Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/June 2013

= June 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 1


 * 1) What does "to rocket" a cigarette a mean?
 * 2) I seed it
 * 3) "Phonemic" versus "Phonetic" transcriptions
 * 4) Grammar check requested

= June 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 2


 * 1) Distinctive plain form ("infinitive") in English
 * 2) Leaving ... until ...
 * 3) "final say" or "the final say"
 * 4) Clean and jerk

= June 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 3


 * 1) Translating an oddball sentence into Latin
 * 2) Smearing black stuff on the palate to measure place of articulation
 * 3) "Logical" languages

= June 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 4


 * 1) English pronunciation of the Hungarian name Gyula Décsy
 * 2) Indians call indians
 * 3) latin
 * 4) Trying to find the right word for "support"
 * 5) French meaning of "campement"
 * 6) Latin translation please
 * 7) Hindi

= June 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 5


 * 1) What's the difference between cohabitation and domestic partnership?
 * 2) Sanskrit asana terminology
 * 3) Reynier Casembroot
 * 4) Question about Arabic title of television program

= June 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 6


 * 1) An unpoked pig
 * 2) What is the etymology of the "dukes" part of "ma dukes" or "mama dukes"

= June 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 8


 * 1) Pronunciation of -ova names
 * 2) Maths / Math
 * 3) Russian verb conjugation
 * 4) the meaning of pikasheen

= June 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 9


 * 1) "the more easily"

= June 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 10


 * 1) Trying to remember a word

= June 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 11


 * 1) Different word orders in Latin
 * 2) Game rules interpretation
 * 3) What does this sentence mean?
 * 4) Portuguese "fodase"
 * 5) Use of the word "literally"
 * 6) What language is this?

= June 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 12


 * 1) Hawaiian/Tahtian/Polynesian
 * 2) Zwanenburgwal
 * 3) CC-BY-SA, Example request for a portrait

= June 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 13


 * 1) A far
 * 2) Use of possessive pronouns as (?) intensifiers
 * 3) Feminine pronoun as gender neutral pronoun
 * 4) Complex sentence
 * 5) Chinese name of Tigger
 * 6) Go along to get along
 * 7) Similarities between eastern Wisconsin and New England
 * 8) Korean place names

= June 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 14


 * 1) "Big red box"?
 * 2) Brennero

= June 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 15


 * 1) Nom plural of Iesus
 * 2) Why why?
 * 3) Hebrew help

= June 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 16


 * 1) bloody
 * 2) Synthetic drugs
 * 3) deck in spanish
 * 4) Name translation
 * 5) the meaning of Alsuhail or Suhail

= June 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 17


 * 1) ތަޢާރަފު

= June 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 18


 * 1) the meaning of 'figario'
 * 2) Languages without second person?
 * 3) Use of "we" when referring to the human species in scientific articles
 * 4) "The journey took one month each way." vs "The journey took one month for each way." ?
 * 5) A Spell checker checks for?
 * 6) Difficult to understand foreign speech

= June 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 19


 * 1) "All your data is belong to us"
 * 2) Dock of the Bay
 * 3) $200 is collected
 * 4) No Expressions for God in Chinese?
 * 5) ch?
 * 6) German Translation!
 * 7) Etymology of "Homo"
 * 8) message
 * 9) What languages are used in this Sailor Moon multilanuage anime video?
 * 10) enquête
 * 11) Contemporary UK argot

= June 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 20


 * 1) Шозбат!
 * 2) Howard Cosell's accent
 * 3) Stroke order
 * 4) Whilst
 * 5) Bag
 * 6) Language improvements/your input on specific article
 * 7) To go down
 * 8) How do ejectives usually develop from non-ejective consonants?

= June 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 21


 * 1) Must be the season of the which we spoke earlier
 * 2) because Jesus
 * 3) Is 'Hannibal Lecter' actually a plausible Lithuanian name?

= June 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 22


 * 1) greek
 * 2) Does anyone know spanish? Google translate sucks because it's translated sentences don't make sense.
 * 3) English language
 * 4) Sourcing a quote

= June 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 23


 * 1) Shake versus nod
 * 2) "Londonese"
 * 3) Quantitied

= June 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 24


 * 1) Tidyman's carpet
 * 2) Prinsengracht
 * 3) English

= June 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 25


 * 1) Latin vs. Japanese
 * 2) Family name "Frautschi" = ?
 * 3) Traditional children's rhymes and songs
 * 4) The word "mother"
 * 5) misplaced modifiers
 * 6) How do we correct an error in a definition?

= June 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 26


 * 1) Chavacano

= June 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 27


 * 1) Meaning of "You took my freak"
 * 2) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 27#German_speakers.2C_.5Bhttp:.2F.2Fwww.youtube.com.2Fwatch.3Fv.3DwABZ9cXAFjY_what_do_the_Jerry_soldiers_say_to_and_around_the_lost_Yankee_G.I._in_this_scene.3F.5D|German speakers, what do the Jerry soldiers say to and around the lost Yankee G.I. in this scene?]]
 * 3) 'Kensington' as adjective
 * 4) Future nostalgia

= June 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 28


 * 1) Cyrillic help (Mongolian)
 * 2) as's
 * 3) English Grammar. Two hyphenated words in one sentence.

= June 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 29


 * 1) Dictionary tabs
 * 2) "knowing beans about"

= June 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 30


 * 1) What English dialect pronounce "moral" this way [maw-row]?
 * 2) with vs. and