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Anonymous

May 16, 2020 10:18

What happens as we get older isn't that we no longer have neuroplasticity, it's not that we lose the capability to learn a new language, the sounds, the grammar, and so on. Instead, what happens is we get really good at the languages we know, and our brains get really optimized for those cases. We fail to recognize distinctions that are irrelevant to the languages we know well, because we naturally optimize away the brainpower we would spend on those, since it doesn't normally buy us anything.

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Jasper

May 15, 2020 00:51

@snailcar I saw a joke about the coronavirus. They said that in 2020 we would have flying cars, but in 2020, even the planes cannot fly. Just thought of it since I see that you are now a car and have been a plane.

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skullpatrol

May 14, 2020 04:59

Word of the day: axolotl

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Eddie Kal

May 4, 2020 07:42

just entered the race...

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Catija

Aug 27, 2016 21:35

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New Meta Question

Apr 20, 2020 22:26

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Q: 2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection

English Language Learners is scheduled for an election starting next week, April 27th. In connection with that, we will be holding a Q&A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation. Participation is ...

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Jeef

Mar 27, 2019 16:39

I dont have a poem, but i really need to show em, that i can be in the chat, and im not a scaredy cat....?

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ColleenV

Mar 27, 2019 01:07

@Man_From_India Today is my birthday and my family is spoiling me, so it’s a good day to ask me how I’m doing lol

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Anonymous

Mar 25, 2019 01:48

We all say sentences every day that have never been said before.

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Anonymous

Mar 22, 2019 18:54

@Kaspar It almost feels like a shame to actually answer your question now. We've had this thing going for so long now.

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Willow

Mar 16, 2017 13:46

Hi all -- just wondered if you'd seen this yet. LINK The Oxford comma

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CowperKettle

Apr 17, 2021 14:51

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userr2684291

Jan 9, 2019 13:23

@Jasper If the entire US suddenly switched from pounds to kilograms, there would be mass confusion.

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Anonymous

Jan 16, 2018 13:35

Word of the day: spasibo

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userr2684291

Jan 20, 2020 22:57

@amanuel2 There are also dictionaries for learners of English (non-native speakers). E.g. ldoceonline.com. They explain stuff in simpler terms.

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Anonymous

Dec 24, 2018 19:00

Merry Xmas! :-) I waited one minute to type that.

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CowperKettle

Dec 27, 2019 07:08

Word of the day: the whole enchilada

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CowperKettle

Nov 12, 2018 19:30

O Snailplane where art thou,
Dost thou crawlest upon the lush greenery of Californy now,
Or dost thou travelest through the Midwest?
Reply not, for you need some time off the web and in the sun.

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CowperKettle

Dec 10, 2019 18:01

Word of the day: to cut the apron strings

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Anonymous

Dec 7, 2019 17:57

winterbash2019.stackexchange.com

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userr2684291

Oct 26, 2018 17:08

Let's hope she comes back soon and tells us why she's taken a break from SE. She's definitely missed!

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M.A.R.

Nov 26, 2019 20:07

Snailshuttle

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Anonymous

Nov 23, 2019 21:00

Or an I/O library for cats.

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ColleenV

Nov 22, 2019 20:18

“Break-in at the Apple store! Police looking for iWitnesses!”

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CowperKettle

Nov 9, 2019 15:05

An asp in the grass is a snake, but a grasp in the ass is a goose.

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Anonymous

Feb 4, 2021 21:27

Hope everyone's been well.

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Anonymous

Nov 5, 2019 16:05

It used to be common not to pronounce the h in historical, so an made sense. It’s typically pronounced these days, so you’d expect a, but some people grew up seeing an historic(al) because it was used in older titles and such, and so they imitate it today. It gives it a bit of an old-fashioned feeling.

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M.A.R.

Oct 31, 2019 22:51

Happy Halloween!

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Eddie Kal

Jan 4, 2021 05:05

I did and still am. How are you?

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Anonymous

Jul 27, 2018 13:19

Word of the day: minuend

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Anonymous

Jul 26, 2018 17:37

Word of the day: subtrahend

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M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Jul 24, 2018 14:52

Catija is a valued associate now!

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Anonymous

Jun 27, 2017 06:00

@DamkerngT. Hope you're doing okay.

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CowperKettle

Aug 23, 2019 11:02

> Make Greenland green again!

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CowperKettle

Aug 4, 2019 03:44

What do you call a Tinder for very old people? Carbon dating.

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Eddie Kal

Oct 30, 2020 17:39

@Void I hang out in this room. You are always welcome to drop in.

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Anonymous

Apr 11, 2018 03:35

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ I'm sure we all miss Damkerng. I know I do.

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ColleenV

Jun 18, 2019 20:47

And there’s the idiom of the day: the rest is gravy

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Anonymous

Jun 18, 2019 16:40

Slang of the day: janky

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Anonymous

Jun 15, 2019 17:51

Word of the day: afferent

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ColleenV

Jun 13, 2019 19:54

Americans and Brits Have Been Fighting Over the English Language for Centuries. Here’s How It Started

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userr2684291

Jun 11, 2019 23:28

Expression of the day: What am I – chopped liver?

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Cardinal

Jun 9, 2019 16:24

Word of the day: sinewy

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M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

May 26, 2019 22:56

Word of the day: Schlub

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M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

May 24, 2019 20:02

Word of the day: risible

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M.A.R.

Jan 22, 2017 20:56

Word of the day: Candor

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G Warner

Sep 21, 2020 12:25

@AIQ If an esoteric forum such as this can't break away from their microscopic focus on the written word long enough to address the human condition then it hardly serves a platform because all language stems from humankind's need to express their humanity.

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M.A.R.

Sep 18, 2020 22:44

"untapped workforce potential" hmm

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M.A.R.

Sep 18, 2020 22:44

"lasagna cheese sandwich"

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Eddie Kal

Sep 11, 2020 23:20

in The Reading Room, Oct 13 '17 at 9:55, by Hamlet

The more questions this site has about erotica, the better off we'll be.

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