Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/March 2020

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March 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 2

1. "Anno Milit." - a Latin alternative to Anno Domini

March 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 3

1. Arabic calligraphy forms

March 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 4

1. British subjunctive
2. Overseas?

March 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 5

1. Rats as snitch.

March 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 6

1. Asian languages with the very same word for "chess" and "check"
2. English derivatives of Greco-Latin feminine -o nouns with -us in genitive
3. Heart = corona?
4. Identical words for "poet" and "liar"
5. Poul (Anderson) pronunciation

March 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 7

1. French translation
2. Italian orthography
3. Translating Latin chant

March 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 9

1. Difference between interlingual homographs and interlexical homographs?

March 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 10

1. Latin abbreviation

March 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 11

1. Erfahrung vs. Erlebnis

March 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 12

1. Language
2. Speaking obfuscation
3. Doaitse (Dutch given name)

March 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 14

1. Missing the verb for performing a lay
2. Fixing period locations

March 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 15

1. Heart = corona? (March 6)
2. Pokhara place name meaning

March 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 16

1. Better "late" than never?
2. Singular of Bituriges

March 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 17

1. Silent-letter acronyms
2. Ellipsis
3. Mining contact info from Japanese site.

March 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 19

1. AU English capitalization

March 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 21

1. What does this poem mean?

March 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 23

1. Coronavirus: why is it called "novel"?
2. Pronunciation of "Quixote" versus "quixotic"

March 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 24

1. Etymology of "Armageddon"
2. Danish language - word for «nonfree» (of charge)
3. Iglesia_Maradoniana

March 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 25

1. Demonyms ending with -er
2. Is "person of color" an adjective?
3. Do companies take the pronoun "it" or "they"?
4. Right bank

March 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 March 30

1. Modesty or reserve or what
2. Wooder