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September 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 1

1. how to say various romantic things in Latin
2. Cause célèbre
3. It's not its', it's its...
4. Crisis of confidence regarding a sentence involving "had" and "have"

September 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 2

1. Japanese change of address postcard
2. Secret Code
3. Per aspera ad confusion
4. Latin pronunciation
5. Which is correct

September 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 3

1. "Case" in ancient languages
2. Nynorsk grammar
3. Ashkenazic pronunciation in Israeli Hebrew?
4. Colon_Township,_Michigan
5. Other word
6. D sounding like j and t sounding like tch
7. Americans
8. "Results" speak
9. Filipino

September 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 4

1. French translation
2. learning french

September 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 5

1. Scunthorpe
2. Translation requested
3. French instruction videos
4. Corrupted Spanish word for misprinted/overstock clothing worn by impoverished citizens in Latin America?
5. Translation assistance request

September 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 6

1. Czech name
2. Tenses in french

September 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 7

1. Coger

September 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 8

1. stairs
2. Ancient Greek Question: Plural of Maimaktes
3. What is the adjectival form of the word 'library'?
4. Wording Problems
5. an exemplary "role model"
6. was there a memo diffused?
7. Eventuate
8. opposite of honorific
9. Trying to find a certain punctuation mark

September 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 9

1. Own the fact
2. Verb

September 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 10

1. Business letter with multiple signatures
2. "ate" to rhyme with "wet" or "wait"?
3. Hiro in 1671
4. Harriot
5. Issue (periodical and newspaper terminology)
6. The recent wide adoption of incorrect pronunciation
7. Ь/Ъ?
8. Japanese

September 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 11

1. Quenya
2. Latin: Hierosylma est perditus. Or perdita?
3. Translations
4. avoiding a split infinitive
5. Another Russian question
6. Areas of study and capitalization
7. Sentence structure; particples, gerunds... all that sort of stuff
8. latinise this please?
9. "nannettikafruit" / "nannetticafruit" (nanettikafruit)

September 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 12

1. Can somebody translate this into Latin?
2. Transliteration brick wall
3. catarct suregry (phaco)
4. Grammatical case – sample sentences?
5. The origin of the use of the phrase "head to head" to indicate a contest
6. frat
7. French pen pal
8. Comma after ellipsis in dialogue?
9. Tamil and Chinese words
10. Help with Deciphering... Something

September 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 13

1. spanish and english
2. Dolores del Rio
3. Efficiency of languages
4. prefix Mrs
5. Should the pronunciation of "en-" prefix be "en" or "in"? And what is the correct pronunciation of words like "economics" and "essential"?
6. date certain versus certain date
7. Grammar question
8. Periods (full stops) at the end of abbreviations

September 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 14

1. Plural of prima ballerina/assoluta
2. Dates
3. Pad
4. Unclear Latin translation
5. Royal de Luxe French translation needed please
6. "Steaming" rice

September 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 15

1. How do you say "weeeeeee" in Latin?
2. The surname Wałęsa without diacritics
3. Latin
4. Bridges
5. British football (i.e. soccer) players with names that sound rude in foreign languages?

September 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 16

1. corporomental
2. Sow and Sew
3. Is it right?
4. Help me identify my vacation photos
5. Capitalisation in Titles
6. He is also a man used to having enormous clout.
7. Indian caps

September 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 17

1. Upside
2. I am looking for a term that is used to describe the time wasting practice of pronouncing an acronym that takes longer to pronounce than if one simply pronounced the words that were initialized?
3. IPA font

September 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 18

1. Spoken Language Recordings?
2. definite article with proper nound
3. Link to Esperanto humour story
4. words that should mean the opposite
5. Metric language question

September 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 19

1. Thinking in a second language
2. pronunciation of R in old tupi language

September 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 20

1. synthesis of the state of the art
2. The State of the Union Address
3. Grammar question regarding "help"
4. Video Podcasts in ASL (American Sign Language)
5. about the notice
6. "Grammatically correct"
7. Russian Decimals

September 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 21

1. past tense of a verb
2. What's this called?
3. origin of GRAPHOPHONIC
4. Nuclear food
5. how can i search for english phrases on wiki
6. Japanese honorific -kakka
7. French pronouns
8. Chockomut

September 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 22

1. Latin? motto translation
2. Latin Text
3. ch in german

September 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 23

1. Languarge / Plural Words

September 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 24

1. The origins of the term: Minding your Ps and Qs?
2. environment and ecosystem
3. Poised or composed? which word to use, or how to build the sentence?
4. Chinese question
5. Allow/permit

September 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 25

1. verbal adverb
2. Question!
3. A reference to heat
4. Correct English?
5. Pseudo-Chinese question
6. Sentence Reconstruction
7. Kgalema Motlanthe
8. "Freshers Week" - noun as adjective vs. possessive 's
9. Etymology of "Redeploy"

September 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 26

1. Block in avionics?
2. Guate/ Cuate/ Watey language?
3. "Drinking Cool Aid"
4. U.S. Constitutional over-punctuation
5. Idiomatic?

September 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 27

1. Spanish podcasts
2. Son of a bitch
3. arabic translations
4. Meaning of Ingleby Barwick
5. AP Stylebook?
6. What type of logical argument is this?
7. MLA citation for CJK names?

September 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 28

1. <ng> in Old English
2. Synonym of required that starts with "A"
3. Comparitives in other languages
4. "What" instead of "that"
5. normal/good/fine/etc.

September 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 29

1. Netherlands
2. Puzzle Clue
3. Terminology
4. Proto-indo-European spoken out loud.
5. Hoi Polloi
6. Death suffix
7. Latin translation
8. requesition letter for an atm card
9. Writing style forum
10. Political term
11. what age
12. Request
13. "Cheri" in English
14. what is the meaning of the turkish word balim in english?
15. whats your interpretation of this quote?

September 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 September 30

1. "upwards of"
2. Anyone know this Kanji?
3. Name of a report?
4. Italian translation
5. Mama and papa
6. USA v UK abbreviations
7. "no no" ( babyish expression..)