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June 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 1

1. German website help
2. "St", "Sp" in German
3. Vocab Lists
4. Asking for comments, etc. - Spanish vs. Mexican Spanish
5. Spanish - imperfect vs. preterite discussing a historical era

June 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 2

1. least tense + aspect
2. Latin - Nuntius teutonicus
3. "I" after the time
4. Phoneme /x/ in English
5. What is this?
6. German phrase
7. Downtown, uptown

June 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 3

1. Correct word?
2. 'The' plus album title
3. Why do Japanese and African words/names sometimes sound similar?
4. What to call this grammatical construction
5. Uni...?

June 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 4

1. Readerly, writerly and painterly
2. Cousin's Daughter
3. corn/maize
4. "Bloß"

June 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 5

1. definition of a Russian word
2. Henry David Thoreau and bird that fouls own nest
3. Difference between "no" and "nil"
4. The length of dashes
5. Lithuanian translation

June 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 6

1. What language?

June 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 7

1. Latin: Niger vs Ater
2. Johns Hopkins
3. English GCSE
4. Spanish pronunciation
5. Verb: to make two things the same
6. Pronoun itself

June 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 8

1. Images of runic Rúnatal
2. Meshuy
3. ISO amusing phrase to be printed on apron for LGBT BBQ
4. Anti-rhyme

June 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 9

1. Term for a list of words, all of the same length
2. Inter/trans/pan
3. Cornish language
4. radio coding
5. Lorry or truck
6. International Labour Organization
7. Spendthrift

June 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 10

1. Usage of i.e. and e.g.
2. Word for Candle
3. Plural of media
4. Plural2singular
5. Need an English word
6. Latin Word For 'Volcano'

June 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 11

1. GRE ASAP
2. References to the idea that language and the physical world are one and the same?
3. Allow vs. permit
4. Please to be
5. Two odd phrases (Americanisms?)
6. name of this literary device?
7. Inclusive - have I understood this?
8. Euphemisms for "Crying Jay"
9. South Africa and naming of nations

June 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 12

1. Language
2. CofE Churches
3. French hens
4. French accents in English usage
5. Liquor
6. Names

June 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 13

1. Nothing like good sesh
2. Flaming June
3. Eris Quod Sum
4. Pronunciation
5. How is a double L pronounced in Spanish ?
6. What is this language/alphabet?
7. Response to sneezing in English

June 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 14

1. Etymology of the word Islam
2. Scandinavian names
3. "You" in Punjabi?

June 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 15

1. Pam
2. Modern novels/authors in project Gutemberg/Librivox
3. Joan
4. Alphabetic Order
5. Short story about a kid who finds out that he's poor

June 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 16

1. Hwyl - Welsh word
2. djinn = gene activator
3. Simple sentence
4. Sentence in Russian, correct?

June 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 17

1. Meaning
2. Cunjevoi
3. arabic sentence
4. 喂
5. Line of speech
6. Comma usage
7. "The things you gave your life to"
8. Secret Letter
9. U and V

June 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 18

1. War Memorial Wording
2. There's prologue and epilogue, but what about something in the middle?
3. OED help
4. 1944 letter which I assume is in German
5. IPA help
6. Wording for a copyedit

June 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 19

1. Cat burglar
2. Relative pronoun "that"
3. Help with Korean-to-English translation

June 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 20

1. Produce vs Product, noun
2. IPA question II
3. true official name of the barcode system
4. Conciencia fiscal - what is it in English?
5. Eulsa Treaty
6. Arabic
7. Monies

June 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 21

1. A house, a tortoise and an ant
2. "An horrific"
3. What's in a constitution

June 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 22

1. Correct terminology
2. Dashes Hyphens in "one year long"
3. uou ?
4. Riddle
5. Boy
6. handicapped? retarded?

June 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 23

1. Washington, DC
2. Clearing line
3. Belt

June 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 24

1. Bernolakish
2. Informal Chilean Spanish, video/audio
3. Why are some sounds considered phonemes, but others not?

June 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 25

1. Adjectives in Czech
2. any idiom or saying to mean this idea

June 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 26

1. Arabic translation
2. Analyzing the sentence "welcome aboard"
3. Lay and lie

June 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 27

1. IPo
2. Sport
3. need a simple definition for response latency
4. mixing moods
5. Allahu akbar in Iran
6. TH

June 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 28

1. Eulsa Treaty
2. Possessive form of Jonas
3. Word Derivation

June 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 29

1. Quick German sentence-translation
2. Noghl
3. Bangkok, Thailand?
4. Japanese question

June 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 30

1. Korean
2. vocabulary,english
3. How hard could it be to say my name?
4. Comma usage