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What’s a “handegg”?

asked Dec 17, 2014 at 15:22

107 votes

4 answers

254k views

Why does the multi-paragraph quotation rule exist?

asked Jan 3, 2013 at 22:26

63 votes

4 answers

298k views

What guides to style explain where footnoting superscripts go, inside or outside punctuation?

asked Dec 22, 2012 at 15:30

30 votes

4 answers

6k views

Why don’t we write poetry like Beowulf any longer?

asked Jan 4, 2013 at 13:07

28 votes

3 answers

5k views

When did periphrastic tenses stop being tenses?

asked Jan 7, 2013 at 21:12

23 votes

2 answers

3k views

What’s going on with “drink > drench”? Is it like “passage > passenger”?

asked Dec 22, 2012 at 18:00

22 votes

2 answers

2k views

When did we stop translating proper names?

asked Dec 23, 2013 at 2:21

21 votes

4 answers

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Why do photons and protons exhibit such anomalous behavior?

asked Jan 16, 2013 at 10:46

20 votes

6 answers

22k views

Time and tide wait for no man

asked Dec 25, 2012 at 19:43

19 votes

2 answers

3k views

What did we gain in return for the loss of phonemic vowel length from Old English?

asked Jan 2, 2013 at 21:09

18 votes

5 answers

18k views

Come on, don’t be such a nimrod!

asked Dec 20, 2013 at 19:16

16 votes

7 answers

1k views

How did “to wish that” come to hate the present tense in the subordinate clauses it governs, and why is it alone in this?

asked Jul 20, 2019 at 23:49

16 votes

13 answers

9k views

How many parts of speech can a word be at the same time?

asked May 7, 2017 at 0:40

15 votes

6 answers

3k views

During what period of history did English use “ß”, the “sharp s” ligature?

asked Jan 2, 2013 at 15:51

14 votes

5 answers

26k views

When is Christmas Eve Eve?

asked Dec 25, 2012 at 5:44

14 votes

3 answers

19k views

Where does the word “jism” come from?

asked Dec 19, 2013 at 3:45

13 votes

8 answers

4k views

Looking for a minimal triple with /ɑ, ɒ, ɔ/

asked Aug 8, 2012 at 1:41

13 votes

2 answers

639 views

What kind of form is “don’t anyone”?

asked Nov 5, 2012 at 1:41

12 votes

3 answers

2k views

If a “tittle” sits atop an “i” or a “j” (“ı” or “ȷ”), then where do “jots” sit?

asked Jan 2, 2013 at 15:46

12 votes

3 answers

6k views

Where does the word “*ag” come from?

asked Dec 22, 2013 at 20:01

12 votes

4 answers

19k views

Where does the word “snogging” come from?

asked Dec 19, 2013 at 3:14

10 votes

4 answers

2k views

What did Old English use Ꝥ for?

asked Jun 20, 2014 at 1:46

10 votes

2 answers

1k views

“Non-rhotic” is to R-droppers as “non-?????” is to L-droppers

asked Aug 2, 2012 at 20:25

10 votes

2 answers

2k views

Is “-th” still a productive suffix in English?

asked Dec 22, 2012 at 14:48

10 votes

3 answers

856 views

“A similar hat to Jane” vs “A hat similar to Jane’s”

asked Sep 19, 2012 at 16:56

10 votes

1 answer

252 views

Are there any Germanic cognates to "lithe"?

asked Dec 25, 2017 at 22:24

10 votes

3 answers

3k views

What’s the geographic distribution of different pronunciations of the word "experiment"?

asked Jan 10, 2018 at 12:13

9 votes

2 answers

15k views

When did we start naming our dogs Rover, and why?

asked Jan 4, 2013 at 13:33

9 votes

3 answers

38k views

Where does the word “wankers” come from?

asked Dec 19, 2013 at 3:18

8 votes

7 answers

31k views

Where did the word “quim” come from?

asked Dec 19, 2013 at 3:29

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44 Questions

What’s a “handegg”?

Why does the multi-paragraph quotation rule exist?

What guides to style explain where footnoting superscripts go, inside or outside punctuation?

Why don’t we write poetry like Beowulf any longer?

When did periphrastic tenses stop being tenses?

What’s going on with “drink > drench”? Is it like “passage > passenger”?

When did we stop translating proper names?

Why do photons and protons exhibit such anomalous behavior?

Time and tide wait for no man

What did we gain in return for the loss of phonemic vowel length from Old English?

Come on, don’t be such a nimrod!

How did “to wish that” come to hate the present tense in the subordinate clauses it governs, and why is it alone in this?

How many parts of speech can a word be at the same time?

During what period of history did English use “ß”, the “sharp s” ligature?

When is Christmas Eve Eve?

Where does the word “jism” come from?

Looking for a minimal triple with /ɑ, ɒ, ɔ/

What kind of form is “don’t anyone”?

If a “tittle” sits atop an “i” or a “j” (“ı” or “ȷ”), then where do “jots” sit?

Where does the word “*ag” come from?

Where does the word “snogging” come from?

What did Old English use Ꝥ for?

“Non-rhotic” is to R-droppers as “non-?????” is to L-droppers

Is “-th” still a productive suffix in English?

“A similar hat to Jane” vs “A hat similar to Jane’s”

Are there any Germanic cognates to "lithe"?

What’s the geographic distribution of different pronunciations of the word "experiment"?

When did we start naming our dogs Rover, and why?

Where does the word “wankers” come from?

Where did the word “quim” come from?