Activity for DonielF
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A: What does "se" mean in Micah 6:8, "Ya se te ha declarado..."? Unlike the other answerer, I speak Hebrew well but not much Spanish. Hopefully between the two of us we can resolve this question sufficiently. The original Hebrew reads, >הגיד לך אדם מה טוב ומה ה׳ דרש ממך which I will translate as literally as possible as: >It has been told to you, Man, ... (more) |
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A: Etymology of "son of a gun" According to Snopes, who knows what the true origin is. >The faintly derogative epithet “son of a gun” has been documented as part of the lexicon of the English language since 1708, but no one can really lay claim to knowing how it began or what the phrase originally signified. Numerous interestin... (more) |
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Why is “timbre” pronounced “tamber”? One thing that’s always bothered me about the musical term timbre is its pronunciation. The word begs to be pronounced “timber,” yet it’s widely pronounced “tamber” instead. I understand the etymology of the word and why it’s spelled the way it is. My question is — why doesn’t the pronunciation m... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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Why is it "pronunciation" and not "pronounciation"? Generally speaking, when adding a suffix to a word in English, while the last letter(s) may undergo changes to accommodate the addition, the rest of the word is left unchanged. As examples in that sentence alone – general/generally, speak/speaking, add/adding/addition, change/changes/unchanged. Th... (more) |
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Are questions on linguistics of "languages" like music, math, or coding on-topic? NB: I know very little about linguistics. What is a "language" that questions about it would be on-topic here? - Encyclopedia Britannica defines a language as "a system of conventional spoken, manual (signed), or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members of a social group and... (more) |
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