General questions on language

Language acquisition

How do children learn to read? Differences depending on language? : "Learning to read" (Sep 29, 2007)
Importance of preparing lesson before classes : "english language" (Sep 12, 2007)
English as a second language in Finland (and Europe) : "Finland Speak English?" (Aug 13, 2007)
Number of words needed to understand a foreign language : "Number of words needed to be able to understand a language" (Aug 15, 2007)
Translating newly-encountered languages : "How are (were) newly-encountered languages translated?" (Aug 19, 2007)

Looking for one or several languages …

"Could someone provide an example of a lighter language without an open vowel?" : "Languages without open vowels" (Aug 7, 2007)
"What combination of two languages has the most bilingual speakers?" "Bilingual" (Aug 25, 2007)
Languages using number classifiers similar to the Irish language : "Numbers" (Aug 26, 2007)
Languages using reduplicative slang : "Reduplicative slang" (Sep 16, 2007)
Languages using equivalents of the phrase "An Englishman's home is his castle" : "Englishman's home" (Sep 28, 2007)

General questions on language: uncategorized

Does climate affect language evolution? : "Does climate affect language evolution" (Aug 13, 2007)
Definition of "logical"/"illogical" in connection with languages : "Logical language" (Aug 18, 2007)
Tongue twisters - why are they so difficult? : "Tongue Twisters" (Aug 22, 2007)
"Could there (in theory) be a language with a word-to-morpheme ratio of 2-1?" : "word-to-morpheme ratio" (Sep 2, 2007)

English language

English varieties, dialects and accents

Distinction between Australian and British English: Australian vs English Accent" (Aug 2, 2007)
Intelligibility of Lowland Scots : "The Scots leid" (Sep 27, 2007)
Identifying accent of a cartoon cat : "Identify accent" (Aug 12, 2007)
ISO 639 code for Basic English : "ISO 639" (Sep 2, 2007)

Etymology

Origin of words, idioms, and phrases

as right as rain : "origin of English idiomatic phrase" (Sep 24, 2007)
Beowulf : "Bears and wolves" (Aug 15, 2007)
cottage cheese : "Cottage cheese" (Sep 22, 2007)
duh : "Is the English "duh" derived from the Русский (Russian) "da"?" (Aug 6, 2007)
embryo : "The origin of the word embryo" (Sep 22, 2007)
flooding someone with paperwork : Phrase Origin(s): "Flood [them] with paperwork" (Aug 16, 2007)
gentleman : "Etymology of gentleman" (Aug 4, 2007)
Hello Africa, tell me how you doing? : "Hello Africa, tell me how you doing?" (Aug 31, 2007)
How's your father? (etymology of euphemism) : "how's your father" (Sep 20, 2007)
idle (connection to German “Adel”): "Etymology of gentleman" (Aug 4, 2007)
It's an X thing, you wouldn't understand : "It's an X thing, you wouldn't understand" (Aug 13, 2007)
Johnny (in the sense of “condom”) : "Johnny condom" (Sep 22, 2007)
Keep your eyes peeled" : "Etymology" (Aug 23, 2007)
Noddy : "Noddy" (Aug 24, 2007)
segue (Why is the word not featured in 1975 and 1980 editions of the OED?) : "segue not in oed" (Sep 14, 2007)
Tremarctos : "Translation of "trem-" in genus name Tremarctos" (Sep 9, 2007)
whistle down the wind : "whistle down the wind: etymology" (Sep 19, 2007)

General etymological questions

Feminine gender for ships and boats : "A question from es.wikipedia regarding the femeninity of boats" (Sep 23, 2007)
Percentage of English words derived from Latin or Romance languages : "Percentage of English words derived from Latin or Romance languages" (Sep 25, 2007)

Grammar

"as" (which word category in the example "X was very good, as defined by Y") : "Word Category" (Aug 29, 2007)
Demonymic prefixes : correct formation and order (e.g.: Finno-Soviet Treaty) : "Grammar and nationalities" (Sep 21, 2007)
"dispose of" vs "dispose off": "Usage of English" (Aug 2, 2007)
"further" (corresponding positive stem and superlative) : "Further" (Aug 23, 2007)
"grammar" vs "syntax" (distinction) : "Grammar vs Syntax" (Aug 13, 2007)

