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March 1
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 1
Air Force's new slogan
More subject / verb
Japanese audio lessons
Synonym of worldly
Academic equivalent of pimp
March 2
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 2
Interpretation of a symbol:くぁ
Definitions of the word "interesting"
[[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 2#consuelos<.2Fs> consuegros|consuelos consuegros]]
is there a hungarian version of this reference desk
Use of Latin across the Roman Empire
Grammar correct?
Use of the signal sic
NAEYC
Narratives, use of pronouns: I or me? March 3Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 3
Pronunciation: IPA for the word "anole"
Corrected colloquialisms: "proof in the pudding"
Robert Bly poem
Sounds: dental, alveolar, and postalveolar
[[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 3#Rounded lips during {{iPA.7C.5Bʃ.5D}} and {{iPA.7C.5Bʒ.5D}}|Rounded lips during [ʃ] and [ʒ] ]]
Knowledge of communication skills in discussions March 4Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 4
Prepositions at the end of a sentence
How to say "bad-mouthing" in a less informal way?
going on grammatically without any punctuation March 5Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 5
Most heavily punctuated sentence
Saffron and "bastard saffron"
Identifying poem and poet: a spider and a watch
Deünhille
Latin phrase: "in cauda venenum"
Correct wording: film credits under an assumed name
These versus those
Word choice: using big impressive words
How do you say mouse in Japanese?
Punctuation: use of the slash in complex cases
Hyphenation in complex cases
"Needs cleaned" March 6Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 6
Say what?!?: use of multiple punctuation marks
How are sound changes found?
Brief translation of Japanese, please.
Authors "writing as"
Some grammar: singular or plural in continuing a sentence?
things that are impossible to talk about? March 7Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 7
Aboriginal languages in Northern Ontario?
meaning of "works"
languages : how to say the F word in German, French, Japanese, Spanish, and Italian
The proper treatment of screws
Translation of Japanese and Chinese Wikipedia articles on Zen
From unknown to certain March 8Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 8
Sweden-Finland engineering connection: bridge, or tunnel?
Meaning and language origins of a word: vouzon
What makes something dramatic?
Is there a specific name for a town celebrating its 190th anniversary?
Bob O'Billovich March 9Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 9
March 9Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 9
A few terms: passive subjectivism, taboo, shifting temporal frame
shaft in spanish
phrase structure
More than disapproval
England and Wales
Words ending "LT"
Pronunciation of extinct languages
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathi_language#Writing] from [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/marathi.htm Marathi language, alphabet and pronunciation] March 10Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 10
English-Arabic Translation
Question: What is the correct pronunciation of "kilometre"?
On [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_script#Classical_Yi Classical Yi]
English: plural of "curriculum"?
Is this for real or a programmer's joke.
Software(s): what is the correct plural? March 11Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 11
Mistranslation from Japanese
Margarine, Margaret and soft/hard g
Arabic
Please correct my text about an excerpt from book about apartheid!
Russian translation
Orchestra's relation to conductor
Rules of grammar
An ambitious person March 12Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 12
Japanese honorifics
Whoever or whomever?
bouquet, or bouguet?
Success/downfall: one word meaning both?
Latin term for a specific legal concept
Google as a verb: ever intransitive?
Please assist: pay rates for transcribing audio?
Lebanese (Arabic) translation
Punctuation in headings: a full stop at the end?
Asking the impossible March 13Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 13
Chinese phrasing for how a character is composed?
Interwiki checking request at Legal code (municipal)
Etymology of Sweater
Marines: must it always be capitalized?
Badge in Spanish
Either/or
search engines as concordancers, or free online ones
Orthographic usage: centimeter and centimetre March 14Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 14
How to pronounce: Leah Buechley?
If Australian books have their spelling and grammar changed...?
Chinese annal and article
English usage: "Me either" v. "Me neither"
English: How do I speak good grammar?
Love: how to say "I love you" in Italian?
Here we go again ... singular versus plural March 15Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 15
Pain interjections
What is 'Lacanians' and 'Freudian' ?
alternate for 'fuck'
One Word for "repressing sexuality"? March 16Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 16
Colour perception: what differences can language make?
Strength/weakness: one word
Is Uruguay unique?
As a means _____ March 17Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 17
whats mulling mean?
Oriental or Asian?
strain in spanish
US vs USA
Japanese Sound Symbolism
How to say in Japanese... March 18Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 18
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Generic country names
Numbers written out? March 19Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 19
Attribution of movie quotes
Gänsefüßchen
K ever pronounced in a word including kn? March 20Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 20
Translation from Hebrew, please
"The Govs Must Be Horny"
Japanese pronunciation of Chinese names
Czech declensions
None satisfy vs. None satisfies
Meitei Mayek script
mexican currency
Any silent letters in Latin?
Moran Cho/Margaret Cho in Korean and romanized korean March 21Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 21
Need assistance with a Japanese sentence
Hunmin Jeongeum
subject changes within a complex English sentence March 22Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 22
Pronounciation: Pfizer
Original Languages
female actor
Lit or lighted?
Took VS Taken March 23Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 23
how do you get a job as a court translator
Mary Yamashiro Otani in Japanese
Has anyone noticed
what is an offensive way to refer to a woman that sexualizes her?
Analysis: Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate
God Willing? March 24Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 24
What language is this?
JC-1 H1 History: Realpolitik? Kremlin? Manichean?
waterboarding
Registered Trademark usage
Textbook for X bar Theory March 25Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 25
beads
Universal Translator
Name of profession
Ambiguity he/him
Hebrew font formatting problem in FAC candidate Tel Aviv
Holocaust
Enunciated T
Is it proper to use ð in English? March 26Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 26
Grammatical mood
what's the adverb for mediocre?
Cotton in shirts: 100, 140, 180
Pronounciation of Über- as in überkid, übergeek etc.
Spelling used in New Orleans
What's the word!!
Translation help
Moderately-sized Chinese translation.
order of compounds in ethnicity
Doing blood work March 27Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 27
Offensive word for black kid
Translating a Power Rangers song to Spanish
Expression of surprise
Mandarin
Articles before brackets March 28Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 28
make money
Urgent comma help
Proper demonym for New Zealand
Unusual name
Columbite
English compound words and hyphens
Greek word
Business name change
Transitive procrastination
Harakat
riddle mania
warden in spanish
Spaetzle
Dialect and accent domination March 29Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 29
Pronunciation of Vortigern
Translation from Russian
Plural of "die"
rebbetzin March 30Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 30
Spanish translation
Spanish translation
Farsi translation of English 'witch'
gayelle
economics term
cross worn on the body
'out of 10' vs. 'of out 10'
Possessives March 31Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2008 March 31
Fred makes a stirling effort
Definition
Gerunds
Correct punctuation
"Was" or "were"?