Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/October 2019

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October 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 2

1. translate map of Vindobona

October 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 3

1. Easiest European language to learn
2. Northcestrain Grammar School:

October 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 4

1. Correct alphabetization of Spanish names
2. Rhymes that don't rhyme any more

October 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 5

1. Types of sentences based on grammatical mood

October 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 6

1. ‘Apple bobbing’ in Danish
2. Andantino

October 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 8

1. The royal they
2. Languages without front vowels

October 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 9

1. Language issues for "Red-cooked pork rice"
2. The word or phrase to describe the behaviour
3. List of people who disappeared mysteriously

October 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 12

1. Use of "Dominikan"

October 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 13

1. Title capitalization
2. Exonyms for names of individuals?

October 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 14

1. Pronouncing Greta Thunberg in Swedish
2. Pronunciation of "af"
3. Question about punctuation: hyphen, dash, en-dash, or em-dash

October 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 15

1. Russian Grammar.

October 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 16

1. Bested vs. worsted
2. 'Pole shift' in Danish
3. Oh my goodness gracious me

October 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 17

1. Origin of the name Awkwafina
2. Is there a term for this sort of "double superlative?"
3. French nasal i sound
4. Payment method: "Vaucherni So’mda Sotib Oling"

October 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 20

1. Pet Sematary

October 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 21

1. Bandoe

October 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 23

1. Alphabetization question

October 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 25

1. When did é disappear from Polish spelling?

October 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 26

1. Use of a before a vowel

October 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 30

1. What did they call POTUS candidate supporters before they called them supporters?
2. World War II vs. the Second World War

October 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 October 31

1. School results in English