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I learned something new today.... 3 yuiyoshida Jun 2020 Jun 2020 4 2823
Can any suggest American TV shows that I can watch which are 3 phylny Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 5408
Vent/rant about unclear speech 3 Foolacious Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 2100
These 10+ Korean Words Have Just Been Added To The English Dictionary 3 soryang Sep 2021 Sep 2021 1 1816
Is Japanese Katakana Derived from Korean Kwukyel? 3 soryang Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 3132
I wonder about the evolution of words for technology 3 Marthe48 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 3516
Do German speaking people still use the title Fraulein"? 3 raccoon Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 4308
Hand of Irulegi: ancient Spanish artefact rewrites history of Basque language 3 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2022 Dec 2022 15 4396
My phonological English bucket list: item #1 "Buttigieg" 3 Tetrachloride Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 2589
Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners 2 RZM Jan 2012 Sep 2012 0 2951
Middle school player benched for a game for saying ‘I love you’ in native language 2 Blue_Tires Mar 2012 Mar 2012 1 3516
Cool website thats helpful 2 AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 Jul 2012 1 3195
Calling Yourself Humbled Doesnt Sound as Humble as It Used To 2 Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 Feb 2017 4 3012
Items on the menu at a Mexican restaurant. 2 Lionel Mandrake Nov 2017 Jul 2018 0 3358
Morphology of "antidisestablishmentarianism", 2 Lionel Mandrake Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 6920
What's in a name? Japan puzzles over 'Reiwa' 2 soryang Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1710
Ten Useful Korean Slang Terms X 2 2 soryang Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1874
Early recording of Korean from the Sorbonne 2 soryang Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 3050
KUSO 101┃How to Swear Like the Japanese 2 YoshidaYui Jun 2021 Jan 2022 1 1737
Mistranslated doctoral thesis title triggers plagiarism review rocking South Korean politics 2 soryang Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 2616
Duolingo: Standing with Ukraine: a message from the CEO 2 Behind the Aegis Mar 2022 Mar 2022 8 3962
More early recordings of the Korean language 2 soryang Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 2432
The languages that live forever 2 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2022 Aug 2022 13 2480
Africa's linguistic diversity goes largely unnoticed in research on multilingualism 2 Behind the Aegis Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 2159
What's Wrong with Korean Language Education Overseas 2 soryang Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 2326
Korean vs Japanese vs Chinese Languages! Can They Understand Each Other?! 2 soryang Oct 2023 Mar 22 6 2283
Why the future might not be where you think it is 2 cbabe Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 2577
An appreciation of a uniquely American language: Spanglish 2 Behind the Aegis Mar 17 Mar 17 5 617
Study of polyglots offers insight on brain's language processing 2 Behind the Aegis Mar 25 Mar 26 9 833
Digital tools 'to save languages' 1 Starboard Tack Feb 2012 Feb 2012 2 2541

Languages and Linguistics Continued...

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Jamaica's patois Bible: The word of God in creole 1 Starboard Tack Dec 2011 Mar 2015 2 3384
Why Bilinguals Are Smarter 1 Starboard Tack Mar 2012 Sep 2012 2 3117
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 silverweb Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 2453
Google sets out to save dying languages 1 AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 Jun 2012 1 2874
This is the chart I meant to post... its complete. 1 yuiyoshida Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 4532
New emotion recognition model: Humans perceive feelings of others via pattern recognition 1 Panich52 Apr 2015 Jun 2015 0 2310
Linguist explains secret language of Gulliver's Travels 1 Panich52 Aug 2015 Oct 2015 2 2668
'hijastro' & 'filiaster' 1 Lionel Mandrake Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 2361
Universal Grammar, parameters, and all that. 1 Lionel Mandrake Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 2338
Sapir-Whorf 1 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2787
A comprehensive website of cliches (though I prefer to call them idioms) 1 ailsagirl Jun 2016 Jun 2016 2 2372
Learning a language for business 1 KatyMan Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2237
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 1677
South Carolina African American Heritage Foundation Invites Applicants for Summer Institute 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 1886
Japanese guy reacts to Foreigner's Tattoos 1 yuiyoshida Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1857
Why Is Korean So Hard? 1 soryang Sep 2019 Sep 2019 4 2042
Otsukaresama desu - The magic word in Japanese 1 yuiyoshida Oct 2019 Mar 2023 1 3889
Japanese phrases you can use (Phrases I have accumulated over the years.) 1 yuiyoshida Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 7073
Yandere (ヤンデレ) 1 yuiyoshida Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1608
Interesting twitter thread on "translation talk" 1 soryang May 2020 May 2020 3 2303
Why Google Translate FAILS at Japanese 1 yuiyoshida Aug 2020 Aug 2020 1 1591
The Translator Relay: Don Mee Choi 1 soryang Sep 2020 Sep 2020 2 2602
Akron-born YouTube star and speaker of many languages dies 1 soryang Apr 2021 Apr 2021 9 3386
Oldest Korean-letter metal type blocks from King Sejong's reign are found 1 soryang Jul 2021 Jul 2021 4 3715
Tut, a Language Used by Enslaved Africans, Is Resurfacing on Social Media 1 Behind the Aegis Aug 2021 Aug 2021 11 2447
Warming relations between Israel and Arab countries creates new application for Aravrit,.... 1 Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 2602
A site some of you might enjoy---BBC News Pidgin 1 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 Jan 2022 8 2900
Dr Peterson- How to Speak (Korean) Authentically 1 soryang Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 1632
Analysis: How Indigenous languages can be preserved, and why those efforts help revitalize culture 1 elleng Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 3322
Christian pastor warns that Duolingo has been "infiltrated" by gay people 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 2023 Nov 2023 3 5010

Languages and Linguistics Continued...

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Spanish vs Chavacano - Can They Understand Each Other!? 1 YoshidaYui Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 2050
5 Jewish Languages You Didn't Know Existed 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1203
Now translated into 49 Jewish languages: the Jewish spring ritual of counting the Omer 1 Behind the Aegis Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 3910
How Yiddish became a 'foreign language' in Israel despite being spoken there since the 1400s 1 Behind the Aegis Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 2003
"Romanes Eunt Domus" Explained 1 Kennah Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 814
Oiche Nollaig Shona Duit!!! 1 chowmama Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 509
African American English, Black ASL are stigmatized. Experts say they deserve recognition 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 13 Mar 13 1 658
Why some people lose their accents but others don't - linguistic expert 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 16 Saturday 6 712
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 yuiyoshida Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1897
Japanese won't say "NO" 0 yuiyoshida Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2339
A Collection Of Curious Words From The Welsh Language 0 geardaddy Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2673
If you are interested in phrases, check out... 0 Behind the Aegis Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2267
F-bombs notwithstanding, all languages skew toward happiness: Universal human bias f/ positive words 0 Panich52 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1916
Want to write in the ogham alphabet? 0 geardaddy Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 2018
Whistled Turkish challenges notions about language and the brain 0 Panich52 Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 2086
"Thank you" in more than 465 languages 0 vkkv Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 2423
Ninilchik Russian: A Dialect of Russian Spoken in Alaska... 0 xocet Jul 2016 Jul 2016 1 2027
new documentary "Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues" (reddit AMA w/ exec producers) 0 eShirl Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1987
What does the Korean word "Arirang" ( 아리랑 ) mean? 0 soryang Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 2655
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