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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 11

  1. Serial comma in other languages
  2. arse
  3. (s)
  4. Real-time feedback on vowel production
  5. IPA trancription of Thoth
  6. Lost in Translation?

February 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 12

  1. Zahatra
  2. Is there a plural of the noun 'research' ?
  3. Correct Spelling of Scissors
  4. Latin to English translation
  5. Stoush?

February 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 13

  1. novel
  2. the word, "cardinal"
  3. Vowel height, backness and tone contour
  4. Alphabetizing, Part 3
  5. Native of/Person of a Particular Place
  6. language richness

February 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 14

  1. Origin of a phrase
  2. Turkmen speaking people - Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow
  3. Polish translation of 'Happy Valentine's Day'

February 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 15

  1. MLA style
  2. Catalan and Occitan "don"
  3. German colloquial phrase
  4. Tim Saunders
  5. Word games that depend on Phoneme and Morpheme ambiguity
  6. French
  7. Eureka

February 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 16

  1. I'm like
  2. vocabulary
  3. Creole French
  4. English education podcasts
  5. MOST HOLY --- is it ok?
  6. Word origin

February 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 17

  1. IPA help needed, please
  2. Distribution of trial number
  3. bases
  4. Pachinies history
  5. What word in English language is made plural by adding a 'B'
  6. romantisisation of russian
  7. Happy new year in chinese
  8. supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
  9. Holy Bible
  10. Medieval English Word for a Military Encampment or a Fort?
  11. meaning of holocaust
  12. Myrtle

February 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 18

  1. Lost Translation
  2. zzz --- last word in the dictionary

February 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 19

  1. Strudel and the @ in Hebrew
  2. Kodaň
  3. Suspicious/Suspect
  4. name of anniversary
  5. Simplified vs Traditional Chars (on Chinese Wikipedia)

February 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 20

  1. International Phonetic Alphabet
  2. Bad Chinese written by non-native speakers?
  3. Alphabetizing mixed language titles
  4. bach

February 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 21

  1. 'Kill The Cat' meaning please..
  2. it and verb form
  3. Another idiom for "slip is showing"
  4. hotclaws**
  5. Does the usage of words like electrocuted or drowned strictly imply that death occurred?
  6. [e] and [i] sound for words start with E
  7. find un job overseas

February 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 22

  1. Article with possessives in Portuguese
  2. "Rake" in railway terminology
  3. english
  4. English Translation
  5. Akkadian [af]fricatives

February 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 23

  1. Translate three short phrases into Irish/Gaelic for me?
  2. works of johan bojer
  3. Two unrelated questions
  4. English grammar
  5. Letter "tone"
  6. Etymology of the verb 'to be'
  7. Two brief questions

February 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 24

  1. Lighted vs. Lit
  2. Help find more expressive or polished Spanish words for FIESTA
  3. Where did "cheesy" and "corny" come from?
  4. Is there an exhaustive list of lie/lay, sit/set, rise/raise kind of verb pairs?
  5. "The government has collapsed"
  6. Pronounciation of Heracles/Herakles
  7. Upside ones head

February 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 25

  1. Slovoj Zizek
  2. tankini top vs shimmel
  3. atin usage question
  4. Him / Her

February 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 26

  1. What does it mean to "thigh" someone?
  2. hotclaws**
  3. What is a " PICS Rules File " , and a " DSC File "
  4. Translation of Chinese sign
  5. Meaning of a word
  6. Apostrophe in the Qur'an
  7. "Villian"
  8. English transliterations

February 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 27

  1. Help with pronouncing /sɫuaɣ/?
  2. i want to know what my name means
  3. Pronunciation of the name of the Buddhist goddess Tara
  4. How can I use Hebrew characters and vowel points to represent English sounds?
  5. inevitable
  6. Grasping for an answer
  7. Translation

February 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 28

  1. Looking for a word
  2. Is it..
  3. s God Spanish?
  4. help...questions of linguistics
  5. Names
  6. Pronunciation of Bodach in Irish or Scottish Gaelic?
  7. Arabic translation
  8. Archiving