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Other than Trump, we have no one who speaks this language: "evangelish," "cime," "bibar," "benefishes," "Venezwheregull," "Obamna," "soup pie cane," "crissus," "renoversh," "steak hill," "pivobal," "mishes." 🙄 It must be the bleach talking. 😂

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The Sound Of A Good Book

Mar 26, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Reignmond

I have always been fascinated with and cursed at the English language (how come I could spell perfectly in French, which I barely even know, but struggle with my native language?). I have long realized that one of the reasons English was never ...

Why extroverts have their own extreme language extroverts extroversion language extreme etymology

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Jan 28, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by Behind-the-dog

On an unfamiliar (to me) use of fraught. This morning I came across this (intentionally) unwieldy sentence from one of my favorite writers (dailykos.com) at dailykos.com: > But the biggest deal, and everybody knows it, is that ...

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Vietnamese / Ti?ng Vi?t

Apr 25, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by ColibriSticky

Proper pronunciation is vital, so here is what helped me most tremendously when I started learning Vietnamese.

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General & Hellos

Nov 2, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Cutiebeauty

I do not disagree. That's not uncommon... Why do people use double negatives in common speech? I agree.. That's common.. Aren't these the same things?

Should trump's mouth be washed out with soap?

IS STRING THEORY RELATED TO THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES?

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All Things Asia

Jul 31, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Boomtarat03

A unique language disappearing in modern China

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Silly, Random & Fun

Feb 17, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by SkotlandSkye

Why does German always sound so much like the speaker is angry? ;-)

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 3, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Kojaksmom

Yes, we are a community of atheists/ agnostics, but what is the controversy about the word 'soul' when it's obviously not used in a religious context? The English language often fails us because some of the most profound meaningful experiences that ...

Just when we think we're getting somewhere ... How evolved are we, though, when it comes down to it?

Please can anybody translate this?

Bit Of Scots Romance.

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Love & Relationships

Aug 10, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by HippieChick58

LINK3 things women say that weaken the power of their words.

I always seem to have that one friend who uses word "literately" when they mean to use the word "literally"...and I don't know about you, but I have never used the first word in any conversation other than THIS one...LOL

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Aug 3, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by jeshuey

Genome Study Upends Our Understanding of How Language Evolved...

What is your love language?

We are as linked to our environment & surroundings as we are obscurely connected to our mind & those inner-most emotions. The language we know. The words within it that we utilize. The ones we neglect with ignorance (not knowing every word in the ...

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General & Hellos

Jun 9, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by solitude1457

Do religious curse words perpetuate religion?

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 5, 2018May 2018

Posted by PontifexMarximus

What do people in this forum think about "bad" words?

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Philosophy & Meaning

May 3, 2018May 2018

Posted by ElSuperbeasto

Expressions

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Apr 12, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Decieven

Anyone proficient in Italian? I have a clinical rotation in Italy (2019) & plan on starting to learn some language & culture. Starting out with Duolingo & some podcasts (anything free!). If you know of any resources or are willing to chat in Italian,...

The term "ladies" Any other women here cringe when they see this?

"Oh my god!", "go to hell!", "Jesus Christ!", "soulmate" and other phrases featuring religious concepts

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 2, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by Trent1967b

I like collecting programming languages. What is your favorite programming language? Why?

how do you feel about the different genders and types of people coming out in the past few years? Why do we as people need to force everyone else into our limited stereotypes?

Does the word "God" denote something? As background to the question, I've been reading Bertrand Russell's essay "On Denoting" were he makes the point about how there are statements/words/ideas which are meaningful—such as "the current king of ...

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General & Hellos

Jan 15, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by LucifersPen

What is Love/God???

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Site & Customer Service

Jan 11, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by PhitDoctor50

POLLI’ve noticed less “autocorrect” of my typing on this site (compared to texting for example). I have to be more careful which is kind of nice. I also think autocorrect makes it harder to be clever with language. If I wanted to call the study of ...

In a discussion with a believer, I was asked, "where was my moral authority?" My response was to say "from within, my heart, my humanity." That seemed unsatisfactory because of mankinds sinful nature, but not so nearly as unsatisfactory as when I ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Dec 31, 2017Dec 2017

Posted by Druvius

An observation I made pertaining to evolution and evolution deniers. I at one point spent some time debating them, but pretty much gave it up as a lost cause. Not that they are stupid, some are quite smart, but they use the fine brain that God gave ...

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