MatthewMartin

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I'm a programmer at my day job and language hobbyist after work. I study foreign languages and organize a linguistics book club in Arlington.

Everyone who answers one of my questions gets an up vote...eventually. I will not down vote an answer on one of my questions, even if I think you are wrong. I thank everyone who has freely given me some of their time to answer my various questions.

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12	How bad is the f-word, really?
5	What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?
5	What is the factual basis for “pirate speech”? (Did pirates really say things like “shiver me timbers”?)
4	Is ‘Trust-but-verify’ a frequently quoted word?
4	They call me “Tater Salad.” What is the part of speech of “Tater Salad”?

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+5	Why does “orange” rhyme with (almost) nothing in English?
+5	Can a word be contracted twice (e.g. “I'ven't”)?
+10	What does the end of sentence “eh” tag mean in Canadian English?
-2	They call me “Tater Salad.” What is the part of speech of “Tater Salad”?

7 Questions

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26	Why does “orange” rhyme with (almost) nothing in English?
20	Can a word be contracted twice (e.g. “I'ven't”)?
17	Where can I find a reasonably well recognized free style guide that is online?
7	What manual of style should I use for technical writing for US Federal Government documents?
5	Are there diagnostic tests to distinguish between proper and common nouns?

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12 slang	4 style-manuals × 3
12 offensive-language	4 punctuation × 2
8 dialects × 3	4 part-of-speech
8 grammaticality × 2	4 prepositions
5 pirate-english	4 exclamation-mark