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Marthaª
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  • Pennsylvania
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Motto: I'd enjoy the day more if it started later.

I was born and raised in southern California, but my first language was actually Hungarian. I currently reside in eastern Pennsylvania.

Fair warning: if you commit a pun, you will be THWACKED.

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Google is not General Reference
Jan 18 '12
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Single word requests, crosswords, and the fight against mediocrity
Nov 15 '11
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"Oh The Horror" Hat Club 2013
Dec 21 '13
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Nobody cares how YOU pronounce it
Feb 15 '15
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Against single word requests
Jul 26 '11
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Should I downvote multi word answers on single-word-requests?
Jul 1 '15
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Mis-printed English.se T-shirts
Sep 15 '11
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Is Wikipedia an acceptable source?
Jan 11 '11
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Is it really so important in English to find a single word to express a single concept?
Jan 14 '13
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Roses are red, apples are green
Dec 8 '13
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Is there a word or phrase for the feeling you get after looking at a word for too long?
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What is Hermione Granger's ethnicity?
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Why would the Force become so mysterious and unrecognized after only 20 years?
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Airline reservations require name to exactly match passport, but won't allow entering name that way
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Is it ever correct to have a space before a question or exclamation mark?

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