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Travel the World of Indo-European Languages  
| Join me for a world tour of Indo-European languages! We'll be traveling over 6,000 years and 10,000 miles, so pack your suitcase and your linguistic intuition! |
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Tough
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15Q |
3735 plays |
Nov 15 05 |
pu2-ke-qi-ri
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'Hastings' And The English Language 
| It's common knowledge that after 'The Battle of Hastings', the 'Norman Conquest' created a mixed language with Anglo-Saxon and French vocabulary overlapping each other. This quiz deals with some of the more remarkable effects. |
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Average
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10Q |
6225 plays |
Mar 31 02 |
flem-ish
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This Quiz Made Possible by the Letter "R"  
| The friendly, familiar letter "R" is indeed a tricky little beastie. "R" you ready to find out more? |
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Tough
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10Q |
705 plays |
Dec 08 07 |
pu2-ke-qi-ri
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Euphemistically Speaking  
| Whether you wish to assess your ability to replace an indelicate term with one that is inoffensive, or to brush up on the telling of the occasional polite lie, you may wish to avail yourself of the opportunity this humble quiz presents. |
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Average
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10Q |
5538 plays |
Oct 04 04 |
uglybird
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Fun with Surnames  
| We all have one, but how much do we know about the surnames that we hear in our everyday life? |
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Difficult
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20Q |
3030 plays |
Apr 12 05 |
azazella
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Into the origins of Western language alphabets  
| Alphabets are of the most useful inventions, contributing immensely to the development of our world. Still, more people know in which school Madonna studied than where and how their writing system developed. To change that, play THIS Quiz! |
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Tough
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10Q |
816 plays |
Apr 25 07 |
zanazana
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Indo-European Languages  
| This is a general quiz on Indo-European language families. I hope you find it fun and informative! |
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Average
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10Q |
1779 plays |
Oct 30 04 |
inquizitive
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What Did They Really Mean?  
| The word "malapropism" comes from Mrs. Malaprop, a character created by the playwright Richard Sheridan. She often used fancy words that were just plain wrong. I'll give you some famous malapropisms and you guess the correct term. |
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Very Easy
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10Q |
8955 plays |
Jun 21 04 |
Catamount
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L-ing-guistics  
| How much do YOU know about the morphology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics of ?ing? usage? Yep. Me too. So you should do fine on this quiz! |
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Tough
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10Q |
1383 plays |
Apr 07 05 |
uglybird
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Basic Linguistics 
| Owing to the fact that my other linguistics quiz is too hard (!), I have decided to write a simpler one. It concentrates less on the theoretical side of linguistics. |
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Tough
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10Q |
3399 plays |
Oct 17 02 |
Matve
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Linguistic Anthropology 
| Linguistic Anthropology deals with communication, language acquisition, language origins, and the cultural connections to language use. Have fun... |
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Tough
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10Q |
3006 plays |
Aug 19 02 |
Leki
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Homeric Questions 
| Homer's Greek is linguistically interesting-- a fact not known to most casual readers of the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" in translation. Take this quiz to find out more about the language and poetry of Homer! No knowledge of Greek required.
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Tough
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10Q |
747 plays |
Jun 12 04 |
pu2-ke-qi-ri
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It All Sounds Greek To Me 
| Undoubtedly, it is very difficult to master the Greek language. However, most of us speak Greek every day even though we do not always understand it! This is a quiz dealing with the influence of the Greek language on the English vocabulary. Have fun! :) |
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Average
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10Q |
3240 plays |
Dec 18 03 |
Warzycha
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication 
| This quiz concerns a range of communication strategies used by people with disabilities to convey or understand a message. |
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Average
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10Q |
342 plays |
Jan 31 08 |
littlesuzie
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Languages of Asia and the Americas 
| This might be a bit tough for those not in the language business, but give it a go anyway. |
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Difficult
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10Q |
627 plays |
Nov 17 05 |
twinflame
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Linguistics 2 
| This is just some more information that you can pick up in a basic Linguistics course. |
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Average
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10Q |
3507 plays |
Mar 08 02 |
ladymacb29
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Unconventional Grammar 
| Have you ever wondered what an essentially semantic grammar might look like? This quiz may shed light on this. Please note that in this kind of grammar the "Object" is inanimate, while the "Experiencer" is animate. |
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Average
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10Q |
1311 plays |
Nov 14 04 |
bloomsby
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Mangled Metaphors, Malapropisms, and More! 
| This quiz is made up of some of the more oft-quoted remarks of famous people. Can you identify the people these mangled statements are attributed to? |
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Very Difficult
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10Q |
2415 plays |
Nov 28 02 |
scarlettmw
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Basic Linguistic Terms 
| Linguistic terminology won't - in itself - help you to improve your linguistic levels. Yet it may help you to have an insight in how a language functions. Terms are illustrated with examples from English, French, Spanish and German. |
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Very Difficult
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10Q |
2790 plays |
Mar 04 02 |
flem-ish
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Linguistics
| I present to you some rather challenging queries on the world of linguistics...good luck! |
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Tough
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10Q |
1725 plays |
Jun 08 01 |
thejazzkickazz
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Language - Viewed by a Linguist 
| Like an earlier quiz of mine, this offers a view of language and of grammar that may strike many as unconventional. If you are unfamiliar with linguistics please treat it as a learning experience. |
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Tough
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10Q |
708 plays |
May 09 05 |
bloomsby
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Linguistics 101
| This is just some more information that you can pick up in a basic Linguistics course. |
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Average
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10Q |
3147 plays |
Mar 08 02 |
ladymacb29
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Matve's Linguistics Challenge 
| Welcome to my Linguistics Challenge. Anyone who is doing a Linguistics degree should not complain about the difficulty of the questions; anyone else is welcome to be totally baffled. |
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Impossible
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10Q |
1299 plays |
May 18 02 |
Matve
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