question
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length
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RefDesk
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Category
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Date
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Editors
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Does Aromanian possess grammatic cases?
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1380
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Language
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—
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2013: January 1
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66.190.69.246 AnonMoos Atethnekos JackofOz
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What is the word for a baby unicorn?
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7743
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Language
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—
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2013: January 1
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Kingturtle Adam Bishop Angr AnonMoos Dismas Doktorbuk Jacklee JackofOz KageTora Medeis StuRat
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Determination on reliability of Portuguese source needed
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487
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Language
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—
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2013: January 1
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A Quest For Knowledge
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Is the grammar understandable?
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4943
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Language
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—
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2013: January 2
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StuRat It's Been Emotional JackofOz Tamfang
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Wow
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2819
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Language
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—
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2013: January 2
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Keraunoscopia Angr ColinFine Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour Medeis
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Apostrophe & Pronunciation
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4749
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Language
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—
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2013: January 3
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KageTora JackofOz Jayron32 Lesgles Marco polo Smuconlaw
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Pronunciation of "slew"
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5137
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Language
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—
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2013: January 3
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86.160.219.242 72.128.82.131 Alansplodge AndrewWTaylor Angr AnonMoos Astronaut Dbfirs JackofOz Jayron32 Lsfreak Medeis Rmhermen
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"more slender" or "slenderer"?
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2265
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Language
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—
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2013: January 3
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Astronaut AndrewWTaylor Baseball Bugs Doktorbuk Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour
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Number governed by "each"
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5727
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Language
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—
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2013: January 3
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JackofOz Bonkers The Clown Deor Medeis Viennese Waltz
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Bar at the top of the letter J
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3150
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Language
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—
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2013: January 3
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Staecker 93.95.251.162 Bazza 7 Elphion EmilJ Jayron32 Nunh-huh Rmhermen
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Japanese question
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1335
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Language
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—
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2013: January 3
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WhisperToMe 86.146.105.126 Oda Mari
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Icelandic Names and Naming Conventions
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6968
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Language
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—
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2013: January 4
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A Real Kaiser 81.156.176.219 AnonMoos Cam ColinFine Marco polo Medeis NorwegianBlue Sjö Smuconlaw Wavelength Любослов Езыкин
|
Is endos a Japanese or English word and what does it mean?
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2844
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Language
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—
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2013: January 5
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Venustar84 AnonMoos Jayron32 KageTora Medeis Oda Mari
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A man is knighted and a woman is...?
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3929
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Language
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—
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2013: January 5
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Surtsicna Alanscottwalker Alansplodge JackofOz Jayron32 Trovatore Venustar84
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Lay and laid
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4666
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Language
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—
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2013: January 5
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174.93.61.139 203.112.82.128 24.23.196.85 72.128.82.131 86.160.216.227 Alansplodge Baseball Bugs Elphion JackofOz Jayron32 KageTora Tamfang Trovatore
|
Getting the shaft
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3925
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Language
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—
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2013: January 5
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24.23.196.85 Alansplodge HiLo48 KageTora Marco polo StuRat TammyMoet
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A rat by any other name...
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11406
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Language
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—
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2013: January 5
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24.23.196.85 80.13.10.56 81.164.0.32 Abracus Alansplodge AldoSyrt Dbfirs Dodger67 Gede HiLo48 Itsmejudith Marco polo Pp.paul.4 Shirt58 StuRat Tamfang
|
Cambodian/Khmer help
|
1678
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Language
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—
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2013: January 5
|
WhisperToMe WilliamThweatt
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Is there a database of lyrics with faulty language?
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7241
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Language
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—
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2013: January 5
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KnightMove 86.160.216.227 Adam Bishop AnonMoos Baseball Bugs ColinFine Marco polo Medeis Rmhermen Wavelength
|
Difference between for example and for instance ?
|
1336
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 6
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106.212.34.233 Baseball Bugs Jayron32 Nricardo Shirt58
|
Eragrostis = lovegrass : why that name ?
|
1300
|
Language
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—
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2013: January 7
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81.164.0.32 Deor
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Why does "unsafest" sound wrong?
