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English & Linguistics / Words that you can never, ever say right

« on: August 15, 2005, 10:40:52 PM »

Testosterone.

*Shudders*

And nuclear.  I admit it.  I used to be able to say it correctly.  Than the whole "nuc-u-lear" "nuclear" thing came up and I now always say it wrong    

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English & Linguistics / Quick quiz

« on: March 12, 2005, 06:14:34 PM »

Can you tell us the difference after you're done your poll?
I'm clueless towards anything language related  

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English & Linguistics / The Mormon dialect in writing

« on: March 12, 2005, 06:12:54 PM »

I know Roman Catholics who use that phrasing (especially Priests).

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English & Linguistics / A linguistic survey

« on: November 27, 2004, 12:30:28 PM »

Thank you  

I haven't heard that phrasing around here, but I'm in southern Ontario and we have fairly "normal" speech (we don't call people "ducky" for example)

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English & Linguistics / A linguistic survey

« on: November 26, 2004, 08:47:58 PM »

London Ontario Canada, none of them were