”I'm loving it” : "I'm not loving it" (Aug 27, 2007)
"in-" and "un-" (different prefixes indicating the same thing, same prefix indicating different meanings, when to use which) : "Confusion about in- and un-" (Sep 9, 2007)
"in to" and "into" (distinction in usage) : "Use of into/in to" (Sep 20, 2007)
”malice” (usage as a verb) : "Malice as a verb" (Aug 24, 2007)
Negation: "have" or "haven't" ("You have seen nothing yet" or "You haven't seen nothing yet"?) : "Have or Haven't" (Aug 23, 2007)
"nurse" (gender) : "gender names" (Sep 13, 2007)
"on foot" vs "by foot" : "On foot vs. by foot" (Aug 25, 2007)
Past tense in questions ("He walked." vs "Did he walk?") : "Questions in simiple past tense" (Sep 14, 2007)
Preposition stranding ("Is there a grammatical rule which prefers either "for what voltage was this designed?" or "what voltage was this designed for?"?) : "Grammar" (Sep 11, 2007)
Pronoun-referent agreement : "What is the Correct Pronoun to Use Here?" (Sep 17, 2007)
Sentence anaylsis (request to analyze "On his return, Ken found his suitcase untouched.") : |"English- Sentence Pattern" (July 1, 2007)
"a short sentence about himself containing a subject in the third person and a predicate in the past tense." (request for example of Mr. Duffy's odd autobiographical habit in Joyce's "A Painful Case") : ""Odd Autobiographical Habit" - Dubliners" (July 2, 2007)
"standing on line" vs "standing in line" : "correct preposition use" (Aug 8, 2007)
Run-on sentence : "Elementary language Homework" (Sep 21, 2007)
Subject-verb agreement: "Charleston Women in International Trade" : "invitation question..." (Sep 6, 2007)
Subject-verb agreement: "none" : "None" (Sep 4, 2007)
subject-verb agreement: "trio" - formal and notional agreement for collective nouns : "Trio" (Aug 7, 2007)
Subject-verb agreement: "who" ("It is you who are responsible for the action. It is I who am your friend.") : "Are these grammatically correct?" (Aug 28, 2007)
Subject-verb agreement: differences between British and U.S. English : "When referring to groups..." (Sep 19, 2007)
Subjunctive mode : "Is this correct English?" (Aug 13, 2007)
"that" (lexical class) : "The English Word "That"" (Sep 11, 2007)
Transitive verbs with an intransitive meaning : "(In)transitive verbs" (Sep 30, 2007)
"whose" vs "who's" : "Whose?" (Aug 4, 2007)

History of the English language

Literal translation of Beowulf in modern day English : "beowulf -q2" (Aug 15, 2007)
Earliest record of the first name "Trilby" : "The fisrt name 'TRILBY'" (Aug 15, 2007)
List of British toponym components : "uk place names" (Aug 20, 2007)
How far back in time could a speaker of contemporary English go "and still be able to have a reasonable conversation with someone" of that period? : "Speaking English" (Sep 4, 2007)
"Who was the first King of England to have used English as his first (or most usual) language?" : "Growth of English acceptability of (Middle) English" (Sep 6, 2007)
"What's the most recent alphabetic character to fall out of common use in English?" : "Lost letters" (Sep 13, 2007) Winner of the fourth ever User:Dweller/Dweller's Ref Desk thread of the week award!
How did the English language lose its gender distinctions? : "Loss of Gender in English Between Old and Modern English" (Sep 24, 2007)

Orthography

a and an - juncture before bracketed words : "Effect of words in brackets on sentence" (Sep 24, 2007)
inimitable : "Spelling query - inimitable" (Aug 13, 2007)
Internet (capitalization) : "Internet" (Aug 30, 2007)
Possessive apostrophe: "Britney Spears" : "Britney Spears' or Britney Spears's" (Sep 10, 2007)
Possessive apostrophe and irregular nouns : "Irregular nouns and apostrophes" (Aug 23, 2007)
Numbers: question on why the abbreviation "6th" can be read phonetically, while "1st", "2nd", and "3d" cannot be read phonetically : "Ordinal Numbers" (Aug 6, 2007)

Hyphenization

"animal-product-free" or "animal product-free" or "animal-product free"? : "Hyphen" (Aug 26, 2007)
"fair-use" or "fair use"? : "When should the hyphen be used, and when should it not be used?" (Sep 6, 2007)
Dehyphenization of hyphenated terms using obsolete words (e.g.: "spick and span") : "Spick-and-span (& spick and span; & spick)" (Sep 24, 2007)

Singulars and plurals

"A" (plural form of the letter 'A') : "straight As or straight A's?" (Sep 10, 2007)
entree / entrée : "accent advice please" (Sep 28, 2007)
"Grand Prix" (plural form) : "Grand Prix" (Aug 6, 2007)
"Jehovah's Witnesses" - correct singular form : "A member of Jehovah's Witnesses" (Aug 9, 2007)
"letters patent" (singular form): "Letters Patent" (Aug 23, 2007)
- "S" (plural form of the letter 'S') : "Follow up" (2) (Sep 10, 2007)

Punctuation

Comma : "Hi, John," or "Hi John," : "Punctuation" (Sep 20, 2007)
Periods, commas and spaces as decimal separators and for presenting large numbers : "Period in numbers" (Aug 3, 2007)

Phonology and pronunciation

Phonology

Allomorphs of plural morphemes : "a linguistic question" (Sep 15, 2007)
"sew" and "new" - Why don't they rhyme? : "Sew what's new?" (Sep 26, 2007)

