antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 days agoWhy/how did British vs. American stress differences arise?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down11
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sga@lemmings.worldEnglish · 16 days agoWhat are the odds that a brand a new sentence is said every second?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
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Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz · 1 month agoHow to cope with English spellingplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
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koavf@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoLanguage Log » Are all writing systems equally easy / hard?plus-squarelanguagelog.ldc.upenn.eduexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 months agoLongest Known Inscription in the Undeciphered Linear A Script of Minoan civilization, Found on an Ivory Scepter in Knossosplus-squarewww.labrujulaverde.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11
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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 months agoLanguage Science Press: "Negation in English and other languages" by Otto Jespersenplus-squarelemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11
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Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish · 2 months agoWhy YouTubers (and AI) get these English features wrong [weak forms and deaccenting]plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
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IndigoGollum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago(Meta) Regular small questions threadplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11
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Tony Bark@pawb.socialEnglish · 2 months agoTo the brain, Esperanto and Klingon appear the same as English or Mandarinplus-squarenews.mit.eduexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
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mapto@masto.bg · 2 months agoAs English as you can get in America... and probably around the worldplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
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Deebster@infosec.pubEnglish · edit-23 months agoSocial media is changing the way you talk - Adam Aleksic's TEDx Talkplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
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