Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Lua/Language/January 2013

question length RefDesk Category Date Editors
Does Aromanian possess grammatic cases? 1380 Language 2013: January 1 66.190.69.246 AnonMoos Atethnekos JackofOz
What is the word for a baby unicorn? 7743 Language 2013: January 1 Kingturtle Adam Bishop Angr AnonMoos Dismas Doktorbuk Jacklee JackofOz KageTora Medeis StuRat
Determination on reliability of Portuguese source needed 487 Language 2013: January 1 A Quest For Knowledge
Is the grammar understandable? 4943 Language 2013: January 2 StuRat It's Been Emotional JackofOz Tamfang
Wow 2819 Language 2013: January 2 Keraunoscopia Angr ColinFine Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour Medeis
Apostrophe & Pronunciation 4749 Language 2013: January 3 KageTora JackofOz Jayron32 Lesgles Marco polo Smuconlaw
Pronunciation of "slew" 5137 Language 2013: January 3 86.160.219.242 72.128.82.131 Alansplodge AndrewWTaylor Angr AnonMoos Astronaut Dbfirs JackofOz Jayron32 Lsfreak Medeis Rmhermen
"more slender" or "slenderer"? 2265 Language 2013: January 3 Astronaut AndrewWTaylor Baseball Bugs Doktorbuk Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour
Number governed by "each" 5727 Language 2013: January 3 JackofOz Bonkers The Clown Deor Medeis Viennese Waltz
Bar at the top of the letter J 3150 Language 2013: January 3 Staecker 93.95.251.162 Bazza 7 Elphion EmilJ Jayron32 Nunh-huh Rmhermen
Japanese question 1335 Language 2013: January 3 WhisperToMe 86.146.105.126 Oda Mari
Icelandic Names and Naming Conventions 6968 Language 2013: January 4 A Real Kaiser 81.156.176.219 AnonMoos Cam ColinFine Marco polo Medeis NorwegianBlue Sjö Smuconlaw Wavelength Любослов Езыкин
Is endos a Japanese or English word and what does it mean? 2844 Language 2013: January 5 Venustar84 AnonMoos Jayron32 KageTora Medeis Oda Mari
A man is knighted and a woman is...? 3929 Language 2013: January 5 Surtsicna Alanscottwalker Alansplodge JackofOz Jayron32 Trovatore Venustar84
Lay and laid 4666 Language 2013: January 5 174.93.61.139 203.112.82.128 24.23.196.85 72.128.82.131 86.160.216.227 Alansplodge Baseball Bugs Elphion JackofOz Jayron32 KageTora Tamfang Trovatore
Getting the shaft 3925 Language 2013: January 5 24.23.196.85 Alansplodge HiLo48 KageTora Marco polo StuRat TammyMoet
A rat by any other name... 11406 Language 2013: January 5 24.23.196.85 80.13.10.56 81.164.0.32 Abracus Alansplodge AldoSyrt Dbfirs Dodger67 Gede HiLo48 Itsmejudith Marco polo Pp.paul.4 Shirt58 StuRat Tamfang
Cambodian/Khmer help 1678 Language 2013: January 5 WhisperToMe WilliamThweatt
Is there a database of lyrics with faulty language? 7241 Language 2013: January 5 KnightMove 86.160.216.227 Adam Bishop AnonMoos Baseball Bugs ColinFine Marco polo Medeis Rmhermen Wavelength
Difference between for example and for instance ? 1336 Language 2013: January 6 106.212.34.233 Baseball Bugs Jayron32 Nricardo Shirt58
Eragrostis = lovegrass : why that name ? 1300 Language 2013: January 7 81.164.0.32 Deor
Why does "unsafest" sound wrong? 2438 Language 2013: January 7 23.30.218.174 Angr AnonMoos Baseball Bugs Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour JackofOz Medeis
Subject, class, course ? 4444 Language 2013: January 7 80.13.10.56 Alansplodge Dbfirs Lsfreak Marco polo
Spanish 6038 Language 2013: January 7 174.20.35.57 72.128.82.131 Jondel Looie496 Medeis Pendragon5
Is "renowned" derived from a verb? 9620 Language 2013: January 8 JackofOz 86.171.42.77 Alanscottwalker AnonMoos Baseball Bugs Jpgordon KageTora Medeis
Request for translation of Latin epitaph 3996 Language 2013: January 8 Aa77zz AlexTiefling Deor Iblardi Pp.paul.4
Pronunciation of "Lefebvre" 7163 Language 2013: January 8 Smuconlaw 205.175.124.30 AlexTiefling AnonMoos Baseball Bugs ColinFine Iblardi JackofOz Jayron32 Lindert No such user
Przy Pikrynie i Trotylu 1738 Language 2013: January 9 Deborahjay Alansplodge EmilJ StuRat
