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7 Questions

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8 votes
2 answers
3k views

Why is a person who shares a house in the US called a roommate, not a housemate?

5 votes
1 answer
676 views

How closely is the Queen's English linked to British royalty?

4 votes
1 answer
2k views

Does the etymology of "tithe" include the Greek "tithenai"?

3 votes
2 answers
133 views

When is the word *mail* used in the sense of rent or payment?

3 votes
1 answer
191 views

Semantic drift: are the words "can", "could", etc becoming contranyms?

2 votes
1 answer
734 views

What is the term for a countable noun that is normally used as an uncountable noun?

2 votes
0 answers
587 views

Erstwhile - connotations

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