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is there a law of linguistics that says words change to what is easier to pronounce? 9 raccoon Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 4916

Isn't there some law in linguistics that says words tend to evolve toward whatever is 7 raccoon May 2012 Sep 2012 0 3853

Items on the menu at a Mexican restaurant. 2 Lionel Mandrake Nov 2017 Jul 2018 0 3361

Jamaica's patois Bible: The word of God in creole 1 Starboard Tack Dec 2011 Mar 2015 2 3388

Japanese guy reacts to Foreigner's Tattoos 1 yuiyoshida Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1863

Japanese phrases you can use (Phrases I have accumulated over the years.) 1 yuiyoshida Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 7090

Japanese won't say "NO" 0 yuiyoshida Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2346

Jews have their own creole language -- in the middle of the Caribbean 0 Behind the Aegis Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2537

Kathryn Gray: I’m with the #Welshtaliban 6 geardaddy Dec 2012 Jan 2013 2 3674

Korea Sijo (시조) in English -- by translation and original poems 0 soryang Feb 2020 Feb 2020 2 1949

Korean vs Japanese vs Chinese Languages! Can They Understand Each Other?! 2 soryang Oct 2023 Mar 22 6 2396

KUSO 101┃How to Swear Like the Japanese 2 YoshidaYui Jun 2021 Jan 2022 1 1849

Ladino speakers dwindling, but newspaper reaches milestone: 200th issue 0 Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 2134

Languages you didn't know you borrow words from (1) 30 Betty Karlson Dec 2011 Mar 2016 4 10683

Learning a language for business 1 KatyMan Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2242

Lingo: Around Europe in Sixty Languages 4 Behind the Aegis May 2020 Jun 2020 1 3585

Linguist explains secret language of Gulliver's Travels 1 Panich52 Aug 2015 Oct 2015 2 2675

Linguistics vs. English departments 4 Lionel Mandrake Aug 2014 Oct 2014 0 3141

Magnificent Linguistic Family Tree Shows How all Languages are Related. 19 elleng Oct 2022 Oct 2022 28 4856

Manx: Bringing a language back from the dead 8 geardaddy Jan 2013 Jul 2013 8 4327

Middle school player benched for a game for saying ‘I love you’ in native language 2 Blue_Tires Mar 2012 Mar 2012 1 3519

Mistranslated doctoral thesis title triggers plagiarism review rocking South Korean politics 2 soryang Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 2724

More early recordings of the Korean language 2 soryang Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 2549

Morphology of "antidisestablishmentarianism", 2 Lionel Mandrake Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 6930

My 1950s miseducation in English. 13 Lionel Mandrake Jul 2019 Aug 2019 2 3037

My phonological English bucket list: item #1 "Buttigieg" 3 Tetrachloride Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 2697

new documentary "Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues" (reddit AMA w/ exec producers) 0 eShirl Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1989

New emotion recognition model: Humans perceive feelings of others via pattern recognition 1 Panich52 Apr 2015 Jun 2015 0 2318

Ninilchik Russian: A Dialect of Russian Spoken in Alaska... 0 xocet Jul 2016 Jul 2016 1 2032

Now translated into 49 Jewish languages: the Jewish spring ritual of counting the Omer 1 Behind the Aegis Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 4025

Languages and Linguistics Continued...

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Oiche Nollaig Shona Duit!!! 1 chowmama Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 518

Oldest Korean-letter metal type blocks from King Sejong's reign are found 1 soryang Jul 2021 Jul 2021 4 3827

Otsukaresama desu - The magic word in Japanese 1 yuiyoshida Oct 2019 Mar 2023 1 4001

PARASITE-Jessica song(Parody)full version-Korea song(독도는 우리 땅) 0 soryang Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 1960

parsing the title of Newton's opus magnum 7 Lionel Mandrake Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 2004

Pronunciation of articles in English 11 Lionel Mandrake Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 3704

pronunciation of poly- 4 Lionel Mandrake Aug 2016 Sep 2016 0 2543

Question about IM/Twitter short-cut spellings 3 Tab Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 2271

Questions about the word pendejo 11 47of74 Sep 2017 Jul 2018 0 4377

Real Time with Bill Maher guests - Friday, May 7, 2021 0 Behind the Aegis May 2021 May 2021 1 3605

Regarding gender of words in other languages 6 TxGuitar Oct 2023 Nov 2023 2 971

Sapir-Whorf 1 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2791

Small breakthrough in my studying Japanese 5 TDale313 Nov 2021 Mar 2023 7 2910

So, yeah... I've started trying to learn some Japanese 38 TDale313 Nov 2021 Jan 2022 13 6023

South Carolina African American Heritage Foundation Invites Applicants for Summer Institute 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1891

Spanish vs Chavacano - Can They Understand Each Other!? 1 YoshidaYui Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 2164

Study of polyglots offers insight on brain's language processing 2 Behind the Aegis Mar 25 Mar 26 9 949

Surprising Strangers Switching from Chinese to Japanese: Yokohama Chinatown #3 0 yuiyoshida Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 3237

Sweet Briar College (Virginia, independent, women's college) cutting its German program. 3 no_hypocrisy May 2012 Jun 2012 0 2975

Ten Useful Korean Slang Terms X 2 2 soryang Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1878

The 10 Oldest Languages Still Spoken In The World Today 11 elleng Mar 2017 Dec 2018 6 4661

The BBC accent 4 BootinUp Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 1240

The cult of the hyperpolyglot 3 Starboard Tack Feb 2012 Aug 2016 1 3571

The Differences Between Regional Southern Accents, According To A Linguist 5 Behind the Aegis Mar 17 Mar 21 10 966

The languages that live forever 2 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2022 Aug 2022 13 2588

the persistence of syntax 3 Lionel Mandrake Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1904

The story of Richard Sears or "Uncle Hanzi" 12 soryang Mar 2021 Mar 2021 5 4369

The Translator Relay: Don Mee Choi 1 soryang Sep 2020 Sep 2020 2 2718

These 10+ Korean Words Have Just Been Added To The English Dictionary 3 soryang Sep 2021 Sep 2021 1 1926

These are the hardest-to-spell words in the English language, CNN: 3 Stuart G May 2019 May 2019 2 1995

Languages and Linguistics Continued...

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This is the chart I meant to post... its complete. 1 yuiyoshida Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 4537

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This message was self-deleted by its author 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 1681

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Behind the Aegis Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 2088

This message was self-deleted by its author 11 stuck in the middle Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 1959

Tut, a Language Used by Enslaved Africans, Is Resurfacing on Social Media 1 Behind the Aegis Aug 2021 Aug 2021 11 2556

Understand NATIVE Japanese Conversations 0 yuiyoshida Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 2068

Universal Grammar, parameters, and all that. 1 Lionel Mandrake Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 2342

Vent/rant about unclear speech 3 Foolacious Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 2108

vestiges of gender and case in English 10 Lionel Mandrake Aug 2014 Nov 2014 2 4796

Want to write in the ogham alphabet? 0 geardaddy Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 2021

Warming relations between Israel and Arab countries creates new application for Aravrit,.... 1 Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 2718

We need to talk about 'Kike' -- how did the slur originate anyway? 0 Behind the Aegis Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 3996

We're running out of time to preserve endangered Jewish languages. 0 Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 2144

What are your favorite non-English words? 23 Recursion May 2013 Mar 2023 6 8118

What does the Korean word "Arirang" ( 아리랑 ) mean? 0 soryang Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 2661

What is your favorite American English dialect? 16 Odin2005 Jan 2012 Oct 2021 2 11122

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