Difference between "Play" and "Drama"! 888 Language 2013: January 9 Titodutta Shantavira TammyMoet
Falling in Love Again - translation problem 7702 Language 2013: January 9 KnightMove AnonMoos JackofOz Jayron32 Marco polo Pp.paul.4 Trovatore Viennese Waltz
1647 French birth record 4056 Language 2013: January 10 Doug Coldwell Adam Bishop AlexTiefling Deor JackofOz Jayron32 Lectonar WhisperToMe
Side discussion 5151 Language 2013: January 10 Medeis AlexTiefling Baseball Bugs ColinFine Jayron32
Spanish/Galician help 2218 Language 2013: January 11 JackofOz Medeis
Website for obscure words 814 Language 2013: January 11 BorgQueen Wavelength
History of Belgium 1334 Language 2013: January 11 Thathánka Íyotake JackofOz Medeis
Bill 4204 Language 2013: January 11 89.249.2.53 72.128.82.131 Alansplodge Baseball Bugs HiLo48 JackofOz Jayron32 Lindert TammyMoet Valiantis
Voiceless dental affricate 1372 Language 2013: January 11 Double sharp Jayron32 Lsfreak Medeis Любослов Езыкин
Mid 19th century (or earlier) dialect question.. 4625 Language 2013: January 11 Marco polo Alansplodge Naraht TammyMoet Любослов Езыкин
Help Identifying a Short Story - Kipling I think 1181 Language 2013: January 11 Gurumaister
Board room 684 Language 2013: January 11 SGBailey Baseball Bugs
French translation of tablet 2436 Language 2013: January 12 Doug Coldwell Baseball Bugs Lesgles Medeis Mingmingla
Side discussion 3624 Language 2013: January 12 Medeis Adam Bishop JackofOz Jayron32
Michigan 5456 Language 2013: January 12 86.129.18.113 Adam Bishop Alanscottwalker Baseball Bugs Clarityfiend JackofOz Medeis StuRat
"-ise" or "-ize"? 8907 Language 2013: January 12 Yashowardhani AlexTiefling AnonMoos Asarlaí Baseball Bugs Dbfirs HiLo48 JackofOz Medeis StuRat Tamfang Viennese Waltz
Name of a Korean cooking device 5333 Language 2013: January 13 Lgriot Bazza 7 Bluap Kjoonlee No such user Oda Mari StuRat
Need help with what this statement means? 5752 Language 2013: January 14 JHUbal27 AlexTiefling Baseball Bugs Bus stop Collect HiLo48 Medeis No such user StuRat
Term used to describe a technique 475 Language 2013: January 14 Linkinfloyd Smuconlaw
Awkward phrasing: double negative sentence, what is the meaning? 5132 Language 2013: January 14 140.254.227.61 AlexTiefling Deor Lindert Trovatore Viennese Waltz
How to pronounce Leonowens 11682 Language 2013: January 14 108.45.72.196 72.128.82.131 Adam Bishop Alansplodge AlexTiefling Arwel Parry ColinFine EmilJ JackofOz Medeis Orangemike
Nursing in the UK 529 Language 2013: January 14 216.93.234.239 Alansplodge
"His face was drawn but the curtains were real" 2423 Language 2013: January 15 Yashowardhani HiLo48 Jayron32 Looie496 Rmhermen Sluzzelin Viennese Waltz
Appropriate word 12932 Language 2013: January 15 Joseph A. Spadaro 108.45.72.196 Alanscottwalker AlexTiefling Baseball Bugs Bus stop Clarityfiend HiLo48 Hotclaws JackofOz Medeis Smuconlaw StuRat
Collective nouns 6164 Language 2013: January 15 41.72.102.191 AlexTiefling Baseball Bugs Hotclaws JackofOz Lgriot Medeis Zoonoses
Wikivoyage related 5865 Language 2013: January 15 Doktorbuk 81.170.148.21 Alansplodge AlexTiefling Jayron32 Kpalion Medeis Tamfang
"Taped" = "pre-recorded", no matter what medium is really used? 14064 Language 2013: January 16 HiLo48 67.6.97.34 Atethnekos Baseball Bugs ColinFine Deor JackofOz Jayron32 Smuconlaw StuRat
Bengali name for "Peel District School Board" 1256 Language 2013: January 16 WhisperToMe GDibyendu
Tuu tii tu tööti tuu 3165 Language 2013: January 16 JIP Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour Medeis Orange Suede Sofa
The Ballad of Bill Hubbard 1821 Language 2013: January 16 KageTora Deor JackofOz
Hindi and Punjabi names for New York City Department of Education 2392 Language 2013: January 16 WhisperToMe Bill william compton Q Chris
Hebrew name for New York City Department of Education 1041 Language 2013: January 16 WhisperToMe AnonMoos ColinFine
Spell Chekcer software 942 Language 2013: January 17 190.60.93.218 CambridgeBayWeather Orangemike