Pronunciation of words

α-amanitin : "How to pronounce (for use in spoken wiki project) death cap mushroom article" (Sep 12, 2007)
"æ" : "Pronunciation" (Aug 10, 2007)
Amanita phalloides : "How to pronounce (for use in spoken wiki project) death cap mushroom article" (Sep 12, 2007)
are (unit of area) : "Pronunciation: Are" (Aug 14, 2007)
basidiomycete : "How to pronounce (for use in spoken wiki project) death cap mushroom article" (Sep 12, 2007)
Beowulf : "beowulf" (Aug 15, 2007)
Brabham (IPA transcription of surname) : "IPA for Australian name Brabham" (Sep 28, 2007)
Charis : "how do you pronouce charis?" (Sep 28, 2007)
Chinese (question on shifting position of stressed syllables) : "consultation on stress on word Chinese" (Sep 1, 2007)
Chloe : "How to read Chloe?" (sep 9, 2007)
Colonel : "The Word "Colonel"" (Aug 18, 2007)
Geach (pronunciation of Peter Geach's surname) : "Help with name pronunciation, Peter Geach" (Sep 24, 2007)
manual: "Manual" (Aug 1, 2007)
Oz (Rhyming with "claws" and "straws" in American English) : "Wizard of Oz lyrics" (Sep 26, 2007)
react (glottal stop between vowels?) : "Glottal stop" (Sep 15, 2007)
Sakic (IPA transcription of Joe Sakic's name) : "What is the IPA for Joe Sakic ?" (Sep 20, 2007)
schedule : "Schedule conflicts!" (Sep 7, 2007)
Temescal: "Pronunciation" (Aug 1, 2007)
the random editor (IPA notation) : "Translation" (Sep 15, 2007)
"Y" (letter) (Is it a vowel?) : "Y" (Sep 14, 2007)

Stylistics

How to write essays with style : "CREATIVE WRITING --- SENTENCE OR PARAGRAPH STYLE" (Aug 26, 2007)
"It was a dark and stormy night" (Why is it so bad or amusing?) : "It was a dark and stormy night" (Sep 7, 2007)

never - "We never observed ..." vs. "We did not observe ..." : "Grammar" (Sep 30, 2007)
"This mathematical formula calculates the number of full years and days that have elapsed between two specified dates." (requested rephrasing): "Reword this sentence" (Aug 16, 2007)
"The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award which is awarded by AMPAS." (requested less repetetive rephrasing) : "Please help with semantics" (Sep 20, 2007)
"Let yourself be tempted by ..." : "Let yourself be tempted by ..." (Sep 21, 2007)
Request to proof-read a paragraph : "How do you like my paragraph?" (Sep 26, 2007)

Quotes or italics for unvoiced thoughts : "Grammar 2" (Sep 16, 2007)
"Capitalizing words in a header?" : "What words do you not capitalize in a header?" (Sep 4, 2007)
Italicization of "Palme d'Or" (the award) : "Italics" (Sep 16, 2007)
"If you wish, ..." / "If you wish so, ..." (preferred version) : "If you wish / If you wish so" (Sep 16, 2007)
"As he came closer. And closer. And closer. My heart start to thump harder. And harder. And harder." (Is the sentence grammatically correct?) : "Grammar" (Sep 18, 2007)

Vocabulary

Meaning of an English word, idiom, or phrase

aclaratory note : "Aclaratory note" (Sep 4, 2007)
act (as a noun for a person) : "Is the following sentence grammatical?" (Aug 25, 2007)
baked (as in "to get baked") : "get baked" (July 2, 2007)
barring : "In the following sentence, which eventuality is more likely?" (Aug 16, 2007)
Bereweeke : "Bereweeke" (Aug 16, 2007)
blood on blood : "Blood on Blood" (Sep 19, 2007)
Buffalo Stance : "Buffalo Stance" (Sep 1, 2007)
cartridge paper (U.S. equivalent?) : "Cartridge paper" (Aug 15, 2007)
cast a dispersion / cast an aspersion : "Cast a Dispersion?" (Sep 5, 2007)
the chips are down : "language arts" (Sep 27, 2007)
consultant (synonyms) : "The word 'consultant'" (Aug 26, 2007)
content / contented (distinction) : "Content/Contented" (Sep 15, 2007)
day / date (distinction) : "Choose Between Two Words" (Sep 20, 2007)
derogation (usage by native English speakers) : "European English?" (Sep 10, 2007)
discrimination : "Discrimination definition" (Aug 12, 2007)
duffel bag (distinction from holdall) : "Duffel bags" (Aug 21, 2007)
established county vs organized county (distinction in connection with U.S. counties) : "U.S. counties - what is the difference between established and organized" (Sep 18, 2007)
express yourself : "Question" (Aug 25, 2007)
farty : "Farty" (Aug 12, 2007)
feet of clay : "Feet/Feat of Clay" (Aug 25, 2007)
film / motion picture / movie / picture (distinction of terms) : More help with semantics" (Sep 10, 2007)
further / farther (distinction in meaning) : "Further/farther" (Sep 8, 2007)
gallumph : "Gallumph" (Aug 20, 2007)
game, set, and match : "What does the English idiom game, set, and match mean?" (Sep 7, 2007)
hairs on a bobbin : "what is the phrase "hairs on a bobbin"" (Sep 27, 2007)
hang ten : "hang 10" (July 1, 2007)
hard as a rock (and about as human) : "language arts" (Sep 27, 2007)
here you go / here I go : "Here you go" (Aug 12, 2007)
historic / historical (distinction) : "definition and use of historical versus historic" (Sep 15, 2007)
humble / humbled (correct usage in "I am humbled") : "I am "humbled"" (Sep 23, 2007)
idiom / proverb (distinction) : "Idioms & Proverbs" (Sep 25, 2007)
just now : "Just now" (Sep 18, 2007)
knowing the score : "language arts" (Sep 27, 2007)
ladies and germs (Why is it funny?) : "Ladies and germs" (Aug 12, 2007)
lame : ""To be lame" meaning" (Aug 30, 2007)
last / latest / most recent (distinction and usage) : "Best Word Selection" (Sep 16, 2007)
ludography (existing word or neologism?) : "Neologism?" ((Sep 9, 2007)
luggage : "Luggage" (Aug 28, 2007)
Macavity : "Mean of "Macavity"" (Sep 7, 2007)
metamagic : "Metamagic" (Aug 20, 2007)
murdered / murder victim (usage when court did not pronounce the act as "murder") : "Semantics" (July 1, 2007)
my bad : "My Bad . . . ?" (Aug 5, 2007)
native / Native American (definition) : "Definition of the word "native"" (Sep 25, 2007)
no bones (meaning) : "No bones" (Sep 15, 2007)
non-surety bond: Non-Surety_Bond (Aug 2, 2007)
OBO (meaning of acronym) : "obo" (Sep 8, 2007)
pain in the neck : "language arts" (Sep 27, 2007)
playing catchup: to play catchup" (Aug 2, 2007)
Practice makes perfect. vs Nothing is perfect. : ""Practice Makes Perfect" & "Nothing is Perfect" = Oxymoron?" (Aug 3, 2007)
professor - teacher - instructor (distinctions in meaning) : "After research no clear answer: "What's the difference between Professor, Teacher, instructor?"" (Sep 8, 2007)
PTSA (meaning of acronym) : "PTSA" (Sep 14, 2007)
pulling someone's leg : "I have an idea you're pulling our leg. - Xn4" (Sep 24, 2007)
pulling someone's train : "Meaning of a phrase" (Sep 30, 2007)
rape victims (usage when court did not pronounce the act as "rape") : "Semantics" (July 1, 2007)
role / performance' (distinction of terms) : More help with semantics" (Sep 10, 2007)
slimeball : "Slimeball" (Aug 2, 2007)
to sport (usage) : "to sport" (Sep 21, 2007)
there goes ... : "There goes...." (Aug 12, 2007)
the third degree : "The Third Degree" (Aug 9, 2007)
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth : "The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth" (Aug 9, 2007)
"twins and triplets" : "Semantics ... Triplets vs. Twins" (Aug 22, 2007)
unencyclopedic : "uneyclopedic" (Aug 20, 2007)
valorize (usage by native English speakers) : "European English?" (Sep 10, 2007)
wazoo : "not much, wazoo with you?" (Aug 24, 2007)
wilwarks : "Wilwarks" (Aug 6, 2007)
wighte : "14th century english" (Aug 19, 2007)

