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May 15

Addendum vocabulary: Annex, Appendix, and Schedule

From searching online I found a simple explanation of the difference between annex and appendix. Annex is a standalone addendum while an appendix is tacked on to the main document. See http://www.diffen.com/difference/Annex_vs_Appendix But how does a schedule fit in? Mityuy (talk) 09:38, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

The term 'schedule' for an appendix is specific to acts of parliament and similar documents. It means an appendix which contains legally-binding information that is too boring and repetitive to put in the main act - such as the list of all the hundreds of public authorities who must implement the act, or all the former acts which are amended in tiny, almost irrelevant ways by the current one. AlexTiefling (talk) 11:16, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

"Schedule" is also used in things like financial statements, which consist of main statements (profit & loss account, balance sheet, etc) followed by schedules, which give more detail about some of the figures in the main statements. You also see it used in the same way in people's tax returns. --Viennese Waltz 11:35, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

The etymology of "schedule" may provide some insight.[1] It includes the reasons why the Brits say "shed-ule" while the Yanks say "sked-ule". (It omits the joke pronunciation "shed-ooly".) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 08:14, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

There's also tonsil. – b_jonas 14:00, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Concise

Has there ever been a list compiled for "the most concise languages" or something similar? Pass a Method talk 17:05, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Here is a link to a list of archived discussions about the "most efficient language".

—Wavelength (talk) 18:19, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Slavic place names

This article has a large list of German elements (suffixes/prefixes) in place names: German toponymy. Is there a similar list somewhere with slavic (Russian/Polish/Czech...) elements instead? --151.41.236.64 (talk) 21:09, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

I can't find anything, if it exists the place to start looking would be at Category:Place names and follow subcategories from there. --Jayron32 22:19, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

From that category I found Category:Slavic toponyms. Perhaps some leads there could help you. --Jayron32 22:20, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Polish pronunciation for an English-speaker

Look at the sign for the school board candidate in File:Signs at Moravia and Mahoning in New Castle.jpg. How is her name pronounced? The photo is taken in a city with a heavy Polish-American pronunciation, so she probably pronounces it somewhat differently from the way her ancestors did, but the pronunciation probably isn't as mangled as it would be if she lived in a town with no other Poles. Nyttend (talk) 22:50, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

In Polish Przybylski is [pʂɨˈbɨlskʲi], roughly pshih-BILL-skee. I have no idea of how she pronounces her name, but living in a community with other Polish-Americans is no guarantee of retaining an authentic pronunciation; most of the Polish-Americans I know from Chicago pronounce their names in ways that are probably incomprehensible to native Poles. Lesgles (talk) 23:12, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Fully agree with Lesgles. μηδείς (talk) 03:04, 16 May 2013 (UTC)