Questions tagged [list-request]
Requests for lists of words, phrases, or other information. Note, though, that these questions are off-topic. See the Help or the expanded tag info for more details.
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Words that can be repeated and still make sense [duplicate]
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Are there other repeated single word sentences like the Buffalo sentence?
Are there words in English like had that can be repeated while still making sense?
For example,
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City names with articles [closed]
Typically we don't use articles with city names, e.g. "Seattle" and not "the Seattle." I know at least one exception though which is The Hague. Are there any other city names which we use with the ...
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What are some slang words for "police" in countries besides the US?
In the US we have a number of slang terms that are commonly used to refer to the police:
cops
pigs
five-O
fuzz
buzzkill (referring to their presence messing up the enjoyment of drugs)
I am curious ...
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Does America have its Versions of U- and Non-U English?
In Britain and most of Europe, some form of U-speak exists: old-money language has certain features that distinguish it from other language. In Dutch, it doesn't really have a name, but it is still ...
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Words with different meanings in American and British English
This is similar to this question, but not quite the same. There are quite a few words which have totally different meanings in American and British English and which are likely to cause confusion ...
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"Unicorn": what other words have this "cornus" etymology?
"Unicorn" comes from the French and late Latin, with the "cornus" part meaning "horn". I am wondering what other English words share this root. I could think of "rhinoceros". Can you think of ...
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Are there commonly used words to denote different gradations of friendship in English?
In English there is only one word for grade of friendship: friends. All of you agree that friends are different: with some of them you just drank beer few times, other you know for many years and you ...
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Hardest tongue twister seen
What is the hardest tongue twister you have ever seen? Humorous ones are also welcome.
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Where can I find a list of English paronyms?
Can anyone point me to a (more or less) complete list of English paronyms (affect/effect, farther/further, alternately/alternatively, interested/interesting, corrupted/corrupt, adopt/adapt, continuous/...
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What’s purportedly wrong with Strunk & White’s “The Elements of Style”?
I was reading the comments on this answer where several users claimed that Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style was “misinformed, hypocritical, and wrong” and “flat-out wrong or totally misleading”...
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Examples of different roots (and different meanings) coming to be spelled the same
Apparently the two opposite meanings of to cleave have different roots: the to adhere meaning comes from one old English root (clifian) and the to cut meaning comes from a different old English word (...
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Can anyone provide me with a list of English words that are their own antonyms? [closed]
I am looking for a list of all English words that are their own antonyms. Off the top of my head, I can only think of "either", "fast", "to dust" and "to lease", but there must be dozens more. Can you ...
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What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?
Quite a few words are mispronounced by under-educated people, or people learning English as a second language. Some words are often mispronounced by quite educated people who read, and began reading ...
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Words for meat differ from the words for the corresponding animal
In English we have:
"beef" for "cow", "cattle"
"veal" for "calf"
"pork" for "pig"
"mutton" for "sheep"
I'm not aware of this separation for "fish", "goat" or "chicken" (Spanish has "pollo" and "...
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Which expressions can be used to close an email? [closed]
At the end of written communication like emails and letters, it is customary to use a closing valediction or "complementary close". Which formal and informal expressions can be used to end emails?
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Favourite untranslatables [closed]
What are your favourite words and idioms in other languages that don't have good, succinct equivalents in English?
(The issue of whether there is, or could be, a sentence on one language whose meaning ...