Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/June 2009

= June 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 1


 * 1) German website help
 * 2) "St", "Sp" in German
 * 3) Vocab Lists
 * 4) Asking for comments, etc. - Spanish vs. Mexican Spanish
 * 5) Spanish - imperfect vs. preterite discussing a historical era

= June 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 2


 * 1) least tense + aspect
 * 2) Latin - Nuntius teutonicus
 * 3) "I" after the time
 * 4) Phoneme /x/ in English
 * 5) What is this?
 * 6) German phrase
 * 7) Downtown, uptown

= June 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 3


 * 1) Correct word?
 * 2) 'The' plus album title
 * 3) Why do Japanese and African words/names sometimes sound similar?
 * 4) What to call this grammatical construction
 * 5) Uni...?

= June 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 4


 * 1) Readerly, writerly and painterly
 * 2) Cousin's Daughter
 * 3) corn/maize
 * 4) "Bloß"

= June 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 5


 * 1) definition of a Russian word
 * 2) Henry David Thoreau and bird that fouls own nest
 * 3) Difference between "no" and "nil"
 * 4) The length of dashes
 * 5) Lithuanian translation

= June 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 6


 * 1) What language?

= June 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 7


 * 1) Latin: Niger vs Ater
 * 2) Johns Hopkins
 * 3) English GCSE
 * 4) Spanish pronunciation
 * 5) Verb: to make two things the same
 * 6) Pronoun itself

= June 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 8


 * 1) Images of runic Rúnatal
 * 2) Meshuy
 * 3) ISO amusing phrase to be printed on apron for LGBT BBQ
 * 4) Anti-rhyme

= June 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 9


 * 1) Term for a list of words, all of the same length
 * 2) Inter/trans/pan
 * 3) Cornish language
 * 4) radio coding
 * 5) Lorry or truck
 * 6) International Labour Organization
 * 7) Spendthrift

= June 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 10


 * 1) Usage of i.e. and e.g.
 * 2) Word for Candle
 * 3) Plural of media
 * 4) Plural2singular
 * 5) Need an English word
 * 6) Latin Word For 'Volcano'

= June 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 11


 * 1) GRE ASAP
 * 2) References to the idea that language and the physical world are one and the same?
 * 3) Allow vs. permit
 * 4) Please to be
 * 5) Two odd phrases (Americanisms?)
 * 6) name of this literary device?
 * 7) Inclusive - have I understood this?
 * 8) Euphemisms for "Crying Jay"
 * 9) South Africa and naming of nations

= June 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 12


 * 1) Language
 * 2) CofE Churches
 * 3) French hens
 * 4) French accents in English usage
 * 5) Liquor
 * 6) Names

= June 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 13


 * 1) Nothing like good sesh
 * 2) Flaming June
 * 3) Eris Quod Sum
 * 4) Pronunciation
 * 5) How is a double L pronounced in Spanish ?
 * 6) What is this language/alphabet?
 * 7) Response to sneezing in English

= June 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 14


 * 1) Etymology of the word Islam
 * 2) Scandinavian names
 * 3) "You" in Punjabi?

= June 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 15


 * 1) Pam
 * 2) Modern novels/authors in project Gutemberg/Librivox
 * 3) Joan
 * 4) Alphabetic Order
 * 5) Short story about a kid who finds out that he's poor

= June 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 16


 * 1) Hwyl - Welsh word
 * 2) djinn = gene activator
 * 3) Simple sentence
 * 4) Sentence in Russian, correct?

= June 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 17


 * 1) Meaning
 * 2) Cunjevoi
 * 3) arabic sentence
 * 4) 喂
 * 5) Line of speech
 * 6) Comma usage
 * 7) "The things you gave your life to"
 * 8) Secret Letter
 * 9) U and V

= June 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 18


 * 1) War Memorial Wording
 * 2) There's prologue and epilogue, but what about something in the middle?
 * 3) OED help
 * 4) 1944 letter which I assume is in German
 * 5) IPA help
 * 6) Wording for a copyedit

= June 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 19


 * 1) Cat burglar
 * 2) Relative pronoun "that"
 * 3) Help with Korean-to-English translation

= June 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 20


 * 1) Produce vs Product, noun
 * 2) IPA question II
 * 3) true official name of the barcode system
 * 4) Conciencia fiscal - what is it in English?
 * 5) Eulsa Treaty
 * 6) Arabic
 * 7) Monies

= June 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 21


 * 1) A house, a tortoise and an ant
 * 2) "An horrific"
 * 3) What's in a constitution

= June 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 22


 * 1) Correct terminology
 * 2)  Dashes Hyphens in "one year long"
 * 3) uou ?
 * 4) Riddle
 * 5) Boy
 * 6) handicapped? retarded?

= June 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 23


 * 1) Washington, DC
 * 2) Clearing line
 * 3) Belt

= June 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 24


 * 1) Bernolakish
 * 2) Informal Chilean Spanish, video/audio
 * 3) Why are some sounds considered phonemes, but others not?

= June 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 25


 * 1) Adjectives in Czech
 * 2) any idiom or saying to mean this idea

= June 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 26


 * 1) Arabic translation
 * 2) Analyzing the sentence "welcome aboard"
 * 3) Lay and lie

= June 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 27


 * 1) IPo
 * 2) Sport
 * 3) need a simple definition for response latency
 * 4) mixing moods
 * 5) Allahu akbar in Iran
 * 6) TH

= June 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 28


 * 1) Eulsa Treaty
 * 2) Possessive form of Jonas
 * 3) Word Derivation

= June 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 29


 * 1) Quick German sentence-translation
 * 2) Noghl
 * 3) Bangkok, Thailand?
 * 4) Japanese question

= June 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 30


 * 1) Korean
 * 2) vocabulary,english
 * 3) How hard could it be to say my name?
 * 4) Comma usage