Looking for podcasts or radio shows with women talking in Mancunian accents or similar Northern English accents. [more inside]
posted by reenum on Sep 5, 2009 - 6 answers

Is the use of meronym and synecdoche the same thing? If not, please illustrate. I am confused.
posted by whimsicalnymph on Aug 30, 2009 - 12 answers

PrepositionFilter: When did "bored with" become "bored of"? [more inside]
posted by dogrose on Jun 15, 2009 - 23 answers

Is there some linguistic or cultural explanation for mistakenly calling Firefox FoxFire? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Jan 7, 2009 - 31 answers

LanguageFilter: I see some connection between the words 'eight' & 'night' in a number of languages. Is there some reason for this? [more inside]
posted by KingoftheWhales on Dec 9, 2008 - 27 answers

Help a linguistics-obsessed college student learn Latin via the magic of the interwebs. [more inside]
posted by fantine on Nov 25, 2008 - 19 answers

What's the linguistic term for this?: In a sentence like "The pharmacy called about your prescription," it's understood that it was actually someone *at* the pharmacy, not the building itself, that called. [more inside]
posted by lgandme0717 on Nov 18, 2008 - 6 answers