Looking for an English word ...

Language terms

Japanese translates literally as "character tiles", but it actually means "honor tiles"; whereas what we call the "character tiles" in English are actually what the Japanese call "myriad tiles". This is not a case of "false friends" or "false cognates", but it is false something. What? : "What is this called?" (Aug 20, 2007)
Names of famous people representing a type of person (e.g.: "he's another Benedict Arnold") : "Names of Famous People" (Sep 11, 2007)
"Is there is a term for prepositions that precede some surnames?" : "Prepositions Preceding Surnames: A Collective Term and Their Alphabetisation" (Sep 7, 2007)
Response to a response : "Semantics" (Aug 27, 2007)
"Is there an official name for that "floating s" that seems to afflict the English of Nordic folks who don't have a firm grasp of the language?" : "nordic floating s" (Aug 29, 2007)
"word for the concept/practice of turning a noun into a verb" : "RSVP as a verb" (Sep 15, 2007)
Poetic construction in the style of "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer : "Kiss Me" (Sep 29, 2007)
"What is the name for a text that in style is a summary of another fictional work, but contains every single plot element, and all descriptions of all the things/places/people in the original work? But lacks its dramatic structure?" : "summary, precis..?" (Sep 4, 2007)
"Could someone tell me the name of the symbol @ used in email address?" : "Name @ please" (Aug 22, 2007)
HTML or XHTML = (X)HTML: "What is the technical name for this kind of "conflation" of terms? : "HTML, XHTML , (X)HTML, X(HTML)" (Aug 16, 2007)

People

"A person professionally operating an elevator" : "Liftboy?" (July 2, 2007)
Word meaning "impoverished aristocrat" : "impoverished aristocrat" (Sep 13, 2007)
"Is there a term used to refer to nieces and nephews collectively?" : "terminology" (Sep 4, 2007)
Adjective for someone who won one single Oscar and for someone who won several Oscars : "Best Word Choice?" (Sep 19, 2007)
"What is the name or description of someone that refuses to take responsibility for individual circumstance or actions?" : "Language, personal description" (Aug 5, 2007)
"What is the term for someone who believes they are a Vampire?" : "Vampire" (Sep 24, 2007)

Thoughts and sensations

"What's the logical fallacy that is something like : it is very unlikely a new discovery is made within a field by someone who is not an expert. ?": "Logical fallacy." (Aug 2, 2007)
"What is it called when you use a tool to fix itself?" : "What would you call this?" (Aug 23, 2007)
"Is there a word for the sensation you get when looking over a precipous? Not "vertigo" but rather, I am embarassed to say, something felt in the genitals." : "Sense of Vertigo" (Sep 10, 2007)
Sensation of late, after-the-fact recollection of a word that had been at the tip of your tongue previously : "What Word Describes This Idea?" (Sep 13, 2007)

