Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/June 2013

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June 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 1

1. What does "to rocket" a cigarette a mean?
2. I seed it
3. "Phonemic" versus "Phonetic" transcriptions
4. Grammar check requested

June 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 2

1. Distinctive plain form ("infinitive") in English
2. Leaving ... until ...
3. "final say" or "the final say"
4. Clean and jerk

June 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 3

1. Translating an oddball sentence into Latin
2. Smearing black stuff on the palate to measure place of articulation
3. "Logical" languages

June 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 4

1. English pronunciation of the Hungarian name Gyula Décsy
2. Indians call indians
3. latin
4. Trying to find the right word for "support"
5. French meaning of "campement"
6. Latin translation please
7. Hindi

June 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 5

1. What's the difference between cohabitation and domestic partnership?
2. Sanskrit asana terminology
3. Reynier Casembroot
4. Question about Arabic title of television program

June 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 6

1. An unpoked pig
2. What is the etymology of the "dukes" part of "ma dukes" or "mama dukes"

June 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 8

1. Pronunciation of -ova names
2. Maths / Math
3. Russian verb conjugation
4. the meaning of pikasheen

June 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 9

1. "the more easily"

June 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 10

1. Trying to remember a word

June 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 11

1. Different word orders in Latin
2. Game rules interpretation
3. What does this sentence mean?
4. Portuguese "fodase"
5. Use of the word "literally"
6. What language is this?

June 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 12

1. Hawaiian/Tahtian/Polynesian
2. Zwanenburgwal
3. CC-BY-SA, Example request for a portrait

June 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 13

1. A far
2. Use of possessive pronouns as (?) intensifiers
3. Feminine pronoun as gender neutral pronoun
4. Complex sentence
5. Chinese name of Tigger
6. Go along to get along
7. Similarities between eastern Wisconsin and New England
8. Korean place names

June 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 14

1. "Big red box"?
2. Brennero

June 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 15

1. Nom plural of Iesus
2. Why why?
3. Hebrew help

June 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 16

1. bloody
2. Synthetic drugs
3. deck in spanish
4. Name translation
5. the meaning of Alsuhail or Suhail

June 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 17

1. ތަޢާރަފު

June 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 18

1. the meaning of 'figario'
2. Languages without second person?
3. Use of "we" when referring to the human species in scientific articles
4. "The journey took one month each way." vs "The journey took one month for each way." ?
5. A Spell checker checks for?
6. Difficult to understand foreign speech

June 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 19

1. "All your data is belong to us"
2. Dock of the Bay
3. $200 is collected
4. No Expressions for God in Chinese?
5. ch?
6. German Translation!
7. Etymology of "Homo"
8. message
9. What languages are used in this Sailor Moon multilanuage anime video?
10. enquête
11. Contemporary UK argot

June 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 20

1. Шозбат!
2. Howard Cosell's accent
3. Stroke order
4. Whilst
5. Bag
6. Language improvements/your input on specific article
7. To go down
8. How do ejectives usually develop from non-ejective consonants?

June 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 21

1. Must be the season of the which we spoke earlier
2. because Jesus
3. Is 'Hannibal Lecter' actually a plausible Lithuanian name?

June 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 22

1. greek
2. Does anyone know spanish? Google translate sucks because it's translated sentences don't make sense.
3. English language
4. Sourcing a quote

June 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 23

1. Shake versus nod
2. "Londonese"
3. Quantitied

June 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 24

1. Tidyman's carpet
2. Prinsengracht
3. English

June 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 25

1. Latin vs. Japanese
2. Family name "Frautschi" = ?
3. Traditional children's rhymes and songs
4. The word "mother"
5. misplaced modifiers
6. How do we correct an error in a definition?

June 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 26

1. Chavacano

June 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 27

1. Meaning of "You took my freak"
2. German speakers, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wABZ9cXAFjY what do the Jerry soldiers say to and around the lost Yankee G.I. in this scene?]
3. 'Kensington' as adjective
4. Future nostalgia

June 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 28

1. Cyrillic help (Mongolian)
2. as's
3. English Grammar. Two hyphenated words in one sentence.

June 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 29

1. Dictionary tabs
2. "knowing beans about"

June 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 June 30

1. What English dialect pronounce "moral" this way [maw-row]?
2. with vs. and