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January 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 1

1. Comparison of Perso-Arabian Alphabet
2. Turkish song Translation
3. about names
4. German Tun/Machen
5. German fit
6. Russian city - alternative spelling of name?
7. Campaign on a plank.

January 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 2

1. Grammar correct?
2. pronounciation of a word
3. usage of dissipate
4. William Tyndale English translation
5. Root word origination of "daytime"
6. Shampooing
7. Statusing
8. MOH German

January 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 3

1. tand and station
2. Synonym for schizophrenic
3. What is a "blaine"?
4. "Hand in land"
5. how do u find this poem?
6. definition of the word "afarensis"
7. idow

January 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 4

1. Mutually unspeakable languages
2. German translation help
3. proper usage of capital letters
4. crossword help needed
5. Crossword Clue
6. Translation to English.

January 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 5

1. Plurals
2. proper usage of capital letters again
3. Audio dictionary of Latin words?
4. Year reference written in Korean
5. German for New Year
6. Romanician
7. Word "Holy" definition
8. book report
9. Define: Heximeters
10. Petrarch spoke which languages?
11. ugusta, Maine
12. Biblical name meanings as codes

January 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 6

1. Therapy
2. Five-penny nail ?
3. self preservation
4. Concerning trademarks with punctuation at the end of sentences
5. Its vs it's
6. Named for it

January 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 7

1. Lindsay Armaou
2. "Left-bank."
3. Halo
4. IPA transcription for Enya and Maire Brennan
5. Australia

January 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 8

1. "A threat to mankind"
2. ycleft?
3. Latin name list translation needed
4. Latin translation
5. word meaning?
6. I need a word...
7. Ngov
8. Lexicography
9. elated etymologies?
10. Speech stereotypes
11. Antidisestablishmentarianism

January 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 9

1. Arctos" vs. "Ursus"
2. "Rita"
3. ndnote templates?

January 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 10

1. Mark II
2. Plural form of "you" as used in formal deference
3. The French "s"
4. Further definition on the name "Christ"
5. William Labov

January 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 11

1. Heavy Manners?
2. Sleep tight
3. Plural of femme fatale
4. Loanwords
5. Bia mintatu
6. Correct English? "Gender Rolls and Sexiest Prejudices"
7. 'some of" for mass nouns?
8. is "twa" a form of "two" ?
9. How to get the kanji/hiragana/katakana equivalents of Romanized character names
10. Whilst on the subject of Jamaican slang and Aryan Skinheads...

January 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 12

1. Hyphenation and capitalization
2. Cotton Picking
3. LLC & Closed Corporation
4. Gender neutral (group) descriptor for niece/nephew/aunt/uncle
5. Teaching english as 2nd language

January 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 13

1. Dork?
2. Grammar question
3. Payment order given to bank
4. Publicly Held Corporation

January 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 14

1. Arm/flag signaling
2. American slang
3. Need help identifying parts of speech
4. Jai Mata Di?
5. Challenge for everyone - Use the word ontologically
6. Rest room
7. Raziullah
8. Spanish to English translation needed
9. apanese question

January 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 15

1. Language
2. Can you help translate this line into Latin?
3. guarantee vs warranty
4. "Man in the Black Pajamas" Phrase
5. Spanish Translation
6. singular or plural verb?
7. Latin to English translation
8. Proverb: Hay Is For Horses And Grass Is Cheaper
9. Word matching BC??

January 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 16

1. punctuation
2. punctuation 2
3. punctuation
4. Does any language have a word for this?
5. Is the following sentence ungrammatical?
6. Language / Grammar
7. German
8. Jondo
9. Baudelaire

January 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 17

1. Capitalization
2. punctuation
3. Online dictionary using IPA
4. i.e.
5. Chinese translation
6. Latin translation - does anyone know what this means or if this is commonly used somewhere?
7. Trying to find a word...'being happy about someone else's failures'
8. spelling question
9. Homework
10. Mystery Quote

January 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 January 18

1. Latin Question
2. Two english word questions
3. "Brilliant" in UK English ?
4. Native English Dictionary
5. What's the word "desmense" meant to be?
6. Alphabet I don't recognize
7. What does this mean ??
8. Tibetian Writing/language

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