Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/August 2006

= August 1 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 1
 * 1) "Even" in German
 * 2) Bond, James Bond
 * 3) Japanese Name Order
 * 4) Biblical names in Hebrew
 * 5) North American wild turkeys

= August 2 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 2
 * 1) New term
 * 2) Translation to any language would be appreciated
 * 3) old wine in new bottle
 * 4) crossword help
 * 5) Icelandic þ and ð (repost with more info)
 * 6) City's Walls
 * 7) The 'g' in Mengele

= August 3 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 3
 * 1) Whopper-jawed
 * 2) Preferred term for Latin Americans, especially those living in the US
 * 3) Etymology of "nunchaku" (martial weapon)
 * 4) Arabic vocabulary
 * 5) Non-subject/ predicate languages
 * 6) latin inscription translation help
 * 7) Mayan Word
 * 8) This is or that is
 * 9) Book of Job
 * 10) Commas
 * 11) Sesquipedalian

= August 4 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 4
 * 1) Although
 * 2) Book Review
 * 3) Initial Stress in Czech and Hungarian
 * 4) the pronunciation of a specific word in Mandarin Chinese
 * 5) Punctuation
 * 6) Petrarch's De viris illustribus
 * 7) periodical definition
 * 8) Editing Questions

= August 5 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 5
 * 1) Think you know the English language? (British and American) __Take the RETF challenge__
 * 2) Irregular Plurals
 * 3) Meaning and Origin of the expression"dum de dum."
 * 4) English names ending in "ett"
 * 5) Naughties
 * 6) Limits of Historical Linguistics
 * 7) Is Emperor capitalized?

= August 6 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 6
 * 1) Pronunciation of Łódź?
 * 2) Teaching pronunciation
 * 3) Esperanto: Use of the "Ulo" suffix.
 * 4) translating a sentence into Spanish
 * 5) Name of Swedish pronounciation symbol
 * 6) identifying language of subtitle (and possibly translating) from clip on net
 * 7) English to French slogan translation
 * 8) How many languages are there in the world?

= August 7 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 7
 * 1) Use of "data" in a sentence
 * 2) London Placename Etymology
 * 3) Request split for schwa article
 * 4) motivational words in Japanese
 * 5) Draconic vs. draconian
 * 6) Stress in Hebrew

= August 8 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 8
 * 1) Is this good French?
 * 2) Sentences beginning "Yes, no..."
 * 3) Amature at Cherokee Language
 * 4) Wedding poem/reading ideas
 * 5) "Condoning an illegal act"
 * 6) Alternate or Alternative
 * 7) Japanese question
 * 8) short vowels
 * 9) (nl) "kreeg ik" or "krijg ik"?
 * 10) I need help with translation
 * 11) German Translation
 * 12) Hebrew phrase
 * 13) What language is this website?
 * 14) 10 Commandments

= August 9 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 9
 * 1) "correspondance" a valid French word?
 * 2) Translation from Japanese
 * 3) A Dutch translation.
 * 4) Plagerism
 * 5) I Ching
 * 6) Asian verbosity
 * 7) Translation of the following into as many languages as possible.
 * 8) IPA for "Gisele Bündchen"

= August 10 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 10
 * 1) crossword help
 * 2) french help
 * 3) Under what circumstances would a month or day not be capitalized?
 * 4) Possession in Japanese.
 * 5) cree word for
 * 6) meanings
 * 7) Anglophone countries

= August 11 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 11
 * 1) Meaning of a mantra
 * 2) palatal fricative
 * 3) What's the name of this container?
 * 4) quiz type question
 * 5) meaning of a word
 * 6) IPA for Bomis
 * 7) Specific and general

= August 12 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 12
 * 1) chemistry term
 * 2) Question about transcription (moved from talkpage)
 * 3) "Four-leaf clover" in latin?
 * 4) Pronunciation of Azania

= August 13 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 13
 * 1) Translations of Japanese/Chinese phrases
 * 2) Use of Nowadays
 * 3) What does <3 mean
 * 4) Seperate Login Name for each language of Wikipedia?
 * 5) Biathlon World Championship 2005
 * 6) Vytauto street in Lithuanian?
 * 7) Sentence structure

