Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/January 2010

= January 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 1


 * 1) Latin translation requested
 * 2) Entertention?
 * 3) Pronunciation of surnames
 * 4) IPA symbols for generic sound classes
 * 5) Correct grammar
 * 6) "pre-dumptial"
 * 7) A Japanese translation.
 * 8) Dictionaries and language change

= January 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 2


 * 1) Thair leirit he tonis proportionat
 * 2) Potato/Potaato?
 * 3) English Grammar: -
 * 4) Phrasing
 * 5) Noun form of cretinous
 * 6) Klick

= January 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 3


 * 1) Antonyms of "virgin"?
 * 2) "to" or "for"?
 * 3) Identifying the passive agent in ‘precede’ and ‘succeed’
 * 4) Schtroumpf

= January 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 4


 * 1) Of a [period]
 * 2) Emphasis
 * 3) Mac/Mc surname questions
 * 4) Plural vs. singular possession
 * 5) Tea, some tea and a tea
 * 6) Column
 * 7) simper

= January 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 5


 * 1) Good Korean Language Textbook/Website
 * 2) Email Etiquette - replying to an individual AND a group
 * 3) Linguistic flags
 * 4) Chump
 * 5) Failure cognate
 * 6) Anonymous famous writers like Salinger and Pynchon
 * 7) The silent majority
 * 8) The rate of Language change

= January 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 6


 * 1) A Polish toast
 * 2) Mynedfa derivation
 * 3) Spatial and spacial
 * 4) religious texts
 * 5) Spanish question
 * 6) need a 14 letter word with E A N A D N H T O I D M U I

= January 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 7


 * 1) Personal names in poorly attested languages
 * 2) Help with rewriting this
 * 3) Italian in Assassin's Creed 2
 * 4) Kau
 * 5) Combinations of sounds that are hard to pronounce
 * 6) Hear Samples of Spoken Languages Online

= January 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 8


 * 1) Footnotes 56
 * 2) Corollary to the Spanish question
 * 3) The name of a door
 * 4) nl:wiki problem
 * 5) Nihongo translation please -.-;
 * 6) Question About Facemarks/Emoticons
 * 7) Knighting sword

= January 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 9


 * 1) Which is the subject?
 * 2) Meaning of "so funny"
 * 3) Eytmology
 * 4) Longest English word with letters in alphabetical order
 * 5) Hebrew
 * 6) Pre-planned
 * 7) Czech help;
 * 8) Numbers 1 to 10 in Proto-Afroasiatic language?
 * 9) Rusyn? Ukrainian?

= January 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 10


 * 1) Antique/Antiques
 * 2) Over-punctuation
 * 3) peanut allergy sufferers in asia language help
 * 4) Rendering of an Hebrew word in English letters

= January 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 11


 * 1) Reinforcing existing prejudices
 * 2) "Piange ... Il Telefono" (Italian song)

= January 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 12


 * 1) Definition of OP
 * 2) Temperature subjective feel
 * 3) Is "accusee" acceptable?
 * 4) Michaelhouse
 * 5) M/M: Lettering format
 * 6) What's this sentence construction?

= January 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 13


 * 1) Application
 * 2) Semivowel alternations
 * 3) Portray or depict?
 * 4) "re" case
 * 5) Pronounciation rule?
 * 6) Arabic Translation
 * 7) Are ships feminine in American as they are in English ? And why ?

= January 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 14


 * 1) Numbers in Hindi
 * 2) "house" as a building and the family too
 * 3) latín hispánico
 * 4) Fear liath
 * 5) He came home to find a friend and his girlfriend using his bed
 * 6) Equi-"height"?
 * 7) Japanese IME on Vista

= January 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 15


 * 1) Spanish subjunctive tense
 * 2) THE WORD CELTIC
 * 3) How is this persons name spelled?
 * 4) Spelled or spelt?
 * 5) Antithetical opposites
 * 6) speech act theory; perlocutionary act

= January 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 16


 * 1) Please explain this simile
 * 2) Dutch help

= January 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 17


 * 1) Question/answer
 * 2) True or false?
 * 3) "the well"
 * 4) The omissio of "to"
 * 5) English grammar
 * 6) Repetitions?
 * 7) Mac or Mack

= January 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 18


 * 1) Bitch
 * 2) Motley
 * 3) Invitation card
 * 4) ways to refer to use of sign languages in English
 * 5) Subordinate clause, or complete sentence
 * 6) 'Must not' in past tense?
 * 7) "up to the age of", or "until"?
 * 8) Finnish: Original Book Titles
 * 9) Texting
 * 10) Mutual intelligibility of North American dialects of French
 * 11) В in Russian
 * 12) Lurch in Brazil

= January 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 19


 * 1) Sigismund('s) Bell
 * 2) Analogy of Did you take train to school and eat mash potatoes for lunch
 * 3) Understanding Japanese
 * 4) Definite article prefacing proper nouns (specifically road names)
 * 5) Maltese letters “Ċ” and “Ġ”

= January 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 20


 * 1) "Gaffe"
 * 2) What Is "his pipe"?
 * 3) Crossword
 * 4) Mental pejorative
 * 5) "Do no evil" vs. "Don't do evil"
 * 6) is
 * 7) "Control" mistranslated from French?
 * 8) Wikipedia article in latin

= January 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 21


 * 1) When and how did discriptive surnames become permanent surnames??
 * 2) What is the word used to describe the motion of large groups of fish or birds or other animals?
 * 3) Unified English spelling and English verbs ending in "c"
 * 4) Crossword clues..
 * 5) Help getting phonetic characters
 * 6) Latin check
 * 7) an injust unjustice

= January 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 22


 * 1) "not to be reckoned with" - correct usage?

= January 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 23


 * 1) a Ship is a she? or a it?
 * 2) Tejas, en español
 * 3) Translation, please

= January 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 24


 * 1) "ff" at the start of names
 * 2) Which sentence is correct?
 * 3) different words for single meaning
 * 4) Usage of "enough"
 * 5) does anyone here speak Xhosa?
 * 6) Italian pronunciation
 * 7) J.K. Rowling and the use of 'Muggle'
 * 8) Name for coins and notes

= January 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 25


 * 1) Same difference
 * 2) Whirling dervish

= January 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 26


 * 1) Weird verb that can't be done but is only done
 * 2) I like pie?
 * 3) Translation from German
 * 4) Irish blog title
 * 5) On people and persons
 * 6) On First Ladies
 * 7) Translation of Chinese three-course meal

= January 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 27


 * 1) What's The Eyt Of "nanna"?
 * 2) igi 3 is true ?
 * 3) Cryptic crossword help required
 * 4) Harping on
 * 5) 'Why' questions
 * 6) Use of “She”
 * 7) Morgue
 * 8) English words with several "th"s

= January 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 28


 * 1) Math
 * 2) User Essays on Hebrew?
 * 3) Tell me how I am speaking - 1 minute
 * 4) Hyphens in compounds with units
 * 5) Common misspellings (eg. than/then, you're/your)
 * 6) "I like them tall girls" grammar

= January 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 29


 * 1) Mardi Gras
 * 2) Surname - Sherliker
 * 3) Optional commas before conjunctions

= January 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 30


 * 1) Billy
 * 2) Game to make as many words as possible from a larger word

= January 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2010 January 31


 * 1) Turkish Alphabet Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac
 * 2) "Mine was not an education of love, but of fear"
 * 3) Shroff
 * 4) grammar content
 * 5) Angel hierarchy words
 * 6) Uh-oh, Hunh, Hmmm, etc
 * 7) Latin: "Odisse mortalis"