Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/June 2015

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June 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 1

1. Native level of proficiency?

June 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 2

1. 'uman rights and 'elf 'n' safety
2. Pronunciation of "Blayac"
3. "All but..."
4. Requested translation: What are the terms in File:China Airlines Flight 140 EN.svg in Chinese?
5. Leo Marriot or Leo Marriott?

June 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 3

1. on line sites with English words hard for foreigners?
2. Latin American surnames
3. "Autumn" in American speech
4. Familiar forms of names in German

June 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 5

1. looking forward to seeing you
2. Can you read this tombstone?
3. Well-to-do

June 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 6

1. BB in Nitzinger’s "Texas Blues"
2. Enter your MC card in the ATM machine and when requested type your pin number

June 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 8

1. Old Persian

June 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 9

1. Japanese instructions
2. Finnish grammar- name suffix
3. Soul(s)

June 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 10

1. TO&E
2. Latin word and case choice: command to "begin"/"start"

June 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 11

1. Breatharians and always-awake-ians?
2. Calotriton
3. Slang for fellation
4. Minor name dilemma

June 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 12

1. Pronunciation of Polish surname in mid-20th C. Paris

June 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 13

1. Search results jamming
2. Jag-time tune

June 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 14

1. The Our Father
2. "Charlie side"

June 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 15

1. translating source
2. Learning French
3. How important is being native for writing proficiency? Is there such a thing as a "native writer"?

June 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 16

1. "Shopkeeper" in American English
2. What is the Burrand Bush?

June 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 17

1. Horshoes
2. common root of greek puros and latin purare

June 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 18

1. I'm looking for nine English words, pronounced almost equally, except for a single monophthong - by which they are phonetically different from each other.
2. How to list phonemes

June 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 19

1. Editor who speaks Norwegian?
2. Does the word orphan apply to adult children?
3. Why is "may" optional?
4. Overuse of 'different' and 'separate'

June 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 20

1. Latin translation help
2. The meaning of "When was it not?"
3. King & Royal animals
4. Russian question
5. Commissary gallery
6. Spanish for Mr.

June 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 21

1. "Peppersass"
2. Gahuza language?

June 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 22

1. Lords and Graces
2. Eine Frage zum "Hanover" oder "Hannover" <note: post contains comically bad German>
3. Gender of Pronouns Question About non-English Indo-European Languages

June 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 23

1. English to Malay Translation Error
2. Modification how if possible

June 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 24

1. Looking for a word similar to a Strawman fallacy
2. Chevrons to convey thoughts?

June 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 25

1. "adopted"
2. French translation
3. What accent is this?
4. Country names
5. An hypothesis
6. Inscription

June 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 26

1. Metrophobia

June 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 27

1. John Money - pronounciation
2. Ship's brig

June 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 28

1. Straw man
2. Subjunctive - ancient greek

June 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 29

1. Media use of the word "alleged" to describe suspected criminals when the crime is escaping from prison
2. Does Google Translate rely on context ?
3. What is the Arabic in the title of the document?
4. Difference between 'git' and 'get'
5. "Matekua tenenoro kauome kitore"? (Māori? Igbo?)

June 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 30

1. Polish translation (~ 1880)
2. implying something by saying its opposite
3. Are the sentences grammatically correct in English? (participial adjective)