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October 1

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  1. Spanish b/v, English b/p, Mandarin b/p, Korean b/p

October 2

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  1. "A few" ... singular or plural?
  2. Chinese translations of computer keys
  3. "Died in a hospital" – American English?

October 3

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  1. Hi is there any good site for grammar check for articles
  2. Cheburashka
  3. Cambridge spelling
  4. Female version of Praitōr (Greek)

October 4

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  1. Tutunick
  2. Chinese names for Malaysian cities

October 5

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  1. How exactly do you read this?
  2. German von etw leben

October 6

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  1. Greek era
  2. Phi or chi; which letter came first??

October 7

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  1. Using the word "of"
  2. peruna
  3. He/she/it endings of verbs

October 8

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  1. Use of " and dots

October 9

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  1. Do young children even have a native language if they are enrolled in an immersion program?

October 10

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  1. Why do foreign language learners sound like robots?
  2. Catalan's President?
  3. Are there things more alliterative than the Pretty Princess and Penelope Pony Power Hour?

October 11

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  1. Vowel length in "Samoa"

October 13

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  1. Is there a difference between a speech impediment and an idiosyncratic pronunciation of a normal native speaker?

October 14

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  1. Voiced retroflex fricative/Voiced retroflex sibilant
  2. Appropriate translation for Regierungsbaurat
  3. Horizontal transmission to a great degree
  4. Does language immersion still work when one is surrounded by cows?

October 15

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  1. Greek
  2. Cebuano Wikipedia
  3. German "auf etwas kommen"
  4. Duck test
  5. How to get started on IPA?

October 17

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  1. How come la caballera doesn't exist as a noun?

October 18

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  1. TV commercial for drug Anoro featuring Fleetwood Mac's song "Go Your Own Way"
  2. US Dollar Currency

October 19

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  1. Not profanity

October 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2017 October 20

  1. Ph
  2. Is there a term to describe the change in perspective between languages?
  3. Commons Category:Paintings by name

October 21

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  1. Please translate the following German to English.
  2. Omission of the definite article
  3. German Africa Prize

October 22

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  1. Are native Arabic speakers required to also know Quranic Arabic?
  2. meaning of "great straits"?
  3. Use of "that"
  4. German inversion = English inversion?
  5. Al-Tabari
  6. Special term for opposite vertexes of a cube
  7. 2014 National Security Agency illegal seizure

October 23

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  1. Operatic soprano

October 24

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  1. Cuneiform
  2. Turris Babel ædificationis adhortatio linguis sex
  3. Verb forms for people using singular "they" pronoun

October 25

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  1. puit (fr)
  2. Beard to the washing
  3. Ta-Nehisi Coates and Nubia
  4. Vowel length

October 26

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  1. How did men become exclusively male?

October 27

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  1. Pronunciation of place names by soldiers

October 28

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  1. p.9
  2. Are all high-level languages translated into the same Machine Language?

October 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2017 October 29

  1. Apostrophe usage
  2. how do you say "been" if you don't use participles for the perfect?
  3. trouble pronouncing "one" like QE2 does

October 30

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  1. Consistent Historical spelling of Greek Letters?

October 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2017 October 31

  1. Scandinavian language ID
  2. a sound change of palatal > velar?
  3. How can a non-native parent make a dead or constructed language the native language of his child?
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