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December 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 1

  1. Is Satan pronounced same as satin?
  2. Distribution of Cyrillic

December 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 2

  1. Translation of Sanskrit text
  2. Solid
  3. Tradent
  4. Fær øer: norse name in italian?
  5. Political Correctness
  6. German to English

December 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 3

  1. Some better word
  2. As well as
  3. Sanskrit Translation
  4. Another Latin title page
  5. Public Domain with Restrictions?
  6. Japanese translation request

December 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 4

  1. Sung Spanish "muy"
  2. English to Japanese translation help
  3. Noun-to-Adjective derivations using the '-ed' suffix.

December 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 5

  1. Use of there is/are after adverbials
  2. Latin motto

December 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 6

  1. Opposite of philanthropy?
  2. What is the name of...

December 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 7

  1. 17th century French: "Tracy"
  2. Just say the word

December 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 8

  1. ED-earned
  2. Plural of razzia

December 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 9

  1. Chinese search help needed
  2. Learning another improves one’s own usage?
  3. Film Footage

December 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 10

  1. Are bands plural or nonlpural
  2. Help with French phrase
  3. Help with Chinese: Daiwie Fu's resume

December 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 11

  1. Help with Chinese: Finding Western Studies Department
  2. bis to insert numbered content in an existing numbered list: how to style?

December 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 13

  1. secondaire
  2. paradox of "calcined ashes"
  3. "Which" and "that"

December 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 14

  1. Nationality-born vs. country-born
  2. etymology of joystick?
  3. Ufology excerpt in Romanian

December 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 15

  1. Iz-rye-ell
  2. Fidelity Bank Nigeria
  3. The "Yongneup" of "The High Moor, Yongneup of Mt. Daeam"
  4. Does this comma belong here?
  5. Genre/Term for constant surveillence in Big Brother, Truman Show, etc

December 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 16

  1. Why is the 's' in curse voiceless

December 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 17

  1. RS etymology for "Mulignan/Mulignon"
  2. "Try and" vs. "Try to"
  3. Hindi name
  4. Is the following sentence acceptable/grammatical?
  5. Galoshes

December 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 18

  1. One-word translation for Bellatrix?
  2. Pseudo-synonyms?
  3. What is 'foodirati' in the following sentence?
  4. Bible translation: shall not kill or not murder?
  5. How to cite sources with long titles?

December 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 19

  1. I'm having Fitz trying to figure out the Ap-propriate action to take.
  2. Jocular phonetic alphabet
  3. [Sic]cing the [sic]cer; or "Fully [sic]"
  4. Cayenne and Guyana

December 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 20

  1. Japanese Proverb

December 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 21

  1. Can someone translate this please?
  2. Protoindoeuropean apostrophe
  3. Moving query about possessive here from very much dead Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Grammar help page.

December 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 22

  1. Latin pronunciation In dulci jubilo

December 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 23

  1. English equivalents of the Chinese words "含蓄" and "文雅"
  2. Apostrophe in Russian
  3. French help

December 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 24

  1. English dialect in Denmark?
  2. In Brazil what does it mean if someone went to 'college' ?
  3. Word for a detail-oriented person

December 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 25

  1. evolution quote
  2. Troll the Halls
  3. sleeping position
  4. What is the Arabic for the Lycee Cheikh Bouamama in Algiers?

December 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 26

  1. A little French translation, please

December 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 27

  1. Is the sound /ouv/ rare in English?
  2. The use of the english word INHERIT
  3. Accuracy of NYT dialect survey

December 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 28

  1. Meaning of the word "pussy" in 1931 and before
  2. Norwegian translation

December 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 29

  1. Name for throat sensation
  2. Arktika
  3. CSFN
  4. Implicit You
  5. Missing explanation of one "blissymbol" in article

December 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 30

  1. Correct word
  2. How long has that sucked for?
  3. What Language!?!
  4. Arabic help for Sudan Civil Aviation Authority

December 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 31

  1. Russian help: Department of Aviation
  2. term of address
  3. the usage of "fresh"
  4. American English pronunciation of 2 vowels
  5. "Bitcoin" vs. "bitcoin" in this sentence
  6. Trademarks which start out as pseudowords