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Grammar is important	4	29 Sep 2022 10:35 a.m. PST
God Save King Carl III	3	13 Sep 2022 4:44 a.m. PST
Pronunciation of "Mythos"	9	26 Jun 2022 11:51 a.m. PST
How do you pronounce 'Sino' as in	5	20 Aug 2020 7:30 p.m. PST
North American Dialects	3	30 May 2020 7:00 p.m. PST
Hard to pronounce English words	4	30 May 2020 3:48 p.m. PST
Dr. Miguel Civil	1	30 Jan 2019 8:10 p.m. PST
Which Latin word for "star" to use?	3	29 Nov 2018 1:58 p.m. PST
Latin phrases; have I gotten these right?	8	29 Nov 2018 1:54 p.m. PST
Goodbye, Chinglish?	8	31 Oct 2017 7:36 a.m. PST
Do Speakers Of Afrikaans Understand Dutch, Vice Versa?	6	23 Aug 2017 6:30 a.m. PST
Doo-Wop in Latin	4	30 Apr 2017 9:54 p.m. PST
One legg jumping/walking	7	08 Feb 2017 9:39 a.m. PST
Scotch is not just a drink	8	30 Nov 2016 11:35 a.m. PST
Hainna Hainna, I'm from Scranton Pennsylvania!	11	20 Oct 2016 6:46 p.m. PST
Dying language?	2	18 Oct 2016 5:54 a.m. PST
Help with a German joke	7	01 Jun 2016 2:08 p.m. PST
Our Fairy Tales are Very, Very Old Stories	11	30 May 2016 7:48 a.m. PST
Is Klingon a living language?	4	15 May 2016 3:21 p.m. PST
Why punctuation matters	7	19 Apr 2016 7:32 a.m. PST
Which Japanese is this, please?	4	12 Apr 2016 4:12 p.m. PST
I Have THE Solution ...	12	11 Apr 2016 1:48 p.m. PST
Anti-language	6	20 Feb 2016 4:51 p.m. PST
Difference in East/West German accents?	10	26 Jan 2016 7:16 a.m. PST
Whilst	10	31 Dec 2015 7:53 a.m. PST
Why we need the "Oxford comma".	16	31 Dec 2015 7:50 a.m. PST
9 words for book lovers*	1	30 Dec 2015 9:10 p.m. PST
What is the Latin for "It's all about me!"	12	14 Dec 2015 5:16 p.m. PST
Help me alphabetize, please	6	14 Dec 2015 5:13 p.m. PST
Toast or not toast	8	05 Dec 2015 11:31 a.m. PST
Help - translating Foreign names into English	4	05 Dec 2015 11:02 a.m. PST
Spelling error while committing a crime	5	05 Sep 2015 11:42 a.m. PST
#1 Slang by State	16	04 Sep 2015 1:24 p.m. PST
Limerick construction Thread	77	26 Aug 2015 11:29 p.m. PST
How do I pronounce this cod-Latin?	3	03 May 2015 9:32 a.m. PST
'Worrying" quote marks.	14	17 Mar 2015 5:03 p.m. PST
A Danish Question	4	05 Jan 2015 8:35 p.m. PST
Can you tell an ally from a jinglytruck?	3	06 Dec 2014 6:44 p.m. PST
The History of the English Language	11	28 Oct 2014 11:24 a.m. PST
Foreign words with no English equivalent.	15	26 Oct 2014 1:36 p.m. PST
Be careful with the comma (and pause when speaking)!	5	29 Sep 2014 8:42 a.m. PST
Some German Humour	9	16 Sep 2014 7:29 p.m. PST
Learning a second language???	8	15 Sep 2014 3:49 p.m. PST
The "less vs fewer" debate continues	12	17 Aug 2014 7:35 a.m. PST
How do you say "Delenda est Roma!" in Carthaginian?	6	15 Aug 2014 10:47 a.m. PST
Word Crimes	5	17 Jul 2014 10:47 a.m. PST
For the Brits; Send out the fast bowler!	9	29 Jun 2014 3:09 a.m. PST
Need help with abbreviations in ACW letter	3	01 Mar 2014 9:49 a.m. PST
Worst grammer, and, speling, pet pieves	27	08 Feb 2014 1:09 p.m. PST
22 Reasons Why Commas Are Important	7	28 Jan 2014 12:33 a.m. PST
Yet ANOTHER phrase that irritates me...	7	19 Jan 2014 2:55 p.m. PST
