Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/November 2018

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November 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 1

1. name for 'dirt worms'

November 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 2

1. What's the word

November 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 3

1. IPA for Romanian

November 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 4

1. what de?
2. Hair: "zombie" racist?

November 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 5

1. Samoyedic
2. A man from Marseilles
3. Turkish pronunciation resources

November 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 8

1. Terminology

November 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 10

1. Kool Aid

November 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 11

1. If Venezuela means 'little venice' ...
2. On shortened or full personal names

November 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 12

1. Ergative-Absolutive Language
2. Nigerian languages

November 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 13

1. Which language is first to speak or use
2. What language is this?

November 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 18

1. Turkmen SSR constitution

November 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 19

1. Need a Translation from English to Ket
2. What does dubitantibus mean? Presumably Legal Latin
3. Why is the word "Internet" capitalized?
4. The word "their"

November 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 21

1. Flag of the Uzbek SSR
2. Hindi translation

November 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 22

1. "Voluntary redundancy" in US English
2. Baseball metaphor?

November 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 24

1. Заусцiнський
2. Levene surname pronunciation

November 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 26

1. Inscription in COA
2. Elibank

November 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 27

1. Copied question 1
2. Okurigana in Japanese place names.
3. Copied question 2

November 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 28

1. OO sounds

November 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2018 November 29

1. What accent do luxury car TV ads use in Britain?
2. English (mis)pronunciation of foreign words