Debate: Manorexia?
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Forum guest Sara W wondered if there was any reason for a separate word for men with eating disorders Read more : Debate: Manorexia?
Debate: Saving dying languages
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Forum member David A Cooper had an interest in the future of languages under threat Read more : Debate: Saving dying languages
Debate: Bought and brought
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Forum guest GH Jones railed against the collapse of a distinction Read more : Debate: Bought and brought
Debate: Upset people
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Diana Honeybone from The Open University had a question about the names used for those people who relish permanent discontent Read more : Debate: Upset people
Debate: Faff
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The Open University's Diana Honeybone recalls a meeting with a word she'd assumed was local Read more : Debate: Faff
Debate: When we use dialects
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Diana Honeybone of The Open University suggested that sometimes the heat of debate can reveal secrets about our upbringing Read more : Debate: When we use dialects
Debate: Letting dialects die
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Diana Honeybone of The Open University posed a provocative question Read more : Debate: Letting dialects die
Debate: Nonsense
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Community guest Anne Wood asked for help with some research Read more : Debate: Nonsense
Debate: Plural and singular
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Community guest Jens wondered if we're getting our verbs muddled Read more : Debate: Plural and singular
Debate: Basque - unique language?
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Forum guest David wondered if a European language could really be undistilled? Read more : Debate: Basque - unique language?
Debate: The England team
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Forum member Akfarrar asked why the BBC seems happy to use the clunking phrase the England team? Read more : Debate: The England team
Debate: Backslang
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Little Richardjohn, community member, sought entry into a secret world Read more : Debate: Backslang
Debate: Celsius or centigrade
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Keith Hodgkin was a guest in the forums who had made a discovery about what we call the scales we measure heat in Read more : Debate: Celsius or centigrade
Debate: Apostrophes
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Forum guest Marilyn locked horns with her local newspaper over punctuation Read more : Debate: Apostrophes
Debate: Monkey's blood
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Forum guest Denise recalls a childhood treat Read more : Debate: Monkey's blood
Debate: Bunking off
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How do kids missing school describe their behaviour, wondered The Open University's Diana Honeybone Read more : Debate: Bunking off
Debate: Scones
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Community guest Sarah wanted intervention in a marital dispute Read more : Debate: Scones
Debate: Twittens and alleys
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Forum member Rob Owen was interested in names for lanes Read more : Debate: Twittens and alleys
Debate: Before eating
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Forum guest Shai Tibber wanted to know what English people said before they ate Read more : Debate: Before eating
Debate: School slang
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Forum guest Rob Owen wanted to hear the latest from the schoolyard Read more : Debate: School slang
Debate: Lounge language
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Forum guest John Cowley wondered what people call the room they do their living - or lounging - in Read more : Debate: Lounge language
Debate: Dumbing or loosening?
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Simon from the Open2 team wondered what forum members made of a change in a bank's language Read more : Debate: Dumbing or loosening?
Debate: Are the media to blame
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The Open University's Diana Honeybone raised a question about what influences language today Read more : Debate: Are the media to blame
Debate: Careen
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Forum member Kasper shared one of his language peeves Read more : Debate: Careen
Debate: Pacific v specific
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Forum member Dianeuk raised a pet hate Read more : Debate: Pacific v specific
Debate: Making sense in Wales
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Forum member Little Richardjohn offered advice for making yourself understood in the Principality Read more : Debate: Making sense in Wales
Debate: 400 years of language
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Forum member Rob Owen had some questions about how language changes Read more : Debate: 400 years of language
Debate: Cool
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Forum guest Little Richardjohn considered the development of a form of verbal applause Read more : Debate: Cool
Debate: London's accent
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Is there still something of the country to be heard in London, wondered forum member Rob Owen. Read more : Debate: London's accent
Debate: Accent origins
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Ben From The North appeared as a guest in the forums, and asked about the origins of accents. Read more : Debate: Accent origins
Debate: Stepmother jag
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Forum member Geraldine Monk had a question about Lancashire phrases Read more : Debate: Stepmother jag
Debate: Knackered
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Forum member Kasper wondered if a person was apologising where no offence should be taken Read more : Debate: Knackered
Debate: The silly slip
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Forum guest David O was curious as to how words change their meanings Read more : Debate: The silly slip
Debate: Phonetic failings
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Forum guest Richard Stephen suggested a way of improving access to the English language Read more : Debate: Phonetic failings
Debate: The extra 'r'
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Forum member Johnnyhobbit was annoyed by a quirk of pronunciation Read more : Debate: The extra 'r'
Debate: Indian influence
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Forum member Rob Owen was on the trail of the words borrowed from Indian languages. Read more : Debate: Indian influence
Debate: Language and technology
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Forum guest Robert Owen asked if the different demands of technological communication might harm other forms of language Read more : Debate: Language and technology
Debate: Metres and yards
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Forum guest Riane Martin saw signs of modernisation in how we talk about distance Read more : Debate: Metres and yards
Debate: BBC English
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Forum guest Kev asked about the accents we hear on television and radio. Read more : Debate: BBC English
Debate: Names for places
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Community member "Little Richardjohn" asked the forum a question about the names used for places. Read more : Debate: Names for places
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