Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/January 2024

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 * 1) That or Which?

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 * 1) Term for opening synthetic raffia string

= January 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 3


 * 1) "if ... then" stranding

= January 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 5


 * 1) Questions

= January 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 6


 * 1) What is a gange?

= January 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 8


 * 1) A joke non-natives may not understand
 * 2) “There is to me” possession

= January 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 9


 * 1) Why I see you are a bee, or in brief: Y.I.C.U.R.A.B.
 * 2) Dental fricatives

= January 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 10


 * 1) Phrase construction with alone adjectives

= January 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 11


 * 1) Spark out
 * 2) "a hornet's nest" v. "a hornets' nest"

= January 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 12


 * 1) What is the correct way to say this?

= January 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 15


 * 1) Spelling of non-English names--who decides?

= January 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 16


 * 1) Swapping V and W

= January 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 17


 * 1) succession vs accession
 * 2) Dutch phrase "ga je gang"

= January 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 18


 * 1) Past participle of "to burn"

= January 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 19


 * 1) Do Americans typically pronounce "Bologna" (the place) as "Baloney"?
 * 2) Homophone-like combinations
 * 3) English questions

= January 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 20


 * 1) Usage of 'Du' in German
 * 2) Latin alphabet

= January 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 22


 * 1) Monogenesis hypothesis
 * 2) What does M/S mean in front of Indian company names?

= January 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 24


 * 1) Full stops in Chinese textbook

= January 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 25


 * 1) Telescopic ladder

= January 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 26


 * 1) Hungarians: Is EMMA (Women’s Association for Birth Rights in Hungary) an acronym?
 * 2) What is this called and why does it happen?

= January 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 27


 * 1) Removing "incidental mentions of authors"

= January 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 28


 * 1) Questions

= January 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 29


 * 1) Surname ordering
 * 2) Slavic(?)  "starting to do (something)"
 * 3) translation for German word "Aktus"

= January 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 30


 * 1) Gulag
 * 2) Pre-Latin Native American translation
 * 3) New questions

= January 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 January 31


 * 1) The term "The Old Man" for the 30 yo captain in "Das Boot" - mistranslation?
 * 2) Pronunciation of zoo- words