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Words That Don’t Exist in English

This is a great thread of words that exist in other languages, but don’t exist in English. They were posted in response to this question…

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Mando’a Language

This is a great post about Mando’a, the Mandalorian language in Star Wars. It was created by Karen Traviss for the Star Wars Expanded Universe….

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Swearing in Star Trek

This is a great idea posted by textsfromstarfleet for why some Star Trek series don’t have swearing and some do. Like for example Star Trek:…

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Funny Accents Influenced by Media

LOL! It’s amusing when people learn a new language but they have a funny accent because they were influenced by media. Like these stories about…

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Yiddish Words

Yiddish is a rich and vibrant language with words that hold a unique place in Jewish culture and heritage. Yiddish has evolved over centuries to…

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Korean, Chinese, and Japanese

This is an interesting post about people easily mixing up the Korean, Chinese, and Japanese written languages. Look at them together: Source

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The First 4th Person Pronoun

So apparently kids now say “Chat” before they start a sentence, as in Twitch Chat. “Chat” might legitimately be the first dedicated 4th person pronoun…

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We Should Teach ASL to Everyone

This post makes some really good points about why we should teach ASL to everyone, not just deaf people. American Sign Language (ASL) is a…

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Dead Metaphors

This is a very interesting language history post about dead metaphors and malapropisms. A malaprop is theĀ mistakenĀ use of a word in place of a similar-sounding…

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Shakespeare But With Swearing

This is an amusing thread about adding swear words, specifically f*ck, into Shakespeare‘s work when rehearsing. It turns the archaic language into something more familiar…

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