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December 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 1

  1. Delikatesswarengeschäfte? etc.
  2. Hamlet
  3. What is this called?
  4. Germanic ordinal numerals
  5. time is not a luxury
  6. Will the real “Will the real ‘Will the real ... please stand up?’ please stand up?” please stand up?
  7. Using the wrong word in television ads
  8. Hello

December 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 2

  1. Shantideva quote - looking for the Chinese version
  2. Word that means FRIEND or FAMILY MEMBER or Same RELlIGON
  3. Man created God in his image
  4. Stone stripes on buildings.
  5. More German help
  6. Spastic
  7. The Theory of Evolution -- "believe" or "accept" or "support" or "does reject" or "prove"?

December 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 3

  1. Cursive letterforms
  2. sich (German)
  3. Grammatical mood
  4. Christmas pickle
  5. have I used the semicolons correctly in this sentence?
  6. For the German experts out there

December 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 4

  1. What is the difference between "choice" and "selection", or are they synonyms?
  2. Deciphering Chinese characters
  3. Otium#Etymology
  4. Whats the rest of this ditty?
  5. Italian question
  6. Short Telugu Indian translation

December 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 5

  1. Knowledge me up
  2. Standardly

December 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 6

  1. The water is fine
  2. Translation of Latin caption
  3. Overseas
  4. "Choose" vs. "Jews"
  5. Plush candles

December 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 7

  1. Chert in Spanish?
  2. How to read this handwriting
  3. Spain and France

December 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 8

  1. No mention
  2. One Sentence Paragraphs
  3. Word Describing the Outlawing of Homosexuality?
  4. Number of Semitic roots

December 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 9

  1. What is the name in Arabic?
  2. Latin problem - presently tense
  3. Only too happy
  4. Played a blinder
  5. When do mourir and morir take se (become reflexive)?
  6. Second language education in the English-speaking world

December 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 10

  1. A few thousand or A few thousands?
  2. Non-Chinese lyrics in the Chinese song 高山青
  3. So much have changed or So much has changed?
  4. Translation from English to German, please?
  5. OSVAH
  6. Word for someone who doesn't believe in free will
  7. Translation problems
  8. Exemplary language usage by websites
  9. How do you differentiate who's who when there are more than one person with the same last name in a family?

December 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 11

  1. "Got it" and "my bad"
  2. Welsh patronimics
  3. Looking for a word...
  4. Universally known as...

December 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 12

  1. What does it mean: "Don’t take net points over gross
  2. Pray vs. Beg
  3. Latinise something that Latin-speakers were never aware of please? (might require some creativity/kludging)
  4. "Typecast" in past tense
  5. millionaire

December 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 13

  1. Apostrophe s
  2. latin translation

December 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 14

  1. Facebook Chinese grammar question
  2. Apostrophe s (possessive)
  3. German grammar: der & er
  4. More Arabic Help
  5. Proper "style" for writing a greeting card?
  6. difficult foreign language words
  7. Double period?
  8. "Si" in Cebuano

December 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 15

  1. Portuguese help
  2. Meaning of the phrase 'You robbed the gentleman in 253, 5, 7 and 9'
  3. Swiss(?) German sign

December 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 16

  1. Is there a Spanish speaker in the house?
  2. Help in looking up articles in Arabic
  3. Spanish help: Commons sentence
  4. French help: Commons sentence
  5. Refs?

December 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 17

  1. word for blending paint colours with a squeegee

December 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 18

  1. Earlaye in the morning

December 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 19

  1. Kanji identification
  2. english grammatical error
  3. Written languages
  4. Non-standard use of IPA symbols

December 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 20

  1. Admiral Wilhelm Souchon
  2. Trying to think of a word to describe a specific area....

December 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 21

  1. Chag (Channukah) sameach! (Urgent)
  2. Anyone speak Azerbaijani?

December 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 22

  1. Firefly question (requires a near native Mandarin speaker who is also a sci-fi fan)
  2. Words start with
  3. Is there a synonym for possession that does not relate to ownership or daemons?
  4. Word for Male Ejaculation in Pre-Tudor England . . .
  5. Japanese adjective inflection
  6. Translation
  7. arrow in the knee?
  8. pet "he" or "it"

December 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 23

  1. What to call this thing?

December 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 24

  1. Arabic question
  2. UnTurkish

December 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 25

  1. we have tath, spraints, bodewash etc - but what are cat droppings called?
  2. Polish: Pronunciation of Ł with no vowels around
  3. English Spelling Reform

December 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 26

  1. Spanish translation
  2. Disc or Disk ..?
  3. Find the best pronouns from the option according to the question.
  4. The English word for a 'given name for everyday use'

December 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 27

  1. Korean help
  2. Arabic help
  3. Jana Gana Mana
  4. Translation Portuguese/English
  5. Receipt meaning recipe ?
  6. Pajama man song

December 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 28

  1. Are there more references to alternate language history beyond this video?
  2. Curate's egg: 'her' and 'she'

December 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 29

  1. Him/himself
  2. Arabic help
  3. Brněnec
  4. Chinese, Russian, and Turkish help
  5. Language help (Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese)

December 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 30

  1. German

December 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2011 December 31

  1. US flag
  2. Signing and talking
  3. Joyo kanji