Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/December 2006
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December 1
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- etymology of utica
- Grammaticality of depictions
December 2
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- Arabic word's meaning
- What catagory do prepositions belong to? Lexical or functional?
- English translation of the Chinese word "姑息"
- "Wax on, wax off"
- Hindi Words of Arabic Origin
- Paramount chief in Spanish
December 3
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- Battle of creativities
- 'South-South cooperation'
- Translate to Japanese
- tr" and "str" letter combos
- integrity of data
December 4
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- "Me siento muy vacío" (TV commercial)
- Can you make up a language?
- German translation, bitte
- Abracos fortes
- Raining tea
- Use of 'times' throughout the times
December 5
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- ebrew
- Irony?
- schrodinger's cat
- Finnish computer error message?
- A dutch equivilent of the term "freethought"?
- nglish
- apitalization in Titles
- henever?
December 6
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- greek language
- Abiento
- od rest ye merry gentlemen
- Pronunciation of "J"
- id I?
- Origin of the name Cabragh? Do you think it is a corruption of Gabragh?
- How would you translate this from Polish to English?
- "scrubs" meaning operating theater dress.
- Forms of Poetry
- The Catcher in the rye
December 7
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- Which Songs Are These?
- Need to know how to say this phrase in Choctaw
- cherokee language
- translation help?
- Native speakers
- Latin translation request
- Serbo-Croatian or ??
- 'Third party'
- kipping "on" in sentences
- Question about "st" in German , in words like "ist" en bist"
- help
- multitude of grammar issues
December 8
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- Saying originator
- o longer an insult
- Do it yourself
- racial or slang terms
- Query regarding language
December 10
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- ENGLISH TO COPTIC..PLEASE
- "Crossing the bar"
December 11
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- Classical and Modern Greek?
- J in 4th position
- Old German Word for "tank"
- ranzabal
- What language used in mid/late 20th C. Skopje?
- Drug eluting stents
- first verse of French poem that begins, "quand vous serez veille et decrepit" by whom?.
- what does this mean?
- english
- Farsi script translation
- arawakan online language dictionary
- Bye vs. Cya
December 12
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- idealogy v ideology
- "She" as "it"
- I Like to See it Lap the Miles by Emily Dickinson
- ord for a person who has a love for teaching
- Spanish
- sofa, couch, settee
- "Linking L" in Brazilian Portuguese?
- Letter ending: yours
- Dramatic vs. Theatrical qualities
December 13
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- Book Review
- IPA Starter
- ynonym
- Unidentified Soup
- Please help define Hindi/Sanskrit word
- Where is the Stremnaya Road, and what does "stremnaya" mean?
- Where is the Stremnaya Road? Is it in Bolivia? What does "stremnaya" mean?
December 14
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- Wikipedia tutorial on spotting/eliminating redundant words
- Parts of Speech
- Or
- off of
- tow, row
- Pronunciation of Adum (Kumasi, Ghana)
- Brother's Wife
- Once upon a time, in Spanish
- Indescribable
- Just how much of this IS the title?
- Pronounciation
December 15
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- Hidden cultural references?
- Latin to English Translation
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
- The Tiger and the Hare
- e questo è un uomo
- To Indent or Not to Indent
- PATIENT - SHE or HE
- Sanskrit
- Swedish word
- antique markings
- PATIENT - SHE or HE?
- third son and sixth?
- translation
- Spacing in abbreviations
December 16
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- Concurrent education
- Unknown language, unknown meaning.
- This was printed in a Turkish Newspaper
- origin of the word yahoo.
- The ease with which required information can be found.
- Is tehre a wikipedai spellign bot?
- rere Jacques in Dutch and other languages
- go in for sports
- ong in unknown language
December 17
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- orient vs. orientate
- Please Help Me Out... (rhyme scheme)
- Lost Word
- etymology of word "forgive"
- How to use, "Drink, Drank, Drunk, and Drunken," correctly.
- Flapjack
- asque minimal pair
- My Melody of Love
December 18
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- Queen-size" in French
- unjabi and Hindi fonts
- English Language tests
- Commmunication skills
- Uniform spelling of a Rebekah
- punctuation
December 20
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- Pluralizing brain
- Sinophile
- ea Soup - Fog
- apanese/French
- Donner..?
December 21
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- Russian>English: a memorial inscription in Latvia
- Rumbula protest banner text: Latvian(?)>English
- Curious about George.
December 22
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- Conjunctions
- etnus
- Unknown language /meaning in school song
December 23
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- reudian slip
- rench Numbers
December 24
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December 25
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December 26
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- Uh huh...
- Querer in the preterite
- How would I say this in Dutch?
- Homely
- Latin definition: Cost
- Ji
- putting words
- Thai Language
- hindi lecturer position
December 27
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- linking acticals in other lanuguages
- Language
- My/Mine
- reflexive 1st person plural pronouns in German
- crossword help
- Vae victis
December 28
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- What does "tucci" mean?
- translation of an article from spanish wikipedia to english
- About the lost of information
- word trivia --- gry puzzle
- Chernobyl, and The End is Nigh
- Looking for a word that describes opposites
December 29
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- Throw your mother's old shoes
- Fourteenth Century Old English of words "Iesus" and "god"
- Definition of word "Jesus"
- American Independece - Greek lnaguage
December 30
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- Pronounciation of the Irish or Scottish Gaelic word "Cailleach"?
- English language expressions
- British Sign Language
- The word *Unreached*
- Petrarch's "De Viris Illustribus"
- language
December 31
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- Help with translation
- symbols
- Plural of "Software"
- Latin translation of a Petrarch work title