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April 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 1

  1. Might/May
  2. Pronunciation of "consummate"
  3. Shouldn't this be "was"?

April 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 2

  1. Japanese label problem
  2. How
  3. German's r as a consonant
  4. Language Learning Idea
  5. on train/trains/rail/rails?
  6. Pronounciation "Samuel Fuller"
  7. Tootsie Footsie Whaaaaa?
  8. translation
  9. Justin Time 4 Just Ella

April 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 3

  1. Twelfth Night
  2. Latin question
  3. TRANSLATION OF LATIN INTO DUTCH
  4. 'Yat'?
  5. The Guillotine
  6. "Schilsted"
  7. Sexual euphemisms.
  8. Pronouncing Hiroshima
  9. Spanish: "the most"

April 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 4

  1. The Oath - Frank E. Peretti
  2. Need an English word for this definition
  3. Russian
  4. rench
  5. Linguistica.
  6. Which is correct?
  7. Toponymic names in Irish?

April 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 5

  1. quick documentation of wiki
  2. pre-SSR: "Belorussia" vs. "Byelorussia" in US English
  3. ersian alphabet
  4. Chinese character number 1
  5. onery
  6. Pertaining to Linguists/Speech Pathologists
  7. What is the word origin of "sticks in my craw"?

April 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 6

  1. Chinese character number 9
  2. Japanese lyrics translation
  3. F
  4. root words in arabic
  5. 发 电 型
  6. ld Egyptian language
  7. Translation from German to English

April 7

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 7

  1. Latin phrase
  2. Pupil, Student, Academic, Scholar

April 8

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 8

  1. iris-out
  2. Punjabi words
  3. Icelandic runes
  4. To Be or To Have Been... a Brother

April 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 9

  1. How do you?
  2. The term blue
  3. What is this German word?
  4. Theater of Cruelty
  5. Translating a title into Japanese
  6. From English to German
  7. Why not "i" or "Me"?
  8. nglish to Chinese
  9. Antonia Ax:son Johnson

April 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 10

  1. Looking for a word
  2. slumgullion, is there such a word.
  3. Nappy headed hos
  4. Check translation
  5. A" or "the" majority
  6. Who are 'They'?
  7. Syriac alphabet
  8. Twelfth Night
  9. Sanskrit neologisms
  10. Etymology

April 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 11

  1. Japanese Translation Question
  2. Term for functional beverages?
  3. Three dot symbol
  4. Phrase in Lithuanian
  5. Translation to Ancient Greek
  6. olkien rights
  7. olkien rights (Question 2)
  8. Wrinkle in Time
  9. What is the proper name for the bubble that appears in cartoons with text in it?
  10. "normal English" and "Irish English" corresponding with Irish protestants and catholics

April 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 12

  1. accepted
  2. Help with sign language
  3. Origin of Teutul surname
  4. Desire to jump from a height.
  5. Names
  6. Latin as used by plebeians

April 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 13

  1. Ex-wife or widow?
  2. Guide for Phonetic spelling? Easiest way to learn?
  3. Common word - missing?
  4. Japanese help
  5. Stressing of prepositions in English announcements: unique to English?
  6. Word Origins.
  7. Imus know
  8. Latin chant in South Park episode Fantastic Easter Special

April 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 14

  1. suggest a name for my new pet?????
  2. English word for Marathi word
  3. hat Cyrillic letter is it?
  4. shebadeska
  5. I need a list of Biblical place names
  6. what is the most spoken language in world? detailed reply will be appreciated.

April 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 15

  1. Grammatical Tense Checking Site?

April 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 16

  1. Stuck in your head
  2. Pistis
  3. Portuguese pronunciation
  4. crosswords
  5. SPEAKING ENGLISH
  6. Turkish question
  7. An

April 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 17

  1. nglo-Saxon derived literature
  2. Non-profit or not-for-profit
  3. Edgar Allan poe
  4. Three French words
  5. mlaut
  6. "Maru" in Japanese boats
  7. Is there the difference in meaning between Eurocurrency and eurocurrency?Vinhq 18:08, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Phonemes Speech sounds that 'carry'

April 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 18

  1. French Bread?
  2. Translating Scientific American into Spanish
  3. Browse hieroglyphs
  4. Chinese language
  5. Bokmal and Nynorsk

April 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 19

  1. three geologic terms
  2. how to make your handwriting look like it's not your's
  3. Icosahedrocentrism
  4. upper crust British slang from the late 19th century
  5. Compatriot
  6. Loïc Leferme
  7. Word "Ideas"
  8. Chinese

April 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 20

  1. Arabic article titles
  2. What is a word for one who wants to be pititied
  3. Nous / Naus
  4. Eidos
  5. German Translation please!

April 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 21

  1. Usage of a n English proverb
  2. Wikipedia Puzzle Globe
  3. Latin translation request
  4. Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus
  5. German help (again!)
  6. episcopus and episcopos

April 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 22

  1. Nazoraios
  2. ingaporean English

April 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 23

  1. Pronunciation/transcription of a Serbian name
  2. Racking my brains for an english term.
  3. Rendering my name in Japanese

April 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 24

  1. Opposite of aquatic
  2. Is 10.10 properly pronounced "ten point one zero"?
  3. Dictionaries, phonebooks, "alphabetical order"?
  4. Titles and forms of address in Botswana
  5. List of names of groups of animals
  6. Proper use of multiple titles in business salutations

April 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 25

  1. Names for peoples from a certain place.
  2. Japanese help
  3. How isHyundai pronounced
  4. Translate Finnish phrase to English, please
  5. Prose anthology
  6. Doctor in French.
  7. Stand on one's head and spit wooden nickels

April 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 26

  1. Twelfth Night
  2. Transliterating and translating Russian
  3. Korean, maybe?
  4. Merging Clichés
  5. nrelated Grammatical Objects

April 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 27

  1. Holocaust survivor
  2. List of non-digraph English words with "ph" in them?
  3. Mother Wit
  4. Varieties of certain languages
  5. The Greek name Ihsous

April 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 29

  1. In which ___ does ___.
  2. Dates in French
  3. Reference for phonetics of some words..
  4. Translating into Cuneiform
  5. Antonio's orderal
  6. French to english.

April 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 April 30

  1. Definition
  2. Easiest / Hardest language
  3. etymology of 'mufti'
  4. What Is the "Rate" of a "High Rate of" Speed?
  5. hotclaws**
  6. Emparée
  7. Greek equivalent of Sol Invictus