Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/February 2019

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February 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 5

1. Israeli candy

February 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 7

1. A Spanish speaker with an interest in WP:N/WP:BLP please

February 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 8

1. Theoretical vassalage?

February 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 13

1. Why do most American news sources not use honorifics, while most British news sources do?
2. Nonbinary people and grammatical gender across languages

February 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 14

1. Huseyn Mahammadov article name

February 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 15

1. Word that means 'overemphasing the R in speech'

February 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 16

1. 'W' dropping in UK place names
2. Is there a word...
3. Sukkot

February 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 17

1. Writing numerals in english
2. How do we determine correct capitalization for a person's last name?

February 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 18

1. Japanese name check
2. How vowels are taught to anglophones

February 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 19

1. Italian festivals

February 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 22

1. Japanese name check #2

February 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 23

1. Done

February 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 24

1. Steigleitung trocken für Feuerwehr

February 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 26

1. Have you ever had a really good discussion in a foreign language class?

February 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 27

1. Tarawa pronunciation
2. Representing and being an example
3. If Romans of 117-476 AD heard a 2010s Romance speaker
4. "of which" vs. "which ... of"
5. Arlanda
6. Disambiguating through intonation or other phonetic means

February 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 February 28

1. Japanese name check #3/4