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• Are there any standard or standardish sentences that contain all 44ish English phonemes a la "quick brown fox..."?

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• What is the opposite of "cherry picking"?

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• Are certain words self-negating (particularly when used in first person)?

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• What's the history of the China Marker's name?

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• Where is the best education in ancient Greek?

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• Where can I find a complete list of spelling changes proposed by Noah Webster?

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• What does it mean to "roll the hard six?"?

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• What is a good second language to learn?

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• Which languages are mutually intelligible?

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• If you created your own language, would you style it after any in particular? What would you call it?

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• Is there some linguistic logic to whether a word uses an "-ent" or an "-ant" suffix?

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• Did the term "grounding" as a punishment for kids precede the same term for pilots being prevented from flying?

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• What are some words that sound like what they mean? (onomatopoeia)

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• What do you think is the most beautiful word in the English language?

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• Where did the term "layman" come from?

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• Where did the phrase "tongue-in-cheek" come from and what is it's meaning?

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• What does this mean and what are its origins: "hair of the dog?"?

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• Is our "th" sound really so rare among the world's languages?

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• How did Gay turn into Homosexual?

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• Why does "txtspeak" bother you?

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