Description : Why can't english be accepted as the universal language of the world by all nations so everyone can speak to each other no matter where they are from?
Last Answer : no, everyone should learn german!
Description : Do you really think that illegal immigrants don't try enough to learn the english language?
Last Answer : what language?
Description : Is it not high time for the english language to replace the pronoun "you", with separate words for informal and formal contexts?
Last Answer : Why? As a native English speaker, the difference seems unnecessary and overly complicated. And now that you mention it, classist.
Description : Is there a software library for an English language dictionary or word list?
Last Answer : I'm pretty sure it's easy to find an English dictionary file as a CSV. Of course you'd have to write the code to pull it into a list and then run operations on that list. With about 200k ... and then iterated through it to find all of the palindromes and didn't recall it taking very long to run.
Description : How would you change written language, to make the intended pronunciation of a word unambiguous?
Last Answer : We could all use the Turkish alphabet Spelling idiosyncrasies add charm to a language. How dull to have only one way of getting the pronunciation you want.
Description : What score would an English speaker as a first language score on the TOEFL exam?
Last Answer : The question, to me, is how the TOEFL grading takes into account current English slang and common usage, and how much does it follow the grammar rules that we learned and forgot 40 years ago ... test reflect some theoretical and obsolete way of speaking and writing, or does it reflect common usage?
Description : Language difference between English vs American English?
Last Answer : answer:No, I would use them in very different ways. Antisocial behaviour is a common phrase especially since there is now an AntiSocial Behaviour Order or ASBO. To say someone is antisocial means that they ... they are both to do with behaviour but are quite different I am a Scot living in England
Description : Is a foreigner considered Illiterate if he only can read his home language?
Last Answer : My understanding is that when someone is illiterate they cannot read or write any language, so I would say the answer to your question is no.
Description : Should English be an official language in Korea and other Asian countries?
Last Answer : Perhaps Americans who travel abroad should be conversant with other languages.
Description : Have you experienced this while learning a foreign language?
Last Answer : answer:Yes, definitely. My first language is German, and I learned English when I was eleven. Ever since then, there have been moments when I couldn't think of the German word for something. I often just use ... I need to write well. I would never had made the mistake in the first place. ? Heehee.
Description : Can you use Google.com in the language that you already chose?
Last Answer : answer:Sorry. I do not understand your primary question (s). Google Translate currently supports: Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Belarusian Bosnian Bulgarian Catalan Chinese Croatian Czech ... Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swahili Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese Welsh Yiddish
Description : What is the difference between the sound of V and W in the English language?
Last Answer : There is clearly a difference as you can tell by saying victory and warble. The v gives a sharp sound while the w gives a more rounded sound.
Description : How to change the auto correct language on Pages to spanish?
Last Answer : More involved than I could explain, go to CNET.com. Ask the question there, they have a review from a couple years ago to fix the spellchecker.
Description : When studying and reading a novel in a foreign language - when/how often should one look up new words?
Last Answer : I think it depends on the reader. For me it's important to look up every word I'm unfamiliar with - but then, I'm not spoken-word fluent by any means, I can only just read and ... lead my mind off on a tangent sometimes, I find that more often it helps overall comprehension of the sentence.
Description : English, that glorious, at times under-appreciated language, consists of a base language and many foreign words - one of them Yiddish. What other foreign words should English include?
Last Answer : answer:There aren’t too many that English speakers don’t already use. The English language is like Roman religious beliefs, adopting part of whatever it takes over. I regularly use about half a dozen on that Yiddish word list, and am adept at using almost all the rest.
Description : Is English your first language?
Last Answer : Yes.
Description : Language learning: Are there any forums which hook natives up with learners so they can do a language exchange?
Last Answer : I’ve heard that the site livemocha.com does this.
Description : What is the problem with losing so-called 'traditional words' from the English language?
Last Answer : Cripes, that article has just a tad more than a wee smidgeon of poppycock. ;-o
Description : What is the best online english language tutorial?
Last Answer : I just purchased a lifetime membership to Grammarlogues that has seemed to be pretty good.
Description : If you could improve the English language, what would you change?
Last Answer : I’ve had enough with the thought of getting caught prounouncing ”-augh” and ”-ough” words incorrectly, I’m through with it. There ought to be a change.
Description : In the English language what is the logic behind "I" being capitalised ?
