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Apostraphe now...
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14 May 2013 2:46 a.m. PST
Finding the Mother Tongue...
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12 May 2013 4:30 a.m. PST
Begging the question
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30 Apr 2013 3:11 p.m. PST
Latin and D&D!
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23 Apr 2013 9:33 a.m. PST
Interested in...
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13 Apr 2013 8:55 p.m. PST
Why spelling is important
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26 Mar 2013 5:45 a.m. PST
When did "horrific" become a word?
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04 Feb 2013 9:08 a.m. PST
Frustrations in tracking down naughty foreign phrases
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01 Feb 2013 7:58 a.m. PST
The End of the Declarative Sentance?
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10 Jan 2013 6:05 p.m. PST
George RR Martin is a Grammar Nazi!
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06 Jan 2013 3:03 p.m. PST
What hath Spell-check wrought?
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29 Dec 2012 11:49 a.m. PST
Using CC as a Verb - Apostrophe Required?
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29 Dec 2012 11:43 a.m. PST
Words your family use
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26 Dec 2012 3:09 p.m. PST
Where does Wikipedia get its pronunciation key?
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02 Dec 2012 5:12 a.m. PST
Did you just call me a dord?
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29 Nov 2012 10:22 p.m. PST
How do cavemen warn their decendents?
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29 Nov 2012 3:40 p.m. PST
Facebook and the Innocents
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14 Nov 2012 4:37 a.m. PST
Another question about question mark usage.
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27 Oct 2012 3:02 p.m. PST
How many Sports nicknames are singular names?
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15 Oct 2012 12:04 p.m. PST
A little something for The OFM
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04 Oct 2012 9:28 a.m. PST
Measuring time in the Dark Ages
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27 Sep 2012 8:32 a.m. PST
Four times less
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24 Sep 2012 9:10 p.m. PST
Pre... ?
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26 Jul 2012 12:01 p.m. PST
Personaility Disorders and the Internet
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28 Jun 2012 12:20 p.m. PST
Spelling Mistake or Just Plain Stupidity? 8)
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05 May 2012 6:05 a.m. PST
Stop saying "I primered the figures."!
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26 Mar 2012 8:14 a.m. PST
Is a New Word Required for a Common Experience?
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23 Mar 2012 5:57 a.m. PST
The greatest orator the world has seen?
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17 Mar 2012 7:51 p.m. PST
The Perils of Pronouncing Bruschetta and Prosciutto...
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12 Mar 2012 5:37 a.m. PST
Foreign Words
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01 Mar 2012 8:25 a.m. PST
Phrases I would like to retire from the English language.
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27 Feb 2012 10:28 a.m. PST
Quarter vs Fourth
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23 Feb 2012 12:35 p.m. PST
How do you pronounce "Joćo "?
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20 Feb 2012 4:24 p.m. PST
For the Grammer Police!
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05 Feb 2012 8:39 a.m. PST
This may just push OFM over the edge
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18 Jan 2012 8:15 p.m. PST
This annoys me so much, I am going to be a jerk about it.
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30 Dec 2011 7:01 p.m. PST
Dear America
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05 Dec 2011 6:16 p.m. PST
Translation for "O varium fortune" lyrics.
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30 Nov 2011 7:11 p.m. PST
My most hated over used phrase
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30 Nov 2011 11:13 a.m. PST
Golden showers in Parliament
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04 Oct 2011 5:51 p.m. PST
Helioproctosis
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28 Sep 2011 9:35 a.m. PST
What is the origin of "meh".
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30 Aug 2011 10:57 a.m. PST
Two Items on Sale at Amazon.com
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29 Aug 2011 7:45 a.m. PST
Verb Conjugation
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28 Aug 2011 2:18 p.m. PST
What is the difference between perogative and prerogative?
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15 Aug 2011 5:52 p.m. PST
Why do we make distinctions in spelling but not in speech?
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15 Aug 2011 11:15 a.m. PST
"Begging the question"?
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09 Aug 2011 5:02 p.m. PST
Americanisms. Yinz hate'em, eh?
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29 Jul 2011 12:58 p.m. PST
A 'Miniature Wargame' or a 'Miniatures Wargame?'
