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Questions about the word pendejo 11 47of74 Sep 2017 Jul 2018 0 6222
A comprehensive website of cliches (though I prefer to call them idioms) 1 ailsagirl Jun 2016 Jun 2016 2 3128
Easter Island Tablets Finally Deciphered 4 Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 3946
Google sets out to save dying languages 1 AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 Jun 2012 1 3562
Cool website thats helpful 2 AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 Jul 2012 1 4022
A Brief History of British and Irish Languages 4 ashling Mar 2019 Jul 2019 19 3834
Sapir-Whorf 1 aswanson Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 3490
A neat site for translations 4 Behind the Aegis Jul 2013 May 2020 1 6661
If you are interested in phrases, check out... 0 Behind the Aegis Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2845
South Carolina African American Heritage Foundation Invites Applicants for Summer Institute 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 2606
Lingo: Around Europe in Sixty Languages 4 Behind the Aegis May 2020 Jun 2020 1 4663
We're running out of time to preserve endangered Jewish languages. 0 Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 3188
We need to talk about 'Kike' -- how did the slur originate anyway? 0 Behind the Aegis Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 5070
Real Time with Bill Maher guests - Friday, May 7, 2021 0 Behind the Aegis May 2021 May 2021 1 4812
Tut, a Language Used by Enslaved Africans, Is Resurfacing on Social Media 1 Behind the Aegis Aug 2021 Aug 2021 11 4049
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 4178
Ladino speakers dwindling, but newspaper reaches milestone: 200th issue 0 Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 3750
Warming relations between Israel and Arab countries creates new application for Aravrit,.... 1 Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 4448
Getting over the feeling that Yiddish is just for old folks 4 Behind the Aegis Nov 2021 Jan 2022 4 6037
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Behind the Aegis Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 3738
Duolingo: Standing with Ukraine: a message from the CEO 2 Behind the Aegis Mar 2022 Mar 2022 8 6966
What sort of Yiddish did Jews in Hungary speak? 6 Behind the Aegis Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 6988
Christian pastor warns that Duolingo has been "infiltrated" by gay people 2 Behind the Aegis Mar 2023 Oct 2024 3 7507
5 Jewish Languages You Didn't Know Existed 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 3337
Now translated into 49 Jewish languages: the Jewish spring ritual of counting the Omer 1 Behind the Aegis Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 6176
Jews have their own creole language -- in the middle of the Caribbean 0 Behind the Aegis Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 4530
Africa's linguistic diversity goes largely unnoticed in research on multilingualism 2 Behind the Aegis Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 4488
'Latinx': Why do many Hispanics hate the term? 22 Behind the Aegis Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 8242
How Yiddish became a 'foreign language' in Israel despite being spoken there since the 1400s 2 Behind the Aegis Sep 2023 Jun 2024 6 4549
Amid rising antisemitism, the vivid language of Yiddish makes a comeback 2 Behind the Aegis Sep 2023 May 2024 2 3567

Languages and Linguistics Continued...

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African American English, Black ASL are stigmatized. Experts say they deserve recognition 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 2972
Why some people lose their accents but others don't - linguistic expert 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 2024 Apr 2024 6 2971
The Differences Between Regional Southern Accents, According To A Linguist 5 Behind the Aegis Mar 2024 Mar 2024 10 3902
An appreciation of a uniquely American language: Spanglish 2 Behind the Aegis Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 3106
Study of polyglots offers insight on brain's language processing 5 Behind the Aegis Mar 2024 Jul 2024 11 3771
Registration now open for the Yiddish summer program in Paris 1 Behind the Aegis Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 1777
100 years after its founding, can a Yiddish institute serve a people who don't speak the language? 2 Behind the Aegis Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 1668
Polari, the secret gay language: 7 words we still use & 6 we should bring back 0 Behind the Aegis May 2025 May 2025 0 1301
Could dementia be the key to saving endangered Jewish languages? 1 Behind the Aegis Oct 2025 Oct 2025 13 897
Languages you didn't know you borrow words from (1) 30 Betty Karlson Dec 2011 Mar 2016 4 14514
Learn French with Macron 0 BeyondGeography Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 1347
Middle school player benched for a game for saying ‘I love you’ in native language 2 Blue_Tires Mar 2012 Mar 2012 1 4244
The BBC accent 5 BootinUp Oct 2022 Jul 2024 4 3557
I was looking at taking Spanish at our community college. I was wondering about online 4 brewens Apr 2020 Apr 2020 0 3734
Any recommendations for jump starting French 9 bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 Jun 2020 0 7032
English must be so confusing to ESL people - where is the 'g' in anxiety? 28 bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 8853
Why the future might not be where you think it is 2 cbabe Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 4935
Cats outperform babies in word association game 0 cbabe Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 1983
Bonobos communicate using a universal principle of human languages 1 cbabe Apr 2025 Apr 2025 12 1763
Oiche Nollaig Shona Duit!!! 1 chowmama Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 2207
This links into the 'offbeat Christmas carols' thread 0 chowmama Dec 24 Dec 24 1 452
Calling Yourself Humbled Doesnt Sound as Humble as It Used To 2 Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 Feb 2017 4 3858
The 10 Oldest Languages Still Spoken In The World Today 11 elleng Mar 2017 Dec 2018 6 6238
Magnificent Linguistic Family Tree Shows How all Languages are Related. 19 elleng Oct 2022 Oct 2022 28 9695
Analysis: How Indigenous languages can be preserved, and why those efforts help revitalize culture 1 elleng Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 5629
Ancient DNA solves mystery of Hungarian, Finnish language family's origins 9 erronis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 37 2698
Analysis of more than a century's worth of political speeches challenges theory about how linguistic usage evolves 0 erronis Aug 2025 Aug 2025 11 1245
Beyond words: Study maps the cognitive force of metaphor 6 erronis Aug 2025 Aug 2025 8 1276
Proto by Laura Spinney review - how Indo-European languages went global 2 erronis Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 1038
new documentary "Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues" (reddit AMA w/ exec producers) 0 eShirl Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 2582

Languages and Linguistics Continued...

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Vent/rant about unclear speech 3 Foolacious Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 3230
Kathryn Gray: I’m with the #Welshtaliban 6 geardaddy Dec 2012 Jan 2013 2 4835
Manx: Bringing a language back from the dead 8 geardaddy Jan 2013 Jul 2013 8 5676
From the Guardian: Don't neglect the UK's indigenous languages 3 geardaddy Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 3940
A Collection Of Curious Words From The Welsh Language 0 geardaddy Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 3244
Alice Kober: Unsung heroine who helped decode Linear B 3 geardaddy Jul 2014 Dec 2014 8 3563
Alaska's indigenous languages now official along with English 3 geardaddy Oct 2014 Oct 2014 11 3644
Want to write in the ogham alphabet? 0 geardaddy Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 2573
Conservatives use language as a weapon... 4 ihaveaquestion Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 4246
What Lorde's Te Reo Maori Songs Mean For The Effort To Revive The Language 0 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 4099
A site some of you might enjoy---BBC News Pidgin 1 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 Jan 2022 8 5349
The languages that live forever 2 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2022 Aug 2022 13 4905
Hand of Irulegi: ancient Spanish artefact rewrites history of Basque language 3 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2022 Dec 2022 15 6884
Latin Question 2 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 2113
Learning a language for business 1 KatyMan Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2967
"Romanes Eunt Domus" Explained 1 Kennah Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 2582
I have a Spanish final in six days 20 lazarus Dec 2011 Jan 2012 0 10262
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2226
Can anyone explain the syntax of "I saw it happen"? 12 Lionel Mandrake Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 7622
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