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In my experience of speaking with immigrants from China to the United States, it seems many of them pronounce the word idea with a final ɹ (even before a consonant). Why?
2 answers · posted 10mo ago by msh210 · last activity 1mo ago by Eric Isaac
Lawrence Sanders, Caper, 1980. 1987 paperback edition, page 61: We saw crumbling walls, decayed ceilings, cracked plumbing fixtures, exposed electrical wiring. We saw one room that appeared to h...
1 answer · posted 2mo ago by msh210 · last activity 2mo ago by Jirka Hanika
One of the infinitives in Hebrew is translated "to [verb]" and starts with ל, l. For example, ללמוד, lilmod, "to learn", and להשאר, l'hishaer, "to remain"; it's used often. But two of the verb cons...
1 answer · posted 3y ago by msh210 · last activity 3y ago by Jirka Hanika
I know some people pronounce caution with an /ʃ/ and others with a /ʒ/, and the same is true of cautious. I wonder if anyone can provide information on who says each (by region, time, etc.).
1 answer · posted 3y ago by msh210 · last activity 3y ago by Jirka Hanika
If you're around tomorrow, stop by. I'll eat when I'm hungry. She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes. You're around tomorrow, I'm hungry, and she comes are describing fu...
1 answer · posted 3y ago by msh210 · last activity 3y ago by Jirka Hanika
Most פָּעַל-construction verbs have the פּוֹעֵל form as the masculine singular present tense; for example, לָמַד→לוֹמֵד and צָבַע→צוֹבֵעַ. But some פָּעַל-construction verbs have the פָּעֵל form ...
0 answers · posted 3y ago by msh210 · edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio
In George Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language", he refers to "[t]he jargon peculiar to Marxist writing (hyena, hangman, cannibal, petty bourgeois, these gentry, lackey, flunkey, mad d...
1 answer · posted 3y ago by msh210 · last activity 3y ago by Jirka Hanika
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