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December 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 1

  1. Need help with (mock)-Hebrew and Spanish subjunctive
  2. Meaning of endorse and endorsement
  3. Romance languages question
  4. Adonay adoneynu and therefore hashem adoneynu?
  5. Unclear Word

December 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 2

  1. vice versa
  2. Why are long sentences automatically perceived to be run-on?
  3. Two word Russian translation: big baby or overgrown child?
  4. English naming practice (has gone mad)

December 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 3

  1. How would you call this kind of building?
  2. Indissoluble vs. insoluble
  3. Content versus contents

December 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 4

  1. Would native Spanish speakers understand a foreign Spanish speaker who really can't pronounce the r's?
  2. Speech disorders only for speakers who fail to pronounce their native language?

December 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 5

  1. Is "smartass" supposed to be pejorative?
  2. German plurals question
  3. Russian last name

December 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 6

  1. Is ¡Dios mío! as blasphemous to Spanish speakers as "Oh, my god" is to English speakers?
  2. What's a khafīf consonant in Arabic?

December 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 7

  1. Can "God" and "divine providence" be used interchangeably?
  2. are italics sometimes used to de-emphasize?
  3. Stir-fry
  4. Prophet Muhammad
  5. WikiSource transcription error?
  6. Latin question
  7. List of Biblical names across languages

December 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 8

  1. Afrikaans

December 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 9

  1. Sandhi error in Sanskrit userbox?
  2. Conditions Latin
  3. "Oven" in Norwegian language
  4. Requesting German to English translation
  5. Are the dialects in Britain mutually intelligible?

December 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 10

  1. Formal reading of ordinal numbers
  2. Is there a word for a household or family with three or more income earners?

December 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 11

  1. Comprehension help

December 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 12

  1. Is there a derogatory term for homosexual women (lesbians) as fag?

December 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 14

  1. Russian name Raskolnikov
  2. come they do

December 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 15

  1. Rastrogar (or Rasrogar)
  2. Do "love marriages" involve parental consent or approval?
  3. Translation from Middle French
  4. can anyone please correct the grammar in this sentence
  5. apostrophe

December 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 16

  1. "Knowledge is the fruits of science"?
  2. What is the origin of "shtang" or "shtaung"?
  3. Is "data" singular or plural?
  4. Trying to pronounce ð and θ
  5. attn vs. c/o

December 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 17

  1. Why do people use "we" to refer to the human species instead of using third person?
  2. What does it mean when an old, unattractive man is perceived to be "cute" by young teenagers?

December 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 19

  1. Seeking an article from the Ukrainian newspaper Ukraínskaya Pravda
  2. Languages that lack standardization/spelling rules?
  3. "or" in Keats
  4. Help with DE>AR name transcription
  5. Does the Spanish eña eñe (ñ) go back to a double n (nn)?

December 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 20

  1. Non-rhotic words in rhotic accents (or not)

December 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 21

  1. Is there a term of endearment in English that means polite, well-mannered, and obedient?
  2. Bundesigel?
  3. Japanese abbreviations
  4. British accents identification

December 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 22

  1. Proper punctuation for a possessive noun within parentheses
  2. Infamous
  3. what demographic uses LMK for let me know?
  4. Translation help
  5. Term for "the dole" ?
  6. Why is St. John pronounced like "Sinjin"?

December 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 23

  1. Simplified Chinese with more strokes than traditional
  2. What language is the following sentence? "Jtaten, mon frero Julien".

December 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 24

  1. British slang: "Butter wouldn't melt in your mouth"
  2. Licenses, permits, and concessions
  3. Ancient Greek Transliteration Technique

December 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 26

  1. Is this headline grammatically correct?
  2. Garn. Why can't the English learn to speak?

December 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 27

  1. Black English

December 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 28

  1. 天生 = nature or disposition
  2. Japanese 9, ku, and Chinese relationship?
  3. "home is where the heart is"; "home is where you hang your hat"
  4. She for ships, he for aircraft?
  5. who is "we"

December 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 29

  1. Replacement for the word literally
  2. Parsing a sentence in a prayer to Blessed Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
  3. Some nuance in a Churchill quote

December 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 30

  1. Singular or plural
  2. What on earth is a "Casal"?
  3. Unafforested
  4. Translation of the title of De legibus & consuetudinibus Angliæ

December 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 December 31

  1. Placement of adverbs in transitive-verb, English clauses. [Revisited]
  2. My talk page
  3. 5 Sentences in English I find difficult. Help me out and I might just learn something today.
  4. Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Angliæ
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