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Latin eventualis - why do European descendants mean “potentially”? But in English, eventually means “in the end”?

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Latin 'actualis' - why do European descendants mean ‘present, current’ ? But in English, actual means 'real, existing’? [closed]

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Would it be admissible to ask a question on how, since Antiquity, two adjectives that originally meant different things became conflated?

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answered Apr 12 at 15:58

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Tag proposal: kartvelian, possibly proto-kartvelian

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answered Feb 5 at 20:10

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2024: a year in moderation

JNatStaffMod

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Ads test beginning week of January 13th, 2025

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Why was my question about the name "Jakin" (Croatian name for Ancona) poorly received? Are questions about toponyms generally poorly received?

Tristan

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answered Dec 16, 2024 at 15:26

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Can I ask for when the meaning of three Arabic words changed in a single question or it is too broad?

Snack Exchange

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asked Nov 7, 2024 at 11:01

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Do you accept questions about stochastic cellular automata and stochastic languages related to Kolmogorov theorem?

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answered Sep 13, 2024 at 15:40

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Why does a high-reputation user refuse to correct an obvious falsehood even after it has been pointed out to him?

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modified Aug 14, 2024 at 6:22

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I think linguistics is a pseudoscience, full of lies and misinformation. Why can't this opinion be expressed here?

DraconisMod

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answered Aug 7, 2024 at 1:34

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Why was this custom flag declined

CommunityBot

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modified Jul 17, 2024 at 0:04

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Moderators: please don't moderate yourself

curiousdanniiMod

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modified Jun 26, 2024 at 22:39

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Not satisfied with original formulation of my question — what steps can I take?

Tristan

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modified Jun 19, 2024 at 21:38

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My profile page says I have answered no questions

Lambie

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How do we handle site members who have a pattern of leaving unfriendly initial comments?

jogloran

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asked Apr 8, 2024 at 2:24

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Suggestions for the design of a font for linguistics

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answered Feb 28, 2024 at 19:43

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2023: a year in moderation

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asked Jan 24, 2024 at 19:29

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Are questions on reconstructions of ancient proto-languages unwelcome?

curiousdanniiMod

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modified Jan 21, 2024 at 1:03

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Is programming term etymology on-topic here?

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answered Jan 10, 2024 at 17:10

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Reliability of this site

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answered Dec 29, 2023 at 4:02

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Does this site have private messages?

curiousdanniiMod

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modified Dec 20, 2023 at 8:35

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Are any questions about any linguistic aspects allowed?

curiousdanniiMod

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modified Dec 20, 2023 at 8:34

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If somebody is banned from asking a question from a certain site, but can edit their older questions, what does it mean?

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answered Dec 19, 2023 at 4:27

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Why am I banned from asking questions on linguistics?

curiousdanniiMod

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modified Dec 11, 2023 at 1:43

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Why did my question get migrated?

DraconisMod

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answered Dec 8, 2023 at 20:20

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Dubious premise, valuable answer - what now?

Janus Bahs Jacquet

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answered Oct 29, 2023 at 9:36

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Why has not my post reopened again

curiousdanniiMod

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modified Oct 20, 2023 at 22:12

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Bold formatting fails to render when characters wrapped in asterisks are in the unicode character set and not in ASCII

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answered Jul 29, 2023 at 5:15

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The moderation philosophy regarding editing

curiousdanniiMod

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modified Jun 28, 2023 at 23:32

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Transliteration; legibility; is “ethno-centrism” present; can avoidance be codified?

user6726

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answered Jun 26, 2023 at 19:45

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Linguistics Overflow (for research-level)?

user6726

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answered Jun 16, 2023 at 19:16

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Enabling Stack Snippets

DraconisMod

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answered May 23, 2023 at 17:40

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Should formal language theory questions be allowed?

Julius H.

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answered May 23, 2023 at 14:04

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How do I post a question about the etymology of an idiomatic expression?

jlawler

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modified May 16, 2023 at 15:48

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Why do my questions about collision entropy of languages get downvoted? And it's not just on this forum

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answered Apr 23, 2023 at 20:24

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Can I ask about Noun Case as a teaching theory?

Jesse

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modified Mar 16, 2023 at 2:04

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2022: a year in moderation

JNatStaffMod

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modified Jan 26, 2023 at 18:55

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Can I ask about relations of similarity beween 2 or more specific languages?

Sir Cornflakes

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answered Jan 3, 2023 at 10:32

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What's the difference between this topic and the English for Language Learners Topic?

DraconisMod

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answered Dec 1, 2022 at 16:02

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Online spaces, communities, or channels for professional and academic linguists?

Julius H.

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asked Nov 30, 2022 at 10:24

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Judging suitability for linguistics.SE or english.SE?

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asked Oct 30, 2022 at 19:49

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Resources Sharing Policy

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answered Aug 11, 2022 at 1:50

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Is the [homonymy] tag supposed to be for same pronunciation and spelling, or just either?

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modified Jul 29, 2022 at 1:07

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This site's custom close reasons have now been reworked!

curiousdanniiMod

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modified Jun 20, 2022 at 1:06

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Why does Spanish have different names for the letters of the alphabet from English?

Arunabh

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modified Feb 28, 2022 at 18:21

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What steps can I take if my question is closed and deleted?

Arunabh

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modified Feb 28, 2022 at 18:21

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Please don't remove questions from the reopen queue when there is debate about the original close reason

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modified Jan 26, 2022 at 8:30

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