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June 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 1

  1. Native level of proficiency?

June 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 2

  1. 'uman rights and 'elf 'n' safety
  2. Pronunciation of "Blayac"
  3. "All but..."
  4. Requested translation: What are the terms in File:China Airlines Flight 140 EN.svg in Chinese?
  5. Leo Marriot or Leo Marriott?

June 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 3

  1. on line sites with English words hard for foreigners?
  2. Latin American surnames
  3. "Autumn" in American speech
  4. Familiar forms of names in German

June 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 5

  1. looking forward to seeing you
  2. Can you read this tombstone?
  3. Well-to-do

June 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 6

  1. BB in Nitzinger’s "Texas Blues"
  2. Enter your MC card in the ATM machine and when requested type your pin number

June 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 8

  1. Old Persian

June 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 9

  1. Japanese instructions
  2. Finnish grammar- name suffix
  3. Soul(s)

June 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 10

  1. TO&E
  2. Latin word and case choice: command to "begin"/"start"

June 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 11

  1. Breatharians and always-awake-ians?
  2. Calotriton
  3. Slang for fellation
  4. Minor name dilemma

June 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 12

  1. Pronunciation of Polish surname in mid-20th C. Paris

June 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 13

  1. Search results jamming
  2. Jag-time tune

June 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 14

  1. The Our Father
  2. "Charlie side"

June 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 15

  1. translating source
  2. Learning French
  3. How important is being native for writing proficiency? Is there such a thing as a "native writer"?

June 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 16

  1. "Shopkeeper" in American English
  2. What is the Burrand Bush?

June 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 17

  1. Horshoes
  2. common root of greek puros and latin purare

June 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 18

  1. I'm looking for nine English words, pronounced almost equally, except for a single monophthong - by which they are phonetically different from each other.
  2. How to list phonemes

June 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 19

  1. Editor who speaks Norwegian?
  2. Does the word orphan apply to adult children?
  3. Why is "may" optional?
  4. Overuse of 'different' and 'separate'

June 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 20

  1. Latin translation help
  2. The meaning of "When was it not?"
  3. King & Royal animals
  4. Russian question
  5. Commissary gallery
  6. Spanish for Mr.

June 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 21

  1. "Peppersass"
  2. Gahuza language?

June 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 22

  1. Lords and Graces
  2. Eine Frage zum "Hanover" oder "Hannover" <note: post contains comically bad German>
  3. Gender of Pronouns Question About non-English Indo-European Languages

June 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 23

  1. English to Malay Translation Error
  2. Modification how if possible

June 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 24

  1. Looking for a word similar to a Strawman fallacy
  2. Chevrons to convey thoughts?

June 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 25

  1. "adopted"
  2. French translation
  3. What accent is this?
  4. Country names
  5. An hypothesis
  6. Inscription

June 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 26

  1. Metrophobia

June 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 27

  1. John Money - pronounciation
  2. Ship's brig

June 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 28

  1. Straw man
  2. Subjunctive - ancient greek

June 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 29

  1. Media use of the word "alleged" to describe suspected criminals when the crime is escaping from prison
  2. Does Google Translate rely on context ?
  3. What is the Arabic in the title of the document?
  4. Difference between 'git' and 'get'
  5. "Matekua tenenoro kauome kitore"? (Māori? Igbo?)

June 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 June 30

  1. Polish translation (~ 1880)
  2. implying something by saying its opposite
  3. Are the sentences grammatically correct in English? (participial adjective)
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