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I did my degree in English/French Language/Linguistics back in the '70s, but I only got a middling grade, and I've worked in software development ever since, so I'm really only an expert on English language in the same way any articulate native speaker is.

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28 Is it hard for software speech synthesisers to handle IPA? If so, why? Jan 5 '13
15 Can all languages be “whispered” equally well? Apr 3 '12
9 Is “sentence” a useful and/or clearly-defined term in linguistics Jul 20 '15
7 Why are certain there-sentences infelicitous in English? Sep 22 '11
6 Are there any “universal” aspects to “adjective sequence” Mar 9 '12
5 Significance of “childish errors” in mainstream language change Feb 8 '12
4 Derivational vs. Inflectional Morphemes Oct 5 '12
3 Active vocabulary for Anglophones compared to native speakers of other languages Feb 23 '14
2 Is there a US/UK difference in interpretation/usage of “compound verb phrases” split by an embedded clause Feb 16 '12
-2 Significance of “childish errors” in mainstream language change Feb 10 '12

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