Things

"Word for the skin that sloughs off after sunburn" : "Word for the skin that sloughs off after sunburn" (Aug 19, 2007)
"What is the name of the stylus used to write Burmese script on palm leaves?" : "Burmese writing implement?" (Aug 21, 2007)

Looking for a word: uncategorized

"Word that starts with the sound "ari-" and means something insulting" : "Word" (Sep 4, 2007)
Word that can be called "the e-word" : "The e-word" (Sep 19, 2007)

Wordplay

Daffynitions (request for explanations) : "Daffynitions" (Aug 30, 2007)
Puzzle "to see if peoples brains here work well with logic as well as facts and resource." : "Puzzle" (Aug 30, 2007)
Shortest sentence using all 9 parts of speech : "Shortest sentence" (Sep 28, 2007)
Single-word double dactyls (request for examples) : "Double Dactyls" (Sep 7, 2007)
Word rhyming with "fight" and synonymous to the verb "to study" : "Word which rhymes with "fight" and "write"" (Sep 17, 2007)

English language resources

Dictionaries: "Free dictionary for download" (Aug 2, 2007)
Grammar check : "grammar help" (Sep 9, 2007)
List of words by ending : "words that end in certain letters" (July 2, 2007)
Paraphrasing/"deplagiarizing" texts : "A fast system to deplagirize text?" (Sep 7, 2007)
Translating machine Old English >> Modern English : "beowulf -q2" (Aug 15, 2007)

English language: uncategorized

Reading numbers out loud: "426" - "four two six", "four twenty-six", or "four hundred and twenty-six" : ""Four twenty six"?" (Aug 10, 2007)
Understanding strangely worded sentences : "Do native speakers of English understand following type of sentences easily?" (Sep 7, 2007)
Alphabetization of surnames with nobiliary particles : "Prepositions Preceding Surnames: A Collective Term and Their Alphabetisation" (Sep 7, 2007)

Foreign languages

Arabic language

Arabic words and phrases / requests for translation Arabic>>English

Translation of linked Arabic text : "New page in Arabic" (Sep 16, 2007)

Translations English>>Arabic

God forbid (translation) : ""God Forbid" in Arabic" (Aug 7, 2007)

Basque language

Miquelon (Basque or Spanish name) : "Miquelon; Basque, Spanish, both or neither?" (Sep 27, 2007)

Chinese language

Chinese words and phrases / requests for translation Chinese>>English

"串"(verb) as in "串人" or "佢串我" (translation Cantonese >> English): "Cantonese translation" (Aug 13, 2007)
zh:帛金 (meaning): "Chinese translation" (Aug 1, 2007)
集异璧 (meaning and homophony with initials GEB (Gödel - Escher - Bach) : "Need Chinese reference or advice" (Sep 17, 2007)
Help with navigating a Chinese website : "Help contacting a person whose web site is in Chinese" (Sep 2, 2007)

Chinese language: uncategorized

Middle Chinese: phonetic value of "r" in initial compound clusters such as "tr" "dr" : "Middle Chinese" (Sep 12, 2007)
Soul (Connotations of word as used by the Communist Party of China) : "The Communist Party of China and the human soul" (Sep 7, 2007)

Czech language

Czech words and phrases / requests for translation Czech>>English

Lovci myšlenek (literal translation) : "Lovci Myslenek" (Aug 21, 2007)

Dutch language

"Why do so many Dutch/Afrikaans surnames seem to be Latin?" : "Latinized Dutch names" (Sep 30, 2007)

Faroese language

Svangaskarð (language identification and pronunciation) : "Svangaskarð pronunciation" (Sep 23, 2007)

Finnish language

Tuomas (pronunciation) : "Pronounciation of the name "Tuomas" in Finnish" (Aug 25, 2007)

French language

French words and phrases / requests for translation French>>English

cinq (pronunciation, "Is there some pronunciation of 5 in French that sounds nearly identical to "Fuck"") : French Numbers
délation (meaning): "What_are_Delation_and_Zele" (Aug 1, 2007)
"en Haïti" (pronunciation, liasion for "en" + "H...") : French in Haiti? (Aug 16, 2007)
éventuel / éventuellement (corresponding adjective and adverb in English?) : "And, while we're at gallicisms..." (Sep 10, 2007)
zèle/zélé (meaning): "What_are_Delation_and_Zele" (Aug 1, 2007)
Request to check a French>>English translation on crystal systems : "Translation (fr --> en) check" (Sep 4, 2007)

Translations English>>French

"Be yourself" (translation) : "Need Help With Translation" (Sep 6, 2007)
"Boy, was I wrong!" (translation) : "French equivalent?" (Aug 21, 2007)
general : "French translation" (Sep 21, 2007)
"House of Commons Defence Committee" (translation) : "french" (Sep 4, 2007)
How are you? (translation) : "French Question" (July 2, 2007)
narrow minded bastard (translation) : "French expression" (Aug 5, 2007)

French language: uncategorized

List of French verbs sorted by frequency : "French corpus: verb frequency" (Sep 10, 2007)
Percentage of Haitians proficient in Standard French : French in Haiti? (Aug 16, 2007)