Polish - Home 7160 Language 2013: January 17 86.140.54.211 Baseball Bugs Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour JackofOz Jayron32 KageTora Medeis Wavelength Любослов Езыкин
Has the NYC-area phrase "to stand on line" replaced the phrase "to stand in line" in any other dialects? 3262 Language 2013: January 18 Medeis Alanscottwalker Dbfirs Jayron32
"A shot at the title" 1215 Language 2013: January 18 173.49.11.16 Medeis Rmhermen
Of Mice and Men 4093 Language 2013: January 18 Bonkers The Clown Alansplodge Andrew Gray HiLo48 Jayron32 Joseph A. Spadaro StuRat
Chinese Syllabary? 4423 Language 2013: January 18 Alansplodge AnonMoos ColinFine Cucumber Mike PalaceGuard008 Shirt58 Smuconlaw
How to apologize in French 2451 Language 2013: January 18 70.55.109.212 AldoSyrt Jayron32 Medeis StuRat Trovatore
Languages without distinct plurals ? 6412 Language 2013: January 18 StuRat 72.128.82.131 AnonMoos Cucumber Mike JackofOz Medeis Tamfang TammyMoet
Pika = Pikachu ? 7248 Language 2013: January 19 Medeis 86.160.213.0 KageTora Narutolovehinata5 Oda Mari Shirt58 Smuconlaw StuRat
Pronunciation of Fouvry 3465 Language 2013: January 19 Analphil Adam Bishop Double sharp Itsmejudith Jayron32 Shirt58
Half a dozen 6168 Language 2013: January 20 75.185.79.52 Alansplodge AlexTiefling Arwel Parry Baseball Bugs Clarityfiend ColinFine JackofOz KageTora Tamfang Valiantis
Choose Your Own Adventure Book Cover Fonts 728 Language 2013: January 21 ChooseYourOwnFont Evanh2008
aqua 10159 Language 2013: January 21 203.240.243.2 86.160.211.29 Abracus AlexTiefling AndyTheGrump ColinFine Dbfirs Evanh2008 Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour FreeMorpheme HominidMachinae JackofOz Medeis Richard Avery Sussexonian Tamfang Trovatore
Is this a sentence? 3776 Language 2013: January 21 FreeMorpheme 67.164.156.42 AlexTiefling Bus stop Evanh2008 JackofOz
From Cinema to English Vocabulary 7667 Language 2013: January 21 Omidinist 84.21.143.150 AlexTiefling AndrewWTaylor CambridgeBayWeather It's Been Emotional JackofOz Lectonar PalaceGuard008 Rmhermen StuRat Wavelength
Any definition difference between lights and colors 4039 Language 2013: January 21 69.228.25.10 84.21.143.150 Deborahjay Jayron32
What the Bible's book are most translated? 6495 Language 2013: January 21 Любослов Езыкин AlexTiefling Evanh2008 Jayron32
Typos in Chinese and Japanese 4142 Language 2013: January 22 Dncsky 81.159.108.13 PalaceGuard008
Proposing an ambiguous spelling 378 Language 2013: January 22 Viennese Waltz
Weird adage 2244 Language 2013: January 22 Bonkers The Clown 86.176.212.69 Baseball Bugs JackofOz Lgriot Lindert
Letters as designations? 4634 Language 2013: January 22 891 mm AlexTiefling Baseball Bugs Cucumber Mike Duoduoduo JackofOz NorwegianBlue Smuconlaw Sussexonian
What can you say about the readability of the short paragraph? 4819 Language 2013: January 22 112.205.87.185 AlexTiefling Evanh2008 Looie496
Ramaré 2080 Language 2013: January 23 Analphil AlexTiefling AnonMoos Jayron32 Lesgles
Trnaslation to French 1765 Language 2013: January 23 Rabah201130 AldoSyrt Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour Lectonar Rmhermen Tamfang
Pronunciation of French names 2420 Language 2013: January 23 Analphil EmilJ Iceager Jayron32 Xuxl
Identify three (Japanese?) characters in Brian Austin Green tattoo? 4156 Language 2013: January 24 Medeis 86.128.4.118 Marco polo Nunh-huh Oda Mari
Türkmenbaşy 8802 Language 2013: January 25 Nyttend Future Perfect at Sunrise Jayron32 Lesgles Medeis Omidinist Любослов Езыкин
Use of "then". 3661 Language 2013: January 25 Widener AlexTiefling Baseball Bugs Duoduoduo Elphion JackofOz StuRat
Is there an English equivalent to the Chinese proverb 好汉不吃眼前亏? 4676 Language 2013: January 25 71.185.179.17 Alansplodge AlexTiefling Looie496 Marco polo Medeis Smuconlaw Snow Rise Wikimedes
Dependent and independent clauses 16112 Language 2013: January 25 86.160.212.30 Alanscottwalker Duoduoduo Medeis Snow Rise
