Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2009 September 25

= September 25 =

Ukrainian Slaves
What is Agit?174.3.110.93 (talk) 22:33, 25 September 2009 (UTC)


 * It seemingly means propaganda, i couldn't get a translation but this site of Soviet Agit Posters makes it a fair assumption I feel. There is another site which contains an admittedly quite meager amount of informtion about agit brigades in the Red Army which spread propaganda.
 * Cynical and Skeptical (talk) 23:36, 25 September 2009 (UTC)


 * See the article Agitprop for more. Deor (talk) 23:50, 25 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I've added a link pointing to that article. Perhaps "agit" should be created as a redirect to it. --Anonymous, 19:19 UTC, September 26, 2009.

Adjectival Lexeme Of "Lorraine"
What is the adjectival form of "Lorraine"?174.3.110.93 (talk) 23:54, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Probably "Lorrainese". r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 00:02, 26 September 2009 (UTC)


 * An inhabitant is a "Lorrainer": "barons of Lorrainer origin" etc. "Lotharingian" is also sometimes used. And the noun can be used attributively: "Lorraine cross". kwami (talk) 00:08, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

In French, it is Lorrainien/Lorrainienne or Lorrainiens, as in this question: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion:Michel_Louyot. So presumably in English it would be Lorrainian as in this random article (https://www.infantry.army.mil/monographs/content/wwii/STUP2/MabryNedB%20CPT.pdf). Michael Sheflin (talk) 00:19, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry to disagree, in French the adjectives are lorrain(s)/lorraine(s) the inhabitants are Lorrain(s)/Lorraine(s) (http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/lorrain) The question you refer to is very poor French. — AldoSyrt (talk) 11:36, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, yes, Lorrainian does seem much more common, especially for people; en-wiki even has a List of Lorrainians. r ʨ anaɢ talk/contribs 00:21, 26 September 2009 (UTC)