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• 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 Fiddle_Playing_Creole_Bastard | 15 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 | 50 responses

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

  Asked by mzehnich | 19 responses

• 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

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