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Hello again, and today is Thursday, March 7, 2013. Most everybody here on Opuss speaks English. Now, we all speak in an accent.
ada aha alula A membranous lobe at the base of each wing of a dipterous insect.
Hello. The word Hello was invented as something to say for people picking up and answering the telephone. Invented. So then why aren't waggwan, rast and nutter REAL English words.
Hello again and today is Wednesday, October 3, 2012. I'm feeling a bit informative today and want to inform about accents.
Hello again, and to day is Sunday, September 30, 2012. Today I'd like to talk about languages while speaking a language. Quite meta isn't it.
Hey guys (and girls) I realised today that I have written all these made up words but I can't pronounce them myself. I will update this regularly as my vocabulary expands.
Based on a recent comment I made I'd like to make a point on swearing. It's in no way an original thought but fuck it, here goes nothing.
There is a two letter word that perhaps has more meaning than any other two letter word – it’s “UP.” It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we waken in...
What's the difference between happiness and joy. This question has been on my mind all week. Modern dictionaries do it no good so I turn instead to the OED, where I learn: 1.