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February 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 2

  1. Identify Chinese vs. Japanese

February 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 3

  1. How should I say "each of which", "by which", and the like, in spoken English (say English of teenagers and likewise)?
  2. Plurals

February 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 4

  1. How do you pronounce Carmen followup
  2. Voluntarily not trying to understand: adjective

February 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 5

  1. hydroponics, hydroculture, huh?
  2. To push his law and order agenda
  3. Strongest word for evil in the English

February 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 6

  1. Facial expressions in prose
  2. Cash money
  3. Spanish translation please
  4. Needs Must

February 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 7

  1. "Adjective" stress
  2. Ephemeral statements.

February 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 8

  1. How (if possible) to accurately write a name in Egyptian Hieroglyphics

February 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 9

  1. "The law" and street name signs
  2. Enumeration (French/Français)

February 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 10

  1. Chinese tattoo: translation

February 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 11

  1. In English, why are boats, ships, cars, and churches female?
  2. Transcription dilemma

February 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 13

  1. Name translations
  2. Pronunciation of "vacances" in France and Netherlands

February 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 14

  1. living languages
  2. English understanding problem

February 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 15

  1. Czech transcription of Chinese
  2. I'd've
  3. Reference in King Lear in Edgar's letter about killing his father, Gloucester
  4. Number of REGULAR verbs (in English)
  5. Italian slang phrases for politicians

February 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 16

  1. proto-language

February 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 17

  1. Gars and Sharks?
  2. Human languages
  3. Ancient script

February 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 18

  1. Help locating possibly Arabic tweet?
  2. Pronouncing /sts/ in English
  3. Is the sentence "He have bought a new car last week" grammatical?
  4. Spanish phrase

February 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 19

  1. Chinese translation
  2. Sort question
  3. Pronunciation of "miso"
  4. A Certain Old Norse to Icelandic Shift

February 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 20

  1. Pronunciation of "Catholicism"
  2. Wurstkissen to mean "toilet paper to stop the water from hitting your ass"
  3. Can someone translate this English sentence into actual English please?

February 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 21

  1. German. IPA for the name in the Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau article
  2. Psychic
  3. Want to make sure my nikkud and Arabic vowels are correct
  4. "So"
  5. Sentence shortening help or correction

February 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 22

  1. How do speakers of tonal languages sing most kinds of songs?
  2. cuckoo sign

February 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 23

  1. English pronunciation of given name "Liza"
  2. Khmer neak
  3. Filmographies, not just for films anymore?
  4. Identification and self-identification

February 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 25

  1. Translation of a word to 'royal Thai' and 'religious Thai' please?
  2. Pronunciation of the name Pólya
  3. "Fully-springed mattress" or "fully-sprung mattress"?
  4. Ancient greek
  5. "Don't Know They're Born"

February 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 26

  1. Cerdeña and Córcega
  2. Hector and hectoring

February 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 27

  1. Identificacion de una sello
  2. pronunciation
  3. Arabic transcription request
  4. Publically

February 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 February 28

  1. French: What is a 2cl in the French Army?
  2. Sentence filling help
  3. Correct sentence choosing help
  4. Auld Henrie?
  5. "Loin" etymology ?
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