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So, yeah... I've started trying to learn some Japanese 38 TDale313 Nov 2021 Jan 2022 13 14298

KUSO 101┃How to Swear Like the Japanese 2 YoshidaYui Jun 2021 Jan 2022 1 4045

Getting over the feeling that Yiddish is just for old folks 4 Behind the Aegis Nov 2021 Jan 2022 4 6045

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Behind the Aegis Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 3746

Finally decided on a third language... Turkish 4 prodigitalson Nov 2021 Nov 2021 1 5159

German lumpers and splitters 5 Lionel Mandrake Oct 2021 Nov 2021 1 3411

Warming relations between Israel and Arab countries creates new application for Aravrit,.... 1 Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 4454

What is your favorite American English dialect? 16 Odin2005 Jan 2012 Oct 2021 2 14763

Ladino speakers dwindling, but newspaper reaches milestone: 200th issue 0 Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 3755

From Judeo-Greek to Karaim, Oxford courses on 12 rare Jewish languages aim to keep heritages alive 0 Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 4184

parsing the title of Newton's opus magnum 7 Lionel Mandrake Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 4549

What Lorde's Te Reo Maori Songs Mean For The Effort To Revive The Language 0 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 4106

These 10+ Korean Words Have Just Been Added To The English Dictionary 3 soryang Sep 2021 Sep 2021 1 3729

Tut, a Language Used by Enslaved Africans, Is Resurfacing on Social Media 1 Behind the Aegis Aug 2021 Aug 2021 11 4059

Hidden Influence of Chinese Characters and Words on Korean Vocabulary and Writing (Zev Handel) 0 soryang Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 3726

Mistranslated doctoral thesis title triggers plagiarism review rocking South Korean politics 2 soryang Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 4387

is there a law of linguistics that says words change to what is easier to pronounce? 9 raccoon Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 7162

Oldest Korean-letter metal type blocks from King Sejong's reign are found 1 soryang Jul 2021 Jul 2021 4 12216

100 verbs to survive in JAPAN! (Essential verbs in a day) 0 YoshidaYui Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 5332

Real Time with Bill Maher guests - Friday, May 7, 2021 0 Behind the Aegis May 2021 May 2021 1 4818

Akron-born YouTube star and speaker of many languages dies 1 soryang Apr 2021 Apr 2021 9 11584

Vent/rant about unclear speech 3 Foolacious Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 3242

The story of Richard Sears or "Uncle Hanzi" 12 soryang Mar 2021 Mar 2021 5 6957

English must be so confusing to ESL people - where is the 'g' in anxiety? 28 bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 8892

We need to talk about 'Kike' -- how did the slur originate anyway? 0 Behind the Aegis Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 5074

We're running out of time to preserve endangered Jewish languages. 0 Behind the Aegis Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 3193

Can any suggest American TV shows that I can watch which are 3 phylny Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 6952

American Boys Pretending to Not Speak Korean ( Actually Fluent ) - Prank - [ Sean Pablo ] 8 yuiyoshida Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 9057

Understand NATIVE Japanese Conversations 0 yuiyoshida Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 2731

350 Phrases Every Japanese Beginner Must Know 5 yuiyoshida Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 5048

Languages and Linguistics Continued...

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Surprising Strangers Switching from Chinese to Japanese: Yokohama Chinatown #3 0 yuiyoshida Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 4299

Early recording of Korean from the Sorbonne 2 soryang Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 4359

The Translator Relay: Don Mee Choi 1 soryang Sep 2020 Sep 2020 2 3719

DuoLingo app! 3 yuiyoshida May 2020 Sep 2020 0 4097

What's "Daze" in "Yare Yare Daze"? (And "Dawa"?") 0 yuiyoshida Sep 2020 Sep 2020 0 2359

Why Google Translate FAILS at Japanese 1 yuiyoshida Aug 2020 Aug 2020 1 2201

Would love to learn Mandarin online need suggestions 5 TuxedoKat Aug 2020 Aug 2020 0 4989

