Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/June 2015

= June 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 1


 * 1) Native level of proficiency?

= June 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 2


 * 1) 'uman rights and 'elf 'n' safety
 * 2) Pronunciation of "Blayac"
 * 3) "All but..."
 * 4) Requested translation: What are the terms in File:China Airlines Flight 140 EN.svg  in Chinese?
 * 5) Leo Marriot or Leo Marriott?

= June 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 3


 * 1) on line sites with English words hard for foreigners?
 * 2) Latin American surnames
 * 3) "Autumn" in American speech
 * 4) Familiar forms of names in German

= June 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 5


 * 1) looking forward to seeing you
 * 2) Can you read this tombstone?
 * 3) Well-to-do

= June 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 6


 * 1) BB in Nitzinger’s "Texas Blues"
 * 2) Enter your MC card in the ATM machine and when requested type your pin number

= June 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 8


 * 1) Old Persian

= June 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 9


 * 1) Japanese instructions
 * 2) Finnish grammar- name suffix
 * 3) Soul(s)

= June 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 10


 * 1) TO&E
 * 2) Latin word and case choice: command to "begin"/"start"

= June 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 11


 * 1) Breatharians and always-awake-ians?
 * 2) Calotriton
 * 3) Slang for fellation
 * 4) Minor name dilemma

= June 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 12


 * 1) Pronunciation of Polish surname in mid-20th C. Paris

= June 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 13


 * 1) Search results jamming
 * 2) Jag-time tune

= June 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 14


 * 1) The Our Father
 * 2) "Charlie side"

= June 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 15


 * 1) translating source
 * 2) Learning French
 * 3) How important is being native for writing proficiency? Is there such a thing as a "native writer"?

= June 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 16


 * 1) "Shopkeeper" in American English
 * 2) What is the Burrand Bush?

= June 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 17


 * 1) Horshoes
 * 2) common root of greek puros and latin purare

= June 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 18


 * 1) I'm looking for nine English words, pronounced almost equally, except for a single monophthong - by which they are phonetically different from each other.
 * 2) How to list phonemes

= June 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 19


 * 1) Editor who speaks Norwegian?
 * 2) Does the word orphan apply to adult children?
 * 3) Why is "may" optional?
 * 4) Overuse of 'different' and 'separate'

= June 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 20


 * 1) Latin translation help
 * 2) The meaning of "When was it not?"
 * 3) King & Royal animals
 * 4) Russian question
 * 5) Commissary gallery
 * 6) Spanish for Mr.

= June 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 21


 * 1) "Peppersass"
 * 2) Gahuza language?

= June 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 22


 * 1) Lords and Graces
 * 2) Eine Frage zum "Hanover"  oder "Hannover" 
 * 3) Gender of Pronouns Question About non-English Indo-European Languages

= June 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 23


 * 1) English to Malay Translation Error
 * 2) Modification how if possible

= June 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 24


 * 1) Looking for a word similar to a Strawman fallacy
 * 2) Chevrons to convey thoughts?

= June 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 25


 * 1) "adopted"
 * 2) French translation
 * 3) What accent is this?
 * 4) Country names
 * 5) An hypothesis
 * 6) Inscription

= June 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 26


 * 1) Metrophobia

= June 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 27


 * 1) John Money - pronounciation
 * 2) Ship's brig

= June 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 28


 * 1) Straw man
 * 2) Subjunctive - ancient greek

= June 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 29


 * 1) Media use of the word "alleged" to describe suspected criminals when the crime is escaping from prison
 * 2) Does Google Translate rely on context ?
 * 3) What is the Arabic in the title of the document?
 * 4) Difference between 'git' and 'get'
 * 5) "Matekua tenenoro kauome kitore"? (Māori? Igbo?)

= June 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 30


 * 1) Polish translation (~ 1880)
 * 2) implying something by saying its opposite
 * 3) Are the sentences grammatically correct in English? (participial adjective)