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Does anybody know how come English retained some irregular plurals (feet, mice, oxen, children, 8 raccoon Feb 2012 Aug 2014 0 5998

If you are interested in phrases, check out... 0 Behind the Aegis Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2385

A Collection Of Curious Words From The Welsh Language 0 geardaddy Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2785

IME, American public schools tended to teach French more than any other language. 8 raccoon Dec 2012 Mar 2014 0 4168

From the Guardian: Don't neglect the UK's indigenous languages 3 geardaddy Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 3187

Japanese won't say "NO" 0 yuiyoshida Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2427

This is the chart I meant to post... its complete. 1 yuiyoshida Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 4604

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 yuiyoshida Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1960

Manx: Bringing a language back from the dead 8 geardaddy Jan 2013 Jul 2013 8 4476

Easter Island Tablets Finally Deciphered 4 Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 3188

Kathryn Gray: I’m with the #Welshtaliban 6 geardaddy Dec 2012 Jan 2013 2 3859

Ask me anything -- 30 days of unbridled fun! 3 Speck Tater Dec 2012 Jan 2013 0 3043

French is becoming a polysythetic language?!?!?!? 6 Odin2005 Mar 2012 Dec 2012 1 8566

Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners 2 RZM Jan 2012 Sep 2012 0 3072

Does anyone here speak Croatian/Serbian? 8 whathehell Apr 2012 Sep 2012 1 5712

First Thread! 5 The Philosopher Dec 2011 Sep 2012 2 4939

Why Bilinguals Are Smarter 1 Starboard Tack Mar 2012 Sep 2012 2 3219

Isn't there some law in linguistics that says words tend to evolve toward whatever is 7 raccoon May 2012 Sep 2012 0 3936

Cool website thats helpful 2 AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 Jul 2012 1 3369

A huge map of American English Dialects 5 Odin2005 Jan 2012 Jul 2012 5 4267

Google sets out to save dying languages 1 AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 Jun 2012 1 3011

Sweet Briar College (Virginia, independent, women's college) cutting its German program. 3 no_hypocrisy May 2012 Jun 2012 0 3076

This message was self-deleted by its author 1 silverweb Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 2556

Middle school player benched for a game for saying ‘I love you’ in native language 2 Blue_Tires Mar 2012 Mar 2012 1 3630

Digital tools 'to save languages' 1 Starboard Tack Feb 2012 Feb 2012 2 2650

I have a Spanish final in six days 20 lazarus Dec 2011 Jan 2012 0 7156

Fascinating subject 3 Starboard Tack Dec 2011 Jan 2012 0 2973

Group Host 8 The Philosopher Dec 2011 Dec 2011 2 4226

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