Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/December 2021

= December 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 1


 * 1) Whilst or while?

= December 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 2


 * 1) Why  do so many mis-pronounce the newest variant?
 * 2) Is the word kidnap a portmanteau kid and napping?
 * 3) Why is OED available only by subscription?

= December 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 5


 * 1) Word "choosing" confusing me here.
 * 2) Occurring writing style

= December 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 6


 * 1) Parsing of comparative sentences (English)
 * 2) Children's syntax, for expresing: "whose".
 * 3) Henrik Kyhls "kileindgribningssystem"

= December 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 7


 * 1) Meaning of "subsequent acquisition".

= December 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 8


 * 1) Why "quintuple" is not "quinqueple"
 * 2) Flying House vs Tondera House

= December 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 9


 * 1) I need a native translation of a sentence, into the following ten languages:
 * 2) UK accent

= December 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 10


 * 1) Dialog from The Matrix Reloaded
 * 2) What is the "politically correct" name for a master key.
 * 3) Why the pronoun "Hers" is rarely used?

= December 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 11


 * 1) M. Chayet
 * 2) Just now
 * 3) Is the Goldeneye line "PC or Macka" BS?

= December 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 13


 * 1) Well-knit
 * 2) "can include, but is not limited to"
 * 3) In what language does "Torana" mean "to fly"

= December 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 14


 * 1) a confusing phrase.

= December 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 15


 * 1) Additional S
 * 2) WP on contractions

= December 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 17


 * 1) "To take out of the fridge"

= December 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 18


 * 1) What does 11th hour title change mean?

= December 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 19


 * 1) Dots in Tamil script on the example of ல
 * 2) Homographs that are not homophones causing confusion

= December 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 20


 * 1) "(a) little good news"
 * 2) Words that go with other words

= December 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 21


 * 1) New narrative meaning

= December 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 22


 * 1) The word primorial
 * 2) She's a Tartar

= December 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 23


 * 1) Grass Font

= December 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 24


 * 1) People's names in italics beneath pictures

= December 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 25


 * 1) A question in Turkish

= December 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 27


 * 1) Gibberish Latin

= December 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 28


 * 1) Dialog doubt in No Time To Die
 * 2) To give (someone) gyp
 * 3) "I'm like", she said

= December 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 29


 * 1) Edward VIII abdication: "I" vs "we"
 * 2) fight with
 * 3) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 29#Languages_having_no_hissing_consonants_.28e.g._s_or_sh.29:_What.27s_their_traditional_translation_of_the_biblical_verse_in_.5Bhttps:.2F.2Fwww.biblegateway.com.2Fpassage.2F.3Fsearch.3DJudges.2B12.253A6.26version.3DKJV_Judges_12_6.5D__which_distinguishes_between_s_and_sh_.3F|Languages having no hissing consonants (e.g. s or sh): What's their traditional translation of the biblical verse in Judges 12 6  which distinguishes between s and sh ?]]

= December 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 December 30


 * 1) What does this mean: No one (00/00/0000)?