Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/November 2011

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November 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 1

1. Irish uvular R - really?
2. Bars and clubs
3. IPA notation for diphthongs
4. Ring ring
5. Derivation of the English word "bad"

November 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 2

1. "Exposure to college" vs. "collegue exposure"
2. Tahrir

November 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 3

1. Northern Irish words
2. "Never end a sentence with a preposition"

November 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 4

1. Help deciphering Japanese writing
2. Pronunciation of Christiaan Huygens
3. short reading materials about anthropological, universal themes for students with no reading habit ...

November 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 5

1. Danish tre
2. Black fog
3. Middle Chinese Swadesh List
4. Help emailing French museum in Tahiti

November 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 6

1. Euphemism ?
2. english usage
3. URDU TRANSLATION -ARUN S BAGH
4. Comma usage in "the intervention of the queen dowager Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Richard"
5. Sfogliattele
6. "Various of"

November 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 7

1. Doctors saying "we'
2. English
3. Chinese readings
4. Cantonese help
5. Seal of Joan II, Countess of Burgundy
6. Looking for a word

November 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 8

1. Russian question
2. Plural or singular?
3. pronouns.
4. More Chinese help
5. A new who/whom dilemma

November 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 9

1. Request for French translation
2. Savoy teeth

November 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 10

1. "Shiver"?
2. JonBenét Ramsey
3. How do stone profoundly deaf people learn to read and write?
4. The English word CANARD

November 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 11

1. What does 'metaphysica sunt, non leguntur' mean?
2. Should both be plural?

November 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 12

1. Name for an earthquake
2. Shakespearean scholar?
3. Chinese lingual evolution

November 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 13

1. When to skip "the"

November 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 14

1. Nickname transcription
2. Arabic translation

November 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 15

1. French translation
2. What does this mean?
3. repository/depository
4. Translating Japanese honorifics
5. Ginger up horses
6. Translation from Arabic to help with identification of images

November 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 16

1. Van von addresses a person ...
2. Transitive Verbs
3. "Croire" and the subjunctive mood / « Croire » et le subjonctif
4. quick-fire cuts
5. Quod non: a Dutch phrase?
6. OED reference for "kilo"
7. "Zooterkins"

November 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 17

1. Chinese readings
2. Need good Latin translation

November 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 18

1. Arabic pronunciation
2. The one

November 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 19

1. The name Stavros
2. Quran translation

November 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 20

1. Pronunciation of 了 in Chinese song
2. Capitalization of hyphenated proper nouns

November 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 21

1. Slovenia
2. Translating Chinese Proverb
3. Looking for Seneca translations

November 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 22

1. Political saying - "One right up the bracket"
2. 'I always wanted a Harley with hot, tight mahatmas'

November 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 23

1. "aërial"
2. Japanese Given Name

November 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 24

1. Santo Poco
2. "Un passato non chiaro" - can someone please translate from Italian?
3. Odd German idiom
4. correct form of sentences

November 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 25

1. "Esboompjes" (Dutch)
2. What is missing in the sentence that has an Apostrophe of belonging?
3. Children's alphabet
4. ser and ir

November 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 26

1. Sight unseen (expression)
2. Chinese to English
3. What language is this?
4. Same or not?
5. The "T" in "often"

November 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 27

1. Forming negative clauses with copulative verbs
2. Use of the word "welcome" when referring to childbirth
3. Nominalisation of verbs
4. Help needed updating :pl:Tab Two
5. Latin texts in need of translation

November 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 28

1. Doing without "on" when dating an event
2. How to answer a question posted in 2006

November 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 29

1. Lunchbox in Portuguese, posted May 19 2006
2. Translation from Dutch

November 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 30

1. U Thant
2. She had a good innings
3. Why isn't Cricket played in Canada?
4. "Playing The Race Card" equivalents?
5. Origin of word blackleg
6. Names like "Frasier" and "Luthor"