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2438
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 7
|
23.30.218.174 Angr AnonMoos Baseball Bugs Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour JackofOz Medeis
|
Subject, class, course ?
|
4444
|
Language
|
—
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2013: January 7
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80.13.10.56 Alansplodge Dbfirs Lsfreak Marco polo
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Spanish
|
6038
|
Language
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—
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2013: January 7
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174.20.35.57 72.128.82.131 Jondel Looie496 Medeis Pendragon5
|
Is "renowned" derived from a verb?
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9620
|
Language
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—
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2013: January 8
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JackofOz 86.171.42.77 Alanscottwalker AnonMoos Baseball Bugs Jpgordon KageTora Medeis
|
Request for translation of Latin epitaph
|
3996
|
Language
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—
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2013: January 8
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Aa77zz AlexTiefling Deor Iblardi Pp.paul.4
|
Pronunciation of "Lefebvre"
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7163
|
Language
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—
|
2013: January 8
|
Smuconlaw 205.175.124.30 AlexTiefling AnonMoos Baseball Bugs ColinFine Iblardi JackofOz Jayron32 Lindert No such user
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Przy Pikrynie i Trotylu
|
1738
|
Language
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—
|
2013: January 9
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Deborahjay Alansplodge EmilJ StuRat
|
Difference between "Play" and "Drama"!
|
888
|
Language
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—
|
2013: January 9
|
Titodutta Shantavira TammyMoet
|
Falling in Love Again - translation problem
|
7702
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 9
|
KnightMove AnonMoos JackofOz Jayron32 Marco polo Pp.paul.4 Trovatore Viennese Waltz
|
1647 French birth record
|
4056
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 10
|
Doug Coldwell Adam Bishop AlexTiefling Deor JackofOz Jayron32 Lectonar WhisperToMe
|
Side discussion
|
5151
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 10
|
Medeis AlexTiefling Baseball Bugs ColinFine Jayron32
|
Spanish/Galician help
|
2218
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 11
|
JackofOz Medeis
|
Website for obscure words
|
814
|
Language
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—
|
2013: January 11
|
BorgQueen Wavelength
|
History of Belgium
|
1334
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 11
|
Thathánka Íyotake JackofOz Medeis
|
Bill
|
4204
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 11
|
89.249.2.53 72.128.82.131 Alansplodge Baseball Bugs HiLo48 JackofOz Jayron32 Lindert TammyMoet Valiantis
|
Voiceless dental affricate
|
1372
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 11
|
Double sharp Jayron32 Lsfreak Medeis Любослов Езыкин
|
Mid 19th century (or earlier) dialect question..
|
4625
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 11
|
Marco polo Alansplodge Naraht TammyMoet Любослов Езыкин
|
Help Identifying a Short Story - Kipling I think
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1181
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 11
|
Gurumaister
|
Board room
|
684
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 11
|
SGBailey Baseball Bugs
|
French translation of tablet
|
2436
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 12
|
Doug Coldwell Baseball Bugs Lesgles Medeis Mingmingla
|
Side discussion
|
3624
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 12
|
Medeis Adam Bishop JackofOz Jayron32
|
Michigan
|
5456
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 12
|
86.129.18.113 Adam Bishop Alanscottwalker Baseball Bugs Clarityfiend JackofOz Medeis StuRat
|
"-ise" or "-ize"?
|
8907
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 12
|
Yashowardhani AlexTiefling AnonMoos Asarlaí Baseball Bugs Dbfirs HiLo48 JackofOz Medeis StuRat Tamfang Viennese Waltz
|
Name of a Korean cooking device
|
5333
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 13
|
Lgriot Bazza 7 Bluap Kjoonlee No such user Oda Mari StuRat
|
Need help with what this statement means?
