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Politics
May 1May 1

Posted by Flyingsaucesir
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 ...
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Introverts Unite!
Jun 4, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by LaDizdeOdd
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?
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General & Hellos
Oct 12, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Remiforce
Should trump's mouth be washed out with soap?
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General & Hellos
Sep 30, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Remiforce
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 ...
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Silly, Random & Fun
Aug 19, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by empirical
Just when we think we're getting somewhere ... How evolved are we, though, when it comes down to it?
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Silly, Random & Fun
Aug 14, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Sheannutt
Please can anybody translate this?
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General & Hellos
Aug 12, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Coldo
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.
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Silly, Random & Fun
Aug 6, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by slydr68
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...
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Love & Relationships
Jun 11, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by m1chelle
What is your love language?
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Philosophy & Meaning
Jun 10, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by AlgosLethe
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
Language learning
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Philosophy & Meaning
May 21, 2018May 2018

Posted by Lemons
Do religious curse words perpetuate religion?
22 comments
Philosophy & Meaning
May 5, 2018May 2018

Posted by PontifexMarximus
What do people in this forum think about "bad" words?
16 comments
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,...
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General & Hellos
Mar 10, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by btroje
The term "ladies" Any other women here cringe when they see this?
33 comments
General & Hellos
Mar 3, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by Jnei
"Oh my god!", "go to hell!", "Jesus Christ!", "soulmate" and other phrases featuring religious concepts
44 comments
Academic (e.g., Science)
Mar 2, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by Trent1967b
I like collecting programming languages. What is your favorite programming language? Why?
21 comments
Love & Relationships
Mar 2, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by Angelface
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?
21 comments
Philosophy & Meaning
Jan 22, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by Rhetoric
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 ...
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Philosophy & Meaning
Jan 8, 2018Jan 2018

Posted by hankster
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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