Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/December 2011

= December 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 1


 * 1) Delikatesswarengeschäfte? etc.
 * 2) Hamlet
 * 3) What is this called?
 * 4) Germanic ordinal numerals
 * 5) time is not a luxury
 * 6) Will the real “Will the real ‘Will the real ... please stand up?’ please stand up?” please stand up?
 * 7) Using the wrong word in television ads
 * 8) Hello

= December 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 2


 * 1) Shantideva quote - looking for the Chinese version
 * 2) Word that means FRIEND or FAMILY MEMBER or Same RELlIGON
 * 3) Man created God in his image
 * 4) Stone stripes on buildings.
 * 5) More German help
 * 6) Spastic
 * 7) The Theory of Evolution -- "believe" or "accept" or "support" or "does reject" or "prove"?

= December 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 3


 * 1) Cursive letterforms
 * 2) sich (German)
 * 3) Grammatical mood
 * 4) Christmas pickle
 * 5) have I used the semicolons correctly in this sentence?
 * 6) For the German experts out there

= December 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 4


 * 1) What is the difference between "choice" and "selection", or are they synonyms?
 * 2) Deciphering Chinese characters
 * 3) Otium#Etymology
 * 4) Whats the rest of this ditty?
 * 5) Italian question
 * 6) Short Telugu Indian translation

= December 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 5


 * 1) Knowledge me up
 * 2) Standardly

= December 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 6


 * 1) The water is fine
 * 2) Translation of Latin caption
 * 3) Overseas
 * 4) "Choose" vs. "Jews"
 * 5) Plush candles

= December 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 7


 * 1) Chert in Spanish?
 * 2) How to read this handwriting
 * 3) Spain and France

= December 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 8


 * 1) No mention
 * 2) One Sentence Paragraphs
 * 3) Word Describing the Outlawing of Homosexuality?
 * 4) Number of Semitic roots

= December 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 9


 * 1) What is the name in Arabic?
 * 2) Latin problem - presently tense
 * 3) Only too happy
 * 4) Played a blinder
 * 5) When do mourir and morir take se (become reflexive)?
 * 6) Second language education in the English-speaking world

= December 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 10


 * 1) A few thousand or A few thousands?
 * 2) Non-Chinese lyrics in the Chinese song 高山青
 * 3) So much have changed or So much has changed?
 * 4) Translation from English to German, please?
 * 5) OSVAH
 * 6) Word for someone who doesn't believe in free will
 * 7) Translation problems
 * 8) Exemplary language usage by websites
 * 9) How do you differentiate who's who when there are more than one person with the same last name in a family?

= December 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 11


 * 1) "Got it" and "my bad"
 * 2) Welsh patronimics
 * 3) Looking for a word...
 * 4) Universally known as...

= December 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 12


 * 1) What does it mean: "Don’t take net points over gross
 * 2) Pray vs. Beg
 * 3) Latinise something that Latin-speakers were never aware of please? (might require some creativity/kludging)
 * 4) "Typecast" in past tense
 * 5) millionaire

= December 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 13


 * 1) Apostrophe s
 * 2) latin translation

= December 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 14


 * 1) Facebook Chinese grammar question
 * 2) Apostrophe s (possessive)
 * 3) German grammar: der & er
 * 4) More Arabic Help
 * 5) Proper "style" for writing a greeting card?
 * 6) difficult foreign language words
 * 7) Double period?
 * 8) "Si" in Cebuano

= December 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 15


 * 1) Portuguese help
 * 2) Meaning of the phrase 'You robbed the gentleman in 253, 5, 7 and 9'
 * 3) Swiss(?) German sign

= December 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 16


 * 1) Is there a Spanish speaker in the house?
 * 2) Help in looking up articles in Arabic
 * 3) Spanish help: Commons sentence
 * 4) French help: Commons sentence
 * 5) Refs?

= December 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 17


 * 1) word for blending paint colours with a squeegee

= December 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 18


 * 1) Earlaye in the morning

= December 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 19


 * 1) Kanji identification
 * 2) english grammatical error
 * 3) Written languages
 * 4) Non-standard use of IPA symbols

= December 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 20


 * 1) Admiral Wilhelm Souchon
 * 2) Trying to think of a word to describe a specific area....

= December 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 21


 * 1) Chag (Channukah) sameach! (Urgent)
 * 2) Anyone speak Azerbaijani?

= December 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 22


 * 1) Firefly question (requires a near native Mandarin speaker who is also a sci-fi fan)
 * 2) Words start with
 * 3) Is there a synonym for possession that does not relate to ownership or daemons?
 * 4) Word for Male Ejaculation in Pre-Tudor England . ..
 * 5) Japanese adjective inflection
 * 6) Translation
 * 7) arrow in the knee?
 * 8) pet "he" or "it"

= December 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 23


 * 1) What to call this thing?

= December 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 24


 * 1) Arabic question
 * 2) UnTurkish

= December 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 25


 * 1) we have tath, spraints, bodewash etc - but what are cat droppings called?
 * 2) Polish: Pronunciation of Ł with no vowels around
 * 3) English Spelling Reform

= December 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 26


 * 1) Spanish translation
 * 2) Disc or Disk ..?
 * 3) Find the best pronouns from the option according to the question.
 * 4) The English word for a 'given name for everyday use'

= December 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 27


 * 1) Korean help
 * 2) Arabic help
 * 3) Jana Gana Mana
 * 4) Translation Portuguese/English
 * 5) Receipt meaning recipe ?
 * 6) Pajama man song

= December 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 28


 * 1) Are there more references to alternate language history beyond this video?
 * 2) Curate's egg: 'her' and 'she'

= December 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 29


 * 1) Him/himself
 * 2) Arabic help
 * 3) Brněnec
 * 4) Chinese, Russian, and Turkish help
 * 5) Language help (Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese)

= December 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 30


 * 1) German

= December 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 31


 * 1) US flag
 * 2) Signing and talking
 * 3) Joyo kanji