Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/August 2019

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August 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 4

1. Original English words for window, foot, bug, and egg
2. Khitan Dictionary
3. fractions of Latin

August 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 5

1. IPA transcription requested

August 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 6

1. Bloody 'ell
2. Why did Dutch and Afrikaans become different languages so quick?

August 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 9

1. Urdu title

August 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 10

1. Should you use a dash or an en-dash?

August 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 14

1. "from last one century."

August 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 15

1. When did an "icon" become "iconic".

August 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 16

1. Personal pronoun "I" capitalised in English

August 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 17

1. Pronunciation of "gauche" as English word

August 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 18

1. German exonym of Padua

August 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 19

1. Remainder vs. Remainer

August 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 20

1. What is the french word for table.
2. Wearing a trottoir
3. Alphabetical order when using numbers

August 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 21

1. "advocated for"
2. Plurals of foreign-origin nouns adopted into English

August 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 22

1. Usage of term "Flabbergasting"
2. Changing normal word order in a sentence, for emphasis

August 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 24

1. Usage of "child" / "son or daughter"

August 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 26

1. "Reclaim Hong Kong, revolution of our era"
2. Old English to old French

August 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 27

1. Who or whom?

August 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 29

1. What is the meaning of "wholesome" in the meme subculture?
2. Pronunciation information for Adut Akech
3. "ou" sound before labial consonants

August 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 31

1. Yamato Kotoba