Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/March 2015

= March 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 1


 * 1) More than one Brazilian real
 * 2) German-English translation

= March 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 2


 * 1) An error?
 * 2) German comments on film editing
 * 3) Which is the preferred form of the abbreviation "with respect to"?
 * 4) Grammar of "Do you think me handsome?"

= March 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 3


 * 1) Pronunciation of "Thornhagh"
 * 2) preposition+verb
 * 3) Name of a film for teaching English
 * 4) Greenhalgh
 * 5) Term for describing a specific annoying behavior?

= March 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 4


 * 1) English term for the Japanese "walk rally"?
 * 2) Use of that in non-restrictive relative clauses with human antecedents
 * 3) Stylistic rule of avoiding same word twice in a paragraph
 * 4) What are some standard textbooks used in linguistics degrees at college?

= March 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 5


 * 1) "Please check which trader this voucher is to be used."

= March 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 6


 * 1) Bad audio file
 * 2) How does the French phrase "Monsieur le Curé" translate to "the parish priest"?
 * 3) Pronunciation of Byron name

= March 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 7


 * 1) not using them anymore

= March 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 8


 * 1) Apostrophes on references to family names

= March 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 9


 * 1) life dealt them a different hand
 * 2) Which language is this ?
 * 3) Comparative Grammar of the Uralic Languages
 * 4) What is the Japanese title of this article?
 * 5) A Jest in Serious Earnest
 * 6) Virtue names

= March 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 10


 * 1) Property to reflect light
 * 2) Anymore
 * 3) Hunt breakfast

= March 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 11


 * 1) Meaning of bull market hoodoo
 * 2) Portuguese - biggest in the world

= March 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 12


 * 1) Khmer "Prek Luong"
 * 2) diasystems

= March 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 13


 * 1) Elder/older
 * 2) Origin of the phrase, 'dead ass'
 * 3) ISIS flag

= March 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 14


 * 1) pronunciation of name

= March 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 15


 * 1) Piz Daint
 * 2) Why did the hard "T" suddenly start being pronounced in neanderthal?
 * 3) Peru national football team
 * 4) Japanese

= March 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 16


 * 1) So

= March 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 17


 * 1) Translation from Latin
 * 2) Paterissa
 * 3) German for mint-flavored stomache-pain elixir
 * 4) Laboursome?

= March 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 19


 * 1) Passato remoto
 * 2) Spanish grain elevators
 * 3) Copyrights of images violating ruels and regulation

= March 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 20


 * 1) anap(a)estilence
 * 2) Need help verifying Japanese
 * 3) Commas, maybe?
 * 4) Plural of poet laureate

= March 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 21


 * 1) Direct and Indirect Descent
 * 2) "Apology"
 * 3) Mowhawk vs. mohawk (hairstyle)

= March 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 22


 * 1) Whatquam ex ungue leonem?
 * 2) Official status missing on language infobox
 * 3) Persian help and Arabic help? (transcription needed)

= March 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 23


 * 1) "coffee grounds" vs "coffee grinds"
 * 2) Lightnin' up the mood
 * 3) Strange things among English irregular verbs
 * 4) Korean punctuation

= March 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 24


 * 1) ASL sign in "Unbreakable" theme song?

= March 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 25


 * 1) Seven deadly sins - multilingual!
 * 2) Pronunciation of "wrath"
 * 3) Is this a catalog? What kind of publication is Livres-Hebdo (French language help)
 * 4) Science Fiction World
 * 5) LEARNING LUSOGA LANGUAGE

= March 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 26


 * 1) The Giver
 * 2) Tazer
 * 3) Gender-specific language
 * 4) Can someone generate IPA pronunciation guide for me?

= March 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 27


 * 1) Is the root of damn the babylonian damu; and the root of ritual the Indian ritu?

= March 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 28


 * 1) Do sign languages borrow from each other?

= March 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 29


 * 1) Causative and Passive in Japanese
 * 2) River names

= March 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 30


 * 1) Colon usage when introducing a series of items.
 * 2) Language identification
 * 3) Report writing
 * 4) Desperate Need for Translation on Chop Marks & Characters
 * 5) Smart versus dumb quotes

= March 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 31


 * 1) Arabic transcription requested, and its meaning?
 * 2) NGO
 * 3) Scheherazade
 * 4) Gobi/Shamo
 * 5) Why did /am-er-EE-ka/ become /a-ME-ri-ka/?