Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/December 2013

= December 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 1


 * 1) Is Satan pronounced same as satin?
 * 2) Distribution of Cyrillic

= December 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 2


 * 1) Translation of Sanskrit text
 * 2) Solid
 * 3) Tradent
 * 4) Fær øer: norse name in italian?
 * 5) Political Correctness
 * 6) German to English

= December 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 3


 * 1) Some better word
 * 2) As well as
 * 3) Sanskrit Translation
 * 4) Another Latin title page
 * 5) Public Domain with Restrictions?
 * 6) Japanese translation request

= December 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 4


 * 1) Sung Spanish "muy"
 * 2) English to Japanese translation help
 * 3) Noun-to-Adjective derivations using the '-ed' suffix.

= December 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 5


 * 1) Use of there is/are after adverbials
 * 2) Latin motto

= December 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 6


 * 1) Opposite of philanthropy?
 * 2) What is the name of...

= December 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 7


 * 1) 17th century French: "Tracy"
 * 2) Just say the word

= December 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 8


 * 1) ED-earned
 * 2) Plural of razzia

= December 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 9


 * 1) Chinese search help needed
 * 2) Learning another improves one’s own usage?
 * 3) Film Footage

= December 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 10


 * 1) Are bands plural or nonlpural
 * 2) Help with French phrase
 * 3) Help with Chinese: Daiwie Fu's resume

= December 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 11


 * 1) Help with Chinese: Finding Western Studies Department
 * 2) bis to insert numbered content in an existing numbered list: how to style?

= December 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 13


 * 1) secondaire
 * 2) paradox of "calcined ashes"
 * 3) "Which" and "that"

= December 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 14


 * 1) Nationality-born vs. country-born
 * 2) etymology of joystick?
 * 3) Ufology excerpt in Romanian

= December 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 15


 * 1) Iz-rye-ell
 * 2) Fidelity Bank Nigeria
 * 3) The "Yongneup" of  "The High Moor, Yongneup of Mt. Daeam"
 * 4) Does this comma belong here?
 * 5) Genre/Term for constant surveillence in Big Brother, Truman Show, etc

= December 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 16


 * 1) Why is the 's' in curse voiceless

= December 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 17


 * 1) RS etymology for "Mulignan/Mulignon"
 * 2) "Try and" vs. "Try to"
 * 3) Hindi name
 * 4) Is the following sentence acceptable/grammatical?
 * 5) Galoshes

= December 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 18


 * 1) One-word translation for Bellatrix?
 * 2) Pseudo-synonyms?
 * 3) What is 'foodirati' in the following sentence?
 * 4) Bible translation: shall not kill or not murder?
 * 5) How to cite sources with long titles?

= December 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 19


 * 1) I'm having Fitz trying to figure out the Ap-propriate action to take.
 * 2) Jocular phonetic alphabet
 * 3) [Sic]cing the [sic]cer; or "Fully [sic]"
 * 4) Cayenne and Guyana

= December 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 20


 * 1) Japanese Proverb

= December 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 21


 * 1) Can someone translate this please?
 * 2) Protoindoeuropean apostrophe
 * 3) Moving query about possessive here from very much dead Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Grammar help page.

= December 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 22


 * 1) Latin pronunciation In dulci jubilo

= December 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 23


 * 1) English equivalents of the Chinese words "含蓄" and "文雅"
 * 2) Apostrophe in Russian
 * 3) French help

= December 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 24


 * 1) English dialect in Denmark?
 * 2) In Brazil what does it mean if someone went to  'college' ?
 * 3) Word for a detail-oriented person

= December 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 25


 * 1) evolution quote
 * 2) Troll the Halls
 * 3) sleeping position
 * 4) What is the Arabic for the Lycee Cheikh Bouamama in Algiers?

= December 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 26


 * 1) A little French translation, please

= December 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 27


 * 1) Is the sound /ouv/ rare in English?
 * 2) The use of the english word INHERIT
 * 3) Accuracy of NYT dialect survey

= December 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 28


 * 1) Meaning of the word "pussy" in 1931 and before
 * 2) Norwegian translation

= December 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 29


 * 1) Name for throat sensation
 * 2) Arktika
 * 3) CSFN
 * 4) Implicit You
 * 5) Missing explanation of one "blissymbol" in article

= December 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 30


 * 1) Correct word
 * 2) How long has that sucked for?
 * 3) What Language!?!
 * 4) Arabic help for Sudan Civil Aviation Authority

= December 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 31


 * 1) Russian help: Department of Aviation
 * 2) term of address
 * 3) the usage of "fresh"
 * 4) American English pronunciation of 2 vowels
 * 5) "Bitcoin" vs. "bitcoin" in this sentence
 * 6) Trademarks which start out as pseudowords