|
5752
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 14
|
JHUbal27 AlexTiefling Baseball Bugs Bus stop Collect HiLo48 Medeis No such user StuRat
|
Term used to describe a technique
|
475
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 14
|
Linkinfloyd Smuconlaw
|
Awkward phrasing: double negative sentence, what is the meaning?
|
5132
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 14
|
140.254.227.61 AlexTiefling Deor Lindert Trovatore Viennese Waltz
|
How to pronounce Leonowens
|
11682
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 14
|
108.45.72.196 72.128.82.131 Adam Bishop Alansplodge AlexTiefling Arwel Parry ColinFine EmilJ JackofOz Medeis Orangemike
|
Nursing in the UK
|
529
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 14
|
216.93.234.239 Alansplodge
|
"His face was drawn but the curtains were real"
|
2423
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 15
|
Yashowardhani HiLo48 Jayron32 Looie496 Rmhermen Sluzzelin Viennese Waltz
|
Appropriate word
|
12932
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 15
|
Joseph A. Spadaro 108.45.72.196 Alanscottwalker AlexTiefling Baseball Bugs Bus stop Clarityfiend HiLo48 Hotclaws JackofOz Medeis Smuconlaw StuRat
|
Collective nouns
|
6164
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 15
|
41.72.102.191 AlexTiefling Baseball Bugs Hotclaws JackofOz Lgriot Medeis Zoonoses
|
Wikivoyage related
|
5865
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 15
|
Doktorbuk 81.170.148.21 Alansplodge AlexTiefling Jayron32 Kpalion Medeis Tamfang
|
"Taped" = "pre-recorded", no matter what medium is really used?
|
14064
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 16
|
HiLo48 67.6.97.34 Atethnekos Baseball Bugs ColinFine Deor JackofOz Jayron32 Smuconlaw StuRat
|
Bengali name for "Peel District School Board"
|
1256
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 16
|
WhisperToMe GDibyendu
|
Tuu tii tu tööti tuu
|
3165
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 16
|
JIP Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour Medeis Orange Suede Sofa
|
The Ballad of Bill Hubbard
|
1821
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 16
|
KageTora Deor JackofOz
|
Hindi and Punjabi names for New York City Department of Education
|
2392
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 16
|
WhisperToMe Bill william compton Q Chris
|
Hebrew name for New York City Department of Education
|
1041
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 16
|
WhisperToMe AnonMoos ColinFine
|
Spell Chekcer software
|
942
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 17
|
190.60.93.218 CambridgeBayWeather Orangemike
|
Polish - Home
|
7160
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 17
|
86.140.54.211 Baseball Bugs Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour JackofOz Jayron32 KageTora Medeis Wavelength Любослов Езыкин
|
Has the NYC-area phrase "to stand on line" replaced the phrase "to stand in line" in any other dialects?
|
3262
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 18
|
Medeis Alanscottwalker Dbfirs Jayron32
|
"A shot at the title"
|
1215
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 18
|
173.49.11.16 Medeis Rmhermen
|
Of Mice and Men
|
4093
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 18
|
Bonkers The Clown Alansplodge Andrew Gray HiLo48 Jayron32 Joseph A. Spadaro StuRat
|
Chinese Syllabary?
|
4423
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 18
|
Alansplodge AnonMoos ColinFine Cucumber Mike PalaceGuard008 Shirt58 Smuconlaw
|
How to apologize in French
|
2451
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 18
|
70.55.109.212 AldoSyrt Jayron32 Medeis StuRat Trovatore
|
Languages without distinct plurals ?
|
6412
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 18
|
StuRat 72.128.82.131 AnonMoos Cucumber Mike JackofOz Medeis Tamfang TammyMoet
|
Pika = Pikachu ?
