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March 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 1

1. More than one Brazilian real
2. German-English translation

March 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 2

1. An error?
2. German comments on film editing
3. Which is the preferred form of the abbreviation "with respect to"?
4. Grammar of "Do you think me handsome?"

March 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 3

1. Pronunciation of "Thornhagh"
2. preposition+verb
3. Name of a film for teaching English
4. Greenhalgh
5. Term for describing a specific annoying behavior?

March 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 4

1. English term for the Japanese "walk rally"?
2. Use of that in non-restrictive relative clauses with human antecedents
3. Stylistic rule of avoiding same word twice in a paragraph
4. What are some standard textbooks used in linguistics degrees at college?

March 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 5

1. "Please check which trader this voucher is to be used."

March 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 6

1. Bad audio file
2. How does the French phrase "Monsieur le Curé" translate to "the parish priest"?
3. Pronunciation of Byron name

March 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 7

1. not using them anymore

March 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 8

1. Apostrophes on references to family names

March 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 9

1. life dealt them a different hand
2. Which language is this ?
3. Comparative Grammar of the Uralic Languages
4. What is the Japanese title of this article?
5. A Jest in Serious Earnest
6. Virtue names

March 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 10

1. Property to reflect light
2. Anymore
3. Hunt breakfast

March 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 11

1. Meaning of bull market hoodoo
2. Portuguese - biggest in the world

March 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 12

1. Khmer "Prek Luong"
2. diasystems

March 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 13

1. Elder/older
2. Origin of the phrase, 'dead ass'
3. ISIS flag

March 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 14

1. pronunciation of name

March 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 15

1. Piz Daint
2. Why did the hard "T" suddenly start being pronounced in neanderthal?
3. Peru national football team
4. Japanese

March 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 16

1. So

March 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 17

1. Translation from Latin
2. Paterissa
3. German for mint-flavored stomache-pain elixir
4. Laboursome?

March 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 19

1. Passato remoto
2. Spanish grain elevators
3. Copyrights of images violating ruels and regulation

March 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 20

1. anap(a)estilence
2. Need help verifying Japanese
3. Commas, maybe?
4. Plural of poet laureate

March 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 21

1. Direct and Indirect Descent
2. "Apology"
3. Mowhawk vs. mohawk (hairstyle)

March 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 22

1. Whatquam ex ungue leonem?
2. Official status missing on language infobox
3. Persian help and Arabic help? (transcription needed)

March 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 23

1. "coffee grounds" vs "coffee grinds"
2. Lightnin' up the mood
3. Strange things among English irregular verbs
4. Korean punctuation

March 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 24

1. ASL sign in "Unbreakable" theme song?

March 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 25

1. Seven deadly sins - multilingual!
2. Pronunciation of "wrath"
3. Is this a catalog? What kind of publication is Livres-Hebdo (French language help)
4. Science Fiction World
5. LEARNING LUSOGA LANGUAGE

March 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 26

1. The Giver
2. Tazer
3. Gender-specific language
4. Can someone generate IPA pronunciation guide for me?

March 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 27

1. Is the root of damn the babylonian damu; and the root of ritual the Indian ritu?

March 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 28

1. Do sign languages borrow from each other?

March 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 29

1. Causative and Passive in Japanese
2. River names

March 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 30

1. Colon usage when introducing a series of items.
2. Language identification
3. Report writing
4. Desperate Need for Translation on Chop Marks & Characters
5. Smart versus dumb quotes

March 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2015 March 31

1. Arabic transcription requested, and its meaning?
2. NGO
3. Scheherazade
4. Gobi/Shamo
5. Why did /am-er-EE-ka/ become /a-ME-ri-ka/?