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28 Jul 2011 11:10 a.m. PST
Hainna Hainna, I'm from Scranton Pennsylvania!
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27 Jul 2011 7:57 a.m. PST
If you go to Barnsley, watch what you say
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19 Jul 2011 5:08 a.m. PST
Which modern language most like Anglo Saxon?
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17 Jul 2011 4:55 a.m. PST
I despise the word deplane.
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11 Jul 2011 3:39 a.m. PST
Reaper, really?
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06 Jul 2011 4:48 p.m. PST
New Life For A Dead Language
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06 Jun 2011 12:41 p.m. PST
"Agreed" vs. "Agreed to"
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04 Jun 2011 5:14 p.m. PST
Overdone, Overused And Tired Words/Pharases:
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15 May 2011 3:41 p.m. PST
Phrases only Journalists use.
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11 May 2011 9:38 p.m. PST
California an Imagination
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11 May 2011 7:30 a.m. PST
Latin translation please
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05 May 2011 4:13 p.m. PST
Ban "ginormous"
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29 Apr 2011 1:25 p.m. PST
Another Grammer and Punctuation question.
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25 Apr 2011 9:40 a.m. PST
The accents in Game of Thrones et al
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20 Apr 2011 2:39 p.m. PST
Latin question: Sic semper cervisiae?
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06 Mar 2011 3:59 p.m. PST
Not Friends. Not Strangers. What ARE you?
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06 Mar 2011 3:55 p.m. PST
A song about the 3rd declension
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11 Feb 2011 10:21 p.m. PST
Typos, fat fingers, drink, or bad spelling?
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16 Nov 2010 12:55 a.m. PST
Latin equivalent - help required!
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10 Nov 2010 12:58 p.m. PST
"Undead" in Spanish
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28 Oct 2010 10:08 a.m. PST
Origin of word "Gaffer" ?
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23 Sep 2010 10:57 a.m. PST
Phonetically -Tohito? Any Spelling and meaning PLEASE
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28 Aug 2010 8:51 p.m. PST
Is "try to..." American useage, and "try and..." British?
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11 Aug 2010 8:02 a.m. PST
Money Money Money
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07 Jul 2010 10:34 p.m. PST
How well did the Romans speak Latin?
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27 Jun 2010 11:37 a.m. PST
It's good to have a second language
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22 Jun 2010 8:49 a.m. PST
Pronunciation of the name "Euler" (the Swiss mathematician)?
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21 May 2010 2:05 a.m. PST
Why 'jammy'?
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19 May 2010 7:38 a.m. PST
"Zombie" in other languages
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07 May 2010 1:39 p.m. PST
What does "total horlix" mean?
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07 May 2010 12:58 p.m. PST
Canadians help me out.
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06 May 2010 8:16 p.m. PST
STR on 'Save the Date' cards
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06 May 2010 12:13 p.m. PST
What i's the purpo'se of the apo'strophe?
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29 Mar 2010 3:55 p.m. PST
I Understand
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04 Mar 2010 9:26 a.m. PST
Has it come to this?
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25 Feb 2010 2:45 p.m. PST
Russian Help: oddball cognates for VSF?
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31 Jan 2010 4:18 a.m. PST
I need the Latin for...
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29 Dec 2009 3:31 p.m. PST
Cardinal numbers in dates - is this standard US usage?
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17 Dec 2009 5:12 p.m. PST
Why is it that...
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03 Dec 2009 11:27 p.m. PST
Grammer, and, punctuation question? *grin*
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02 Dec 2009 8:58 p.m. PST
Why do people use an " 's " for plural???
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30 Nov 2009 8:28 p.m. PST
English beats Klingon!
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25 Nov 2009 4:32 a.m. PST
Joke German Names - Help
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14 Nov 2009 3:29 p.m. PST
Like, that's well bad.
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09 Nov 2009 4:45 p.m. PST
Burgled
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08 Nov 2009 9:56 a.m. PST
Latvian Help!
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19 Oct 2009 10:27 a.m. PST
Do you fire a water cannon?
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16 Oct 2009 8:40 p.m. PST
Making Stuff Up
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23 Sep 2009 10:11 p.m. PST
Is a preposition a terrible thing to end a sentence with?
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19 Sep 2009 10:26 a.m. PST