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I'm a Luddite who works as a programmer. Go figure. :)

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124 votes

Airline reservations require name to exactly match passport, but won't allow entering name that way

air-travel bookings asked Jul 8 '18 at 21:08
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86 votes

Why is it “geometric” but “theoretical”?

meaning etymology suffixes morphology ic-ical asked Dec 10 '10 at 17:06
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64 votes

Is “Is it a girl or a boy?” really calling the infant an “it”?

personal-pronouns dummy-it pronoun-agreement asked Mar 21 '14 at 15:29
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60 votes

Is there an English phrase for an inability to actually *leave* already?

single-word-requests idioms phrase-requests asked Jun 16 '11 at 18:27
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59 votes

If the Doctor's two hearts lead the robots to believe he's two people, why did he only get one smiley badge?

doctor-who asked Apr 27 '17 at 21:07
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40 votes

Why is Kylo Ren fixated on just one of his parents?

star-wars the-force-awakens kylo-ren han-solo asked Dec 29 '15 at 22:32
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40 votes

How did Finn learn to understand Chewie so quickly?

star-wars languages the-rise-of-skywalker star-wars-finn chewbacca asked Dec 31 '19 at 21:12
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38 votes

What does the writing on Poe Dameron's flight vest say?

star-wars the-force-awakens asked Feb 2 '16 at 18:09
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33 votes

Is BB-8 based on xkcd 413, “New Pet”?

star-wars the-force-awakens inspiration bb-8 xkcd asked Jan 6 '16 at 20:43
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33 votes

Why do I instinctively want to use the present tense with a conditional?

grammaticality future-tense conditional asked Sep 6 '11 at 23:45
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Is there a word or phrase for the feeling you get after looking at a word for too long?
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164
What is Hermione Granger's ethnicity?
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129
Why would the Force become so mysterious and unrecognized after only 20 years?
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101
Is it ever correct to have a space before a question or exclamation mark?
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84
Using “label for” on radio buttons
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83
If the Doctor's two hearts lead the robots to believe he's two people, why did he only get one smiley badge?
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65
What does 'gotcha' mean?
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56
How many times was Obi-Wan less than honest with Luke?
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48
What is the intended crew complement of the Millennium Falcon?
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43
Dissolving cocoa powder in milk
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Etymology for “Mc‑” and “O’‑” prefix in surnames
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Pronunciation of “Azure” in “Microsoft Azure”
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42
Whose blood did Carol Danvers receive, Mar-vell's or Yon-Rogg's in the movie?
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41
What does “wrt” mean?
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39
What animal is a “weefil”?
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38
What is it called when you “refill” a debit card?
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37
A number of questions “has been” or “have been” asked?
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34
Does the word God get the pronoun “it” or “he”?
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33
American 'cup' measurement — for cheese
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33
How can the time variations be explained in the first three books of the 'The Chronicles of Narnia'?
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33
Why do Hogwarts teachers have such strange names?
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32
Provide proof or provide a proof (mathematics)
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28
Is “Many thanks” a proper usage?
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28
What is the difference between metonymy and synecdoche?
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27
Why are house-elves associated with rich families, if they are not paid?
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27
What rhetorical gain is expected by saying “Do they really not understand why?” instead of “Don’t they really understand why?”
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27
What if my kids don't want me to speak my native language?
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Meaning of “stackexchange”
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How is “e.g.” pluralized?
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What's the difference between 'cutlery', 'silverware' and 'crockery'?
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