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November 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 1

  1. Irish uvular R - really?
  2. Bars and clubs
  3. IPA notation for diphthongs
  4. Ring ring
  5. Derivation of the English word "bad"

November 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 2

  1. "Exposure to college" vs. "collegue exposure"
  2. Tahrir

November 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 3

  1. Northern Irish words
  2. "Never end a sentence with a preposition"

November 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 4

  1. Help deciphering Japanese writing
  2. Pronunciation of Christiaan Huygens
  3. short reading materials about anthropological, universal themes for students with no reading habit ...

November 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 5

  1. Danish tre
  2. Black fog
  3. Middle Chinese Swadesh List
  4. Help emailing French museum in Tahiti

November 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 6

  1. Euphemism ?
  2. english usage
  3. URDU TRANSLATION -ARUN S BAGH
  4. Comma usage in "the intervention of the queen dowager Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Richard"
  5. Sfogliattele
  6. "Various of"

November 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 7

  1. Doctors saying "we'
  2. English
  3. Chinese readings
  4. Cantonese help
  5. Seal of Joan II, Countess of Burgundy
  6. Looking for a word

November 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 8

  1. Russian question
  2. Plural or singular?
  3. pronouns.
  4. More Chinese help
  5. A new who/whom dilemma

November 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 9

  1. Request for French translation
  2. Savoy teeth

November 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 10

  1. "Shiver"?
  2. JonBenét Ramsey
  3. How do stone profoundly deaf people learn to read and write?
  4. The English word CANARD

November 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 11

  1. What does 'metaphysica sunt, non leguntur' mean?
  2. Should both be plural?

November 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 12

  1. Name for an earthquake
  2. Shakespearean scholar?
  3. Chinese lingual evolution

November 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 13

  1. When to skip "the"

November 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 14

  1. Nickname transcription
  2. Arabic translation

November 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 15

  1. French translation
  2. What does this mean?
  3. repository/depository
  4. Translating Japanese honorifics
  5. Ginger up horses
  6. Translation from Arabic to help with identification of images

November 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 16

  1. Van von addresses a person ...
  2. Transitive Verbs
  3. "Croire" and the subjunctive mood / « Croire » et le subjonctif
  4. quick-fire cuts
  5. Quod non: a Dutch phrase?
  6. OED reference for "kilo"
  7. "Zooterkins"

November 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 17

  1. Chinese readings
  2. Need good Latin translation

November 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 18

  1. Arabic pronunciation
  2. The one

November 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 19

  1. The name Stavros
  2. Quran translation

November 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 20

  1. Pronunciation of 了 in Chinese song
  2. Capitalization of hyphenated proper nouns

November 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 21

  1. Slovenia
  2. Translating Chinese Proverb
  3. Looking for Seneca translations

November 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 22

  1. Political saying - "One right up the bracket"
  2. 'I always wanted a Harley with hot, tight mahatmas'

November 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 23

  1. "aërial"
  2. Japanese Given Name

November 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 24

  1. Santo Poco
  2. "Un passato non chiaro" - can someone please translate from Italian?
  3. Odd German idiom
  4. correct form of sentences

November 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 25

  1. "Esboompjes" (Dutch)
  2. What is missing in the sentence that has an Apostrophe of belonging?
  3. Children's alphabet
  4. ser and ir

November 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 26

  1. Sight unseen (expression)
  2. Chinese to English
  3. What language is this?
  4. Same or not?
  5. The "T" in "often"

November 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 27

  1. Forming negative clauses with copulative verbs
  2. Use of the word "welcome" when referring to childbirth
  3. Nominalisation of verbs
  4. Help needed updating :pl:Tab Two
  5. Latin texts in need of translation

November 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 28

  1. Doing without "on" when dating an event
  2. How to answer a question posted in 2006

November 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 29

  1. Lunchbox in Portuguese, posted May 19 2006
  2. Translation from Dutch

November 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 November 30

  1. U Thant
  2. She had a good innings
  3. Why isn't Cricket played in Canada?
  4. "Playing The Race Card" equivalents?
  5. Origin of word blackleg
  6. Names like "Frasier" and "Luthor"
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