Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/June 2020

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June 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 1

1. Indoctrination in the US Navy
2. Rousseauian

June 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 3

1. "Revision"?

June 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 4

1. Spelling of greek letters
2. Mismatched time references
3. Guiseppe / Giuseppe
4. "Catamaran" in Greek

June 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 5

1. T.S.Eliot
2. Would welcome a native Dutch speaker to check two quotes-18th century Dutch text, how much to modernise spelling

June 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 6

1. difference between empathy and sympathy
2. Finely-grained

June 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 9

1. Transcription from Japanese

June 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 10

1. Mongolian translation request

June 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 13

1. Free word order
2. Colloquial English
3. "Siccing dogs"

June 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 14

1. Sign language interpreter bouncing up and down in Governor Jay Inslee press conference video about CHAZ
2. These porridge

June 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 15

1. a superlative K

June 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 16

1. Aftermaths

June 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 17

1. Euhemerism and opposite

June 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 18

1. Where can I purchase a copy of the rare book "Ndee biyáti' bígoch'il'aah (Learning Apache)"?

June 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 20

1. Popular illustration history
2. Enslaved people

June 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 21

1. Taking a knee

June 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 22

1. UK or US English
2. Chinese wet noodle

June 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 23

1. Iphis
2. Talk:Nokia 2.2

June 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 24

1. inversion of meaning: "want"

June 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 25

1. Writing out pronunciation
2. Proto-IE: Labiovelar origin
3. What's the difference between a hospital medical center and something that only has one of those in its name?

June 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 28

1. What is the word used to each one of those 3 types of lies?
2. Name the following literary device

June 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 June 29

1. labiovelar vs ...
2. cosa fatta capo ha