= August 14 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 14
 * 1) All-Woman or all-women?
 * 2) case-endings in Indo-European languages
 * 3) Which English errors drive you the most crazy?
 * 4) Getting around with my languages in Lebanon
 * 5) No subject, no sentence
 * 6) most spoken languages
 * 7) Rybka

= August 15 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 15
 * 1) what is litrary meaning of "Gilead"?
 * 2) elegant variation
 * 3) after death
 * 4) 'Spelling' a pack of cards
 * 5) "All of which" to start a sentence ??
 * 6) My fault
 * 7) translation chinese / Japanese
 * 8) allochtone (fr)
 * 9) Spelling Of Polish Name

= August 16 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 16
 * 1) Before Babel
 * 2) Hebrew phrases
 * 3) Ugly words
 * 4) 'aufgelassen'
 * 5) language
 * 6) Stroopwafel
 * 7) yookoso

= August 17 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 17
 * 1) Ceres and Charon
 * 2) crossword help
 * 3) geographic affects on languages
 * 4) Eskimos and Basque
 * 5) Japanese nouns and their plural forms
 * 6) Meaning of the word Rijoy
 * 7) Lists of words in language articles?
 * 8) Is IPA the official pronunciation system for Wikipedia?

= August 18 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 18
 * 1) english usage
 * 2) Naples 1545
 * 3) Word Choice
 * 4) French wiktionary
 * 5) grammar
 * 6) Intense Questions
 * 7) Adeste fideles
 * 8) Mimesis

= August 19 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 19
 * 1) Surnames
 * 2) Country names
 * 3) Marello
 * 4) Meaning of name

= August 20 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 20
 * 1) Old Aramaic (1100 BCE–200 CE) Exact written translation needed
 * 2) Prudhoe Bay Name
 * 3) Tensed æ versus lax æ transcription
 * 4) Definite Article Usage
 * 5) RUEHC

= August 21 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 21
 * 1) German pronunciation of "r"
 * 2) Shortened name forms
 * 3) Devanagari ( Sanskrit )

= August 22 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 22
 * 1) Capitalization of titles in French
 * 2) Category:Accuracy disputes
 * 3) Source of and best translation of the Latin phrase "in cauda venerum"

= August 23 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 23
 * 1) English Definition to a Latin Phrase
 * 2) German for 'to move'
 * 3) Tracking down old reference
 * 4) "pulled the fancy bows tight"

= August 24 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 24
 * 1) define english phrase into both latin and russian
 * 2) Cherokee Language
 * 3) crossword help 2
 * 4) International Phonetic Alphabet
 * 5) Contraction or not – "I am" or "I'm"?
 * 6) Old Biblical Writings

= August 25 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 25
 * 1) Editing
 * 2) French words pertaining to Landscape Architecture and Horticulture
 * 3) sick of my neighbor's cock waking me every morning.
 * 4) connaisseurs
 * 5) Language
 * 6) Dispute on page

= August 26 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 26
 * 1) European countries etymological map?
 * 2) English Grammar Question
 * 3) balance sheet date
 * 4) Word
 * 5) Caps or not?

= August 27 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 27
 * 1) Call of Duty 2 Translations Again
 * 2) Buick
 * 3) Maori
 * 4) Roman Counting
 * 5) Pounce Pony
 * 6) 'Was' versus 'Has been'

= August 28 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 28
 * 1) Help with Arabic logo

= August 29 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 29
 * 1) Cook Islands Maori
 * 2) Word Count
 * 3) Etruscan - related languages
 * 4) Learning Japanese script
 * 5) Terminology
 * 6) Image credit
 * 7) Hyperbole?

= August 30 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 30
 * 1) Salir
 * 2) Grammer
 * 3) Words that are only used in a certain phrase
 * 4) Caps
 * 5) Rhetorical question

= August 31 = Reference desk archive/Language/2006 August 31
 * 1) Linguistics
 * 2) Idioms
 * 3) hyphen in compound noun
 * 4) Calendar dates: BC vs BCE
 * 5) Names in other languages