English Wikipedia @ Freddythechick:Reference desk/Archives/Language/April 2019

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April 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 1

1. in different social terms
2. Japanese Pitch Accent
3. Steinway / Stainway?

April 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 3

1. IPA sounds of ei and ai diphthongs
2. Never confuse movement with action
3. Cervantes
4. Assistance needed with Dutch referencing issue

April 4

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1. Today's (4th April) featured article intro ("named to")

April 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 5

1. Alloy with a W
2. any time a man can feel that, not counting where he's born, is where he's meant to go.

April 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 6

1. Latin-alphabet languages that don't use diacritics very much
2. Languages having a preposition for the Accusative relation.

April 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 9

1. Formula of three half-sentences
2. Origin of phrase: this will hurt me more than it hurts you

April 11

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1. What is this symbol

April 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 12

1. Translate into Latin

April 13

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1. Kociątko Miauczenieński

April 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 14

1. The surname for J. T. Realmuto needs transcription into the IPA

April 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 15

1. Common mistakes for beginners when speaking Russian

April 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 16

1. Number of native English root words

April 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 19

1. Finnish Agent Participle

April 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 20

1. When did pants become more common than trousers in American English?
2. Chinese language

April 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 21

1. Why is the name Qyburn in Game of Thrones writen by Q?

April 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 22

1. Words get worse
2. Final stress in Russian
3. Tamil: National Thowheeth Jama'ath external links

April 23

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1. G-dropping
2. Polish el

April 24

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1. Meaning of "Lilii Borea"

April 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 25

1. Poorly worded sentence can lead to confusion, and contradicting statements between pages
2. author as a verb

April 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 27

1. Describing an individual

April 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 28

1. Latin a manuscript from 1343 (?)
2. Is "finite" the only English word (not being a compound) that is pronounced /CaɪCaɪC/, C denoting any consonant (unnecessarily a constant one)?
3. Is "unnecessarily" the only English word whose stress is on the fifth last syllable?
4. Origin of macron and circumflex

April 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 29

1. Name for speech error?
2. Arabic in Comoros

April 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 30

1. ENGVAR and two-wheeled human-propelled vehicles
2. "Nope"
3. Another ENGVAR question: "from 1990"