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Why did Old English lose both thorn and eth?
Jul 5, 2019
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Why do English transliterations of Arabic names have so many Qs in them?
Sep 29, 2019
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Is English tonal for some words, like "permit"?
Sep 9, 2019
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What is the term for this derivation: "Cheeseburger comes from Hamburger" but... the word hamburger didn't refer to ham
Nov 30, 2022
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Is Sanskrit really the mother of all languages?
Sep 4, 2019
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Were ancient languages as sophisticated as modern languages?
Dec 16, 2019
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Is it unusual that English uses possessive for past tense?
Oct 9, 2019
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Days of the week in Yiddish -- why so similar to Germanic?
Feb 14, 2021
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Why isn't "I've" a proper response?
Aug 22, 2019
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How did the generic masculine emerge?
Feb 15
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