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June 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 1

  1. What does "Man the 50" mean?
  2. Pronunciation of Amiga 1200

June 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 2

  1. Usage of synonyms
  2. Translation from Latin
  3. Cyrillic letter Ge when italicized

June 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 3

  1. Origin of the distinction between "poisonous" and "venomous"?

June 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 4

  1. Words ending in -eng

June 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 5

  1. Japanese sandal terms
  2. What does "shut up, Beavis" mean?

June 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 6

  1. Etymology of moin moin
  2. Make no mistake about it

June 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 7

  1. What does "my not so" mean?
  2. Pluralised groups in Irish English
  3. Can someone here please translate the legend in this map from Spanish to English?

June 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 8

  1. ΗΑΓΙΑ ΕΥΔΟΚΗΑ
  2. What's missing phrase after "I am"?

June 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 9

  1. It's all Greek to me
  2. Colonial fort quote
  3. Tribal signalling?

June 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 10

  1. Meaning of "oldest"
  2. Latin translation request (work related)

June 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 11

  1. Some new slang that the kids be using
  2. Primarch
  3. What does "same set" refer to?
  4. Why do American rules say "this." and never "this". should be used??
  5. The reason is because

June 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 12

  1. What does "signed for one day" mean?

June 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 13

  1. Bilateral talks
  2. Laneway
  3. Spanish Verbs The indicative has five simple tenses - but only 4 are listed

June 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 14

  1. Fake identity

June 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 15

  1. Is "Hindic" a real word?

June 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 16

  1. What does "taking it staring at our laces" mean?
  2. Why Gambia in french language called gambie?
  3. Greek oi
  4. Israeli English

June 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 17

  1. What's the meaning of "recon" in this robbery context?
  2. Her looks were "free"

June 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 18

  1. Belle and Sebastian lyric

June 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 19

  1. Does "particularly" refer back to Murtlap?

June 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 20

  1. [Welsh] I do not - differences
  2. Go ahead, make my day
  3. Smick-smack
  4. What's the difference between elite bodybuilders and pro bodybuilders?
  5. Kanshasai

June 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 21

  1. What does "scuttling like rats in the gutter" mean?
  2. Past tense

June 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 22

  1. Can anyone identify the language of this page?

June 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 23

  1. Is "stonking" commonly used in Australian English?

June 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 24

  1. What does "had you controlled the cage" mean?
  2. Pronunciation of Sylow
  3. Swedish y̌
  4. Blotto

June 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 25

  1. Pronunciation of McFadzean

June 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 26

  1. Australian slang

June 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 29

  1. Please confirm Mandarin is correct
  2. "would" for past tense
  3. Questions about modal verbs
  4. "The" and "a"

June 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 June 30

  1. Verbs ending in silent t