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March 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 1

  1. More than one Brazilian real
  2. German-English translation

March 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 2

  1. An error?
  2. German comments on film editing
  3. Which is the preferred form of the abbreviation "with respect to"?
  4. Grammar of "Do you think me handsome?"

March 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 3

  1. Pronunciation of "Thornhagh"
  2. preposition+verb
  3. Name of a film for teaching English
  4. Greenhalgh
  5. Term for describing a specific annoying behavior?

March 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 4

  1. English term for the Japanese "walk rally"?
  2. Use of that in non-restrictive relative clauses with human antecedents
  3. Stylistic rule of avoiding same word twice in a paragraph
  4. What are some standard textbooks used in linguistics degrees at college?

March 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 5

  1. "Please check which trader this voucher is to be used."

March 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 6

  1. Bad audio file
  2. How does the French phrase "Monsieur le Curé" translate to "the parish priest"?
  3. Pronunciation of Byron name

March 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 7

  1. not using them anymore

March 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 8

  1. Apostrophes on references to family names

March 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 9

  1. life dealt them a different hand
  2. Which language is this ?
  3. Comparative Grammar of the Uralic Languages
  4. What is the Japanese title of this article?
  5. A Jest in Serious Earnest
  6. Virtue names

March 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 10

  1. Property to reflect light
  2. Anymore
  3. Hunt breakfast

March 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 11

  1. Meaning of bull market hoodoo
  2. Portuguese - biggest in the world

March 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 12

  1. Khmer "Prek Luong"
  2. diasystems

March 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 13

  1. Elder/older
  2. Origin of the phrase, 'dead ass'
  3. ISIS flag

March 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 14

  1. pronunciation of name

March 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 15

  1. Piz Daint
  2. Why did the hard "T" suddenly start being pronounced in neanderthal?
  3. Peru national football team
  4. Japanese

March 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 16

  1. So

March 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 17

  1. Translation from Latin
  2. Paterissa
  3. German for mint-flavored stomache-pain elixir
  4. Laboursome?

March 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 19

  1. Passato remoto
  2. Spanish grain elevators
  3. Copyrights of images violating ruels and regulation

March 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 20

  1. anap(a)estilence
  2. Need help verifying Japanese
  3. Commas, maybe?
  4. Plural of poet laureate

March 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 21

  1. Direct and Indirect Descent
  2. "Apology"
  3. Mowhawk vs. mohawk (hairstyle)

March 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 22

  1. Whatquam ex ungue leonem?
  2. Official status missing on language infobox
  3. Persian help and Arabic help? (transcription needed)

March 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 23

  1. "coffee grounds" vs "coffee grinds"
  2. Lightnin' up the mood
  3. Strange things among English irregular verbs
  4. Korean punctuation

March 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 24

  1. ASL sign in "Unbreakable" theme song?

March 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 25

  1. Seven deadly sins - multilingual!
  2. Pronunciation of "wrath"
  3. Is this a catalog? What kind of publication is Livres-Hebdo (French language help)
  4. Science Fiction World
  5. LEARNING LUSOGA LANGUAGE

March 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 26

  1. The Giver
  2. Tazer
  3. Gender-specific language
  4. Can someone generate IPA pronunciation guide for me?

March 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 27

  1. Is the root of damn the babylonian damu; and the root of ritual the Indian ritu?

March 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 28

  1. Do sign languages borrow from each other?

March 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 29

  1. Causative and Passive in Japanese
  2. River names

March 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 30

  1. Colon usage when introducing a series of items.
  2. Language identification
  3. Report writing
  4. Desperate Need for Translation on Chop Marks & Characters
  5. Smart versus dumb quotes

March 31[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 31

  1. Arabic transcription requested, and its meaning?
  2. NGO
  3. Scheherazade
  4. Gobi/Shamo
  5. Why did /am-er-EE-ka/ become /a-ME-ri-ka/?
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