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Why is embassy spelled with E but ambassador with A?
Nov 26, 2018
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Why were Scottish & Irish names once rendered with apostrophes instead of "Mac" or "Mc"
Aug 11, 2020
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81
What does "Dis sho' am good" mean in this old advertisement?
Sep 13, 2016
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How should I spell Zelensky?
Apr 16
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"I am finished my sandwich" sounds correct but "I am started my sandwich" does not?
Sep 24, 2015
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Why is there an extra "t" in Lemmatization?
Jul 21, 2019
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Is the plural of 'prefix' really 'prefixes' rather than 'prefices'?
Oct 5, 2015
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Is "ageing" the only exception?
May 21, 2017
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ETcetera pronounced as EXetera ? Correct?
Jul 18, 2018
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Does "I am eating vegan cheese in my underpants" really imply that the vegan cheese is inside my underpants?
Aug 15, 2016
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Why was there such a negative reaction to this question: "Word for a person from another race?"
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Is it unethical for a user who has answered a question to post a negative comment on somebody else's answer?
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Is a "thank you" reason for editing
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Is Urban Dictionary an acceptable source?
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What about an "etymological section" on ELU?
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Why does this documentation use "or" instead of "="?
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Do all native English speakers actually pronounce the "th" sound?
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Did Trump publicly out Jeffrey Epstein as a pedophile in 2002?
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Why do Russian names transliterated into English have unpronounceable 'k's before 'h's (e.g. 'Mikhail' instead of just 'Mihail')?
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Is "history" a male-biased word ("his+story")?

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