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Questions about the word pendejo 11 47of74 Sep 2017 Jul 2018 0 4366

A comprehensive website of cliches (though I prefer to call them idioms) 1 ailsagirl Jun 2016 Jun 2016 2 2372

Easter Island Tablets Finally Deciphered 4 Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 3063

Google sets out to save dying languages 1 AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 Jun 2012 1 2872

Cool website thats helpful 2 AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 Jul 2012 1 3193

A Brief History of British and Irish Languages 4 ashling Mar 2019 Jul 2019 19 2745

Sapir-Whorf 1 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2786

A neat site for translations 4 Behind the Aegis Jul 2013 May 2020 1 4913

If you are interested in phrases, check out... 0 Behind the Aegis Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2266

South Carolina African American Heritage Foundation Invites Applicants for Summer Institute 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1886

Lingo: Around Europe in Sixty Languages 4 Behind the Aegis May 2020 Jun 2020 1 3572

We're running out of time to preserve endangered Jewish languages. 0 Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 2002

We need to talk about 'Kike' -- how did the slur originate anyway? 0 Behind the Aegis Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 3856

Real Time with Bill Maher guests - Friday, May 7, 2021 0 Behind the Aegis May 2021 May 2021 1 3462

Tut, a Language Used by Enslaved Africans, Is Resurfacing on Social Media 1 Behind the Aegis Aug 2021 Aug 2021 11 2420

From Judeo-Greek to Karaim, Oxford courses on 12 rare Jewish languages aim to keep heritages alive 0 Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 2439

Ladino speakers dwindling, but newspaper reaches milestone: 200th issue 0 Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1995

Warming relations between Israel and Arab countries creates new application for Aravrit,.... 1 Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 2576

Getting over the feeling that Yiddish is just for old folks 4 Behind the Aegis Nov 2021 Jan 2022 4 3539

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Behind the Aegis Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 1949

Duolingo: Standing with Ukraine: a message from the CEO 2 Behind the Aegis Mar 2022 Mar 2022 8 3934

What sort of Yiddish did Jews in Hungary speak? 6 Behind the Aegis Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 3999

Christian pastor warns that Duolingo has been "infiltrated" by gay people 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 2023 Nov 2023 3 4982

5 Jewish Languages You Didn't Know Existed 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1176

Now translated into 49 Jewish languages: the Jewish spring ritual of counting the Omer 1 Behind the Aegis Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 3882

Jews have their own creole language -- in the middle of the Caribbean 0 Behind the Aegis Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2399

Africa's linguistic diversity goes largely unnoticed in research on multilingualism 2 Behind the Aegis Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 2132

'Latinx': Why do many Hispanics hate the term? 22 Behind the Aegis Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 2523

How Yiddish became a 'foreign language' in Israel despite being spoken there since the 1400s 1 Behind the Aegis Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1973

Amid rising antisemitism, the vivid language of Yiddish makes a comeback 0 Behind the Aegis Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1038

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African American English, Black ASL are stigmatized. Experts say they deserve recognition 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 13 Mar 13 1 629

Why some people lose their accents but others don't - linguistic expert 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 16 Saturday 6 685

The Differences Between Regional Southern Accents, According To A Linguist 5 Behind the Aegis Mar 17 Mar 21 10 828

An appreciation of a uniquely American language: Spanglish 2 Behind the Aegis Mar 17 Mar 17 5 590

Study of polyglots offers insight on brain's language processing 2 Behind the Aegis Mar 25 Mar 26 9 803

Languages you didn't know you borrow words from (1) 30 Betty Karlson Dec 2011 Mar 2016 4 10656

Middle school player benched for a game for saying ‘I love you’ in native language 2 Blue_Tires Mar 2012 Mar 2012 1 3515

The BBC accent 4 BootinUp Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 1232

I was looking at taking Spanish at our community college. I was wondering about online 4 brewens Apr 2020 Apr 2020 0 2779

Any recommendations for jump starting French 9 bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 Jun 2020 0 5304

English must be so confusing to ESL people - where is the 'g' in anxiety? 28 bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 5212

Why the future might not be where you think it is 2 cbabe Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 2550

Oiche Nollaig Shona Duit!!! 1 chowmama Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 509

Calling Yourself Humbled Doesnt Sound as Humble as It Used To 2 Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 Feb 2017 4 3009

The 10 Oldest Languages Still Spoken In The World Today 11 elleng Mar 2017 Dec 2018 6 4648

Magnificent Linguistic Family Tree Shows How all Languages are Related. 19 elleng Oct 2022 Oct 2022 28 4721

Analysis: How Indigenous languages can be preserved, and why those efforts help revitalize culture 1 elleng Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 3293

new documentary "Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues" (reddit AMA w/ exec producers) 0 eShirl Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1987

Vent/rant about unclear speech 3 Foolacious Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 2098

Kathryn Gray: I’m with the #Welshtaliban 6 geardaddy Dec 2012 Jan 2013 2 3669

Manx: Bringing a language back from the dead 8 geardaddy Jan 2013 Jul 2013 8 4319

From the Guardian: Don't neglect the UK's indigenous languages 3 geardaddy Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 3042

A Collection Of Curious Words From The Welsh Language 0 geardaddy Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2670

Alice Kober: Unsung heroine who helped decode Linear B 3 geardaddy Jul 2014 Dec 2014 8 2644

Alaska's indigenous languages now official along with English 3 geardaddy Oct 2014 Oct 2014 11 2694

Want to write in the ogham alphabet? 0 geardaddy Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 2016

Conservatives use language as a weapon... 4 ihaveaquestion Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 1559

What Lorde's Te Reo Maori Songs Mean For The Effort To Revive The Language 0 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 2501

A site some of you might enjoy---BBC News Pidgin 1 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 Jan 2022 8 2872

The languages that live forever 2 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2022 Aug 2022 13 2453

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Hand of Irulegi: ancient Spanish artefact rewrites history of Basque language 3 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2022 Dec 2022 15 4369

Learning a language for business 1 KatyMan Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2236

"Romanes Eunt Domus" Explained 1 Kennah Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 814

I have a Spanish final in six days 20 lazarus Dec 2011 Jan 2012 0 6695

This message was self-deleted by its author 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 1676

Can anyone explain the syntax of "I saw it happen"? 12 Lionel Mandrake Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 5923

Linguistics vs. English departments 4 Lionel Mandrake Aug 2014 Oct 2014 0 3137

vestiges of gender and case in English 10 Lionel Mandrake Aug 2014 Nov 2014 2 4786

Pronunciation of articles in English 11 Lionel Mandrake Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 3693

Why I like some dictionaries more than others 4 Lionel Mandrake Nov 2014 Dec 2014 0 2671

'hijastro' & 'filiaster' 1 Lionel Mandrake Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 2358

Universal Grammar, parameters, and all that. 1 Lionel Mandrake Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 2333

pronunciation of poly- 4 Lionel Mandrake Aug 2016 Sep 2016 0 2535

Wiktionary IPA symbol R is messed up. 3 Lionel Mandrake Feb 2017 Feb 2018 0 2454

Does redundancy constitute bad grammar? 38 Lionel Mandrake Jul 2017 Apr 2019 0 7687

Items on the menu at a Mexican restaurant. 2 Lionel Mandrake Nov 2017 Jul 2018 0 3354

Morphology of "antidisestablishmentarianism", 2 Lionel Mandrake Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 6914

My 1950s miseducation in English. 13 Lionel Mandrake Jul 2019 Aug 2019 2 3023

the persistence of syntax 3 Lionel Mandrake Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1895

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