German language

German words and phrases / requests for translation German>>English

“Adel / edel“ (relation with English „idle“) : "Etymology of gentleman" (Aug 4, 2007)
"Bildungsromane", "Bildungsheld", "Bildungsidee" (meaning) : "bildungsromane" (Sep 2, 2007)
entgegen (pronunciation) : "How do you pronounce "zusammen" and "entgegen"?" (Sep 15, 2007)
Geburtstag des Alpinismus (literal translation) : "German translation" (July 1, 2007)
"geh-hey man" (translation of phonetic transcription) : "Swiss German Expression?" (Sep 1, 2007)
Geländegängigermehrzweckigerpersonenkraftwagen (Does the word exist?) : "Long German word for "jeep"" (Sep 16, 2007)
J (pronunciation of the letter) : "Pronunciation of 'J' in German" (Aug 14, 2007)
reisen / verreisen (distinction in meaning in usage) : "Verreisen vs. reisen" (Sep 18, 2007)
"Schvelts"/"Schulz" (correct name and meaning of a drinking game) : "German manners" (Sep 9, 2007)
"Vater Unser" vs "Unser Vater" (which version of the Lord's Prayer is older) : "Unser Vater - German Our Father prayer" (Aug 23, 2007)
weibliche Rundungen (corresponding expression in English) : "Female curves?" (Aug 10, 2007)
ziehen (different meanings) : "Ziehen" (Sep 24, 2007)
zusammen (pronunciation) : "How do you pronounce "zusammen" and "entgegen"?" (Sep 15, 2007)

German language: uncategorized

Advice on improving sentence structure and memorizing vocabulary : "German Help" (Sep 8, 2007)
German equivalent to Cambridge English exams : "German exams" (Sep 18, 2007)

Greek language (ancient)

Translations English>>Japanese

"the overseer of the oligarchy" (translation from English) : "Ancient Greek" (Aug 3, 2007)

Greek language (ancient): uncategorized

mutual intelligibility of Ancient and Modern Greek : "Old and modern Greek" (Aug 9, 2007)

Greek language (modern)

How to transcribe a Greek name in Latin letters based on the Hebrew transcription "קאיה" : "Greek first name in Latin transliteration" (Aug 24, 2007)

Hebrew language

Translation of comment beginning with "שלום" : "Translation of comment required" (Sep 1, 2007)

Hindi language

How to translate Hindi to English (generally) : "Hindi to English" (Aug 28, 2007)

Irish language

nil éinne : "nil einne (or éinne) - who recognises this? & Irish speakers" (Aug 9, 2007)

Italian language

Italian words and phrases / requests for translation Italian>>English

capito (does it imply "ho capito" or "è capito" ?) : "Capito" (Sep 11, 2007)
giorno / giornata (distinct meanings) : "Some questions on learning Italian" (Sep 11, 2007)
grissino torinese (noun-adjective agreement for singular and plural forms): "torinese/torinesi" (Aug 30, 2007)
-one (meaning of suffix) : "Some questions on learning Italian" (Sep 11, 2007)
pizza (pronunciation) : "Why Italian pronounces "pizza" as "pete-zha" not "pee-sha"?" (Sep 21, 2007)
"Sant'Angelo" vs "Sant' Angelo" (usage of space after apostrophe) : "The space between" (Aug 30, 2007)
Scaglia orazio aci S. Antonio (translation and origin of inscription on wood carving) : "Scaglia orazio aci S. Antonio" (Sep 17, 2007)
sera / serata (distinct meanings) : "Some questions on learning Italian" (Sep 11, 2007)

Japanese language

Japanese words and phrases / requests for translation Japanese>>English

次へ (pronunciation) : "Japanese pronunciation" (Aug 13, 2007)
前へ (pronunciation) : "Japanese pronunciation" (Aug 13, 2007)
もう1度 (pronunciation) : "Japanese pronunciation" (Aug 13, 2007)
鷲は舞い降りた (meaning, article identification) : "Help with foreign language links" (Sep 6, 2007)
oi kei (meaning) : "oi kei" (Sep 9, 2007)
Tenko (meaning in English) : "English translation from Japanese" (Sep 9, 2007)
Watashi wa kawaii desu / Watashi kawaii wa desu (question on word order) : "Japanese" (Sep 21, 2007)

Translations English>>Japanese

"Be yourself" (translation) : "Need Help With Translation" (Sep 6, 2007)
Bladestorm article (request for translation Japanese >> English) : "translate" (Aug 16, 2007) and "Translate japaneses please (re-ask)" (Aug 24, 2007)

Japanese language: uncategorized

Questions to ask japanese exchange students (request for questions in Japanese) : "Questions to ask Japanese exchange students" (Aug 19, 2007)
Yuji Ide (looking for Japanese language websites) : "Japanese translation: seeking sources about Yuji Ide to add to Wikipedia article" (Aug 23, 2007)
Japanese pidgins and creoles : "Swedish/Japanese pidgin or creoles" (Aug 29, 2007)

Kannada language

T-V distinction : "T-V distinction in Kannada" (Sep 3, 2007)

K'iche' language

Popol-Vuh (pronunciation) : "Pronunciation of Popol-Vuh" (July 2, 2007)

