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January 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 1

  1. Artificial Intelligence gender pronoun

January 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 4

  1. Not homework: confused by a crossword clue
  2. "For those interested..."

January 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 5

  1. Yay high?
  2. Constance van Eeden

January 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 8

  1. What is a dark-of-night statement?
  2. Chinese vs. Traditional Chinese
  3. Earliest known uses of "by suicide" as opposed to "committed suicide"

January 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 9

  1. English accent in Hollywood movies.

January 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 10

  1. Herrariad'r Siedligsfäscht
  2. "Son" as a form of address

January 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 11

  1. Parsing
  2. Vowel location frequency within words

January 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 12

  1. Origin of the phrase "Give it the old college try"
  2. What does "each" and "one" refer to?

January 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 15

  1. What does "created live" mean in this context?
  2. I'm looking for a better word

January 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 16

  1. Basta / bəsdir
  2. Folies Bergère
  3. Dutch surname
  4. Piping hot

January 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 18

  1. Counterfeit words
  2. Where was the word 'chimpanzee' first used in English?

January 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 19

  1. What does "would have followed" mean?
  2. Term for "play on words"

January 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 20

  1. Help translating llengua pròpia

January 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 21

  1. Poop
  2. The Nuclear football
  3. Latin translation please
  4. "Hot" wire
  5. Question about English syntax

January 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 24

  1. Life is Good interlude dialogue

January 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 25

  1. The meanings of these phrases

January 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 26

  1. Correct usage of the word Realtor

January 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 27

  1. "Politically correct" Words in Non-English Languages

January 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 28

  1. Defining clause - use "which" or "that"?
  2. Don't jack

January 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 January 31

  1. Chakma language and Chittagonian dialect