"To encourage the others"	6	15 Nov 2013 9:25 p.m. PST
I saw this coming 25 years ago.	1	11 Nov 2013 9:46 p.m. PST
the apostrophe revisited	15	11 Nov 2013 2:37 p.m. PST
10 figures of speech, illustrated by Monty Python	5	01 Nov 2013 11:17 p.m. PST
Is this a real language?	15	07 Oct 2013 12:21 p.m. PST
Why clarity is so important	5	29 Sep 2013 11:10 p.m. PST
You know your school is in trouble when...	14	27 Sep 2013 11:29 a.m. PST
Yuppie becomes redundant	12	27 Sep 2013 8:04 a.m. PST
A language "error" not wrth fighting over	17	27 Aug 2013 1:56 p.m. PST
English translation of Chinese signs. NSFW?	7	20 Aug 2013 6:29 p.m. PST
Chicago Pronounced with an R?	15	26 Jul 2013 4:27 p.m. PST
Latin and D&D!	5	01 Jun 2013 10:58 p.m. PST
Apostraphe now...	11	14 May 2013 2:46 a.m. PST
Finding the Mother Tongue...	3	12 May 2013 4:30 a.m. PST
Begging the question	8	30 Apr 2013 3:11 p.m. PST
Interested in...	6	13 Apr 2013 8:55 p.m. PST
Why spelling is important	6	26 Mar 2013 5:45 a.m. PST
When did "horrific" become a word?	14	04 Feb 2013 9:08 a.m. PST
Frustrations in tracking down naughty foreign phrases	6	01 Feb 2013 7:58 a.m. PST
The End of the Declarative Sentance?	12	10 Jan 2013 6:05 p.m. PST
George RR Martin is a Grammar Nazi!	5	06 Jan 2013 3:03 p.m. PST
What hath Spell-check wrought?	13	29 Dec 2012 11:49 a.m. PST
Using CC as a Verb - Apostrophe Required?	12	29 Dec 2012 11:43 a.m. PST
Words your family use	12	26 Dec 2012 3:09 p.m. PST
Where does Wikipedia get its pronunciation key?	6	02 Dec 2012 5:12 a.m. PST
Did you just call me a dord?	8	29 Nov 2012 10:22 p.m. PST
How do cavemen warn their decendents?	13	29 Nov 2012 3:40 p.m. PST
Facebook and the Innocents	8	14 Nov 2012 4:37 a.m. PST
Another question about question mark usage.	11	27 Oct 2012 3:02 p.m. PST
How many Sports nicknames are singular names?	9	15 Oct 2012 12:04 p.m. PST
A little something for The OFM	6	04 Oct 2012 9:28 a.m. PST
Measuring time in the Dark Ages	23	27 Sep 2012 8:32 a.m. PST
Four times less	4	24 Sep 2012 9:10 p.m. PST
Pre... ?	9	26 Jul 2012 12:01 p.m. PST
Personaility Disorders and the Internet	4	28 Jun 2012 12:20 p.m. PST
Spelling Mistake or Just Plain Stupidity? 8)	23	05 May 2012 6:05 a.m. PST
Stop saying "I primered the figures."!	29	26 Mar 2012 8:14 a.m. PST
Is a New Word Required for a Common Experience?	13	23 Mar 2012 5:57 a.m. PST
The greatest orator the world has seen?	7	17 Mar 2012 7:51 p.m. PST
The Perils of Pronouncing Bruschetta and Prosciutto...	9	12 Mar 2012 5:37 a.m. PST
Foreign Words	7	01 Mar 2012 8:25 a.m. PST
Phrases I would like to retire from the English language.	47	27 Feb 2012 10:28 a.m. PST
Quarter vs Fourth	13	23 Feb 2012 12:35 p.m. PST
How do you pronounce "João "?	13	20 Feb 2012 4:24 p.m. PST
For the Grammer Police!	4	05 Feb 2012 8:39 a.m. PST
This may just push OFM over the edge	13	18 Jan 2012 8:15 p.m. PST
This annoys me so much, I am going to be a jerk about it.	39	30 Dec 2011 7:01 p.m. PST
Dear America	9	05 Dec 2011 6:16 p.m. PST
Translation for "O varium fortune" lyrics.	14	30 Nov 2011 7:11 p.m. PST