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Cunning Linguists Languages and their use. What languages do you speak and why? What do words really mean? Can you say things in one language that you can't say in another? Should there be a national language? How many languages should a person know and what are they?

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Old 2008-04-30, 12:09
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Default Help finding a word.

What's the word that describes a word that is negative but is used in a context that makes it positive. For example, using the word 'wicked' to mean 'excellent', or 'great', as in 'this song is wicked'.

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Old 2008-05-01, 00:43
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Default Re: Help finding a word.

Did you not awnser it yourself just now?
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Old 2008-05-01, 09:29
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Default Re: Help finding a word.

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Originally Posted by Knight of blacknes
Did you not awnser it yourself just now?


I think he's looking for a linguistic term.
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Old 2008-05-01, 11:57
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I think he's looking for a linguistic term.

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