 responses -
Have you ever wished English used diacritical marks?
Asked by squirrelfreak | 32 responses -
If you could learn to speak any other language in the world what would it be?
Asked by KateTheGreat | 50 responses -
Where does the prefix "be" come from in words like befuddled, bedazzled, bedecked, etc?
Asked by occ | 3 responses -
What languages can you speak?
Asked by Luiveton | 37 responses -
What are your region's linguistic fingerprints?
Asked by belisarius | 32 responses -
English, that glorious, at times under-appreciated language, consists of a base language and many foreign words - one of them Yiddish. What other foreign words should English include?
Asked by zensky | 33 responses -
How does anyone know what Latin sounded like?
Asked by Gremlin | 9 responses -
How do you pronounce the word "tour"?
Asked by deni | 57 responses -
I've discovered something I don't quite believe. In Classic written Greek there were no spaces between words; I don't quite believe that, but could it be correct?
Asked by lonesome-dog | 13 responses -
Can there be graphic violence in text?
Asked by uJatala | 10 responses -
Why do names get changed for other languages?
Asked by jaketheripper | 13 responses -
Am I the only one that cringes when someone says "Awesome"?
Asked by Magnus | 80 responses -
Does the English language need more words for the different ideas of "love?"?
Asked by Point5r | 61 responses -
Why do we use the letter 'g' for a 'j' sound?
Asked by sarah | 4 responses -
What are some words you always hear misused?
Asked by DominicX | 64 responses -
Did Noam Chomsky really write this?
Asked by rexpresso | 5 responses -
What foreign language should I learn and how?
Asked by Mariah | 10 responses