Last Answer : Nice long article on the topic here.
Description : Do the schools teach "Debating" (in English or any language) in your region?...
Last Answer : I grew up in Michigan. My high school had a forensics class that could be taken to fulfill a speech requirement. I assume we must have had a debate team. I was taught about fallacies in 10th grade English. That was over 20 years ago, though.
Description : Is English a difficult language to learn if it is not your first?
Last Answer : It’s less difficult than French or German. English is relatively easy to learn at the beginning, but it becomes quite complicated at the advanced level. And English spelling is harder than Spanish or Italian or even German spelling.
Description : The US has more Spanish speakers than Spain! Does that justify Spanish becoming an official second language?
Last Answer : There are more Spanish than English speakers in the world.
Description : Anglo American, we speak the same language right?
Last Answer : Don’t tell an American woman that you are going to knock her up in the morning!
Description : What words in a language you know that is other than English, seem really funny to an English speaker?
Last Answer : If you want an Italian to leave you alone, you say” Non parlare, piu con me.” “Piu con me” sounds exactly like “puke on me.”
Description : New Welsh language laws expected?
Last Answer : I think the Welsh alternative should be optional.
Description : If you had to learn English as a second language, how did you do it?
Last Answer : More to the point, can you help some of us learn it as a first language? We obviously need some help.
Description : When and how should you teach a small child a foreign language?
Last Answer : Start right away, the sooner the better. If your school system has it in kindergarten that is great. There are fun workbooks at the bookstore you can use at home if you want.
Description : Why are we "reduced" to tears, per se, and other idioms and language idiosyncracies? (More details inside.)
Last Answer : Pen a novel.
Description : What is the most awkward word or phrase in the English language?
Last Answer : banana hammock. I don’t care what you say, as soon as that phrase enters a conversation it becomes extraordinarily awkward….
Description : For those who are multilingual: Which language do you prefer? Your original language or one of the ones you've learned?
Last Answer : If you mean objectively speaking, yes, English can be a nightmare. I think it should be made illegal, and everybody who speaks it should be shot on sight. But it's my first language, and I obviously ... a narrative, and lacks flair. I'm sure that the same story would sound a lot better in English.
Description : What are your favorite words in the English language because of their meaning?
Last Answer : I like to say Indubitably – Undoubtedly; unquestionably.
Description : What is the most beautiful word or phrase in the English language?
Last Answer : Salmonella.
Description : In what original language is the English Rosetta Stone Software Language Program?
Last Answer : I imagine that the software asks you which language you speak.
Description : Is the wide-spread use of the English language a sign of imperialism?
Last Answer : “an American imposition”?!! Excuse me, but where did English originate again?
Description : When do you expect a major spelling reform of the English language?
Last Answer : They actually tried to change things in the 1950s and 60s. My wife has some old texts from her aunt who taught elementary school during that time. All the words were spelled phonetically. (sari, ai ment fonetikali.) Of course Noah Webster was pretty successful at changing how we spell in the US.
Description : Is English the only language that uses an apostrophe?
Last Answer : No, in dutch, we say: ” ‘s Avonds ”, wich means ” in the evening ”.
Description : What's the most over-used word in the English language?
Last Answer : personally I cringe at the word ‘actually’ at the start of a sentence, but maybe that’s just me.
Description : If I banned "definitely" from the language, could you find a substitute word that could be easily spelled?
Last Answer : Most certainly.
Description : Are you Bilingual, Trilingual, ect? If so what language(s)? How well?
Last Answer : Check this out, from a month ago.
Description : What is the English language of capillary network ?
Last Answer : Capillaries English Capillaries.
Description : What is the English language of blood cells ?
Last Answer : Blood corpuscles English Blood corpuscles.
Description : What is the English language of peritoneal perfusion ?
Last Answer : English Stromatal transpiration.
Description : What is the English language of active exploitation ?
Last Answer : Active absorption in English .
Description : What is the English language of passive exploitation ?
Last Answer : Passive absorption in English .
Description : What is the English language of capillary water ?
Last Answer : Capillary water English Capillary water.
Description : What is the English language for constipation ?
Last Answer : English Constipation of Constipation .
Description : What is the English language for cutting teeth ?
Last Answer : Incision Dentist English Incisor.
Description : What is the English language of anemia ?
Last Answer : Anemia in English