Talk:freedom

how do you pronouce Свобода? If I where russian how would I say it?

Svoboda - --Expurgator t(c) 23:00, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

More correctly: /svabóda/ (first unstressed 'o' as 'a') --Jaroslavleff 10:42, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

What is the origin of the word freedom? 69.219.160.227 19:17, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

See freedom. —Stephen 20:24, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

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The plural of "freedom" is "freedom". Check any dictionary and you will never see "freedoms" listed as the plural of "freedom". That is a recent fad started by ignorant people. You don't say "deers", "mooses" or "freedoms".

A little research shows that it is neither recent nor a fad. Here is a 1907 quote from the New York State Library's History Bulletin:

• The contrary minded, seeing that they could no longer prevent it directly, began indirectly under pretext of economy to curtail these freedoms.

The people at the New York State Library are unlikely to be ignorant by any standard, so your information was incorrect. --EncycloPetey 13:49, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

I gave him the freedom of my house.

What meaning applies in the sentence from Oxford's I gave him the freedom of my house? --Backinstadiums (talk) 12:52, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

I suppose it's the right to go around the house freely as a welcome guest, without feeling restricted. Possibly not adequately covered here. Compare freedom of the city. Equinox ◑ 13:07, 12 August 2019 (UTC)