tak 5689 Language 2013: January 26 JaysMarion 84.21.143.150 Dbfirs Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour JIP JackofOz Jayron32 Medeis Orange Suede Sofa Любослов Езыкин
Passive voice 9629 Language 2013: January 26 74.60.29.141 209.159.255.226 Alanscottwalker Baseball Bugs ColinFine Duoduoduo Future Perfect at Sunrise JackofOz Jayron32 Medeis Ssscienccce Wavelength
Please do better than Google Translate 3742 Language 2013: January 26 Nyttend Future Perfect at Sunrise Lindert Pp.paul.4
Overuse of the progressive 6067 Language 2013: January 26 Matt Deres 74.60.29.141 Cucumber Mike Duoduoduo JackofOz KageTora Medeis Tamfang Valiantis
Language evolution after disaster 1826 Language 2013: January 27 99.240.0.162 Alansplodge Dodger67 Future Perfect at Sunrise Medeis
Pronunciation of "online": a or an before "online"? 2867 Language 2013: January 27 Vanischenu 184.147.123.15 AndrewWTaylor JackofOz
What is this accent? 2524 Language 2013: January 27 184.147.123.15 Bill william compton CorrectKnowledge
"Women writers" 4703 Language 2013: January 28 AlanM1 72.128.82.131 86.171.42.159 AnonMoos Duoduoduo JackofOz Lesgles Senra
Equivalence for spiel? 2154 Language 2013: January 28 140.254.227.111 AnonMoos Baseball Bugs Bus stop Marco polo
Maker subculture 686 Language 2013: January 28 Canoe1967 BDD
Druggist, apothecary, pharmacist 8041 Language 2013: January 28 140.254.227.111 140.254.227.122 ColinFine JackofOz Jayron32 KageTora Medeis Nicknack009 Trovatore
Between / among 3417 Language 2013: January 29 74.60.29.141 Alanscottwalker AlexTiefling ColinFine Dbfirs Deor Future Perfect at Sunrise Medeis
Requesting translation from Italian to English 2481 Language 2013: January 29 186.31.40.94 75.185.79.52 AlexTiefling Trovatore
Rechtsfähigkeit/権利能力 2968 Language 2013: January 29 Reinana kyuu Lectonar
interbreeding vs. outbreeding 508 Language 2013: January 29 66.190.69.246 Rojomoke
Is contemporary then, now or either? 2376 Language 2013: January 29 Senra Eldamorie Future Perfect at Sunrise Marco polo Trovatore
Words with supposed antonyms but are actually synonyms? 11888 Language 2013: January 29 140.254.227.122 184.100.91.151 86.176.210.160 AlexTiefling Baseball Bugs Dbfirs Dodger67 Duoduoduo El duderino Fuhghettaboutit JackofOz Jayron32 Senra Theurgist Trovatore
Stage Language 669 Language 2013: January 29 BbBrock Orange Suede Sofa
Register and French/Germanic word origins 4895 Language 2013: January 29 Smurrayinchester AlexTiefling Asarlaí Asarlaí/Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English Fuhghettaboutit Lindert Rmhermen Smuconlaw Tamfang
Aboriginal swearing - Translation from Latin 13381 Language 2013: January 30 Djbcjk Adam Bishop AlexTiefling Deor Iblardi JackofOz
Is it possible to reconstruct a currently spoken language (grammar, vocabulary, phonology) given it's parent language and sister languages? 5721 Language 2013: January 30 Czech is Cyrillized AnonMoos Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour Future Perfect at Sunrise Marco polo Matt Deres Medeis
Short translation into Polish 1951 Language 2013: January 30 AlexTiefling Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour JackofOz Kpalion
Is this really a rule in English? 10938 Language 2013: January 30 140.254.226.248 72.128.82.131 86.176.210.160 86.179.1.93 Alanscottwalker Alansplodge AldoSyrt AlexTiefling Duoduoduo Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour Future Perfect at Sunrise JackofOz Medeis Rmhermen TammyMoet
What is it Westergren? 704 Language 2013: January 31 194.114.146.227 Lectonar
(Non-)Mutual intelligibility of Russian and Serbo-Croatian 14526 Language 2013: January 31 Surtsicna 109.99.71.97 72.128.82.131 AnonMoos EmilJ Filelakeshoe Filelakeshoe/kocour JackofOz Jørgen KageTora Medeis Tamfang Любослов Езыкин
Vietnamese help 629 Language 2013: January 31 WhisperToMe
Mustafa Farrah 3158 Language 2013: January 31 72.128.82.131 Adam Bishop Alanscottwalker Jayron32 Orangemike Любослов Езыкин