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Lingusitics Question about irrationality and irrational language <moved>
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How can I effectively display different types of worker coverage on a map?
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How Can Physics Be Expressed Through Poetry?
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Wendy Carlos's Moog-synthesized classics
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History Rutland Mosaic, Roman history in UK
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History Railroad history - Conrail, it isn't quite dead
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Art Do You Think Photography is an Art?
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Veterans Day: Should We Move It To Another Date?
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Art What Makes the Art of This Kansas-Based Artist Unique After 30 Years?
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Help identifying these early American Indian tools please
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"Bloody", a discouraged word to use in Britain
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What is the correct pronunciation of Chez Hélène from the 60s CBC TV show?
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Music PF Members' Hobbies: Music, Sports & More
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Understanding the Difference Between 'Finding' and 'Find' as Nouns
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Reject vs Rejection: Understanding the Difference
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'Working example' vs 'worked example'
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Hardest common words for you to spell
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Good piece on the two largest famines
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History 536 AD - The 'Worst' Year in History?
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Differential/Different Adjectives: A Non-Native English Speaker's Quandary
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Methodology / Philosophy of Science
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Here is a 3D model I made of a large industrial steam turbine
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On titles of publications in earlier times
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Words Used Differently to Describe Wine
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Lingusitics Ah, another of these language questions....
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Is pronunciation reform the key to a fully phonetic alphabet?
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Lingusitics Learning Target Language with Mother Tongue-subtitled Series
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Lingusitics (BBC) Bolze is more than a just a language: it’s a cultural identity
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Music Has all the Good Music Been Played/Copied/Completed?
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Are Instagram Theme Parks Shaping Our Perception of Culture?
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How did WW II planes with tail wheels taxi?
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AT-AT Model V2.0: Improved Design and Detailing in Blender
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History Most indecisive battles in history
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Art "Zorba The Greek" dance music - based on traditional themes?
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The English word that hasn't changed sound or meaning in millenia
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Can Music Really Change Your Thoughts and Emotions?
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Am I the only one into this power melodic metal Australian band?
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Music How has Music influenced Science, Mathematics, and Technology?
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Animated Short: "The Blue Danube" Clip
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Software to determine the note and its register
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Art Notation for drum parts when scores were hand written?
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Art I suck at practical art tests, but am excellent at theoretical art exams
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Animated Chess Inspired by @Vanadium50 & @PeroK
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Music MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Music, and.... SPIDERS
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This is a 3D model I made of the Edmund Fitzgerald great lakes ship
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Inadvertent Plagiarism: Examples and Coincidences
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Music Directors and the first note of a piece of music
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Nouns that exist only in the plural
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Making Whiskey Quickly: New Flavors & Aging Methods
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Why Humans Hate Crabs: Uncovering the Mystery
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History Why didn't ancient civilizations harness the power of electricity?
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Lingusitics Why haven’t we given any other species the gift of language?
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Art Cartoon strips that survived after their originators
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Nobel Prize in Literature 1936 was awarded to Eugene G. O'Neil
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Lingusitics Sounds of g and c in Romance languages (and some of English)
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A Shakespearean Guide to Quantum Mechanics
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Music Petition for NASA to name TOI-1338 b in honor of musician SOPHIE
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Bronze Age or Iron Age? Age of Nebra Sky Disk is disputed
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Music My daughter's first music single....'Confined'
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Any clues to the origin of this pic (cross section of teeth)
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What Metaphor Best Captures Deception on a Seemingly Endless Path?
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Phrases customarily mispronounced - "want to" etc.
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Here is a 3D model I made of the Mir space station
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What are the approximate harmonic amplitudes for a trumpet vs flute?
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How to unroll a 2000 year-old scroll
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History What Is Physics and Why Does It Matter?
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John Tyler was US President 1841-45. His grandson just died.
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What is the geographical significance of the Jihun River in the Shahnameh?
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Lingusitics Does studying Latin help in learning other languages?
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Should "any" be followed by plural form of nouns?
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Technology and the chronology of expressions
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Do Other Musical Intervals Create a Creepy Sound Like the Devil's Interval?
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Art Article - The first measurement of a star's size
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Lingusitics Foreign language translation help please, “have been around”
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History Any Archers or people interested in archery history here?
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Sacre du Shred: Epic Skiing Adventure
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More new vinyl records sold than CDs
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History Exploring Megalithic Structures & Ancient Civilizations
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What are your musical preferences?
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Lingusitics Another language question - where do you run from the world?
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Music Longest piece of classical music changes chords today
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My 3D modeling skill progression from 2018 to 2020
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Guy who could read letters, but not numbers
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The Singular 'They': A Linguistic Debate
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History Philosophy and history forums recommendation
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How to pronounce Greek letters properly?
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[Engineering use of English] transition/changeover/passing/transformation
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What would it take to make a “true” universal translator?
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Music RIP Charlie Daniels: Legendary Musician Dies at 83
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History History Resources (documentaries etc.)
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History History of Steam Plants: USA Heyday & Accidents
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Foyle's War, The Hide - cause of explosion?
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House Burning Down: Jimi Hendrix & Relevance in 2020
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The word "won't" does not look logically formed
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What is the true meaning of spike in current news and media?
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Music Making Music with YouTube Videos - Have You Seen It?
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History History or hoax? "D-Day Through German Eyes"
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Did the South have a chance to win the Civil War?
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A standard piano keyboard juxtaposed with a 'balanced' keyboard
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History The What-Ifs of history - vs personal theories and speculations
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