Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/August 2019

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August 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 4

  1. Original English words for window, foot, bug, and egg
  2. Khitan Dictionary
  3. fractions of Latin

August 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 5

  1. IPA transcription requested

August 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 6

  1. Bloody 'ell
  2. Why did Dutch and Afrikaans become different languages so quick?

August 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 9

  1. Urdu title

August 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 10

  1. Should you use a dash or an en-dash?

August 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 14

  1. "from last one century."

August 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 15

  1. When did an "icon" become "iconic".

August 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 16

  1. Personal pronoun "I" capitalised in English

August 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 17

  1. Pronunciation of "gauche" as English word

August 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 18

  1. German exonym of Padua

August 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 19

  1. Remainder vs. Remainer

August 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 20

  1. What is the french word for table.
  2. Wearing a trottoir
  3. Alphabetical order when using numbers

August 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 21

  1. "advocated for"
  2. Plurals of foreign-origin nouns adopted into English

August 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 22

  1. Usage of term "Flabbergasting"
  2. Changing normal word order in a sentence, for emphasis

August 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 24

  1. Usage of "child" / "son or daughter"

August 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 26

  1. "Reclaim Hong Kong, revolution of our era"
  2. Old English to old French

August 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 27

  1. Who or whom?

August 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 29

  1. What is the meaning of "wholesome" in the meme subculture?
  2. Pronunciation information for Adut Akech
  3. "ou" sound before labial consonants

August 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 August 31

  1. Yamato Kotoba