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= May 1 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 1

1. Help with English grammar
2. What's this kind of bag called in English?
3. As it were

= May 2 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 2

1. Mac and Mc surnames
2. Crocodile wife
3. Book Titles
4. Comparatives and Superlatives question
5. Chinese Song
6. Chinese word into English letters by pronunciation

= May 3 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 3

1. What is cardex or kardex?
2. Foreign "u" in French

= May 4 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 4

1. Rather
2. Italian translation
3. name in different languages
4. Without wheels?
5. Phonetics

= May 5 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 5

1. Insulation
2. Taliban and Taleban
3. German word order
4. Song by Aerenda
5. Animal sounds
6. Language recognition by lip-reading
7. Language acquisition by heart transplant
8. "For" or "to."

= May 6 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 6

1. Dutchman in beer commercial
2. malay name
3. "Enabling x to do something" - is x subject or object?
4. Double comparatives
5. Uneffective
6. Brown sauce
7. Masters thesis vs Master's thesis

= May 7 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 7

1. Ordering someone or stating a preference?
2. Opposite of a word in context
3. "by" or "at"?
4. Bureaucracy
5. Identify the humor?
6. What's the occasion?
7. Question on "Huzzah!"
8. "Nice from you" or "nice of you"
9. 中国经济昆虫志

= May 8 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 8

1. Type of Phobia
2. Space or not?
3. Hindi and Rajasthani

= May 9 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 9

1. Suffix "up"
2. Origin of the word "feedback"
3. aneka in Sanskrit
4. Expressing possession
5. classic example

= May 10 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 10

1. Commonwealth Essay Competition
2. Chinese text request

= May 11 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 11

1. How did a Wildebeest come to be called a 'Wildebeest'?
2. spanish translation
3. Genome
4. Hindi and Tamil Translation
5. misplaced comma
6. "Secede" as transitive verb
7. "PAFE" ... WTF?
8. What are the benefits of using tree structures in linguistic communications?
9. Name of a grammatical structure
10. Abbreviation of "I have not"

= May 12 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 12

1. Queensland
2. French "quelle"
3. Translation of 'non sequitur'
4. Nomenclature query for weaponry buffs
5. Operetta empire
6. French Translations:7
7. The Chinese word "zhai" in Chinese characters
8. Foreign translations of It's Morphin Time!

= May 13 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 13

1. Atreyu
2. Are traditional British vulgar terms being replaced with Americanisms?
3. Define irony
4. Voiceless uvular trill
5. Harry Potter

= May 14 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 14

1. Latin for 151st
2. Pontificate
3. Great Balls of Fire
4. Source in Traditional Chinese
5. English "legalese" meaning of assign
6. "Rubbing alcohol"
7. "A" versus "an" when preceding a parenthetical phrase
8. Gaetano
9. Pronunciation: Names/Places ending on "-sham"
10. Large, big, or...?
11. Dream
12. Welcome in French

= May 15 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 15

1. "The weak perish first" in Latin
2. Iberian Levant
3. Is "at least one of them" singular or plural?
4. American Spanish Accents, Learning and Podcasts

= May 16 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 16

1. A job catching moles
2. Kanji
3. German help
4. A job catching moles (animals)
5. Evolution of German?
6. Billiars

= May 17 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 17

1. Arabic translators in Dubai?
2. Mixed numbers
3. Latin - English translation
4. Formatting rules for lyrics
5. Speech scroll
6. Trainee Customer / Sales Executive
7. Green Alka-net or Green Alkan-et?
8. Greek translation
9. Sense of "world without end", Anglican liturgy
10. The use of 'may' and 'might' in this sentence

= May 18 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 18

1. Gender in languages
2. Bizarre pronunciation of mischievous
3. Russian
4. Skin colour

= May 19 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 19

1. English grammar question
2. t'iao-chin-chiao in Chinese chaarcters
3. 'Inos
4. Horse racing betting
5. German Wikipedia article

= May 20 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 20

1. "Inconvenient" or "Inconvenience"?
2. preventive or preventative?
3. Willy nilly redirect
4. Pronunciation of -sts ending in English
5. Finger counting
6. Learning German and French

= May 21 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 21

1. Pollack
2. 堂姑嫂 in English?
3. Systema Piezatorum
4. What is the etiquette when somebody sends you a 'hello'
5. Arabic Name
6. Etymology of verbal particle "up"
7. english mother tongue
8. Most successful English writer

= May 22 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 22

1. Expedition to Manchoukuo
2. Display of Kanji
3. What is meant when someone signs a message sends?

= May 23 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 23

1. German sentence
2. New England Portuguese
3. Translation of Ching Hai?
4. Generic name for Aspirin-type medication
5. "An Eurostar train"; words starting with a vowel but a consonant sound

= May 24 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 24

1. Indefinite Articles In Example

= May 25 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 25

1. French translation needed
2. Old/Middle English meaning of Chel

= May 26 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 26

1. Plural
2. Hebrew memorial
3. Words "philosophy" and "religion"
4. Being "funny looking"
5. Pronunciation of BIOS
6. Apostrophes

= May 27 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 27

1. Is there a more formal term than op-ed?
2. Changing word definitions
3. Inventing new verbs with prepositions
4. E Prime
5. Scientific Version of Word
6. Description of pictures, phrasing problems
7. Whence came Jessica?

= May 28 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 28

1. Indefinite article w/o definite?
2. En Dashes
3. Phrases and places
4. Different connotations of exclamations
5. "Efficiency" of different languages

= May 29 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 29

1. Word for someone who loves nature and being outside?
2. Trains
3. What is Tampanian English?
4. The name Tony Antony or Anthony
5. What language is this?
6. reading
7. Sensible of

= May 30 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 30

1. Daddy's Gone by Glasvegas

= May 31 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2009 May 31

1. Inanimate Libra
2. Elephantry
3. And another thing . . .
4. German memorial translation