|
7248
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 19
|
Medeis 86.160.213.0 KageTora Narutolovehinata5 Oda Mari Shirt58 Smuconlaw StuRat
|
Pronunciation of Fouvry
|
3465
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 19
|
Analphil Adam Bishop Double sharp Itsmejudith Jayron32 Shirt58
|
Half a dozen
|
6168
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 20
|
75.185.79.52 Alansplodge AlexTiefling Arwel Parry Baseball Bugs Clarityfiend ColinFine JackofOz KageTora Tamfang Valiantis
|
Choose Your Own Adventure Book Cover Fonts
|
728
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 21
|
ChooseYourOwnFont Evanh2008
|
aqua
|
10159
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 21
|
203.240.243.2 86.160.211.29 Abracus AlexTiefling AndyTheGrump ColinFine Dbfirs Evanh2008 Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour FreeMorpheme HominidMachinae JackofOz Medeis Richard Avery Sussexonian Tamfang Trovatore
|
Is this a sentence?
|
3776
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 21
|
FreeMorpheme 67.164.156.42 AlexTiefling Bus stop Evanh2008 JackofOz
|
From Cinema to English Vocabulary
|
7667
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 21
|
Omidinist 84.21.143.150 AlexTiefling AndrewWTaylor CambridgeBayWeather It's Been Emotional JackofOz Lectonar PalaceGuard008 Rmhermen StuRat Wavelength
|
Any definition difference between lights and colors
|
4039
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 21
|
69.228.25.10 84.21.143.150 Deborahjay Jayron32
|
What the Bible's book are most translated?
|
6495
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 21
|
Любослов Езыкин AlexTiefling Evanh2008 Jayron32
|
Typos in Chinese and Japanese
|
4142
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 22
|
Dncsky 81.159.108.13 PalaceGuard008
|
Proposing an ambiguous spelling
|
378
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 22
|
Viennese Waltz
|
Weird adage
|
2244
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 22
|
Bonkers The Clown 86.176.212.69 Baseball Bugs JackofOz Lgriot Lindert
|
Letters as designations?
|
4634
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 22
|
891 mm AlexTiefling Baseball Bugs Cucumber Mike Duoduoduo JackofOz NorwegianBlue Smuconlaw Sussexonian
|
What can you say about the readability of the short paragraph?
|
4819
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 22
|
112.205.87.185 AlexTiefling Evanh2008 Looie496
|
Ramaré
|
2080
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 23
|
Analphil AlexTiefling AnonMoos Jayron32 Lesgles
|
Trnaslation to French
|
1765
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 23
|
Rabah201130 AldoSyrt Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour Lectonar Rmhermen Tamfang
|
Pronunciation of French names
|
2420
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 23
|
Analphil EmilJ Iceager Jayron32 Xuxl
|
Identify three (Japanese?) characters in Brian Austin Green tattoo?
|
4156
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 24
|
Medeis 86.128.4.118 Marco polo Nunh-huh Oda Mari
|
Türkmenbaşy
|
8802
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 25
|
Nyttend Future Perfect at Sunrise Jayron32 Lesgles Medeis Omidinist Любослов Езыкин
|
Use of "then".
|
3661
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 25
|
Widener AlexTiefling Baseball Bugs Duoduoduo Elphion JackofOz StuRat
|
Is there an English equivalent to the Chinese proverb 好汉不吃眼前亏?
|
4676
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 25
|
71.185.179.17 Alansplodge AlexTiefling Looie496 Marco polo Medeis Smuconlaw Snow Rise Wikimedes
|
Dependent and independent clauses
|
16112
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 25
|
86.160.212.30 Alanscottwalker Duoduoduo Medeis Snow Rise
|
tak
|
5689
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 26
|
JaysMarion 84.21.143.150 Dbfirs Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour JIP JackofOz Jayron32 Medeis Orange Suede Sofa Любослов Езыкин
|
Passive voice
|
9629
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 26
|
74.60.29.141 209.159.255.226 Alanscottwalker Baseball Bugs ColinFine Duoduoduo Future Perfect at Sunrise JackofOz Jayron32 Medeis Ssscienccce Wavelength
|
Please do better than Google Translate
|
3742
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 26
|
Nyttend Future Perfect at Sunrise Lindert Pp.paul.4
|
Overuse of the progressive
|
6067
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 26
|
Matt Deres 74.60.29.141 Cucumber Mike Duoduoduo JackofOz KageTora Medeis Tamfang Valiantis
|
Language evolution after disaster
|
1826
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 27
|
99.240.0.162 Alansplodge Dodger67 Future Perfect at Sunrise Medeis
|
Pronunciation of "online": a or an before "online"?
