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- Why does English use "Sunday" instead of "Lord's Day"?
In our civil calendar week, why wasn't Sunday renamed by Christians in English?
1, 2, 3 by CIS » Oct 08, 2011 6:57 pm
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- Last post by Scot Dutchy
Feb 05, 2012 12:43 pm
- Why does English use "Sunday" instead of "Lord's Day"?
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- Stephen Fry - Language
Kinetic Typography...
by LIFE » Feb 03, 2012 4:38 pm
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- Last post by matt8819
Feb 03, 2012 7:06 pm
- Stephen Fry - Language
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- What's the word for...?
Help needed with a term.
by don't get me started » Jan 28, 2012 1:51 pm
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- Last post by don't get me started
Jan 28, 2012 1:51 pm
- What's the word for...?
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- Language Acquisition
Difference between statistical learning and behavioral theories?
by Mr.Samsa » Oct 17, 2011 6:58 am
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- Last post by biscuit
Jan 25, 2012 5:04 pm
- Language Acquisition
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- How did you learn English?
by I'm With Stupid » Dec 12, 2011 1:36 pm
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- 247 Views
- Last post by akigr8
Jan 11, 2012 9:02 pm
- How did you learn English?
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- Instance of sentence vs. purely idealized sentence
Are there separate terms for these?
by Scott H » Nov 19, 2011 5:23 pm
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- Last post by Scott H
Jan 02, 2012 5:25 pm
- Instance of sentence vs. purely idealized sentence
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- thou and thee
1, 2 by nunnington » Dec 23, 2011 11:07 am
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- 165 Views
- Last post by THWOTH
Dec 23, 2011 3:14 pm
- thou and thee
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- Double Negatives
[Thread split from "Guess Who's Back?"]
1 ... 4, 5, 6 by hackenslash » Dec 19, 2011 10:39 pm
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- Last post by Regina
Dec 23, 2011 2:35 pm
- Double Negatives
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- The dot on the "I"... I mean the "i"
Whi?
by Delvo » Oct 15, 2011 1:49 am
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- 137 Views
- Last post by Berthold
Oct 20, 2011 3:13 pm
- The dot on the "I"... I mean the "i"
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- Fry's PLanet Word
New series on Beeb 2
1, 2 by hackenslash » Sep 25, 2011 7:55 pm
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- 339 Views
- Last post by ianryan1
Oct 19, 2011 10:27 pm
- Fry's PLanet Word
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- A letter for the sound "th"
1, 2 by Paul1 » Apr 26, 2010 6:38 pm
- 28 Replies
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- Last post by LucidFlight
Aug 07, 2011 8:26 pm
- A letter for the sound "th"
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- How does our language shape the way we think?
by tuco » Nov 24, 2010 6:48 pm
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May 18, 2011 6:15 am
- How does our language shape the way we think?
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- settle a debate regarding 'no one'
indefinite pronouns...
1, 2 by Mick » May 01, 2011 11:02 pm
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- 319 Views
- Last post by don't get me started
May 09, 2011 3:13 pm
- settle a debate regarding 'no one'
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- Mother of all languages traced back to Africa
Claims NZ linguist
by natselrox » Apr 18, 2011 6:15 pm
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- Last post by Tyrannical
Apr 20, 2011 2:58 am
- Mother of all languages traced back to Africa
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- Language degradation
1, 2 by Globe » Sep 16, 2010 3:48 pm
- 33 Replies
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- Last post by LucidFlight
Mar 15, 2011 10:13 am
- Language degradation
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- The Pirahã people
by divagreen » Jan 08, 2011 11:52 pm
- 8 Replies
- 270 Views
- Last post by Blip
Mar 14, 2011 10:34 am
- The Pirahã people
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- Multiply mixed metaphors
by logical bob » Feb 18, 2011 12:56 am
- 3 Replies
- 144 Views
- Last post by ConnyRaSk
Feb 18, 2011 11:41 pm
- Multiply mixed metaphors
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- Talk in abstractions!
It makes you sound clever
by VazScep » Feb 03, 2011 8:37 am
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- 172 Views
- Last post by logical bob
Feb 04, 2011 4:22 pm
- Talk in abstractions!
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- Does the nature of English make sense to you?
Is it even logical?
1, 2 by The Damned » Dec 28, 2010 5:08 pm
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- Last post by Saim
Jan 06, 2011 7:18 am
- Does the nature of English make sense to you?
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- What the Romans did to C and K
by Delvo » Nov 21, 2010 5:26 pm
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- 231 Views
- Last post by RaspK
Nov 27, 2010 10:20 pm
- What the Romans did to C and K
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- '5 Insane Ways Words Can Control Your Mind'
by Wiðercora » Nov 02, 2010 3:54 pm
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- Last post by I'm With Stupid
Nov 02, 2010 5:31 pm
- '5 Insane Ways Words Can Control Your Mind'
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- Phonetic Relativism.
by Wiðercora » Oct 13, 2010 2:51 pm
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- Last post by believeinhim
Oct 24, 2010 7:59 am
- Phonetic Relativism.
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- Why do any languages have "gender" or "noun class"?
1, 2 by Delvo » Aug 16, 2010 12:08 am
- 26 Replies
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- Last post by Blitzkrebs
Sep 30, 2010 4:06 pm
- Why do any languages have "gender" or "noun class"?
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- "Transcendent" is Not a Word I'm Comfortable With
by MattHunX » Jun 04, 2010 4:46 pm
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- Last post by Zwaarddijk
Sep 21, 2010 1:12 pm
- "Transcendent" is Not a Word I'm Comfortable With
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- Sentences
by logical bob » Sep 14, 2010 12:57 pm
- 12 Replies
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- Last post by katja z
Sep 15, 2010 12:08 pm
- Sentences
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- How to build a *.txt database of word pronunciations?
by Scott H » Apr 30, 2010 8:15 pm
- 19 Replies
- 284 Views
- Last post by Scott H
Jul 17, 2010 9:02 pm
- How to build a *.txt database of word pronunciations?
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- Predicting what they say
by RichardPrins » Mar 29, 2010 5:42 pm
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- Last post by jaydot
Jul 17, 2010 12:48 pm
- Predicting what they say
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- Writing program to search for words with various properties
by Scott H » Jun 28, 2010 11:48 pm
- 1 Replies
- 171 Views
- Last post by Tursas
Jun 29, 2010 10:02 pm
- Writing program to search for words with various properties
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- re: Chinese and Japanese scripts
by Tursas » Jun 09, 2010 11:46 am
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- Last post by Roger Cooke
Jun 20, 2010 12:14 pm
- re: Chinese and Japanese scripts
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- Language war!
by Gawdzilla » Jun 09, 2010 3:58 pm
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Jun 09, 2010 4:56 pm
- Language war!
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- Relevance theory
by Gelasius » Jun 05, 2010 8:55 pm
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- Last post by Preno
Jun 07, 2010 8:45 pm
- Relevance theory
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- Word idea: 'sprex'
by Scott H » May 26, 2010 11:23 pm
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- Last post by Scott H
May 26, 2010 11:23 pm
- Word idea: 'sprex'
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