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Diary 2nd And 3rd Of April 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 4 Apr 19

Diary Tuesday 2nd April 2019 Having been put on a low carb diet to help me lose weight and combat my hypertension (High Blood Pressure), much of the food I had bought in during March is no longer suitable for me, so I took it...

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Quislings and trumps

J.P. Randolph @jprtist (656) • Pueblo, Colorado 7 Feb 19

Maybe it's my anger, or disappointment in certain citizen's of my country, I'm not sure. I spend a lot of time thinking about the historical affectations the United States term under Trump may give birth to. I know these...

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When BIG means LITTLE!

Norman Darlington @NormanDarlo (1071) • Ireland 13 Oct 18

I am endlessly fascinated by language. From an early age I remember the pleasure of pulling out an old multi-volume dictionary from my parents' bookcase, and opening a volume at random. Under each word, I was intrigued by the...

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Religious Cult Profile Neuro Linguistic Profiling

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Sep 18

Often simply abbreviated to NLP. Richard Bandler is now acknowledged as the founder of the movement, though this was in some legal dispute for many years, between Bandler & John Grinder and others involved in the early years of...

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Yes, I don't (or the confusion of languages)

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 29 Feb 16

In English, if someone says, "Do you have a pen?" you would answer, "No, I don't." In Japanese, if you say, "Didn't you bring your book?" you would answer, "No, I did." Often our bilingual and trilingual kids will answer...

language

positive and negative

dialects

translation

linguistics

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My thesis

AtypicalRussian @TypicalRussian (747) • Budennovsk, Russian Federation 25 Nov 15

I am a 4th year post-graduate student at Voronezh State Pedagogical Universuty. My thesis's topic deals with professions' evolution in English. It means i have to investigate several english history periods and looked at the...

science

personal

linguistics

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The usage of 'I miss you' and 'I missed you'.

alokijon @alokijon (665) • Malaysia 5 Dec 11

I am having a problem in understanding the different meaning of I MISS YOU and I MISSED YOU. Every time I want to send short messaging service to my friends, I always ask myself should I write this way or that way. This kind of...

linguistics

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Have you ever created a new word?

BalthasarTheRat @BalthasarTheRat (656) • United States 26 May 11

Language is constantly changing and new words go in the official dictionaries every year. Have you ever created one, even if it was an accident, like you thought it already was a word? My family uses our word "boomernaggered"...

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What's your (most complicated) favorite word?

umklassg @umklassg (60) • Canada 16 Oct 10

Do you have a word that sticks in your mind repeating over and over that seems to describe something just so perfectly? Lately mine have been "vapid" and "acrid". Tell me what yours are, I love learning new vocabulary.

linguistics

vocabulary

words

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Do you think even if you don't know the language you can understand people?

BeachLover @BeachLover (520) • India 16 Jan 10

Hi all, So, here what I feel. I believe and love to learn about new cultures and languages. But sometimes I feel that we human being surpass the need of language. We can communicate basic expression without a language. Like my...

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Do you call it lunch or dinner?

taface412 @taface412 (3175) • United States 10 Dec 08

Depending on where you are from you may call your noon meal lunch or dinner. And depending on what you call that meal you may call the evening meal dinner or supper. In the South the noon meal is referred to as dinner and the...

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How do you weigh your words?

taface412 @taface412 (3175) • United States 15 Oct 08

Have you ever thought about how heavy words are? Not in terms of numbers, but in terms of impact on other people's lives. Or are you one of those people who likes to use the weight of words to get your point across? Language is...

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Anyone else learning a second language?

tipsyflash @tipsyflash (581) • United States 17 May 08

My husband and I are learning French. Not just to know and have fun with, but for actual use. I learned that if we speak multiple languages to each other, when we have children our children will pick up multiple languages....

linguistics

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Anyone created their own language?

daryush @daryush (42) 19 Mar 08

Hi I was wondering if anyone here has ever tried making a language of their own from scratch. I'd love to hear about some of them. I've made a few, my current one is called Erani. I've been working on it for about a year...

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What is the most over-used word...

KATRINKA @KATRINKA (1624) • United States 24 Aug 07

I'm finding the more that I watch the news or read, the more irritated I am with words that are being over-used. Hero is one that ruffles my feathers lately. What do you think is the most over-used word in the English language...

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Language and society, which has more impact on the other?

reykja @reykja (121) 16 Mar 07

Do you think that language impacts society in the way that makes it what it is or do you think that society shapes the language that we are using now?

language

linguistics

society

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Childrens' Language Difficulties in School. Are They Helped??

ItTakesAllSorts @ItTakesAllSorts (4096) 20 Jan 07

I am interested in what is happening to children in school that are experiencing difficulties in their Speech, Language and Communication needs. The way most children are taught in schools today is by teacher's asking questions...

children

communication

education

language difficulties

linguistics

school

speech

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Is the Rosetta Stone progam a good way to learn Spanish?

rick615 @rick615 (413) • United States 5 Jan 07

I would really like to learn more than the 30 or so words and 12 or so phrases I know in Spanish. I do not have the money or time to do an immersion program and I do not think reading a book like "Spanish for Idiots" is a...

grammatical question, vocabulary questions in english

eslproofreader @eslproofreader (517) • United States 21 Nov 06

post your question, and I'll do my best to answer

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If you could learn any language, what would it be?

ancient_whispers @ancient_whispers (126) • United States 12 Nov 06

I would love to learn German since many of my ancestors came from Germany in the 18th century. I also think French and Spanish are beautiful languages.

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