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All Stack Exchange site logos are showing up as the 3D Printing one REDUX

bug status-completed design logo asked Dec 6, 2016 at 21:14

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Do fevers caused by infection not exceed 105 °F (40.6 °C)?

medical-science disease infection asked Jan 22, 2019 at 17:55

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Was the oven mitt first developed by Earl Mitt?

history etymology asked Oct 1, 2015 at 22:40

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What's the current scholarly opinion on the "minims" explanation for the spelling of "love", "tongue," etc?

orthography pronunciation-vs-spelling linguistics phonology historical-change asked Jul 19, 2016 at 22:46

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Why does "stigmata" [often] have penult stress?

pronunciation pronunciation-vs-spelling latin greek stress asked Aug 28, 2015 at 9:08

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Is the usage of "id est" in Latin exactly like the usage of "i.e." or "that is" in English?

vocabulary idiom english asked Apr 4, 2018 at 3:28

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Did the "slipping on a banana peel" gag plausibly originate as a reference to horse manure?

history humor asked Aug 11, 2020 at 3:49

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Both "fēmina" and "mulier" mean "woman": what's the difference?

vocabulary meaning word-comparison word-choice asked Feb 5, 2023 at 6:10

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Would Gringotts convert Wizard money to Muggle money?

harry-potter economics gringotts money asked Nov 7, 2015 at 23:25

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Quare dicitur "poeta" et non "pœeta"?

etymology greek phonology sound-change asked Mar 6, 2016 at 0:59

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Why is embassy spelled with E but ambassador with A?

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Why were Scottish & Irish names once rendered with apostrophes instead of "Mac" or "Mc"?

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How should I spell Zelensky?

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What does "Dis sho' am good" mean in this old advertisement?

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"I am finished my sandwich" sounds correct but "I am started my sandwich" does not?

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Why is there an extra "t" in Lemmatization?

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Is the plural of 'prefix' really 'prefixes' rather than 'prefices'?

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ETcetera pronounced as EXetera ? Correct?

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Does "I am eating vegan cheese in my underpants" really imply that the vegan cheese is inside my underpants?

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Is "ageing" the only exception?

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Why does this documentation use "or" instead of "="?

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Why is Nike pronounced "naikee" and not "naik"?

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Is the word "field" part of the trigger warnings in US universities?

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Do all native English speakers actually pronounce the "th" sound?

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Etymology of "fairy"

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What does it imply when someone is called “Lucifer in the flesh”?

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Are there any English words pronounced with sounds/syllables that aren't part of the spelling?

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Is it common for native English speakers to confuse "18th century" with "the 1800s"?

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Are there any "fake" French words used in English?

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Plural of "I am nobody important" i.e. "we are <nobody/nobodies> important"

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The plural of 'stomach"

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Did Trump publicly out Jeffrey Epstein as a pedophile in 2002?

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Is "history" a male-biased word ("his+story")?

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Why was "zh" picked to represent /ʒ/, and where does it come from?

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What does 'post cemetery' mean?

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Why do Russian names transliterated into English have unpronounceable 'k's before 'h's (e.g. 'Mikhail' instead of just 'Mihail')?

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"I you already know": is this proper English?

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Come Take a Look at our New Contributor Indicator!

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Why is "myrrh" spelled the way it is?

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"Royal we" agreement

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