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Discover English in the LearningSpaceCreative Commons Image incurable_hippie under CC-BY-NC licence

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

25 July 2011

Want to get to know our mother tongue like one of your own family? Spend some time in the LearningSpace...  Read more : Discover English in the LearningSpace

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The fable of fraternity, fratricide and weasel-word wisdomCreative Commons Image richardrichard under CC-BY-ND licence

By Dr Leslie Budd (The Open University)

05 October 2010

Falling back on jargon provides comfort, but not much clarity, as markets attempt the trade-off between size and stability.  Read more : The fable of fraternity, fratricide and weasel-word wisdom

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Debate: Saving dying languagesCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

07 October 2009

Forum member David A Cooper had an interest in the future of languages under threat  Read more : Debate: Saving dying languages

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Debate: Accent originsCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The Open2.net community (Guest)

29 April 2007

Ben From The North appeared as a guest in the forums, and asked about the origins of accents.  Read more : Debate: Accent origins

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Debate: SconesCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

30 September 2006

Community guest Sarah wanted intervention in a marital dispute  Read more : Debate: Scones

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Debate: 400 years of languageCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

14 March 2006

Forum member Rob Owen had some questions about how language changes  Read more : Debate: 400 years of language

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Debate: Twittens and alleysCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

01 February 2006

Forum member Rob Owen was interested in names for lanes  Read more : Debate: Twittens and alleys

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Debate: School slangCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

24 January 2006

Forum guest Rob Owen wanted to hear the latest from the schoolyard  Read more : Debate: School slang

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Debate: CoolCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

31 December 2005

Forum guest Little Richardjohn considered the development of a form of verbal applause  Read more : Debate: Cool

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Debate: NonsenseCopyrighted Image Jupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

27 September 2005

Community guest Anne Wood asked for help with some research  Read more : Debate: Nonsense

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