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Discussion Topic  RE: Scoundrel vs. Abscond (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
It's probably just coincidence: no reason to think otherwise. But a not unreasonable story can be m......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Chameleon (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Same answer as for any Greek word with ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dog's vocabulary (in Potpourri) by aput
On subject/object marking, I'm not sure of the details, but most of these apes were taught ASL, and ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dog's vocabulary (in Potpourri) by aput
(Actually, "the" criterion was wrong, but it's the criterion that's pertinent here.) Well, organiza......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lerning to spel is crewshul (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Cot/Caught/Court: No, I meant other pairs: cot/caught are the same in about half of US accents, and......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lerning to spel is crewshul (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
What's seldom properly appreciated is the difference between reformed spelling and phonetic spelling......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lerning to spel is crewshul (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
In'sted @v rI'pleIsIN I'lQdZIk@l (b@t 'fæbj@l@s!) 'spelIN wIð @ 'sImpl@ 'v3:Z@n, waI nQt d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dog's vocabulary (in Potpourri) by aput
Intonation is fine as part of a word: human-English isn't tonal but dog-English presumably is. You c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dog's vocabulary (in Potpourri) by aput
I don't think there's much debate among linguists. We all know dogs can understand words; Rico's abi......
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Poll  RE: "which" vs. "that" (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
They're not interchangeable (as relative clause markers -- that both have other meanings can be take......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
Most of the regional dialects of England lack an [h] sound, but it's still present in the general So......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Extra syllables (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Epenthesis is the general term forn insertion of sounds. But in the case of tetrasyllabic 'resemblin......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Master (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Hm, I knew someone called Bate. Same ol'....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Moslem vs. Muslim (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Johnson: bomb them Carter: I want to have sexual intercourse with Polish people Bush 1: *vomit* N......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Regional accents (in Potpourri) by aput
Sharp differentiation between dialects or accents is usually illusory. If two dialects are distingui......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Psycholinguistics (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Language Log had some problems this morning. They're back up now, and are usually quite reliable. ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Moslem vs. Muslim (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Classical Arabic only had three vowels [a i u], and the word was Muslim. Modern Arabic dialects ofte......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Psycholinguistics (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Serendipitously, Geoff Pullum ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Regional accents (in Potpourri) by aput
As jheem says, it's basically amount of time. There are other factors, such as degree of isolation, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Names and origins of sports (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
To clarify jheem's explanation: ......
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