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Why is the letter "c" pronounced like /s/ when it comes before “e”, “i”, or “y”, but as /k/ elsewhere?
history
pronunciation-vs-spelling
phonology
phonetics
historical-change
Does the term "farm-to-table" as a contemporary food movement derive from early 20th century govt. programs?
etymology
historical-change
phrase-origin
What are the origin and history of the forms and meanings of the phrase "top flight"?
historical-change
origin-unknown
What expression was used in English that "however" and others replaced around 1750?
conjunctions
historical-change
When did spelling "-ic" words "-ick" start/stop being popular?
orthography
historical-change
Freshman or Freshwoman
word-choice
offensive-language
gender-neutral
political-correctness
historical-change
How would Anglophones judge the rhetoric that was typical of 1600-1900?
historical-change
rhetoric
rhetorical-devices
Can it ever be acceptable to use singular “they” with a specific referent of known but undisclosed gender?
historical-change
transatlantic-differences
singular-they
register
gender-politics
When did the pronunciation of ‘hierarchy’ change from /hie-/ to /hai(e)-/?
pronunciation
historical-change
What words does English have more? Romance or Germanic? [duplicate]
historical-change
Does the archaic prefix wer/wep have modern descendants?
etymology
historical-change
grammatical-gender
Dropping linking R's from the middle of the words [closed]
pronunciation
historical-change
Connotative history and recent usage of "Person / People of color"
meaning
connotation
historical-change
How many English words are of native origin?
etymology
history
historical-change
loanwords
language-evolution
When did English-speakers start and stop using foreign language honorifics? [closed]
historical-change
honorifics
Semantic shift in "around"
meaning
semantics
historical-change
literary-english
What happened around 1700 that transformed / changed the English language?
history
historical-change
For how long has "plead" been used as a verb counterpart to "plea" (noun) even though both words historically have both verb and noun forms?
etymology
historical-change
Different etymologies for spoken and written forms
etymology
orthography
history
pronunciation-vs-spelling
historical-change
The recent invention of the word "heterosexual"
word-usage
history
dictionaries
historical-change
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