Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/January 2021

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January 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 1

1. Artificial Intelligence gender pronoun

January 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 4

1. Not homework: confused by a crossword clue
2. "For those interested..."

January 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 5

1. Yay high?
2. Constance van Eeden

January 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 8

1. What is a dark-of-night statement?
2. Chinese vs. Traditional Chinese
3. Earliest known uses of "by suicide" as opposed to "committed suicide"

January 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 9

1. English accent in Hollywood movies.

January 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 10

1. Herrariad'r Siedligsfäscht
2. "Son" as a form of address

January 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 11

1. Parsing
2. Vowel location frequency within words

January 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 12

1. Origin of the phrase "Give it the old college try"
2. What does "each" and "one" refer to?

January 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 15

1. What does "created live" mean in this context?
2. I'm looking for a better word

January 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 16

1. Basta / bəsdir
2. Folies Bergère
3. Dutch surname
4. Piping hot

January 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 18

1. Counterfeit words
2. Where was the word 'chimpanzee' first used in English?

January 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 19

1. What does "would have followed" mean?
2. Term for "play on words"

January 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 20

1. Help translating llengua pròpia

January 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 21

1. Poop
2. The Nuclear football
3. Latin translation please
4. "Hot" wire
5. Question about English syntax

January 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 24

1. Life is Good interlude dialogue

January 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 25

1. The meanings of these phrases

January 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 26

1. Correct usage of the word Realtor

January 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 27

1. "Politically correct" Words in Non-English Languages

January 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 28

1. Defining clause - use "which" or "that"?
2. Don't jack

January 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 31

1. Chakma language and Chittagonian dialect