Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/October 2024

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October 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 3

1. Yours'?

October 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 6

1. Terbium, Erbium, Ytterbium
2. Martinus Nutius Translation

October 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 7

1. Is it better to put similar items together in a list?
2. German dialect

October 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 8

1. Popularity of Greek

October 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 14

1. Knyttr knutr

October 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 15

1. What my question is is is my question well phrased?
2. Had had

October 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 16

1. Language link for Ludmila Chistovich

October 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 17

1. English spelling and numbers

October 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 21

1. At the Al Smith Memorial Dinner 2024: what are "hoyers"?
2. Desolate Case (?)

October 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 23

1. Why do these sound changes appear to have not happened consistently?
2. etymology of the zodiac symbols

October 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 24

1. What is the origin of the term "rainbow baby"?
2. Two questions

October 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 25

1. Question with missing antecedent
2. Maximum synonyms

October 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 26

1. Spoken Nynorsk
2. Probably Arab
3. Lettered list

October 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 27

1. A or an before abbreviations?

October 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 28

1. What is a better word here?
2. Any Current Wikipedia Featured articles from the brilliant Freshing Prose Days

October 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 29

1. Oldest Featured article not currently at Review
2. Japanese language question
3. Three English questions

October 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 30

1. List of animals by gender
2. Minor capitalization question

October 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2024 October 31

1. Translating npc chatter from AC Odyssey