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March 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 2

  1. Arabic surnames including al and bin

March 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 3

  1. Comical comparatives

March 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 5

  1. Most common terms for marijuana

March 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 7

  1. Captioning order when multiple visual elements are not aligned

March 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 10

  1. Rounding numbers up instead of down

March 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 13

  1. Calques (istorija) versus coining (povijest) -- if I understand properly the definition of the terms -- for purpose of linguistic distinction and resistance to foreign influence. Any history of English (post-1066) refusing to take loan words ?

March 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 14

  1. "Ghout" agricultural practice, written in Arabic
  2. days of the week in Catalan and Occitan

March 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 15

  1. Catalan: History of pronunciation

March 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 16

  1. Trivial exercise: educational aid, "root words"

March 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 17

  1. Hebrew-Aramaic contact
  2. Japanese Katkana for U (ウ) used in place of chōonpu (ー)

March 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 18

  1. Transliteration

March 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 19

  1. What does oceanic mean??

March 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 20

  1. US map in Ojibwe

March 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 21

  1. Michaelangelo

March 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 22

  1. Questions
  2. Units of currency named after the country or place

March 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 23

  1. Is this Persian etymological theory accurate?
  2. Family relationship
  3. Upward comparison of 2-syllable adjectives.
  4. Finding location of a Lebanese church
  5. Did all Americans during the Revolution speak in British accents?

March 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 24

  1. An/a style question

March 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 25

  1. Putin tulee kylään
  2. What's a dead metaphor?
  3. Place of articulation

March 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 26

  1. Latin conjugation question

March 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 27

  1. Questions again

March 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 28

  1. Could these languages switch to Latin alphabet?
  2. Why does Swedish and Norwegian double long vowel letters?

March 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 29

  1. Is Balzac now a bad word???

March 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 30

  1. Transliteration of East Slavic and Persian names into Italian
  2. Changes to colours in many languages in 1990
  3. LATIN and Romance languages

March 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2023 March 31

  1. To what extent are the titular languages of the Russian republics still official?
  2. Japanese term for "spoiled girl"