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What is the origin of the idea that the word "able" must refer to a living being?
meaning
sociolinguistics
How bad is the use of "n***er" today?
usage
pejorative-language
offensive-language
sociolinguistics
American English: Gliding of the long "ee" sound: [i] to [ɪi]
american-english
north-american-english
vowels
diphthongs
sociolinguistics
Why is it "to have sex" instead of "to sex?"
verbs
slang
linguistics
sociolinguistics
offensive-language
Name for native English inferiority to French/Latin/Greek
etymology
sociolinguistics
When did prodigies stop being evil?
etymology
linguistics
sociolinguistics
Why does 'lowdown' mean 'the true facts and the relevant information'?
meaning
vocabulary
linguistics
sociolinguistics
What does it mean by: This might take a while?
grammar
linguistics
sociolinguistics
psycholinguistics
grammaticality
Why don't you say "good work" in English?
word-usage
sociolinguistics
Why was the word "bull" taboo in some dialects of English? What did it mean?
etymology
dialects
sociolinguistics
Are YouTube creators using "enjoy" in a new intransitive sense?
verbs
intransitive-verbs
sociolinguistics
Does the word "gentleman" retain the distinction "of leisurely lifestyle" anywhere in British English?
british-english
word-usage
sociolinguistics
Is there a word that describes the information gap due to a reader's cultural bias across place and time?
meaning
sociolinguistics
Extremism: what’s the cultural history of this word?
etymology
historical-change
sociolinguistics
Are the 'Imperatives' used without 'please' or 'kindly' considered to be rude in the west?
politeness
imperatives
sociolinguistics
Is Waltzing Matilda comprehensible outside of Australia? In Australia?
slang
dialects
lyrics
australian-english
sociolinguistics
Why do more sentences start with 'data' as a plural, than when it is within the sentence?
sentence-patterns
grammatical-number
sociolinguistics
uncountable-nouns
“We have nothing to lose but our aitches”
british-english
sociolinguistics
History of the phrase "strange fruit"
etymology
historical-change
phrase-origin
sociolinguistics
Why is 'lavender' used to reference homosexuality?
etymology
terminology
sociolinguistics
sexual-minorities
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