Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/August 2020

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August 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 1

1. Comma usage

August 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 2

1. "Explain a new commerce"

August 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 3

1. Doesn't take an Einstein to answer this question
2. Scarabotto

August 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 4

1. the Chinese diaspora
2. "Little help"

August 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 5

1. Sumerian
2. Etymology of Arabic 'Sartan'
3. Say boo to a goose

August 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 6

1. Question tags

August 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 7

1. /ð/ in Sanskrit?

August 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 9

1. The or a

August 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 10

1. Rodney Dangerfield
2. Ancient Germanic term for non-Celtic, non-Roman foreigners?
3. Affecting a local pronunciation of place names, personal names, etc
4. Scathing early 20th century book about English language "misuse"
5. Direct translation for "eggy" in any European language
6. Comparing the age of things and persons
7. Is there any "technical" difference between the two: listing years with a slash or a hyphen

August 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 11

1. Naya Rivera pronunciation?

August 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 14

1. Stress in 3-syllable words

August 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 16

1. Tobacco Act 1608 Golf Act 1158 Act to Amend Basic Law 1940 LegCo Act 1997

August 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 18

1. Too possessive?

August 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 19

1. Cot–caught–cou(r)t distinction

August 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 20

1. Pronunciation of Euro

August 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 21

1. Trisyllabic laxing

August 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 24

1. Chinese translation request

August 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 25

1. Sasana

August 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 26

1. Evolution
2. common bilingualisms

August 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 27

1. Swedish question
2. Spanish, French, German

August 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 28

1. Sic semper tyrannis

August 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 29

1. Lord You-know-who (from Harry Potter)
2. Third-person singular simple present indicative form

August 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2020 August 31

1. Leiden Conventions