Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/January 2014

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January 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 1

1. Part of speech
2. Korean help: Address of agencies
3. Translation of Latin book title

January 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 2

1. mispronunciation of /w/ in French
2. What is the Arabic on this seal?
3. Japanese help: What characters are in this PDF file?
4. Adjectives as nouns
5. Now, here's a deal that shouldn't be too hard to pass up!
6. Chinese Singaporean language Barrier in Canada?

January 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 3

1. People who sew are sewers?
2. train terminology
3. Does this article in Icelandic say anything useful about Shm-reduplication?
4. filosófya-shmilosófya(פילוסופיה־שמילוסופיה).
5. Vagina gentium
6. Word puzzle I'm pondering
7. Is "hmm" a universal question marker?

January 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 4

1. Pronunciation of "Sochi"
2. Torquemada etymology

January 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 5

1. Japanese help for Karachi Japanese school
2. Spanish help: Translating El Pais article?
3. Neurosemia.

January 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 6

1. Polish song translation
2. Japanese help: Which of the following are good secondary sources for Japanese School in Bucharest?

January 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 7

1. Latin in Bayeux Tapestry
2. Should college subjects be capitalized?
3. Japanese to English translation request for a Wikimedia Commons photo
4. sayanim

January 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 8

1. English grammar related question
2. is there even something slightly objectionable about two of the same word twice in a row?
3. What is the origin of the modifier "S-class"?
4. The meaning of an English sentence
5. What are these Japanese anime characters saying in this anime parody video?
6. Can a native chinese speaker tell me how to write the following in vertical traditional chinese?

January 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 9

1. Portuguese: "vendedor de cautelas"
2. help with Latinized English
3. Had not got a car – British English
4. Mór or less
5. To The Wonder/ A La Merveille

January 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 10

1. "Film" vs "Movie"
2. Russian translation
3. Doctor Aybolit

January 12

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January 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 13

1. difference between pool and pond
2. Using the word however.
3. Wipe you mouth.

January 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 31

January 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 14

1. Wikipedia articles in european portuguese
2. Is there a Burmese given name "U"?

January 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 15

1. Chinese lyric poetry

January 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 31

January 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 16

1. "Don't feel" or "don't fear"
2. Arabic to English translation request
3. Native American alphabet - translating into modern english usage
4. All the best!

January 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 31

January 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 17

1. German question: The Future of Emily and other films
2. Arabic al
3. got vs won / in vs. at

January 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 31

January 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 18

1. What is the antonym of cata?
2. Japanese help: Is this related to a New York City Japanese newspaper?
3. Two grammatical questions in English
4. An immigrants' son done good

January 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 19

1. drag through a sleepless night
2. Coördinate
3. Word distinction
4. Japanese help: Are these addresses the same? What is the Japanese text here?

January 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 20

1. Opposite of denialism

January 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 21

1. The old woman shed turbid tears.
2. Should a church for protestants be called Protestant church or Christian church?
3. Snakker du norsk?
4. Which is correct?

January 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 22

1. The wheat will run to waste in the fields if not harvested on time.

January 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 23

1. a term for half grown sweet potatoes
2. She walked ten li alone.

January 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 24

1. Language-related news (spelling reforms etc.)
2. Is there a name for this kind of tense?
3. The apple is so sweet that it takes only one bite to soften up one's body.
4. classes preparing those who failed this year's College Entrance Exam for next year's
5. folk belief or folk beliefs
6. "Contracting" as a job description

January 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 25

1. Is the Miao language taught in China?
2. furrow in a melon field
3. sit up sideways

January 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 26

1. He was told to come again in three days. or He was told to come again three days later.
2. Difference between resuscitation room and rescue room
3. sometimes...sometimes...sometimes; now...now...now
4. 澳盛銀行 (Chinese)
5. Strange French accent

January 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 27

1. repetition in English
2. Some officials follow corrupt practices.
3. Looking for a word(!) for a perpetrator atheist who murders millions or religious people.

January 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 28

1. The case
2. Pronoun
3. Seeking brief English summary of Hebrew news article.

January 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 29

1. Is there a word for...?

January 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 30

1. what is a 夜归人?
2. Hebrew Wikipedia Version of {{Expand English}}
3. How many different ***types*** of languages are there?
4. Better word choice: revoked or rescinded?
5. intramural

January 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 January 31

1. What do/does
2. Arabic name