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July 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 1

1. Signature
2. stately homes - tall tower from which to enjoy the landscape
3. Russian translation

July 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 3

1. 101
2. Need ref showing term cholo used as an insult in English
3. Given names (male from female)
4. preposition problem
5. Verein für Deutsche Kulturbeziehungen im Ausland
6. Ȑȑ

July 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 4

1. What does the Chinese character 萱 mean?
2. Dragonfly watcher
3. Languages - written
4. Translation of "Мёртвая зыбь" ?
5. Request for Korean translation

July 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 5

1. Singular or plural verb
2. Ending sentence on an exclamation mark
3. How to say this in English and German
4. Middle English

July 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 6

1. Terdoslavich

July 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 7

1. Japanese names, Chinese names and Korean names
2. So called (as in the Kennett curse)
3. patron vs. matron
4. Origin of the Phrase: "to have reservations about"
5. Oaths and minced oaths, not oats and minced oats

July 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 8

1. Is Ian McShane rhotic?
2. What is the Japanese in the sentence?

July 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 9

1. Books entirely in IPA
2. apparition vs. appearance
3. IPA questions
4. verb conjugation?
5. /ʌ/ for the English Northerners
6. Help with a French translation

July 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 10

1. Arabic help: Bayan School
2. Urgent Russian translation needed
3. Aluminium

July 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 11

1. Persian help and Arabic help: Titles of HISD documents
2. Translating Japanese
3. a Latin neologism please
4. Word etymology
5. take life by the hand

July 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 12

1. "SDB", what is it
2. Ancient English accent
3. Whatever and Whatsoever

July 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 13

1. Correct usage of the word "why" in a sentence?

July 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 14

1. "At the museum" or "in the museum"?
2. Arabic title question
3. Correct English nomenclature for land forces of the Third Reich?
4. pronunciation question
5. Pimsleur manual for Conversational and Basic French CDS

July 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 15

1. Which one is grammatically correct?

July 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 16

1. Dr. Livesey (character)
2. Consecutive prepositions

July 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 17

1. Latin translation

July 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 18

1. the phrase "from safety point of view"
2. Horticulture for edibles only
3. Recognizing foreign accents in writing
4. greek
5. Chinese sentence containing multiple inflections of one word

July 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 19

1. Queſtion
2. "The" before ordinal number
3. Tubes of posters, rolls of posters

July 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 20

1. Arabic help
2. Help with a Chinese line I can't understand
3. Translating Latin song lines
4. Old Pet Peeve

July 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 21

1. I need a Dutch (or Afrikaans) speaker!
2. Flashlight

July 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 22

1. Estonian vs. Finnish
2. Synopsis, summary, and plot?
3. What is the oldest language in the world which is alive and still spoken by peoples??

July 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 23

1. Predictive model for language differentiation?
2. S(h)bnai Israel?

July 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 24

1. Rio Grande de la Costa
2. Modern Standard Arabic pronunciation of Ali Al-Naimi
3. How to say this in Japanese?
4. That person is such a *pill*

July 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 25

1. Napoleon quotation
2. Feminine version of Muhammad
3. IPA for pronunciation of 'polymer'
4. Describing all-knowing eyes, full of wisdom
5. Goal

July 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 26

1. Petre Mihai Bănărescu o Petru Mihai Bănărescu?
2. Abbottsford
3. Identify English accent.

July 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 27

1. Problem with Ancient Greek.
2. Query validity of word knowns

July 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 28

1. Miriam Margolyes

July 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 29

1. How, then!
2. Being an alien
3. Question about Chinese characters
4. How to say this in Georgian?
5. Brunei

July 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 30

1. Pronunciation of Iphigenia
2. Irish-German translation
3. 厉害 request for positive translation of phrase
4. うわべ (Japanese)　
5. Japanese and Chinese names
6. Hissa Hilal early poetry books (Arabic)
7. What is the Arabic in this picture? (Rotana Jet)
8. Arabic article - where does it originate?

July 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2013 July 31

1. tug one's remaining bit of hair out
2. More accurate English translation of Latin inscription