A question about the ellipsis 13 PJMcK Aug 2020 Aug 2020 2 5851

Any recommendations for jump starting French 9 bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 Jun 2020 0 7040

I learned something new today.... 3 yuiyoshida Jun 2020 Jun 2020 4 3848

Lingo: Around Europe in Sixty Languages 4 Behind the Aegis May 2020 Jun 2020 1 4675

A neat site for translations 4 Behind the Aegis Jul 2013 May 2020 1 6683

Interesting twitter thread on "translation talk" 1 soryang May 2020 May 2020 3 2900

I was looking at taking Spanish at our community college. I was wondering about online 4 brewens Apr 2020 Apr 2020 0 3738

1400 Japanese Vocab & Phrase 3 hr Audiobook (BasicIntermediate) 0 yuiyoshida Apr 2020 Apr 2020 1 2302

Yandere (ヤンデレ) 1 yuiyoshida Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 2108

PARASITE-Jessica song(Parody)full version-Korea song(독도는 우리 땅) 0 soryang Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 2536

Korea Sijo (시조) in English -- by translation and original poems 0 soryang Feb 2020 Feb 2020 2 2522

How I Learnt JAPANESE (Mikan) 3 yuiyoshida Jan 2020 Feb 2020 0 2826

DO NOT SAY 'I think...' - say THIS instead - 21 more advanced alternative phrases 6 yuiyoshida Jan 2020 Jan 2020 4 3453

Hwang Jini's riddle is a play on Hanja 0 soryang Jan 2020 Jan 2020 1 6490

What does the Korean word "Arirang" ( 아리랑 ) mean? 0 soryang Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 4783

Ten Useful Korean Slang Terms X 2 2 soryang Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 2658

Japanese phrases you can use (Phrases I have accumulated over the years.) 1 yuiyoshida Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 9170

Why Is Korean So Hard? 1 soryang Sep 2019 Sep 2019 4 2814

WHY Japanese is the HARDEST Language 4 yuiyoshida Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 2610

Agnotology 4 littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 Sep 2019 8 2777

Japanese guy reacts to Foreigner's Tattoos 1 yuiyoshida Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 2598

the persistence of syntax 3 Lionel Mandrake Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 2816

My 1950s miseducation in English. 13 Lionel Mandrake Jul 2019 Aug 2019 2 4744

Languages and Linguistics Continued...

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A Brief History of British and Irish Languages 4 ashling Mar 2019 Jul 2019 19 3839

expressing feelings in Japanese 7 yuiyoshida Jun 2019 Jul 2019 1 3395

These are the hardest-to-spell words in the English language, CNN: 3 Stuart G May 2019 May 2019 2 2808

What's in a name? Japan puzzles over 'Reiwa' 2 soryang Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 2542

Does redundancy constitute bad grammar? 38 Lionel Mandrake Jul 2017 Apr 2019 0 12970

Crossing Divides: Two Koreas divided by a fractured language 5 soryang Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 6805

South Carolina African American Heritage Foundation Invites Applicants for Summer Institute 1 Behind the Aegis Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 2613

How to Upgrade your Speech by Not Saying "Like" 9 littlemissmartypants Nov 2018 Jan 2019 3 4791

The 10 Oldest Languages Still Spoken In The World Today 11 elleng Mar 2017 Dec 2018 6 6253

Morphology of "antidisestablishmentarianism", 2 Lionel Mandrake Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 8243

Has anyone gone to an immersion school? 10 Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2012 Sep 2018 1 6685

Questions about the word pendejo 11 47of74 Sep 2017 Jul 2018 0 6238

Items on the menu at a Mexican restaurant. 2 Lionel Mandrake Nov 2017 Jul 2018 0 4106

Wiktionary IPA symbol R is messed up. 3 Lionel Mandrake Feb 2017 Feb 2018 0 3539

This message was self-deleted by its author 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2231

What native English speakers instinctively know. 4 PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2016 May 2017 5 3920

Calling Yourself Humbled Doesnt Sound as Humble as It Used To 2 Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 Feb 2017 4 3867

Learning a language for business 1 KatyMan Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2976

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