Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/August 2019

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 * 1) Original English words for window, foot, bug, and egg
 * 2) Khitan Dictionary
 * 3) fractions of Latin

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 * 1) IPA transcription requested

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 * 1) Bloody 'ell
 * 2) Why did Dutch and Afrikaans become different languages so quick?

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 * 1) Urdu title

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 * 1) Should you use a dash or an en-dash?

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 * 1) "from last one century."

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 * 1) When did an "icon" become "iconic".

= August 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 16


 * 1) Personal pronoun "I" capitalised in English

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 * 1) Pronunciation of "gauche" as English word

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 * 1) German exonym of Padua

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 * 1) Remainder vs. Remainer

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 * 1) What is the french word for table.
 * 2) Wearing a trottoir
 * 3) Alphabetical order when using numbers

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 * 1) "advocated for"
 * 2) Plurals of foreign-origin nouns adopted into English

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 * 1) Usage of term "Flabbergasting"
 * 2) Changing normal word order in a sentence, for emphasis

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 * 1) Usage of "child" / "son or daughter"

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 * 1) "Reclaim Hong Kong, revolution of our era"
 * 2) Old English to old French

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 * 1) Who or whom?

= August 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 29


 * 1) What is the meaning of "wholesome" in the meme subculture?
 * 2) Pronunciation information for Adut Akech
 * 3) "ou" sound before labial consonants

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 * 1) Yamato Kotoba