Khmer language

Schyler (translation or spelling of name in Khmer) : "Khmer language" (Sep 24, 2007)

Korean language

Korean words and phrases / requests for translation Korean>>English

제목없음 : "Korean translation" (Sep 17, 2007)

Translations English>>Korean

"Be yourself" (translation) : "Need Help With Translation" (Sep 6, 2007)
Song lyrics for song "Starian" by "Duke" (identification of language and meaning) : "A Song that no one knows..." (Sep 8, 2007)

Korean language: uncategorized

Information on Ban Ki-moon available in Korean (request for article improvement) : "Anybody know any Korean?" (Sep 10, 2007)

Latin language

Latin words and phrases / requests for translation Latin>>English

"ae" versus "æ" (when to use which) : ""ae" versus "æ"" (Aug 20, 2007)
"Ah, si mundus iste mendax, frater, te fefellit, quare / vehementer ita mundum increpas, et indignare? / Cuncta fatum ab aeterno designavit in aeternum, / Calamasque currens ille nescit unquam remeare." (translation) : "latin poem" (Sep 29, 2007)
"Barbarus hic ego sum, qui non intelligor illis" or "Barbarus hic ego sum, quia non intelligor ulli" (Which quotation is correct?) : "Help with Latin quotation" (Sep 25, 2007)
"infandum regina iubes renovare dolorem" (translation) : "infandum regina iubes renovare dolorem" (Aug 19, 2007)
Intrum Justitia : "Latin translation of "Intrum Justitia"" (Sep 19, 2007)
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet sed diam nonummy" (meaning) : "Translation" (Sep 5, 2007)
sua sponte : "What does this mean?" (Sep 27, 2007)
veni (conjugation) : "Latin conjugation: "veni"" (Aug 14, 2007)

Translations English>>Latin

"Cytherea, I summon you - send down your hand and bring us from this place" (translation) : "English-to-Latin Phrase" (Aug 9, 2007)
quote (as in "quotation", translation) : "Latin Word for Quote" (Sep 23, 2007)

Mi'kmaq language

kadi / cadie / akatiek (meaning and origin of "Arcadie") : "Mi'kmaq and Acadian French toponymy" (Sep 16, 2007)

Norwegian language

Bokmal and Nynorsk (spoken forms) : "Bokmal and Nynorsk (3)" (Aug 4, 2007)
Middle Norwegian : request for text samples : "Samples of Middle Norwegian" (Sep 23, 2007)

Polish language

Polish words and phrases / requests for translation Polish>>English

Granówko (translation) : "Translation from Polish" (Aug 19, 2007)
powiat kościański (translation) : "Translation from Polish" (Aug 19, 2007)
ryńskich (meaning) : "Polish: ryńskich" (Aug 2, 2007)
"własność Rodryga hrabiego Dunina. - Majętność ta, dawniejsza siedziba Nieżychowskich, od roku 1898 znajduje się w rękach obecnego właściciela. - Dwór, wygodny i przestworny, zbudowany został w pierwszej połowie zeszłego wieku przez ówczesnego właściciela Nepomucena Nieżychowskiego." (translation) : "Translation from Polish" (Aug 19, 2007)

Translations English>>Polish

"May I go to the bathroom, Miss?" (translation) : "Polish Translations" (Aug 16, 2007)
"Where is the subway station?" (translation) : "Polish Translations" (Aug 16, 2007)
"You are the frosting on my cake" (translation, in the sense of "being very special") : "Polish Translations" (Aug 16, 2007)

Portuguese language

Portuguese words and phrases / requests for translation Portuguese>>English

Buscapé (literal translation) : "Cidade de Deus" (Aug 21, 2007)

Translations English>>Portuguese

civil partnerships (translation) : "Portuguese" (Sep 9, 2007)

Russian language

Russian words and phrases / requests for translation Russian>>English

Есть (phonetic similarity to English "yes") : "Yes instead of Da in a Russian movie" (Aug 2, 2007)
Полюшка Поле (translation and authorship of song) : "Russian Song" (Aug 31, 2007)
"Самолёт должен был приземлиться. Но для этого нужно было, чтобы кончился бензин. Если останется бензин, может быть взрыв. Поэтому самолёт долго летал над Ленинградом." (request for translation) : "Russian paragraph" (July 1, 2007)
фильм (spelling) : "Help with foreign language links" (Sep 6, 2007)

Translations English>>Russian

April Theses (translation) : "Russian" (Sep 28, 2007)

Sanskrit language

Policies on translating and interpreting Sanskrit verses on en.wikipedia : "Sanskrit" (Aug 23, 2007)

Serbo-Croatian language

"obrtni list" (language identification and translation of title and corresponding document) : "A document in Slovenian or maybe Croatian" (Sep 9, 2007)

Sign language

"How many sign languages exist?" : "how many sign languages exist? roughly?" (Aug 8, 2007)

Slovenian language

Diacritics : naming conventions in wikipedia articles and titles (e.g.: Egon Jakofcic's vs. Egon Jakofčić) : "Diacritics in Slovenian names" (Sep 24, 2007)

