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English Language & Usage: Written English vowels differ from other Latin-based orthographies. Has this always been so? Is the pattern regular? When and why did the shift occur?

English Language & Usage: English orthography is a source of debate. What are the pros/cons of a reform? Have there been any serious attempts to reform it?

English Language & Usage: What differences mark a certain variety of English (say AAVE) from others (e.g., ASE). Where is it spoken and by whom?

English Language & Usage: What languages are genetic relatives of English? When/where was mutual intelligibility lost? What artifacts of that relationship can still be found?

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