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Posts tagged dialect

The Feeling’s Mutual

January 20, 2015 Written by The Language Nerd

Language Nerd, Spanish and French were once both dialects of Latin, but now they’re different languages… when did they switch from 2 dialects of one language to 2 languages? *** Dear mysterious anonymous person, When Spanish and French people stopped being able to understand each other. Since I’ve been calling myself the Language Nerd for […]

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Talk Like A Monster

August 13, 2013 Written by The Language Nerd
Talk Like A Monster

Dear Language Nerd, All right, I’m a little early, but I want enough time to put your words (of wisdom, hopefully) into practice. I’m going to be Cookie Monster for Halloween… I’m in charge of a kid party, not my idea, but I want to do it well, so how do I speak like Cookie […]

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