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User: | philologist (184309) |
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Name: | The Hopeless Philologist | ||||||||||
About: | Bemused and confuzzled by slang words and expressions used by IJ friends not from your native land? Flummoxed and gobsmacked by Englishisms? All at two-and-eights over a bit of Cockney you heard? The Hopeless Philologist is a place of explanation. What word did you hear? What did you think it meant? Want to know what it really meant? Ask here and sooner or later someone will tell you. Be it Aussie strine or East End Cockney if there's a meaning, together we can find it. Please feel free to discuss any aspects of language in this community, be they slang, cultural, regional etc. I hope for this community to become not only an interesting place for discussion about language, but also a help to the many writers on InsaneJournal and beyond. Sometimes, using an American word instead of an English word - or vice versa - can completely trip up a story, so any writers on here, if you want help with a word, phrase or expression, just ask! Join in, post your own slang words and meanings. A love of linguistics is all you need! | ||||||||||
Interests: | 6: etymology, language, linguistics, philology, slang, words | ||||||||||
Maintainers: | 1: rahalia | ||||||||||
Members: | 4: draudigs, | ||||||||||
Watched by: | 3: draudigs, rahalia, timberwolfoz | ||||||||||
Account type: | Free Patient |