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June 1

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  1. Which one of the articles is correct?

June 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 4

  1. Etymology and semantic shift of "cooking" / "let him cook"
  2. pronunciation of Palestinian in reference to the Texas city

June 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 5

  1. Explanation of English IPA symbols used in dictionaries

June 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 6

  1. Pled vs pleaded
  2. Google translator error
  3. Latin abbreviations and "anf vroin"

June 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 7

  1. Origin and grammatical status of the word "okay"

June 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 9

June 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 11

  1. Arm accessory

June 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 12

  1. 24-hour clock in English

June 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 13

  1. Should English learners memorise phonemic or phonetic transcriptions of English words?
  2. Speed Demon
  3. What type of language task is this?
  4. Two questions

June 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 14

  1. Mama

June 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 15

  1. Question about "The X" vs "X" in lead text, but not titles

June 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 17

  1. Am I hearing right? Is there a rule when to pronounce /ɪə/ as ɪjə and when as ɪː in British English?
  2. Questions

June 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 18

  1. Prescriptivism regarding English variety, dialect or accent

June 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 19

  1. Why do English dictionaries put sounds that don't seem to be phonemes inside phonemic transcription?
  2. Disgusted sound
  3. Cyrillic text

June 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 20

  1. Russian fluency of Kazakh singer
  2. What Americans mean by «bless your heart» and «my pleasure» ?

June 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 22

  1. Yiddish

June 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 23

  1. How do you say 'stupid' in modern RP?

June 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 24

  1. Metamodernism in Greek
  2. Cyrillic text in Ruoholahti

June 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 27

  1. Use of quotation marks

June 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2026 June 28

  1. First use of "Enshittification"?
  2. Which sounds more like [e] ?