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May 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 1

1. Geese
2. Dhingo

May 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 2

1. Kalervo Kalervopoika Kullervo Kullervoinen (Untamo/Untamoinen)
2. speed (of) up to
3. close, use
4. French Translation Help?

May 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 3

1. x, the unknown
2. Nôrmale Mûsique

May 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 4

1. What is the correct verb? Is the noun singular or plural? Is the correct verb "are" or "is"?
2. is english destined to become different languages? (e.g british, american, australian..)

May 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 5

1. Tan Hana Wighna Tan Sirna
2. Malba

May 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 6

1. "Gjylihan"
2. What's the most common word used in "_______ is my middle name"?
3. 24/6

May 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 7

1. Benzaiten
2. When Japanese write, do they also use the semi-cursive script or other systems?
3. Adjective version of 'officer', 'registrar' and 'commissioner'

May 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 8

1. Allophones
2. English word for this?
3. Christopher Columbus
4. Common error of leaving out the second comma in a nonrestrictive clause

May 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 9

1. Fill in the blanks
2. სხვარი სხვარიაო, მარა / ნასწავლი სხვარი ორი სხვარიაო

May 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 11

1. German Translation Request
2. Superintendent Chalmers from the Simpsons accent
3. English understanding problem

May 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 12

1. Difference between Native Americans in the US and Mexico
2. Organs in German
3. More than one is/are ?

May 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 13

1. What was this typo supposed to be?
2. Double consonants in German verbs
3. Pronunciation of German loanwords in English

May 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 14

1. What word describes this relationship between words?
2. "Pelt a bluff"
3. sanskrit
4. Maktoum tree, translate from Arabic

May 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 16

1. A record-breaking seven parties
2. Refinement sought
3. A song in a Norwegian dialect

May 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 17

1. Tihwa
2. Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
3. Grammar of English nursery rhymes
4. Disenfranchised

May 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 18

1. Origin
2. Which is most correct/natural?

May 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 19

1. Ý (Vietnamese)

May 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 20

1. Why are most lakes, including the Great Lakes, named with the word "Lake" first? And not the proper name first?
2. Etymology of craic further back than Middle Ages

May 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 21

1. How would Chinese people in the US in the 1920s and 1930s render their names?

May 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 22

1. Difference between words
2. spanish
3. Etymology of sphygmomanometer

May 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 23

1. Poonami
2. possessive 's

May 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 24

1. Create new language for articles: Arabizi
2. The word either: should it only precede a list of two items? Or can it precede three or more items?
3. At my disposal/at my disposition

May 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 26

1. Latin manuscript

May 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 27

1. Neutral expressions for effeminate men in English?

May 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 29

1. Touchy-feely
2. English words
3. Vas ist los?

May 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 30

1. Fancy letter at beginning of a paragraph
2. Chinook language
3. Pronoun case for object of to be

May 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2016 May 31

1. And/or
2. What does this sign say?