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- Next Thursdayism (What's "next Thursday" mean on a Sunday?)
by doomofdoom » Sun Dec 09, 2007 7:45 pm UTC
- 52 Replies
- 5306 Views
- Last post by Tribunzio
Wed Nov 14, 2012 3:09 am UTC
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- Sprechen Sie Deutsch bitte! [German practice]
by phantom » Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:49 pm UTC
- 795 Replies
- 79978 Views
- Last post by Carlington
Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:08 pm UTC
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- Hyphen, hyphen, where did you go?
by Micheal » Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:17 am UTC
- 18 Replies
- 2674 Views
- Last post by thalia
Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:47 am UTC
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- Comparative phrase...
by bobsbarricades » Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:25 am UTC
- 9 Replies
- 1446 Views
- Last post by gmalivuk
Tue Oct 23, 2012 3:48 am UTC
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- One sentence in the languages you know
by nike » Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:54 am UTC
- 37 Replies
- 6749 Views
- Last post by goofy
Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:00 pm UTC
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- Person/Persons/People
by omgryebread » Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:10 pm UTC
- 11 Replies
- 1557 Views
- Last post by goofy
Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:05 am UTC
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- Nonsensical English...
by PurplePenguin » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:27 pm UTC
- 131 Replies
- 14778 Views
- Last post by Derek
Thu Oct 11, 2012 4:48 am UTC
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- Would a "Mozart Effect" for languages work?
by Sleeper » Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:01 pm UTC
- 8 Replies
- 3192 Views
- Last post by Iulus Cofield
Sun Sep 30, 2012 2:53 pm UTC
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- Chomsky Prank
by mmxbass » Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:41 am UTC
- 2 Replies
- 1317 Views
- Last post by lord carnifex
Sat Sep 29, 2012 2:18 am UTC
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- Words that you are sure exist, but can't find
by Amoeba » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:11 pm UTC
- 187 Replies
- 23925 Views
- Last post by Derek
Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:35 pm UTC
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- Using who/whom in passive voice.
by Daimon » Sun Sep 16, 2012 1:04 am UTC
- 16 Replies
- 2456 Views
- Last post by gmalivuk
Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:14 am UTC
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- The Oxford Comma
by Rizzo » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:56 pm UTC
- 26 Replies
- 5082 Views
- Last post by AvatarIII
Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:10 pm UTC
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- Forum description needs fixing
by Micheal » Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:11 am UTC
- 3 Replies
- 915 Views
- Last post by tesseraktik
Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:45 pm UTC
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- Literally, Really, Very, Truly, Seriously
by Pfhorrest » Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:36 pm UTC
- 125 Replies
- 16999 Views
- Last post by Micheal
Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:46 am UTC
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- Auto Thesaurus
by MonkeyPilot » Tue May 04, 2010 1:28 am UTC
- 2 Replies
- 1404 Views
- Last post by adam01
Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:43 am UTC
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- Bahasa Indonesia/Bahasa Malaysia
by Maple_fish » Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:34 am UTC
- 8 Replies
- 2558 Views
- Last post by Joeldi
Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:12 am UTC
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- Some expressions in English (possibly regional)
by skullturf » Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:29 pm UTC
- 2 Replies
- 1105 Views
- Last post by Sandor
Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:39 pm UTC
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- Odd possessive pronouns
by tomandlu » Sat Aug 25, 2012 6:52 am UTC
- 23 Replies
- 2800 Views
- Last post by tomandlu
Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:33 am UTC
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- Why must we conjugate verbs in English?
by Princess Marzipan » Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:10 am UTC
- 17 Replies
- 2567 Views
- Last post by Dingbats
Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:50 pm UTC
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- Little editing/grammar mistakes that drive you up the wall
by zenten » Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:05 pm UTC
- 784 Replies
- 54326 Views
- Last post by gmalivuk
Sat Aug 18, 2012 3:41 pm UTC
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- The expression "British accent"
by skullturf » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:38 pm UTC
- 21 Replies
- 3040 Views
- Last post by ElWanderer
Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:45 am UTC
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- I pronounce "mu" and "nu" as "myoo" and "noo"
by skullturf » Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:09 pm UTC
- 3 Replies
- 1113 Views
- Last post by selene
Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:46 pm UTC
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- British folks, what do you think of the English?
by v1nsai » Fri Jul 20, 2012 2:38 pm UTC
- 4 Replies
- 1272 Views
- Last post by v1nsai
Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:01 am UTC
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- Need help with a phrase.
by Cubethulhu » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:23 am UTC
- 1 Replies
- 708 Views
- Last post by tesseraktik
Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:57 pm UTC
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- Saying "rabbit" in other languages
by Sungura » Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:22 am UTC
- 74 Replies
- 15052 Views
- Last post by hyunchoi98
Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:34 am UTC
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- "How many X can Y survive" fallacy - is this common?
