Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/May 2014

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May 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 1

1. Shakespeare and Olde English
2. How many examples are there in the Chinese language that personify nature? (i.e. 月亮姑姑, 老天爷)

May 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 2

1. Linguistic evolution of the name singapura

May 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 3

1. Inuit = people
2. Thai translations.
3. Efficent Language

May 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 4

1. What does 'You're done!' mean?
2. ’grammer grammar

May 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 5

1. What is the difference between ascribe and prescribe?
2. Parerga and Paralipomena
3. Is it fair to say that English evolved from Latin?
4. Traditional instruction in Latin
5. I want to acknowledge...
6. Bible passages

May 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 6

1. Time allowed for dialogue during episodes/movies
2. Correct or incorrect "if you want a garden waste bin delivering" - and which is right ?
3. Latin word
4. What does "sujeño" mean?

May 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 8

1. We provide business solutions!
2. Meat of a fish
3. Slang word for military informant
4. Spelling with homophones
5. GB - UK?

May 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 9

1. What's in a name? Translation and proper English use question.

May 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 10

1. Laudatory words
2. Do I rule OK?
3. Usage of Latin letters in other alphabets

May 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 11

1. Ukraine / the Ukraine ?
2. the meaning of "and"
3. Malay mottoes in Jawi
4. Help with Korean word
5. Is there a better word than "homophagy"?
6. Word for "study of the sun"?

May 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 12

1. Chinese help: tone of Chinese name of Fantawild
2. Which human languages should aspiring software developers learn?

May 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 14

1. H, Х, and Г

May 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 15

1. Characters from idioms or sayings?
2. Transliterated English words in Japanese
3. "To hope itself" and "piontwxq"
4. money / monies

May 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 17

1. Tsunami

May 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 18

1. Names starting Dd

May 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 19

1. Spanish diphthongs followed by vowel
2. Copyright in Translations
3. Punctuation
4. Can anyone recommend a resource...

May 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 20

1. What does "All was frozen in limbo" mean here?
2. Double negative in music

May 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 21

1. mne
2. troll as an Internet slang word
3. Tizi n'Tichka , berber

May 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 22

1. Chinese help
2. Polish word "żółć"

May 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 24

1. Treasure Island
2. Hungarian translation
3. Japanese help: Names of organizations

May 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 26

1. fructus est fullonius

May 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 27

1. interpretation question
2. "Not like it wasn’t the first time."
3. Chinese versions of English names

May 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 28

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. Politically correct term for Indian/Pakistani people?
3. How common is the "in the year of our Lord" phrase in present American use?
4. Possible entomology connection for the word fuck
5. Expatriate, migrant, or immigrant?

May 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 29

1. The city is a container that holds a stage for challenges and embraces in daily life.
2. translating wikipedia page

May 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 30

1. Preferred pronouns in non-English languages
2. Korean solfeggio
3. artificial languages
4. aluminum
5. Meaning of a sentence

May 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2014 May 31

1. Chinese tones
2. Would you say this the same way?
3. Non-verbal languages
4. Possessive grammar issue
5. Word most liable to cause offense