Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/January 2014

= January 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 1


 * 1) Part of speech
 * 2) Korean help: Address of agencies
 * 3) Translation of Latin book title

= January 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 2


 * 1) mispronunciation of /w/ in French
 * 2) What is the Arabic on this seal?
 * 3) Japanese help: What characters are in this PDF file?
 * 4) Adjectives as nouns
 * 5) Now, here's a deal that shouldn't be too hard to pass up!
 * 6) Chinese Singaporean language Barrier in Canada?

= January 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 3


 * 1) People who sew are sewers?
 * 2) train terminology
 * 3) Does this article in Icelandic say anything useful about Shm-reduplication?
 * 4) filosófya-shmilosófya(פילוסופיה־שמילוסופיה).
 * 5) Vagina gentium
 * 6) Word puzzle I'm pondering
 * 7) Is "hmm" a universal question marker?

= January 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 4


 * 1) Pronunciation of "Sochi"
 * 2) Torquemada etymology

= January 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 5


 * 1) Japanese help for Karachi Japanese school
 * 2) Spanish help: Translating El Pais article?
 * 3) Neurosemia.

= January 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 6


 * 1) Polish song translation
 * 2) Japanese help: Which of the following are good secondary sources for Japanese School in Bucharest?

= January 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 7


 * 1) Latin in Bayeux Tapestry
 * 2) Should college subjects be capitalized?
 * 3) Japanese to English translation request for a Wikimedia Commons photo
 * 4) sayanim

= January 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 8


 * 1) English grammar related question
 * 2) is there even something slightly objectionable about two of the same word twice in a row?
 * 3) What is the origin of the modifier "S-class"?
 * 4) The meaning of an English sentence
 * 5) What are these Japanese  anime characters saying in this anime parody video?
 * 6) Can a native chinese speaker tell me how to write the following in vertical traditional chinese?

= January 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 9


 * 1) Portuguese: "vendedor de cautelas"
 * 2) help with Latinized English
 * 3) Had not got a car – British English
 * 4) Mór or less
 * 5) To The Wonder/ A La Merveille

= January 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 10


 * 1) "Film" vs "Movie"
 * 2) Russian translation
 * 3) Doctor Aybolit

= January 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 12

= January 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 13


 * 1) difference between pool and pond
 * 2) Using the word however.
 * 3) Wipe you mouth.

= January 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 31

= January 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 14


 * 1) Wikipedia articles in european portuguese
 * 2) Is there a Burmese given name "U"?

= January 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 15


 * 1) Chinese lyric poetry

= January 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 31

= January 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 16


 * 1) "Don't feel" or "don't fear"
 * 2) Arabic to English translation request
 * 3) Native American alphabet - translating into modern english usage
 * 4) All the best!

= January 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 31

= January 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 17


 * 1) German question: The Future of Emily and other films
 * 2) Arabic al
 * 3) got vs won / in vs. at

= January 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 31

= January 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 18


 * 1) What is the antonym of cata?
 * 2) Japanese help: Is this related to a New York City Japanese newspaper?
 * 3) Two grammatical questions in English
 * 4) An immigrants' son done good

= January 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 19


 * 1) drag through a sleepless night
 * 2) Coördinate
 * 3) Word distinction
 * 4) Japanese help: Are these addresses the same? What is the Japanese text here?

= January 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 20


 * 1) Opposite of denialism

= January 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 21


 * 1) The old woman shed turbid tears.
 * 2) Should a church for protestants be called Protestant church or Christian church?
 * 3) Snakker du norsk?
 * 4) Which is correct?

= January 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 22


 * 1) The wheat will run to waste in the fields if not harvested on time.

= January 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 23


 * 1) a term for half grown sweet potatoes
 * 2) She walked ten li alone.

= January 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 24


 * 1) Language-related news (spelling reforms etc.)
 * 2) Is there a name for this kind of tense?
 * 3) The apple is so sweet that it takes only one bite to soften up one's body.
 * 4) classes preparing those who failed this year's College Entrance Exam for next year's
 * 5) folk belief or folk beliefs
 * 6) "Contracting" as a job description

= January 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 25


 * 1) Is the Miao language taught in China?
 * 2) furrow in a melon field
 * 3) sit up sideways

= January 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 26


 * 1) He was told to come again in three days. or He was told to come again three days later.
 * 2) Difference between resuscitation room and rescue room
 * 3) sometimes...sometimes...sometimes; now...now...now
 * 4) 澳盛銀行 (Chinese)
 * 5) Strange French accent

= January 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 27


 * 1) repetition in English
 * 2) Some officials follow corrupt practices.
 * 3) Looking for a word(!) for a perpetrator atheist who murders millions or religious people.

= January 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 28


 * 1) The case
 * 2) Pronoun
 * 3) Seeking brief English summary of Hebrew news article.

= January 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 29


 * 1) Is there a word for...?

= January 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 30


 * 1) what is a 夜归人?
 * 2) Hebrew Wikipedia Version of
 * 3) How many different ***types*** of languages are there?
 * 4) Better word choice: revoked or rescinded?
 * 5) intramural

= January 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 31


 * 1) What do/does
 * 2) Arabic name