Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/February 2008

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February 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 1

1. "The" before expressions including personal names
2. lao kung
3. Punctuation with links

February 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 2

1. Need some help on classical Japanese/Chinese
2. Feminin Ships
3. The representative that vs the representative who
4. Adding an Acronym
5. I need help remembering the title of a short story.

February 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 3

1. Need help figuring out the name of a book
2. Off of?

February 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 4

1. Verb placement in Sneewittchen
2. Best defence
3. Old Phrase
4. Translation
5. Conventions used with Roman alphabet
6. "That will help my English"

February 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 5

1. Full Stops and Direct Speech
2. Yoshiko
3. Enlglish language/influence of pidgin english on student's performance

February 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 6

1. A or An
2. Of all the words of tongue or pen...
3. The University library is open today.
4. French and its silent letters

February 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 7

1. urdu word
2. Emergent property
3. cead mile failte

February 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 8

1. Latin phrases in WP Occam article
2. Inaction
3. Quotation Marks, Again
4. landing in spanish
5. Medieval Latin
6. Written Okinawan
7. Possibly Russian?
8. "It" in "It is impossible"

February 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 9

1. pulling punches
2. Travelling community
3. What is the most disgusting short sentence?
4. Source of "rh" in spelling
5. LATIN to ENGLISH translation request.
6. Tongue Twister

February 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 10

1. Parallel structure
2. кокусах
3. How Large is English Vocabulary on Wikipedia?
4. Estimating word count of personal vocabulary
5. where is Wikipeida's French version reference desk?
6. Education: reading and writing difficulties
7. how do you say "hello" and "goodbye" in Russian?
8. Is HARM related to HARAM?
9. Translation from German to English
10. Grammar: use of commas

February 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 11

1. English-Latin translation needed
2. I am concerned about the 'C'
3. Looking for a particular word
4. Mac Data Recovery
5. Latin i think
6. Summary of Chinese fiction
7. Singular versus plural

February 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 12

1. Alphabetical order
2. RE:
3. Correct grammar / wording
4. Hebrew help
5. Waterwings?
6. Lady Macbeth's Sin
7. United States
8. Italian translation required
9. NOPI

February 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 13

1. Solidary refinement
2. Is the following sentence grammatical?
3. stitches in spanish
4. buoyant in spanish

February 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 14

1. Compass points N-O-S-W
2. knuckles
3. frostbite in spanish
4. knight in spanish
5. Declension of German words in English texts
6. dagger and double dagger in spanish
7. footnote in spanish
8. what are the symbols for male and female in translating?
9. swimfin in spanish
10. Japanese help
11. what's 簡述 in english
12. stockpile and warfare in spanish
13. :Cinababi and :LALAS - Notable malaysian terms?
14. Type of box
15. Questioners' language skills

February 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 15

1. Comma before 'and'; 'firstly'
2. LET'S GO -- what is the subject?

February 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 16

1. what capital letter differs most from its lowercase version?
2. Latin
3. "Prouder" or "more proud"
4. The fighting Jondas
5. Germanic ge- prefix, Latin.
6. information about Wikipedia

February 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 17

1. Pirate Song
2. who quoted this?
3. Pavement/Sidewalk--only in Philadelphia??
4. Latin-English translation needed

February 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 18

1. Blue
2. moto in japanese
3. can someone comment here

February 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 19

1. intensamiente
2. Luís Antonio Argüello in IPA
3. couleur foncé
4. Capital I ... why?
5. Beelzebufo binomial name: what language and meaning?
6. What is a 'bun runner'?
7. Coming out euphemisms

February 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 20

1. Madagascan or Malagasy
2. Odd pluralization
3. Which versus that
4. Will versus shall
5. dog's tail and a possible saying
6. Word for "Jew" in languages of former Yugoslavia
7. German Language Self-study
8. Perplexing sentence

February 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 21

1. Why no books with sequels in English class?
2. Writing long-hand vs. typing
3. the door sprung open??
4. Awkward wording?
5. Ironic or ironical?
6. shoud refinery be capitalized in "Chevron Richmond Refinery" is that is the official name?

February 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 22

1. Citing the OED on Wikipedia
2. Shall English now divide?
3. Curious, suspicious and trying
4. Japanese Language ramen
5. Twice Time
6. arabic

February 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 23

1. Usage of "rapide" in English
2. Younger Futhark
3. Languages in India
4. Help writing how to pronounce a name
5. Gabba gabba hey!

February 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 24

1. Built like a brick shithouse
2. Possessive case
3. Analogies
4. Huh? Why is this funny? If not a paradox, what is it?
5. Japanese
6. I love me some digital cameras
7. Help with writing Persian

February 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 25

1. Three nuns
2. All fun and games, till someone loses an eye.
3. Better phrasing for "assuming no..."
4. charges/complaints
5. Incorrect textbook (again)?
6. Bonus articles

February 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 26

1. TEXTBOOK --- its etymology, perhaps
2. Snowplow in Spanish
3. Metric feet
4. Japanese Stroke Orders For Writing Dakuten And Handakuten
5. Splitting clauses
6. Grammar: "is" or "are" for a group?
7. The ubiquitous A or An question
8. Stroke Order

February 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 27

1. Plural Letters
2. Identification of a song

February 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 28

1. Hardenstein
2. precum in spanish
3. 江宜玲 in english, pinyin etc
4. Grammar: before me, or before I did?
5. urinal in spanish
6. Subject-verb agreement
7. Green eye-shaded
8. (Japanese) イラク日本人青年殺害事件 in english
9. ¡Ou!
10. English to Vietnamese translations
11. Simplest Sinoxenic Character
12. Yoon
13. Islamic versus Muslim
14. Massachusetts
15. spelling of h'or dourve/h'ors dourves

February 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 February 29

1. Proofread some Japanese, please.
2. Correct Sentence
3. Punctuation in English
4. Wedding Wording
5. What's the most ferocious creature in the world?
6. Typhoon and cock