Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/May 2014

= May 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 1


 * 1) Shakespeare and Olde English
 * 2) How many examples are there in the Chinese language that personify nature? (i.e. 月亮姑姑, 老天爷)

= May 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 2


 * 1) Linguistic evolution of the name singapura

= May 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 3


 * 1) Inuit = people
 * 2) Thai translations.
 * 3) Efficent Language

= May 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 4


 * 1) What does 'You're done!' mean?
 * 2) ’grammer grammar

= May 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 5


 * 1) What is the difference between ascribe and prescribe?
 * 2) Parerga and Paralipomena
 * 3) Is it fair to say that English evolved from Latin?
 * 4) Traditional instruction in Latin
 * 5) I want to acknowledge...
 * 6) Bible passages

= May 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 6


 * 1) Time allowed for dialogue during episodes/movies
 * 2) Correct or incorrect "if you want a garden waste bin delivering" - and which is right ?
 * 3) Latin word
 * 4) What does "sujeño" mean?

= May 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 8


 * 1) We provide business solutions!
 * 2) Meat of a fish
 * 3) Slang word for military informant
 * 4) Spelling with homophones
 * 5) GB - UK?

= May 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 9


 * 1) What's in a name? Translation and proper English use question.

= May 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 10


 * 1) Laudatory words
 * 2) Do I rule OK?
 * 3) Usage of Latin letters in other alphabets

= May 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 11


 * 1) Ukraine / the Ukraine ?
 * 2) the meaning of "and"
 * 3) Malay mottoes in Jawi
 * 4) Help with Korean word
 * 5) Is there a better word than "homophagy"?
 * 6) Word for "study of the sun"?

= May 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 12


 * 1) Chinese help: tone of Chinese name of Fantawild
 * 2) Which human languages should aspiring software developers learn?

= May 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 14


 * 1) H, Х, and Г

= May 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 15


 * 1) Characters from idioms or sayings?
 * 2) Transliterated English words in Japanese
 * 3) "To hope itself" and "piontwxq"
 * 4) money / monies

= May 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 17


 * 1) Tsunami

= May 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 18


 * 1) Names starting Dd

= May 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 19


 * 1) Spanish diphthongs followed by vowel
 * 2) Copyright in Translations
 * 3) Punctuation
 * 4) Can anyone recommend a resource...

= May 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 20


 * 1) What does "All was frozen in limbo" mean here?
 * 2) Double negative in music

= May 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 21


 * 1) mne
 * 2) troll as an Internet slang word
 * 3) Tizi n'Tichka, berber

= May 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 22


 * 1) Chinese help
 * 2) Polish word "żółć"

= May 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 24


 * 1) Treasure Island
 * 2) Hungarian translation
 * 3) Japanese help: Names of organizations

= May 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 26


 * 1) fructus est fullonius

= May 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 27


 * 1) interpretation question
 * 2) "Not like it wasn’t the first time."
 * 3) Chinese versions of English names

= May 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 28


 * 1) The Dark Knight Rises
 * 2) Politically correct term for Indian/Pakistani people?
 * 3) How common is the "in the year of our Lord" phrase in present American use?
 * 4) Possible entomology connection for the word fuck
 * 5) Expatriate, migrant, or immigrant?

= May 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 29


 * 1) The city is a container that holds a stage for challenges and embraces in daily life.
 * 2) translating wikipedia page

= May 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 30


 * 1) Preferred pronouns in non-English languages
 * 2) Korean solfeggio
 * 3) artificial languages
 * 4) aluminum
 * 5) Meaning of a sentence

= May 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 31


 * 1) Chinese tones
 * 2) Would you say this the same way?
 * 3) Non-verbal languages
 * 4) Possessive grammar issue
 * 5) Word most liable to cause offense