Spanish language

Spanish words and phrases / requests for translation Spanish>>English

abuuu..." (meaning) : "Spanish abuuu ;_;" (Sep 8, 2007)
apostilla (meaning, doing the paperwork) : "[edit] I need to know what "apostel" is regarding certification of a birth certificate." (Sep 7, 2007)
camarista vespertina (meaning) : "Camarista Vespertina" (Aug 11, 2007)
Est Pablo el Havana comesta gringo. : "Spanish (?) translation" (Sep 10, 2007)
¿Has podido entrar a ...? (meaning) : "Spanish phrase" (Sep 6, 2007)
¡Qué bárbaro!(translation) : "Spanish translations" (Aug 16, 2007)
¡Tanto tiempo!(translation) : "Spanish translations" (Aug 16, 2007)
¡Vamos!(translation) : "Spanish translations" (Aug 16, 2007)
ya (meaning and usage) : "Spanish "ya"" (Sep 6, 2007)

Spanish language: uncategorized

Spanish naming customs : "Spanish names" (Aug 20, 2007)
abundance of Spanish female names representing different titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary (e.g. Dolores, Concepción, Consuelo, Guadalupe) (connection to calendar of Saints, number, equivalents in other languages) : "aspects of Mary" (Sep 30, 2007)
How to type "ñ" : "how do u type this?" (Aug 26, 2007)

Swedish language

Swedish pidgins and creoles : "Swedish/Japanese pidgin or creoles" (Aug 29, 2007)

Vietnamese language

-ính (phonology in Hanoi dialect) : "Vietnamese phonology - Hanoi dialect" (Aug 10, 2007)

Unknown/unspecified languages

"D Harte Boi" (meaning and language) : "D HARTE BOI!" (Aug 30, 2007)
Who-Dray-Gah (phonetic transcription in search of a "Bohemian" word, its language and meaning) : "Go Like Who-Dray-Gah" (Aug 24, 2007)
Language identification of song lyrics based on a commercial clip : "Language identification (Russian or Latin?)" (Aug 31, 2007)

Foreign language resources

Bilingual dictionaries in general : "words in other languages" (Sep 6, 2007)
Online translators English >> Spanish: "Translating simple letters from english into spanish" (Aug 7, 2007)
Spoken online resources in French, Italian, and Portuguese featuring subtitles in the same language : "Listening foreign languages" (Aug 8, 2007)
Online translators English >> Latin : "English to Latin (1)" (Aug 26, 2007)
Online translators Esperanto >> English : "Automatic Esperanto to English translations?" (Aug 28, 2007)
Stabilizing automatic translations : "stabilization of automatic translation" (Sep 18, 2007)
Online dictionaries with audio files of pronunciation of words : "Audio pronunciation" (Sep 21, 2007)
Automatic translators English-Japanese showing the Japanese words transcribed in Latin letters and English phonology : "Are there translation sites where Japanese words are in English letter words instead of symbols?" (Sep 27, 2007)
online swap forum for proofreading Italian in exchange for German texts : "Some questions on learning Italian" (Sep 11, 2007)

Writing systems and typography

General

Are names for letters used in languages using the same alphabet or using different writing systems : "Names of letters in other languages" (July 1, 2007)

Aramaic alphabet

Lively (character for a tattooed "The Lively Lost One") : "Symbol for the word Lively in Aramic,Arabic, or Korean" (Sep 29, 2007)

Arabic script

Lively (character for a tattooed "The Lively Lost One") : "Symbol for the word Lively in Aramic,Arabic, or Korean" (Sep 29, 2007)

East Asian writing systems

Size of type cases for Hanzi, Kanji, and Hanja : "What did CJK type cases look like?" (Aug 7, 2007)
weird symbol looking "like the "no smoking" sign but without the cigarette" (not about East Asian writing systems at all, as it turns out, but the querent didn't know ...) : "Weird symbols in Japanese email addresses" (Aug 20, 2007)
Lively (character for a tattooed "The Lively Lost One" in Korean) : "Symbol for the word Lively in Aramic,Arabic, or Korean" (Sep 29, 2007)
Kanji characters in Japanese Wikipedia : "Japanese Wikipedia" (Sep 20, 2007)

Greek alphabet

"Form of leet that uses Greek letters to write English words" : "Greek letters for leet" (Aug 5, 2007)
"Ρυσσιαν ΡουλεΦτε" : "Greece letters" (Aug 3, 2007)
font or setting for typing the Greek alphabet with a U.S. keyboard : "Classical Greek font" (Sep 28, 2007)

Native American writing systems

Sioux writing system (for a tattoo) : "sioux alphabet" (Aug 21, 2007)

Tibetan script

Karma : |"Tibetan spelling of "karma"" (Sep 12, 2007)

Typography

Usage of quotation marks in Latin and non-Latin scripts : "Quotation marks" (Sep 18, 2007)

Online references

"Extensive overview of fonts/typefaces" : "Font overview" (Aug 21, 2007)

Unidentified script

Word meaning "yes" represented by what looks like a script capital "L" followed by what seems to be a Greek "alpha" (Identification of script and language) : "Alphabets" (Sep 9, 2007)

Some flew over the cuckoo's nest

Literary interpretation of Gemini by Michel Tournier : "Gemini by Michel Tournier" (Sep 2, 2007)
Harry Potter book - cover art and title in Canadian and Australian editions : "Harry Potter" (Sep 15, 2007)
average volume of an adult male human being : "Volume of a Human Being" (July 2, 2007)