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October 1 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 1

  1. Hindi pronunciation
  2. w/ vs. ⊆
  3. il cane Flike
  4. Arabic roots s-y-d and sh-r-f
  5. Are English creoles syllable-timed?
  6. Chinese help - 古希天子始皇绎臣

October 2 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 2

  1. Needing some Kannadian help

October 3 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 3

  1. Getting oneself sliced
  2. Danish social dancing pleasantries
  3. Tickle me pink

October 4 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 4

  1. What does "sasta wala" mean?
  2. "Change that number on your dial" meaning
  3. Unrecognisable

October 5 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 5

  1. Ye Olde Curiositie Shoppe
  2. Framed poster in a synagogue

October 6 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 6

  1. Hindi/Sanskrit pronunciation
  2. γγ γκ γξ γχ
    Stop clusters
  3. Person through relative clauses
  4. Metamorphoses
  5. Payment B/G
  6. Latter part/second half of century
  7. "Boost your computer's start-up time" ?
  8. German pronunciation help

October 7 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 7

  1. Recording session style guide?
  2. American English vs. British English
  3. Nice meeting you or what?

October 8 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 8

  1. Difficult time with this bit of Brazilian Portuguese administrative language
  2. Alveolar trill
  3. Mitt Romney: should the "tt" be phonetically transcribed as a glottal stop?

October 9 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 9

  1. Alumni of Nobel Laureates
  2. (Venezuelan) Spanish translation - "mujanches"
  3. garnish

October 10 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 10

  1. Does Japanese text name plant?
  2. "Since biblical times" - literal or metaphorical?
  3. Can these words be used interchangeably? (churchgoer, church member, parishioner, etc.)

October 11 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 11

  1. Nothing is impossible OR impossible is nothing
  2. Help fixing an apparent translation from Italian
  3. Russian help
  4. Chinese sources -> English
  5. "Nicholas" with an "M"
  6. Horse/Hors/Pferd/Equus

October 12 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 12

  1. Which one is the headquarters of Air China (Chinese help)?
  2. -tr

October 13 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 13

  1. African languages
  2. Pacific Island languages
  3. Do not fold, spindle or mutilate
  4. Rhyddfrydol
  5. Arabic help

October 14 edit

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October 30 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 30

  1. Are there computers that exist in West Africa with a keyboard with any African languages?
  2. Why 12:00 noon is 12 p.m.?
  3. Arabic question
  4. Pronunciation of Northumbria without h-sound
  5. Osteodontokeratic
  6. Getting used to S‐O‐V.

October 31 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2012 October 31

  1. French translation
  2. Chinese help
  3. Chinese character - 厯 + 氵 radical
  4. Simple questions with "if"
  5. "mark for"
  6. The best ever question
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