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December 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 1

1. Is Satan pronounced same as satin?
2. Distribution of Cyrillic

December 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 2

1. Translation of Sanskrit text
2. Solid
3. Tradent
4. Fær øer: norse name in italian?
5. Political Correctness
6. German to English

December 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 3

1. Some better word
2. As well as
3. Sanskrit Translation
4. Another Latin title page
5. Public Domain with Restrictions?
6. Japanese translation request

December 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 4

1. Sung Spanish "muy"
2. English to Japanese translation help
3. Noun-to-Adjective derivations using the '-ed' suffix.

December 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 5

1. Use of there is/are after adverbials
2. Latin motto

December 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 6

1. Opposite of philanthropy?
2. What is the name of...

December 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 7

1. 17th century French: "Tracy"
2. Just say the word

December 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 8

1. ED-earned
2. Plural of razzia

December 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 9

1. Chinese search help needed
2. Learning another improves one’s own usage?
3. Film Footage

December 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 10

1. Are bands plural or nonlpural
2. Help with French phrase
3. Help with Chinese: Daiwie Fu's resume

December 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 11

1. Help with Chinese: Finding Western Studies Department
2. bis to insert numbered content in an existing numbered list: how to style?

December 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 13

1. secondaire
2. paradox of "calcined ashes"
3. "Which" and "that"

December 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 14

1. Nationality-born vs. country-born
2. etymology of joystick?
3. Ufology excerpt in Romanian

December 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 15

1. Iz-rye-ell
2. Fidelity Bank Nigeria
3. The "Yongneup" of "The High Moor, Yongneup of Mt. Daeam"
4. Does this comma belong here?
5. Genre/Term for constant surveillence in Big Brother, Truman Show, etc

December 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 16

1. Why is the 's' in curse voiceless

December 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 17

1. RS etymology for "Mulignan/Mulignon"
2. "Try and" vs. "Try to"
3. Hindi name
4. Is the following sentence acceptable/grammatical?
5. Galoshes

December 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 18

1. One-word translation for Bellatrix?
2. Pseudo-synonyms?
3. What is 'foodirati' in the following sentence?
4. Bible translation: shall not kill or not murder?
5. How to cite sources with long titles?

December 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 19

1. I'm having Fitz trying to figure out the Ap-propriate action to take.
2. Jocular phonetic alphabet
3. [Sic]cing the [sic]cer; or "Fully [sic]"
4. Cayenne and Guyana

December 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 20

1. Japanese Proverb

December 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 21

1. Can someone translate this please?
2. Protoindoeuropean apostrophe
3. Moving query about possessive here from very much dead Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Grammar help page.

December 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 22

1. Latin pronunciation In dulci jubilo

December 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 23

1. English equivalents of the Chinese words "含蓄" and "文雅"
2. Apostrophe in Russian
3. French help

December 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 24

1. English dialect in Denmark?
2. In Brazil what does it mean if someone went to 'college' ?
3. Word for a detail-oriented person

December 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 25

1. evolution quote
2. Troll the Halls
3. sleeping position
4. What is the Arabic for the Lycee Cheikh Bouamama in Algiers?

December 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 26

1. A little French translation, please

December 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 27

1. Is the sound /ouv/ rare in English?
2. The use of the english word INHERIT
3. Accuracy of NYT dialect survey

December 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 28

1. Meaning of the word "pussy" in 1931 and before
2. Norwegian translation

December 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 29

1. Name for throat sensation
2. Arktika
3. CSFN
4. Implicit You
5. Missing explanation of one "blissymbol" in article

December 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 30

1. Correct word
2. How long has that sucked for?
3. What Language!?!
4. Arabic help for Sudan Civil Aviation Authority

December 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 December 31

1. Russian help: Department of Aviation
2. term of address
3. the usage of "fresh"
4. American English pronunciation of 2 vowels
5. "Bitcoin" vs. "bitcoin" in this sentence
6. Trademarks which start out as pseudowords