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Do you say "waiting for" or "waiting on"?
Asked by answerjill | 22 responses -
What does this dictionary entry mean?
Asked by Jeruba | 7 responses -
Why does "txtspeak" bother you?
Asked by nikipedia | 54 responses -
What is the origin of the word "oodles"?
Asked by alecst | 8 responses -
What does this sentence mean?
Asked by ZoeDecker from iPhone | 10 responses -
Which languages are mutually intelligible?
Asked by ezraglenn | 35 responses -
How many of the world's languages have been linguistically documented?
Asked by moondog | 3 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 -
What's a word that's in between "experiment" and "play"?
Asked by judyprays | 17 responses -
Is there a word from when someone uses a noun as a verb?
Asked by sunyata_rakshasa | 8 responses -
Why are 'paintings' not called 'painteds'?
Asked by elbanditoroso | 9 responses -
Is our "th" sound really so rare among the world's languages?
Asked by Harp | 34 responses -
What is the phrase I am looking for?
Asked by JonnyCeltics | 26 responses -
How would you explain the uses of "that" in English, or the uses of the gerund, in a comprehensive way?
Asked by Soubresaut | 20 responses -
In an isolated life, what would be the effects of children learning language?
Asked by Eggie | 6 responses -
Have you observed this English language issue?
Asked by tekn0lust | 43 responses -
Can facts be negative?
Asked by elbanditoroso | 18 responses -
Are animals considered a thing?
Asked by raum from iPhone | 26 responses -
Where does the phrase "out of pocket" come from?
Asked by sfgal | 9 responses -
Why do different dialects form?
Asked by lrk | 15 responses -
When did the exclamation "Really?" become an expression of disdain?
Asked by biggorlk | 15 responses -
(Hypothetically.) If someone/something is telepathic, do they have to speak the same language as a person they would communicate with?
Asked by MrGrimm888 | 13 responses -
Do you think there should be only one language spoken in the world?
Asked by Sneki95 | 28 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 -
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