Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/April 2013

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April 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 1

1. Why is there no DOGalog if there's a CATalog, no DOGegory if a CATegory, etc.?
2. Skinning a cat
3. Translation of Latin phrase on gravestone
4. If we BUILD a BUILDing, why don't we PUDD a PUDDing?
5. French gulls...

April 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 2

1. Why are grammars of ancient languages more complex than those of modern languages
2. Etymology of "Miacoidea"

April 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 3

1. one syllable word meaning "person"
2. Old saying or new?
3. Standard English
4. Penge/Pinezhi/Peniaze
5. French questions

April 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 4

1. Punjabi Sindhi Urdu Pashto Baloch Hindko Saraiki grammar and words comparison website
2. Is there a term for this?
3. Chinese help: side of Best Western hotel
4. Greek Name Question: Patronymic Family Name meaning "Daughter of a Naiad?"
5. Why do parochial school and Christian school have their own Wiki pages here?
6. Lolita
7. Can you advise on the correct wording of:
8. Capital letters in the African reference alphabet

April 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 5

1. Chinese names of hotel chains
2. Identifying Japanese characters

April 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 6

1. What's this "to" doing
2. French questions
3. Problem deciding where to place some information in Wikipedia
4. give the last button off one's coat for a chance to do
5. Etymology of the feminine name Tula
6. comprehension word of 'apple'
7. Lasagne/lasagna

April 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 7

1. Kanji help on Japanese book
2. Arabic names for characters in Egyptian films
3. Meaning of wlp
4. Frequency of kana in Japanese

April 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 8

1. British colony and British accent
2. Chinz?
3. Proto-Nubian

April 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 9

1. French Bible
2. Arabic help: Israeli train stations
3. is President Obama fluent in African American Vernacular English?
4. "Blessed be..." used in a sentence? [Sentence construction]
5. Possessive Phrases question.
6. "Didn't I?" "Did not I?" "Did I not?"

April 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 10

1. Descriptive manual of style
2. Term for particular verb to use with noun X
3. Pronunciation of "entrepreneur"
4. Which verb + citizenship: revoke or annul?
5. What do Hollywood stars do for accent reduction?
6. endemic
7. Unabomber of universities

April 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 11

1. Aramaic Translation Request
2. Aspirated plosive / voiceless fricative pairs
3. Pronunciation of ‘medieval’

April 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 12

1. Let it be

April 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 13

1. the meaning of where
2. Monologue
3. Correct term for an instance of a recurring event
4. Parsing a law

April 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 14

1. Language Identification
2. French knowledge while travelling in France
3. teaching french as third language to deaf children
4. Wanted Chinese to English translator
5. Name to describe linguistic repetition?
6. Gormless

April 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 15

1. English imperatives by aspect and voice.
2. Malay/Tagalog etymology
3. dialouge writing
4. Mandarin and Cantonese reading help

April 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 16

1. Can someone translate this?
2. Grammar and style - two verbs together
3. one word arabic translation

April 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 17

1. Meaning of late 19xx
2. Information overload?
3. Chinese: Reading of name of deceased Boston Marathon bombing victim

April 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 18

1. Gorilla name: Patty Cake or Pattycake?
2. Sentence Question
3. Typo when typing
4. "New-Gnu" distinction - what's it properly called?

April 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 19

1. Proper use of comma
2. Early 19th century vs mid-19th century vs late 19th century
3. Interrogative Question
4. tɘ'mərlɪn and ʒuhar

April 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 20

1. Phonology
2. the etymology of Diaslide

April 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 21

1. Right/wrong = frequency
2. Canadian English - "in hospital" or "in the hospital"
3. Greek alphabet, Latin alphabet

April 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 22

1. Advise (n.)

April 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 23

1. Chinese language
2. "Two Dragons Disputing For a Pearl" (Chinese language)

April 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 24

1. Spanish: alacran vs. escorpion
2. "In return" punctuation
3. ɥ character

April 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 25

1. word game on internet based on french game show
2. Magazine followers
3. Pronunciation of "Buddhist" and "Muslim"

April 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 26

1. Permissive plus preposition
2. Urdu qāf transliterated as qu

April 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 27

1. Telling time in "The Browning Version"

April 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 28

1. Australian English: Chookey ?
2. Negative growth

April 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 29

1. website helps you with Hebrew and transliteration with it
2. Somali grammar website with English translation
3. Poem

April 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 30

1. Forecastle vs Newcastle
2. Harvest