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October 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 1

1. Hindi pronunciation
2. w/ vs. ⊆
3. il cane Flike
4. Arabic roots s-y-d and sh-r-f
5. Are English creoles syllable-timed?
6. Chinese help - 古希天子始皇绎臣

October 2

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1. Needing some Kannadian help

October 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 3

1. Getting oneself sliced
2. Danish social dancing pleasantries
3. Tickle me pink

October 4

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1. What does "sasta wala" mean?
2. "Change that number on your dial" meaning
3. Unrecognisable

October 5

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1. Ye Olde Curiositie Shoppe
2. Framed poster in a synagogue

October 6

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1. Hindi/Sanskrit pronunciation
2. γγ γκ γξ γχ

   Stop clusters

3. Person through relative clauses
4. Metamorphoses
5. Payment B/G
6. Latter part/second half of century
7. "Boost your computer's start-up time" ?
8. German pronunciation help

October 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 7

1. Recording session style guide?
2. American English vs. British English
3. Nice meeting you or what?

October 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 8

1. Difficult time with this bit of Brazilian Portuguese administrative language
2. Alveolar trill
3. Mitt Romney: should the "tt" be phonetically transcribed as a glottal stop?

October 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 9

1. Alumni of Nobel Laureates
2. (Venezuelan) Spanish translation - "mujanches"
3. garnish

October 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 10

1. Does Japanese text name plant?
2. "Since biblical times" - literal or metaphorical?
3. Can these words be used interchangeably? (churchgoer, church member, parishioner, etc.)

October 11

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1. Nothing is impossible OR impossible is nothing
2. Help fixing an apparent translation from Italian
3. Russian help
4. Chinese sources -> English
5. "Nicholas" with an "M"
6. Horse/Hors/Pferd/Equus

October 12

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1. Which one is the headquarters of Air China (Chinese help)?
2. -tr

October 13

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1. African languages
2. Pacific Island languages
3. Do not fold, spindle or mutilate
4. Rhyddfrydol
5. Arabic help

October 14

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October 28

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October 29

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October 30

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1. Are there computers that exist in West Africa with a keyboard with any African languages?
2. Why 12:00 noon is 12 p.m.?
3. Arabic question
4. Pronunciation of Northumbria without h-sound
5. Osteodontokeratic
6. Getting used to S‐O‐V.

October 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 31

1. French translation
2. Chinese help
3. Chinese character - 厯 + 氵 radical
4. Simple questions with "if"
5. "mark for"
6. The best ever question