Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/November 2014

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November 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 1

1. Laws with someone's name in them
2. Adjective for road traffic that goes in the same direction as you
3. What does it mean
4. Mixed gender in Latin
5. Searching for go to in Shakespeare

November 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 2

1. Mock Japanese
2. Quebec accent

November 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 3

1. word for fear of snow
2. Frequencies of the first letters of a word in Latin
3. American committing crimes abroad

November 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 4

1. Little Turkish translation, please
2. The sound of pouring rain

November 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 5

1. Hebrew words for "god" and "gods"
2. English modestly revised spelling – looking for a souce
3. ἐῶ
4. So when the time come, the boy must die?
5. Punctuation

November 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 6

1. Fried Wikipedia
2. Chukchi language
3. Is Alexander defender of Man, or Mankind?
4. Decimal separator in currency values

November 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 7

1. L's and w's from Mandarin speaker

November 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 8

1. Looking for a word. Not "opposite" but similar.

November 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 9

1. US wartime abbreviation
2. Why the diagram of vowels is always a trapezoid?

November 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 10

1. Chinese
2. The correct term for the season that spans years end

November 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 11

1. Translation please

November 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 12

1. Do Christian names or Baptismal names have to be of European origin?
2. Origins of "even" used ironically for correction
3. Question about omitting articles in Swedish
4. Windjammer

November 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 13

1. Which is the sentences the more correct? (and why)
2. Malayalam translation requested
3. Correct verb for a subject complement

November 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 14

1. How can i view Facebook page in English?
2. What's better?
3. Is there any term / word that describes people who like learn medicine?
4. Have or has in front of proper nouns (British English)

November 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 15

1. Reds
2. Does this statement make sense?
3. Pianism

November 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 16

1. French: “portés à terre” in Captain Grant's message

November 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 17

1. Hungarian Syllables
2. Plaintiff's decedent, intestate, etc.
3. Linguistic term for the female ending of something?
4. Meaning of Japanese characters
5. Little Latin inscription
6. Semi-Officially Accurate Renderings
7. WWII C-H posters

November 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 18

1. Pronunciation entries for each topic - they are not understandable. Why are they there?
2. Is there a colloquial or formal term of address for female bosses?
3. English to a Japanese

November 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 19

1. What does "going down on me" connote in Irish English?
2. Languages in censuses
3. West African origin of a Polish fish paste
4. Term meaning

November 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 20

1. Pairs of words
2. Is it an acceptable sentence?
3. Why don't these English female names end in -a?

November 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 21

1. English to a Japanese
2. Acknowledgement/Proof read

November 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 22

1. Usage of "suborn"
2. Paragraph
3. Rephrasing:

November 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 23

1. Term for almost an enclave
2. German translation

November 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 24

1. Leblebicioglu
2. Languages in which it is (somewhat) possible to write down simple melodies
3. Word understanding problem
4. Spelling/pronunciation
5. Word: Effective and Affective

November 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 25

1. trebouxiophyceae
2. Spaces before units; American vs English usage
3. Pronunciation
4. Difference in pronunciation between /ð/ /θ/ and /d/ /v/
5. Versace (pronunciation of)
6. French French?

November 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 26

1. Is "god" a gender-neutral noun?
2. Which Scandinavian language is imitated by this Israeli actor?
3. Sic semper tyrannis

November 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 27

1. Word correction
2. Formal word sought
3. Sioux in German

November 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 28

1. How do you call this kind of seat in English?
2. Raqib and Atid or Raqeebun Ateed
3. Rephrasing
4. father

November 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 29

1. σύνοισθα

November 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 November 30

1. unafraid of the cold
2. Look here! You are!