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Language Log - Poetical etymologies
Language change across the lifespan
Etymology-Man!!

Comics

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parseltongue
Yo said, yo said...yo envolved into a gender-neutral pronoun in Baltimore dialect?
Perfect Boston Accent

Dialectology

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Phylogenetic tree of 637 Austronesian languages. [2]
Scots Language (NOT Scottish Gaelic, but Scots) is a Germanic language (Scottish Gaelic is the Celtic one). "Scotland's Other Heritage: The forgotten legacy of Germanic Scotland" by Carolyn Emerick... On diagram of Germanic languages
Sign Language Family Line.

Family Trees

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History of the English Language site
I <3 thorn and eth
Old English.

History of English

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This is also a Linguist Problem.    Linguistics is the scientific study of the phenomenon of human language, not the study of individual languages.     It’s just a coincidence that many linguists are also polyglots.    My answer: "*sigh* One."

How many languages do you speak?

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Tracing Indo-European Languages Back to Their Source—Through the False Mirrors of the Popular Press
An interesting theory
Here's What All 50 State Names Actually Mean | State Name Etymologies

Isoglosses and Maps

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This diagram gives an idea of which are the most difficult languages for English speakers to learn. It shows the length of US Foreign Service intensive language courses.
End of language learning?

Language learning

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otherwordly
Very unusual words and their meaning…
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Lexicon

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Google Translate
A Walk in the WoRds: My New Year's Day Linguistics Fortune

#LinguistProblems

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Memes

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Akkadian Syllabary
Babylonian numerals.que interesante!!
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs at Kom Ombo.

Orthography

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19 Jokes Only Grammar Nerds Will Understand
Fan Correction: There's No Hyphen In "All Grown Up"! - CONAN on TBS - an accurate depiction of linguists on Conan
very punny!

Prescriptivism

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the snark:  "Also called the Percontation Point and the Irony Mark, this one's used to indicate that there's another layer of meaning in a sentence. Usually a sarcastic or ironic one. So it is essentially a tool for smart people to use to make stupid people feel even stupider. Which makes it the best punctuation mark of all."
19 Jokes Only Grammar Nerds Will Understand
19 Jokes Only Grammar Nerds Will Understand

Punctuation

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5 Basic Sentence Patterns in American Sign Language (ASL)-
Example of RHYMING in SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL) - the one phoneme difference here is the handshape (5 vs 3 vs 1) but all other parameters are identical: location, movement, palm orientation. Awesome concept!
V sign - V sign as insult - American actor Steve McQueen flashing the V sign for a mugshot, after being arrested for drunk driving.

Sign language

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Pronunciations of "Ough"
The language rules we know - but don't know we know (Credit: Matthew Anderson)

WTF English

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Star Trek, Chewbacca, Books, Posters, I Laughed, Geek Out, Geek Stuff, Laugh
"Oh, What's Another Word for That Word": Add Variety to the Commonly Used Words in Writing
Funny Quotes, Jokes, Laughing So Hard, Funny Cute
Language in school Quotes, Sayings, High School, Quotations, English, Thought Provoking, Words Of Wisdom, Truth
Language in school
star trek + linguistics = win Hypothesis, Languages, Trek, Aggressive, Star
star trek + linguistics = win
Creepy, Spooky, Haunting, Eerie, Cat Love, Gatos
Chat, In This Moment, Chat Noir, Resim, Storyboard, Bw Photo, Fotografie
The Worst Catchphrases in 2011 One Job, Funny Fails, #fails, Dumb And Dumber, Shit Happens, Geeky Humor
The Worst Catchphrases in 2011
crows Funny Puns, Beatles, Laughter
On life and time.
crows
Canadian Graffitti Meme, Bahaha
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Canadian Graffitti