Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/April 2013

= April 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 1


 * 1)  Why is there no DOGalog if there's a CATalog, no DOGegory if a CATegory, etc.?
 * 2) Skinning a cat
 * 3) Translation of Latin phrase on gravestone
 * 4)  If we BUILD a BUILDing, why don't we PUDD a PUDDing?
 * 5) French gulls...

= April 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 2


 * 1) Why are grammars of ancient languages more complex than those of modern languages
 * 2) Etymology of "Miacoidea"

= April 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 3


 * 1) one syllable word meaning "person"
 * 2) Old saying or new?
 * 3) Standard English
 * 4) Penge/Pinezhi/Peniaze
 * 5) French questions

= April 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 4


 * 1) Punjabi Sindhi Urdu Pashto Baloch Hindko Saraiki grammar and words comparison website
 * 2) Is there a term for this?
 * 3) Chinese help: side of Best Western hotel
 * 4) Greek Name Question:  Patronymic Family Name meaning "Daughter of a Naiad?"
 * 5) Why do parochial school and Christian school have their own Wiki pages here?
 * 6) Lolita
 * 7) Can you advise on the correct wording of:
 * 8) Capital letters in the African reference alphabet

= April 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 5


 * 1) Chinese names of hotel chains
 * 2) Identifying Japanese characters

= April 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 6


 * 1) What's this "to" doing
 * 2) French questions
 * 3) Problem deciding where to place some information in Wikipedia
 * 4) give the last button off one's coat for a chance to do
 * 5) Etymology of the feminine name Tula
 * 6) comprehension word of 'apple'
 * 7) Lasagne/lasagna

= April 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 7


 * 1) Kanji help on Japanese book
 * 2) Arabic names for characters in Egyptian films
 * 3) Meaning of wlp
 * 4) Frequency of kana in Japanese

= April 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 8


 * 1) British colony and British accent
 * 2) Chinz?
 * 3) Proto-Nubian

= April 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 9


 * 1) French Bible
 * 2) Arabic help: Israeli train stations
 * 3) is President Obama fluent in African American Vernacular English?
 * 4) "Blessed be..." used in a sentence? [Sentence construction]
 * 5) Possessive Phrases question.
 * 6) "Didn't I?" "Did not I?" "Did I not?"

= April 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 10


 * 1) Descriptive manual of style
 * 2) Term for particular verb to use with noun X
 * 3) Pronunciation of "entrepreneur"
 * 4) Which verb + citizenship: revoke or annul?
 * 5) What do Hollywood stars do for accent reduction?
 * 6) endemic
 * 7) Unabomber of universities

= April 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 11


 * 1) Aramaic Translation Request
 * 2) Aspirated plosive / voiceless fricative pairs
 * 3) Pronunciation of ‘medieval’

= April 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 12


 * 1) Let it be

= April 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 13


 * 1) the meaning of where
 * 2) Monologue
 * 3) Correct term for an instance of a recurring event
 * 4) Parsing a law

= April 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 14


 * 1) Language Identification
 * 2) French knowledge while travelling in France
 * 3) teaching french as third language to deaf children
 * 4) Wanted Chinese to English translator
 * 5) Name to describe linguistic repetition?
 * 6) Gormless

= April 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 15


 * 1) English imperatives by aspect and voice.
 * 2) Malay/Tagalog etymology
 * 3) dialouge writing
 * 4) Mandarin and Cantonese reading help

= April 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 16


 * 1) Can someone translate this?
 * 2) Grammar and style - two verbs together
 * 3) one word arabic translation

= April 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 17


 * 1) Meaning of late 19xx
 * 2) Information overload?
 * 3) Chinese: Reading of name of deceased Boston Marathon bombing victim

= April 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 18


 * 1) Gorilla name: Patty Cake or Pattycake?
 * 2) Sentence Question
 * 3) Typo when typing
 * 4) "New-Gnu" distinction - what's it properly called?

= April 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 19


 * 1) Proper use of comma
 * 2) Early 19th century vs mid-19th century vs late 19th century
 * 3) Interrogative Question
 * 4) tɘ'mərlɪn and ʒuhar

= April 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 20


 * 1) Phonology
 * 2) the etymology of Diaslide

= April 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 21


 * 1) Right/wrong = frequency
 * 2) Canadian English - "in hospital" or "in the hospital"
 * 3) Greek alphabet, Latin alphabet

= April 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 22


 * 1) Advise (n.)

= April 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 23


 * 1) Chinese language
 * 2) "Two Dragons Disputing For a Pearl" (Chinese language)

= April 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 24


 * 1) Spanish: alacran vs. escorpion
 * 2) "In return" punctuation
 * 3) ɥ character

= April 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 25


 * 1) word game on internet based on french game show
 * 2) Magazine followers
 * 3) Pronunciation of "Buddhist" and "Muslim"

= April 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 26


 * 1) Permissive plus preposition
 * 2) Urdu qāf transliterated as qu

= April 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 27


 * 1) Telling time in "The Browning Version"

= April 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 28


 * 1) Australian English: Chookey ?
 * 2) Negative growth

= April 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 29


 * 1) website helps you with Hebrew and transliteration with it
 * 2) Somali grammar website with English translation
 * 3) Poem

= April 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 30


 * 1) Forecastle vs Newcastle
 * 2) Harvest