|
2867
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 27
|
Vanischenu 184.147.123.15 AndrewWTaylor JackofOz
|
What is this accent?
|
2524
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 27
|
184.147.123.15 Bill william compton CorrectKnowledge
|
"Women writers"
|
4703
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 28
|
AlanM1 72.128.82.131 86.171.42.159 AnonMoos Duoduoduo JackofOz Lesgles Senra
|
Equivalence for spiel?
|
2154
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 28
|
140.254.227.111 AnonMoos Baseball Bugs Bus stop Marco polo
|
Maker subculture
|
686
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 28
|
Canoe1967 BDD
|
Druggist, apothecary, pharmacist
|
8041
|
Language
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—
|
2013: January 28
|
140.254.227.111 140.254.227.122 ColinFine JackofOz Jayron32 KageTora Medeis Nicknack009 Trovatore
|
Between / among
|
3417
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 29
|
74.60.29.141 Alanscottwalker AlexTiefling ColinFine Dbfirs Deor Future Perfect at Sunrise Medeis
|
Requesting translation from Italian to English
|
2481
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 29
|
186.31.40.94 75.185.79.52 AlexTiefling Trovatore
|
Rechtsfähigkeit/権利能力
|
2968
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 29
|
Reinana kyuu Lectonar
|
interbreeding vs. outbreeding
|
508
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 29
|
66.190.69.246 Rojomoke
|
Is contemporary then, now or either?
|
2376
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 29
|
Senra Eldamorie Future Perfect at Sunrise Marco polo Trovatore
|
Words with supposed antonyms but are actually synonyms?
|
11888
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 29
|
140.254.227.122 184.100.91.151 86.176.210.160 AlexTiefling Baseball Bugs Dbfirs Dodger67 Duoduoduo El duderino Fuhghettaboutit JackofOz Jayron32 Senra Theurgist Trovatore
|
Stage Language
|
669
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 29
|
BbBrock Orange Suede Sofa
|
Register and French/Germanic word origins
|
4895
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 29
|
Smurrayinchester AlexTiefling Asarlaí Asarlaí/Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English Fuhghettaboutit Lindert Rmhermen Smuconlaw Tamfang
|
Aboriginal swearing - Translation from Latin
|
13381
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 30
|
Djbcjk Adam Bishop AlexTiefling Deor Iblardi JackofOz
|
Is it possible to reconstruct a currently spoken language (grammar, vocabulary, phonology) given it's parent language and sister languages?
|
5721
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 30
|
Czech is Cyrillized AnonMoos Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour Future Perfect at Sunrise Marco polo Matt Deres Medeis
|
Short translation into Polish
|
1951
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 30
|
AlexTiefling Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour JackofOz Kpalion
|
Is this really a rule in English?
|
10938
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 30
|
140.254.226.248 72.128.82.131 86.176.210.160 86.179.1.93 Alanscottwalker Alansplodge AldoSyrt AlexTiefling Duoduoduo Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour Future Perfect at Sunrise JackofOz Medeis Rmhermen TammyMoet
|
What is it Westergren?
|
704
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 31
|
194.114.146.227 Lectonar
|
(Non-)Mutual intelligibility of Russian and Serbo-Croatian
|
14526
|
Language
|
—
|
2013: January 31
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