by ekolis » Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:50 pm UTC
- 4 Replies
- 1278 Views
- Last post by TheGrammarBolshevik
Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:10 am UTC
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- When a language dies, so what?
by Sleeper » Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:14 am UTC
- 67 Replies
- 6874 Views
- Last post by Sleeper
Wed Jul 04, 2012 3:23 pm UTC
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- Parliamo Italiano! (Italian Practice)
by Luca » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:08 pm UTC
- 52 Replies
- 10400 Views
- Last post by drego642
Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:15 am UTC
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- Mimimum number of words for a language
by hallux sinister » Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:55 pm UTC
- 47 Replies
- 6630 Views
- Last post by gmalivuk
Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:35 am UTC
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- The negative connotation problem
by scratch123 » Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:53 pm UTC
- 4 Replies
- 2540 Views
- Last post by Quizatzhaderac
Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:21 am UTC
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- Longest word with only 3 letters
by timonan » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:55 am UTC
- 35 Replies
- 8851 Views
- Last post by skullturf
Sun Jun 24, 2012 12:08 am UTC
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- Why do other writing systems use Roman punctuation?
by Sleeper » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:47 pm UTC
- 13 Replies
- 1823 Views
- Last post by Iulus Cofield
Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:16 am UTC
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- Do native English speakers have an equivalent of Engrish?
by Sleeper » Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:41 am UTC
- 70 Replies
- 10600 Views
- Last post by Iulus Cofield
Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:11 am UTC
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- An irritating article about "begging the question"
by skullturf » Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:43 pm UTC
- 5 Replies
- 1344 Views
- Last post by goofy
Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:50 am UTC
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- How would you pronounce "Sub-Mariner"?
by Calaticus » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:04 pm UTC
- 42 Replies
- 5507 Views
- Last post by eSOANEM
Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:01 am UTC
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- Yes, it's.
by Daimon » Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:31 am UTC
- 7 Replies
- 2013 Views
- Last post by Makri
Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:10 pm UTC
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- On "it's" vs. "its"
by wst » Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:04 pm UTC
- 8 Replies
- 1430 Views
- Last post by XopherHalftongue
Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:55 pm UTC
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- Internal/external vs. intra/inter
by ekolis » Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:36 pm UTC
- 3 Replies
- 1046 Views
- Last post by Gigano
Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:32 pm UTC
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- Can letters by themselves have meaning?
by scratch123 » Thu May 24, 2012 4:06 pm UTC
- 10 Replies
- 2286 Views
- Last post by scratch123
Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:30 pm UTC
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- Other Languages You've Studied
by gmalivuk » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:53 pm UTC
- 488 Replies
- 58879 Views
- Last post by Suzaku
Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:37 am UTC
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- Terminology Web Search
by Felstaff » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:36 pm UTC
- 15 Replies
- 6707 Views
- Last post by WanderingLinguist
Wed May 30, 2012 10:14 pm UTC
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- Polish Resources
by Eheu » Tue May 08, 2012 5:36 pm UTC
- 4 Replies
- 1216 Views
- Last post by math1985
Tue May 29, 2012 10:46 pm UTC
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- "less" vs "fewer"
by skullturf » Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:07 pm UTC
- 11 Replies
- 2296 Views
- Last post by chenille
Fri May 25, 2012 6:45 pm UTC
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- The Letter H
by UniqueScreenname » Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:07 pm UTC
- 20 Replies
- 4240 Views
- Last post by Eugo
Fri May 25, 2012 11:57 am UTC
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- Limited income
by ekolis » Tue May 22, 2012 12:32 am UTC
- 3 Replies
- 859 Views
- Last post by Eugo
Fri May 25, 2012 10:24 am UTC
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- Praat Frysk! (Frisian Language Thread)
by folmerveeman » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:21 pm UTC
- 18 Replies
- 2974 Views
- Last post by dakotapete
Tue May 22, 2012 7:40 pm UTC
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- "quarter of", "quarter till", "quarter to"
by skullturf » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:13 pm UTC
- 9 Replies
- 3313 Views
- Last post by posentin
Sun May 20, 2012 9:27 pm UTC
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- People without the "horse"/"hoarse" merger?
by skullturf » Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:21 pm UTC
- 11 Replies
- 2755 Views
- Last post by eSOANEM
Fri May 18, 2012 3:26 pm UTC
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- Learning to "unmerge" a merger
by skullturf » Thu May 17, 2012 2:36 pm UTC
- 2 Replies
- 891 Views
- Last post by Qaanol
Fri May 18, 2012 3:50 am UTC
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- Norsktrening [Norwegian practice]
by skellious » Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:31 pm UTC
- 7 Replies
- 1225 Views
- Last post by skellious
Fri May 04, 2012 9:49 pm UTC
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