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Popular Themes in r/asklinguistics
#1
Advice Requests
: "Why does English not have diacritics?"
11 posts
Popular Topics in r/asklinguistics
#1
Language
: "How would a Language without male-female-neuter gender classes resolve the "(gay) fanfiction problem""
44 posts
#2
Languages
: "Are there any Languages that have the same kind of poetic modularity that English has?"
34 posts
#3
Pronunciation
: "Will "skibidi" eventually aquire a meaning? Does it already and I'm just old?"
19 posts
#4
English
: "English - Why is "th" sometimes pronounced with a Dh sound (the) but sometimes with a Th sound (thanks)"
17 posts
#5
Grammar
: "Are certain Grammar shifts more likely than others?"
15 posts
#6
Phonology
: "Why is Japanese a "pitch" language, not a "tonal" one?"
10 posts
#7
Accent
8 posts
#8
Phonetics
7 posts
#9
Evolution
: "On rapid changes in languages, question"
6 posts
#10
Etymology
: "Why do bad words in English usually relate to sexual intercourse? And why are they usually of Germanic origin."
6 posts
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