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1. Serial comma in other languages
2. arse
3. (s)
4. Real-time feedback on vowel production
5. IPA trancription of Thoth
6. Lost in Translation?

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 12

1. Zahatra
2. Is there a plural of the noun 'research' ?
3. Correct Spelling of Scissors
4. Latin to English translation
5. Stoush?

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1. novel
2. the word, "cardinal"
3. Vowel height, backness and tone contour
4. Alphabetizing, Part 3
5. Native of/Person of a Particular Place
6. language richness

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1. Origin of a phrase
2. Turkmen speaking people - Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow
3. Polish translation of 'Happy Valentine's Day'

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 15

1. MLA style
2. Catalan and Occitan "don"
3. German colloquial phrase
4. Tim Saunders
5. Word games that depend on Phoneme and Morpheme ambiguity
6. French
7. Eureka

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 16

1. I'm like
2. vocabulary
3. Creole French
4. English education podcasts
5. MOST HOLY --- is it ok?
6. Word origin

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 17

1. IPA help needed, please
2. Distribution of trial number
3. bases
4. Pachinies history
5. What word in English language is made plural by adding a 'B'
6. romantisisation of russian
7. Happy new year in chinese
8. supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
9. Holy Bible
10. Medieval English Word for a Military Encampment or a Fort?
11. meaning of holocaust
12. Myrtle

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1. Lost Translation
2. zzz --- last word in the dictionary

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 19

1. Strudel and the @ in Hebrew
2. Kodaň
3. Suspicious/Suspect
4. name of anniversary
5. Simplified vs Traditional Chars (on Chinese Wikipedia)

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1. International Phonetic Alphabet
2. Bad Chinese written by non-native speakers?
3. Alphabetizing mixed language titles
4. bach

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1. 'Kill The Cat' meaning please..
2. it and verb form
3. Another idiom for "slip is showing"
4. hotclaws**
5. Does the usage of words like electrocuted or drowned strictly imply that death occurred?
6. [e] and [i] sound for words start with E
7. find un job overseas

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 22

1. Article with possessives in Portuguese
2. "Rake" in railway terminology
3. english
4. English Translation
5. Akkadian [af]fricatives

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 23

1. Translate three short phrases into Irish/Gaelic for me?
2. works of johan bojer
3. Two unrelated questions
4. English grammar
5. Letter "tone"
6. Etymology of the verb 'to be'
7. Two brief questions

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 24

1. Lighted vs. Lit
2. Help find more expressive or polished Spanish words for FIESTA
3. Where did "cheesy" and "corny" come from?
4. Is there an exhaustive list of lie/lay, sit/set, rise/raise kind of verb pairs?
5. "The government has collapsed"
6. Pronounciation of Heracles/Herakles
7. Upside ones head

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 25

1. Slovoj Zizek
2. tankini top vs shimmel
3. atin usage question
4. Him / Her

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1. What does it mean to "thigh" someone?
2. hotclaws**
3. What is a " PICS Rules File " , and a " DSC File "
4. Translation of Chinese sign
5. Meaning of a word
6. Apostrophe in the Qur'an
7. "Villian"
8. English transliterations

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 27

1. Help with pronouncing /sɫuaɣ/?
2. i want to know what my name means
3. Pronunciation of the name of the Buddhist goddess Tara
4. How can I use Hebrew characters and vowel points to represent English sounds?
5. inevitable
6. Grasping for an answer
7. Translation

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2007 February 28

1. Looking for a word
2. Is it..
3. s God Spanish?
4. help...questions of linguistics
5. Names
6. Pronunciation of Bodach in Irish or Scottish Gaelic?
7. Arabic translation
8. Archiving