Tongue and Usage

Tongue

Tongue noun - The stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication.

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Usage and tongue are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Usage" instead a noun "Tongue".

Usage noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.

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Tongue and usage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Tongue" instead a noun "Usage".

similar	similar tongue	similar usage
standard	standard tongue	standard usage
proper	proper tongue	proper usage
single	single tongue	single usage
Other adjectives: different, modern.

For the cost of a slightly broken grammar (replacing the instrumental case with locative, which are sufficiently similar in usage to be often confused even by the Japanese themselves) one can replace the "de" particle with "ni", making the phrase even more of a tongue twister.

Source: Either "World Domination", or Something About Bananas
You Have Researched Breathing: A rather tongue in cheek usage: Bunny starts the game without the ability to turn around and thus can't walk right.

Source: Video Game / Bunny Must Die! Chelsea and the 7 Devils
Classical Tongue: Modern English went out of usage in the third millennium, and modern French disappeared sometime around 7000 years ago.

Source: Literature / Alex Benedict

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