Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/January 2026

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January 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 2

1. Unborrowing?
2. French-origin words, US versus UK
3. Le Constellation

January 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 5

1. Classifying grammatical cases

January 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 6

1. Origin of the Word “Malay”
2. This is sort of a Language question, and sort of a [sic] usage question.

January 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 8

1. Comparison to Literacy to Literacy

January 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 9

1. Song

January 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 10

1. Korean names
2. School disco

January 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 11

1. An excessive number of cooks render the broth distasteful

January 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 12

1. Persian: whose names take ezafe?
2. hierarchic complexity

January 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 15

1. Movie review
2. Pronunciation of the Italian name Minacore

January 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 16

1. Penny university

January 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 19

1. "Delope" etymology

January 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 21

1. Term for not being able to hear a parent's accent?

January 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 23

1. Rollercoaster vs roller coaster
2. Fianna Fáil article spelling
3. English verbs

January 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 27

1. "A new one" in other languages

January 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 28

1. Conditional

January 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 January 29

1. Words borrowed from Singaporean English
2. TV in 1800s